- Volkswagen's first new generation electric car being built with Siemens automation technology
- Together with Volkswagen, Siemens is developing a standard for the upcoming Volkswagen electric car generation
- Volkswagen aims to increase the degree of automation in the body shop to 89 percent and to 28 percent in final assembly
Siemens is supporting Volkswagen with equipping its Zwickau vehicle plant for the production of electric cars. The company has already supplied products and systems for the two production lines and helped develop an automation standard for the versatile mass production of a range of different models. “We want to increase the degree of automation in our production processes while simultaneously reducing complexity. We’ve chosen to work with Siemens, our long-standing partner and one of the leading companies in industrial automation and digitalization, because they have the necessary application expertise in this area,” said Thomas Zembok, Head of Factory Automation and Digital Production at the Volkswagen AG company.
- Integration of cutting-edge technologies into the Digital Enterprise portfolio enables flexible and intelligent production
With its Digital Enterprise, Siemens is taking the next step of the digital transformation – on the way to highly flexible modular production. Siemens presents numerous innovations for the discrete and process industries as well as for energy and building infrastructure. The integration of cutting-edge technologies such as edge and cloud computing, artificial intelligence or additive manufacturing into the portfolio offers users new opportunities to achieve more flexible and intelligent production. Communicative networking through Industrial 5G plays a key role.
- Simatic IOT2050 gateway designed for industrial IT solutions directly in the production plant
- Future edge functionality for integration in Siemens Industrial Edge solutions
- Open platform acquires, processes and transfers production data to a cloud system
- Wide range of communication options und easy connection to MindSphere, the open, cloud-based, IoT operating system from Siemens
Siemens is launching a gateway based on the TI ARM processor family which links cloud, in-company IT and production. Simatic IOT2050 is designed for industrial IT solutions for the acquisition, processing and transfer of data directly in the production environment. It can be used for connecting the production process to a cloud-based analysis of machine and production data, for example. The new IOT gateway will also be equipped with remote edge functionality for easy integration into Siemens Industrial Edge solutions.
- Simatic S7-1500/ET 200MP peripheral modules with 64 channels
- Reduced footprint through high channel density
- Hot swapping: Module replacement during operation enabled by new active backplane bus
- Short installation times with system cabling Simatic TOP Connect
Siemens is
expanding its distributed I/O system with new modules for the Simatic ET
200MP/Simatic S7-1500 IOs as well as a backplane bus. A total of four new
multi-channel digital modules, with 64 channels each and an installation width
of 35 millimeters, enables users to achieve space-saving and cost-efficient
implementation of a high number of channels in the control cabinet. This
reduces the footprint of their Simatic S7-1500 stations. Particularly existing
systems on the basis of Simatic S7-300/ET 200M are easy to migrate to the new
Simatic S7-1500 systems with the new portfolio. Hot-swapping of modules is also
possible in combination with the new active backplane bus for the Simatic
S7-1500 or Simatic ET 200MP. This means that users can replace any faulty
Simatic ET 200MP modules during the CPU runtime, i.e. during ongoing plant
operation, while non-affected modules remain operational, thus increasing your
plant availability.
The new
portfolio makes the Simatic ET 200MP ideal for use in the process environment
together with Simatic S7-1500R/H systems since it promotes high channel density
and high levels of availability.With the Simatic TOP Connect system cabling,
users also benefit from short installation times for the new digital modules
since no tools are required.
- Logo! logic module series 8.3 now with direct cloud connectivity
- Guided setup for cloud connection with Logo! Soft Comfort 8.3
- Logo! Web Editor V2.0 with extended functionality
Siemens is presenting the new version of the logic module series Logo! for the first time at Hannover Messe 2020: The latest Logo! Version 8.3 will be available from Fall 2020 and features a direct cloud connection. The Logo! Soft Comfort engineering software is getting a functional update to enable configuration of the new devices. With Version 8.3, it is possible to activate and configure the cloud connection and use the new free Logo! web editor to create user-defined website and dashboards in the cloud. Users can also design their automation projects and operate them from the cloud via smartphone, tablet or PC. The webserver can be directly hosted in the cloud, enabling individual visualization and centralized control of switching and automation solutions in building management systems, and in the construction of control cabinets, machines and apparatus – comfortably, regardless of the location. Users now have even more options for simple networking.
- Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio will help support BYD in their
transformation to a digital enterprise
Siemens Digital Industries Software
announces a strategic partnership with BYD, a Chinese manufacturer and leader
in the automotive and new energy industries. With this partnership, BYD plans
to build a digital enterprise strategy using the full scope of Siemens’
solutions. Using these solutions, BYD will be able to use digital twins to provide
detailed insight into all aspects of decision-making for product development
and production operations. By connecting these digital twins with a consistent
digital thread, BYD can realize the power and flexibility to speed up
development, optimize manufacturing and use the insight gained from product and
plant operations to improve future performance.
Market research firm Navigant Research has
recently ranked Siemens Smart Infrastructure as a leading provider of distributed
energy resources management systems (DERMS). The “Navigant Research Leaderboard:
DERMS Vendors” report assessed the strategy and execution of 16 vendors for
distributed energy resources and grid management.
- Delyana Lazarova triumphs against almost 290 competitors
from 55 countries to become assistant of
Sir Mark Elder CH CBE
- Lazarova wins GBP 15,000 prize money and the
post of future Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra
Bulgarian
conductor Delyana Lazarova (34) is the winner of the
first Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition held in Manchester,
U.K. She impressed the jury with her performance of The Force of Destiny by Verdi. A total of 287 conductors from 55 countries
applied to take part in the international competition which was held this year
for the first time. The ten best contenders were shortlisted, and four
candidates then competed in the final last Saturday. They had to conduct the
Hallé Orchestra and perform three different pieces by composers like Brahms, Dvorak
or Britten in front of an international audience.
- Siemens issues bonds with a
value of €4 billion and £850 million
- Demand more than double
issue volume
Siemens has issued bonds
with a total value of about €5 billion, around €1 billion (£850 million)
of which have been issued in pound sterling. The transaction closed today. The
proceeds of the issuance will be used for general corporate purposes including the refinancing
of upcoming maturities. Investor
demand was high. At more than €10 billion, demand was more than double the
issue volume.
- Real-time analytics to create dynamic workplaces
- Designed to improve employee productivity and operational efficiency
- Data-driven insights on space utilization to optimize real estate assets
- To be shown at Light & Building trade fair in Germany, Frankfurt a.M. (March 8-13, 2020)
Siemens Smart Infrastructure
has launched a smart building suite designed to create more efficient and
flexible workplaces where people are at the core. The suite of IoT (Internet of
Things) enabled devices, applications and services turn offices into a
competitive advantage for companies. Employees are empowered with greater
choice and control in the workplace, including picking their own optimal
temperature setting, pleasant lighting conditions and find available rooms for
their spontaneous meetings. The suite consists of complementary Siemens
technologies and allows building management systems to respond intelligently to
user input and environmental data. Now, workspaces can adapt to employees’
needs with real-time analytics continuously learning from user input and
picking up behavioral patterns.
At the
same time, powerful data analytics give insights into how the spaces are being
used to make better decisions around space optimization and real estate portfolio management.