- 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.
- At €19.2 billion on a comparable basis, revenue was nearly unchanged year-over-year (Q2 2023: €19.4 billion)
- Orders in Q2 2024 reached €20.5 billion (Q2 2023: €23.6 billion), a decline of 12 percent on a comparable basis
- At €2.5 billion, Profit Industrial Business was close to the prior-year level (Q2 2023: €2.6 billion)
- Net income totaled €2.2 billion (Q2 2023: €3.6 billion); net income in Q2 2023 benefited from a tax-free gain of €1.6 billion from the partial reversal of an impairment of Siemens’ stake in Siemens Energy AG
- Free cash flow all-in at Group level was €1.3 billion (Q2 2023: €2.3 billion)
- Outlook at Group level confirmed
Siemens delivered solid performance in the second quarter, successfully meeting the high demand for digitalization and sustainability technology. Notably, the industrial software business showed strong growth with particularly high demand in the semiconductor industry. Demand from customers for the construction of data centers also showed strong momentum. Currently muted demand in the short-cycle automation business at Digital Industries, particularly in China and Europe, was largely offset by strong revenue development at Smart Infrastructure and Mobility. In addition, Siemens took a key step in focusing its portfolio with the sale of Innomotics to KPS Capital Partners for €3.5 billion.
- 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.
- Siemens and Foxconn sign memorandum of understanding (MoU) highlighting joint commitment to sustainability
- Cooperation to define standards for the factory of the future and manufacturing processes
- Innovations to positively impact information and communications technology and electric vehicle production ecosystems
- Siemens Xcelerator portfolio to optimize Foxconn's operations for efficiency and agility
Siemens AG, a leading
technology company, and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), the
world's largest electronics manufacturer, have signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) to drive digital transformation and sustainability in smart
manufacturing platforms.
- Depot to be expanded to 87,550 m²
- New capacity for meeting growing demand
- 100% system availability thanks to digitalized depot operation
- Creation of attractive jobs in the region
- Up to 250 employees at the location in 2026
Siemens Mobility is investing approximately €150 million to expand its service depot in
Dortmund-Eving to 87,550 m² to meet the growing demand for rail services.
Plans call for constructing an additional 12,300 m² service hall
with storage facility, offices, and workshops to handle the maintenance of
trains up to 400 meters long. Construction
of the new building is scheduled to begin in 2024 and be completed by 2026. The
Siemens Mobility depot in Dortmund previously had a total area of
70,000 m² and will cover 157,550 m² when the project is
completed.
Today,
Brightline announced that Siemens Mobility (Siemens) has been designated the
“preferred bidder” to build train sets for the Brightline West high-speed rail
project that will connect Las Vegas and Southern California. The contract will
include a fleet of ten “American Pioneer 220” (AP 220) train sets to be
manufactured, delivered to Nevada and tested to support Brightline West’s
timeline of initiating service in 2028.
- ÖBB’s Desiro ML fleet grows to 294 trains
- 21 new Desiro ML trains
will enter service during
Siemens Mobility GmbH has
received an order from Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) for an additional 21
Siemens Desiro ML electric trainsets. The order will increase the size of ÖBB’s
Desiro ML fleet to 294 trains, of which 236 are already in service throughout the
country. This order underscores the reliability of the Siemens Mobility Desiro
ML fleet. Beginning in 2026, the trains will serve local routes in the eastern
part of the country, in particular the main line between Vienna Meidling and
Floridsdorf and outer branch lines in Lower Austria.