- Partnership
of Siemens Mobility, Tyczka Hydrogen and Smart Train Lease will pave the way
for a successful transformation of railways towards hydrogen mobility
- Customers
to be offered hydrogen trains plus the full hydrogen supply chain including
services
Hydrogen is
one of the main technologies to decarbonize the railway sector by switching
from fossil diesel to renewable fuels in particular on routes, which are hard
to electrify. From the train operator perspective an integrated approach towards
a fossil-free mobility does not only require hydrogen-powered trains and
corresponding maintenance services but also needs to cover the entire supply chain
for green hydrogen fuel. In April 2024 Siemens Mobility and Tyczka Hydrogen have
signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) establishing a cooperation in order to
accelerate the transformation
towards hydrogen powered railway mobility. Both companies have agreed to work
together towards solutions across the full supply chain including hydrogen
production, storage, distribution and refueling as well as delivery and
maintenance of fuel cell trains. Additionally, Smart Train
Lease, a subsidiary of Siemens Mobility, offers hydrogen trains for rent.
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World premiere: Existing GoA4 line upgraded to
latest generation CBTC driverless automation system to boost capacity, reliability,
and efficiency for Paris metro operator RATP on behalf of Île-de-France
Mobilités
- Upgraded
line enables driverless automated train operation along the route doubled
in length, now also connecting Orly Airport to central Paris
- Line
remained in operations throughout the project that will serve one million
passengers daily by 2025
Siemens Mobility and RATP (Régie
autonome des transports Parisiens) have successfully modernized and extended the
automated Line 14 of the Paris metro. This world premiere marks the first
migration of an automated driverless (GoA4 – Grade of Automation) metro line to
the latest generation GoA4 driverless automated system “Trainguard MT CBTC”. The
new system, which was implemented during the past six years during passenger
services, enables more efficient and reliable services on the line that has
doubled in length by 14 kilometers due to extensions to the North and South.
With a remarkable headway of 85 seconds along its entire 28 km route, Line 14
is now the longest line in the Paris network and will eventually accommodate
over one million passengers daily. The expansion enables passengers to travel
from Orly Airport to Paris city center in 20 minutes and from the northern business
districts in Saint-Denis Pleyel to Orly Airport in just 40 minutes. With its
improved capacity, reliability, and efficiency, Line 14 serves as the backbone
of Paris' public transportation system, connecting to the future Grand Paris
Express network. Over six years, more than 250 Siemens Mobility engineers
contributed to this project, with over 500,000 hours of engineering.
- Production capacity increased, workforce expanded to meet growing
demand.
- New gearbox production line inaugurated, competence center for converter
cabinets established.
- Cornellà, an important supplier of traction motors, converters, and
converter cabinets, now produces rail gearboxes.
- Traction components (trademark: MoComp) from Cornellà (Barcelona) used
worldwide by numerous rail vehicle manufacturers.
Siemens Mobility has invested in its Cornellà factory to significantly
expand production capacity and the product portfolio
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Dayner
Tafur-Díaz prevails in the conducting competition against 68 applicants
from 29 countries
- 26-year-old conductor from Peru will begin working
with Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker on October 1, 2024
- Scholarship includes serving as project-based
assistant to chief conductor Kirill Petrenko and guest conductors of the
Karajan Academy and Berliner Philharmoniker
Peruvian
conductor Dayner Tafur-Díaz has won the International Conductors Competition by
Siemens and the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker. The 26-year-old
up-and-coming conductor won out the competition in the Berlin Philharmonic
against 68 applicants from 29 countries. Tafur-Díaz impressed the
jury with his performance of Richard Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, among other
things. Tafur-Díaz has won a two-year scholarship. In addition to collaborating
on concert projects of the Karajan Academy, the conducting scholarship includes
acting as project-based assistant to the chief conductor of the Berliner
Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko, and visiting guest conductors. Among other
activities this coming season, Tafur-Díaz will take part in rehearsals and
concerts with conductor Ivan Repušić and the 2024–2025 Artist in Residence of
the Berliner Philharmoniker, pianist Seong-Jin Cho. In one of the carte blanche
concerts of the Karajan Academy, Tafur-Díaz will also have an opportunity to introduce
himself to the Berlin audience.
- DB Regio trains speed at 190 kilometers per hour between Bavaria and Thuringia
- Higher capacity, better service, new travel options to the north and south
Germany’s fastest regional train between
Bavaria and Thuringia is set to go. The new Franconia-Thuringia Express (FTX)
operated by Deutsche Bahn (DB) is inaugurating service on the Nuremberg-Erfurt
high-speed line on June 9, with the scheduled so-called small timetable change.
The modern Siemens trains, ordered by the Free States of Bavaria and Thuringia,
will run at a top speed of up to 190 kilometers per hour. To date, only
long-distance trains have operated on the northern section of the VDE 8.1, the
designation for this new and upgraded line.
Frankfurt am Main, June 10 to April 14, 2024
Under
the motto 'Be digital. Be resilient. Be sustainable.", Siemens will be
presenting at ACHEMA 2024 from June 10 to 14 in Frankfurt how the combination
of digital technologies and sustainable solutions is advancing the process
industry. Visit us in Hall 11.0 and experience technological innovations and sustainable
solutions for the chemical, pharmaceutical and hydrogen industries.
Visit us at ACHEMA 2024 in Frankfurt am Main, June 10
to 14, hall 11.0.
Hybrid press event
We wamly invite you to
our hybrid Siemens press conference on June 10. Axel Lorenz, CEO Process
Automation at Siemens AG, will present
current business cases as well as new products and technologies for more
sustainable production in the process industry.
Date: June 11, 2024
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Trade Fair
Where: Siemens booth Hall 11.0
Hybrid press conference
and Q&A: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. (participation
on site + livestream)
Participation in the
press conference is possible both on-site at our booth and digitally via
livestream.
Please click on the
button to register. We are looking forward to seeing you!
- Innomotics to be sold to KPS Capital Partners
for €3.5 billion
- Innomotics is a global leader in electrical motor and large-drive
business with €3.3 billion in revenue and employs approximately
15,000 people
- Future setup offers the Innomotics business the
best framework conditions for sustainable and growth-oriented development
- Transaction expected to close in first half of
fiscal 2025
- Another step for Siemens in focusing its
portfolio
The Managing Board and
Supervisory Board of Siemens AG have approved the sale of Innomotics – a
world-leading electric motors and large drives company – to KPS Capital
Partners, LP (“KPS”). The contracting parties have signed a corresponding
agreement. The purchase price (enterprise value) is €3.5 billion. The sale to
KPS is expected to close in the first half of fiscal 2025 and is subject to customary
foreign-investment and merger control approvals.