- Pfizer’s new high containment production plant is one of the world’s most modern and sustainable; uses 40% less energy for environmental control than traditional facilities
- Special containment concept, monitored and controlled by Building Services from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, boosts safety for employees handling high-potency ingredients
- Siemens technology integrates building and production data via Desigo CC
Pharmaceutical
company Pfizer has opened a new high-containment manufacturing facility in
Freiburg, Germany, using technology and services from Siemens to make it one of
the most modern and sustainable of its kind. Potentially producing up to seven
billion tablets a year for more than 180 countries, the plant uses an
innovative containment concept - monitored and controlled by Building Services
from Siemens Xcelerator portfolio - which ensures employee safety and results
in a 40 percent reduction in energy use in its environmental control system,
compared to a traditional facility.
- SICAM 8 delivers a universal automation platform for all applications in the field of power supply
- Incorporates SICAM HMI, elevating process visualization to the next level
- Includes the SICAM S8000 software solution for power automation
- SICAM 8 platform forms part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio
Siemens Smart
Infrastructure has launched the highly scalable SICAM 8 power automation
platform. Designed with scalability and security at its core, the platform helps
customers achieve resilient and secure grid operation, while allowing for the
incorporation of additional applications in the future. It also includes two
new software solutions: the SICAM HMI (Human Machine Interface) visualization
tool and the SICAM S8000 software solution for power automation, and forms part
of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, an open digital platform that enables
customers to accelerate their digital transformation easier, faster, and at
scale.
- Acquisition to strengthen Siemens’ capability to address fast-growing
demand for electric vehicle charging infrastructure in India, expand local
market presence, enable creation of export hub
- To scale up Siemens’ range of e-mobility solutions in India,
complementing its global portfolio
- Closing
subject to fulfilment of condition precedents as agreed between the parties and
receipt of requisite regulatory, statutory and other approvals
In a step to address the fast-growing demand for
electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in India, Siemens Limited, signed
an agreement today to acquire the EV division of Mumbai-based Mass-Tech
Controls Private Limited. The division is engaged in design, engineering and
manufacturing of a wide range of AC chargers, and 30 to 300kW capacity DC
chargers for various end applications for EVs. The cost of the acquisition is
approximately Rs. 380 million (EUR 4.3 million) on a cash free and debt free
basis and subject to other adjustments that are mutually agreed between the
parties to the transaction.
- Performance optimized, easy to use and future-proof servo drive system
- Flexible and compact – scalable depending on the application
- Easy engineering thanks to integration in TIA, integrated web server and one-button tuning function
With Sinamics S200, Siemens is launching a new servo drive system designed
for a variety of standard applications in the battery, electronics as well as other
industries. It consists of a precise servo drive, powerful servo motors and
easy-to-use cables and offers high dynamic performance. Applications that
require precision in speed and torque, such as winding and unwinding machines in
battery manufacturing and cell assembly, particularly benefit from the new
servo drive system. For this purpose, Sinamics S200 offers optimized speed
ripple, cogging torque compensation, 17/21-bit ST and 21-bit MT encoders, and
cycle-synchronous communication for optimized performance by
Profinet IRT in minimum 250us.
- Cellforce selects Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform to produce premium-segment EV batteries
- Agreement sets benchmark for scalable, sustainable, competitive battery cell production and efficient building operations
- Siemens to become preferred supplier with its Industrial Operations X software and hardware portfolio and Building X digital building platform
- Siemens to further expand footprint in battery market
High-end battery manufacturer Cellforce and Siemens have concluded a
Memorandum of Understanding with the aim to enter a strategic partnership.
Cellforce develops and manufactures high performance Li-Ion battery cells for the
automotive market utilizing advanced battery materials and cutting-edge production
technologies.
- Bustanica, the Dubai-based vertical farming company, requires 95% less water than a conventional plot, and yields more than 1 million kg of produce free of pesticides, herbicides and chemicals
- Siemens provided building systems and automation hardware and software from its Digital Industries and Smart Infrastructure portfolios
- Building systems, automation software and hardware are part of Siemens Xcelerator
Siemens provided automation and building technology
to the recently opened Bustanica vertical farm in Dubai, the world’s largest of
its kind. The $40 million facility is owned by Emirates Crop One, a joint venture
between Emirates Flight Catering, one of the world’s largest catering
operations serving more than 100 airlines, and Crop One Holdings Inc., an
industry leader in technology-driven indoor vertical farming.
- New seven-year energy performance contract extension signed between Siemens and Australia’s Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC)
- Technology and services from Siemens Xcelerator enabled the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground to achieve north of A$5m savings in energy costs over seven years
- Greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 50,089 tons over same period (equivalent to taking around 10,000 cars off the road)
Australia’s
home of sport, the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has, over a seven-year
period, achieved higher than expected energy, cost and emissions savings under an
energy performance contract (EPC) between Siemens and the Melbourne Cricket
Club (MCC).
The pump and drive system-OEMs team up through
their IoT-platforms for enhanced pump operations
- ETH Zurich runs unique research project on automation and energy supply for buildings in different climate zones
- Project includes one-of-a-kind artificial sun
- Siemens supplies digital building technologies, part of Siemens Xcelerator, for lab
ETH Zurich,
one of the world’s most renowned universities, has just opened a unique
research facility: the Zero Carbon Building Systems (ZCBS) Lab. It allows research
into the behavior of building components and systems in different climate
zones. The new building, located on the university campus in Zurich, comprises
two floors with different test cells, climate chambers, and experimentation
rooms. As part of its existing industrial partnership with ETH Zurich, Siemens
has equipped the new research facility with state-of-the-art digital building technologies,
including for building operations and management. The technologies are part of
the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.
- The two companies are developing a new systems engineering and asset management combined software solution to support traceability and sustainable product development – linking domains including mechanical, electronics, electrical and software engineering
Siemens Digital
Industries Software and IBM (NYSE:IBM) today
announced they are expanding their long-term partnership by collaborating to
develop a combined software solution integrating their respective offerings for systems
engineering, service lifecycle management and asset
management.