- Smart Infrastructure completes acquisition of Brightly, a leader in
cloud-based asset and maintenance management software
- Acquisition puts Siemens in pole position to address fast-growing software
market for buildings and built infrastructure
Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI), the frontrunner in digital buildings, has
completed the acquisition of Brightly Software, a leading U.S.-based software-as-a-service
(SaaS) provider of asset and maintenance management solutions. The acquisition elevates
SI to a leading position in the software market for buildings and built
infrastructure. It adds Brightly’s well-established cloud-based capabilities across
key sectors – education, public infrastructure, healthcare, and manufacturing –
to Siemens’ digital and software know-how in buildings. Brightly’s addition to
the Siemens portfolio accelerates the build-up of SI’s SaaS business, enabling
the companies to deliver superior performance and sustainability for built
infrastructure.
- Long-term accommodations for 160 people at Siemens headquarters in Warsaw
- First Ukrainian refugees have already moved in
- Siemens Caring Hands e.V. as a strong partner in fight against global
On the
grounds of its company headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, Siemens has opened a
center for refugees from Ukraine. To make this step possible, the company has
been renovating and remodeling large parts of the building since early March
2022. A variety of accommodations – ranging from rooms for families and for
childcare all the way to sanitary facilities – have been set up on about 2,600 square
meters of floor space. These accommodations have been designed to be suitable
for long-term residence. Siemens Caring Hands e.V. used donations primarily
made by Siemens employees to finance the remodeling work. Since July 12,
Siemens has been making these facilities available free of charge to Warsaw’s
municipal authorities, who are taking care of operating the center. The first group
of Ukrainian refugees has already moved in.
- New innovation hub for research at Siemens in Garching, Germany
- Joint research facility with Technical University of Munich in Garching’s “Isar Valley”
- Modern and open work environments in a digitally planned, sustainable building
Just nine months after construction began, a
topping-out ceremony is being celebrated for the new Siemens Technology Center
at the research campus in the university town of Garching, Germany, near
Munich. As a result, this new building – which was planned digitally and is
being built to meet stringent sustainability requirements – has thus now
reached an important milestone on the journey to Siemens’ future research activities in the
Munich area. With its modern work environments, this facility will serve as an
innovation hub that provides space for inspiration and new ideas. At this center,
more than 450 researchers from Siemens’ “Technology” unit will collaborate on
technologies of the future with around 150 employees and students from the
Technical University of Munich (TUM).
- Siemens completes sale of mail and
parcel business to Körber
- Further step in simplifying Siemens’
portfolio achieved
The sale of
Siemens Logistics’ mail and parcel business to the Körber Group closed
successfully on July 1. In February 2022, Siemens had announced the
contract signing for the sale of the mail and parcel business to the Körber
Group for €1.15 billion (enterprise value).
- Atlantia S.p.A. finalizes the
acquisition of Yunex Traffic from Siemens Mobility for €950 million
Siemens Mobility has successfully
completed the sale of Yunex Traffic to Atlantia S.p.A. for €950 million. In
January 2022, Siemens had announced the contract signing to sell the Intelligent Road Infrastructure and Traffic Solutions
Business to Atlantia S.p.A. Following the required
approvals by the relevant authorities, the transaction has closed as of
June 30, 2022.
- Siemens Xcelerator comprises a curated portfolio, a growing partner ecosystem and an evolving marketplace to speed up value creation across industry, buildings, grids and mobility
- Curated portfolio of IoT-enabled hardware, software and digital services following key design principles of interoperability, flexibility, openness and as-a-service
- Launch of new Building X end-to-end smart building Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) suite
- Planned acquisition of Brightly Software will accelerate growth in digital buildings complementing Siemens’ smart building portfolio
- Partner ecosystem grows through industrial metaverse partnership with NVIDIA for physics-based, immersive digital twin development
- Reaffirms Siemens’ ten percent compound annual growth targets for digital business
Siemens AG
has launched an open digital business platform, Siemens Xcelerator, to
accelerate digital transformation and value creation for customers of all sizes
in industry, buildings, grids and mobility. The business platform makes digital
transformation easier, faster and scalable. Siemens Xcelerator includes a
curated portfolio of internet of things (IoT) enabled hardware, software and
digital services from across Siemens and certified third parties; a growing
ecosystem of partners; and an evolving marketplace to facilitate interactions
and transactions between customers, partners and developers.
- Partnership to transform the manufacturing industry with immersive experiences across the lifecycle from design through operation
- Companies will connect NVIDIA Omniverse and Siemens Xcelerator platforms to enable full-fidelity digital twins and connect software-defined AI systems from edge to cloud
Siemens, a
leader in industrial automation and software, infrastructure, building
technology and transportation and NVIDIA, a pioneer in accelerated graphics and
artificial intelligence (AI), today announced an expansion of their partnership
to enable the industrial metaverse and increase use of AI-driven digital twin
technology that will help bring industrial automation to a new level.
Siemens AG has
launched an open digital business platform, Siemens Xcelerator, to accelerate
digital transformation and value creation for customers of all sizes in
industry, buildings, grids and mobility. The business platform makes digital
transformation easier, faster and scalable.
- Building X is the first next generation offering designed and built as part of Siemens Xcelerator
- Modular, scalable, open smart building suite that seamlessly integrates building systems to eliminate complexity and enable net zero
- Facilitates co-creation with partners to address digitalization challenges faster
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has launched Building X, a new smart
building suite that is open, interoperable and fully cloud-based. The suite is
the first next generation offering built on the design principles of Siemens
Xcelerator, an open digital business platform launched today to accelerate
digital transformation and value creation across industry, transportation,
grids and buildings.