- 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.
- Smart Infrastructure (SI) to acquire Brightly, a leader in
cloud-based asset and maintenance management software
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Perfectly complements Siemens’ digital offerings for buildings, with
strength in asset and energy management
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Acquisition puts Siemens in pole position to address fast-growing
software market for buildings and built infrastructure
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Purchase price of USD 1.575 billion plus earn-out
Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI), the frontrunner in digital buildings, has
signed an agreement to acquire 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. The purchase price is USD 1.575 billion, plus an earn-out. The
acquisition will add 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. It also accelerates the
build-up of Siemens’ SaaS business and enables Siemens and Brightly together to
deliver superior performance and sustainability for built infrastructure. Brightly
is expected to benefit from Siemens’ global presence, while Siemens leverages the
software provider’s footprint in the U.S. market. Siemens will realize significant
synergies between Brightly’s capabilities and its own portfolio with an
expected mid-triple-digit million net present value. The transaction is subject
to regulatory approvals, with closing expected in calendar year 2022. The
acquisition will be EPS
accretive pre-PPA in the second year after closing.
- Siemens Mobility is building seven two-car Mireo Plus H trains powered by fuel cells for Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB)
- Switching from diesel to hydrogen on the Heidekrautbahn will reduce annual CO₂ emissions by around three million kilos and save 1.1 million liters of diesel
- For Siemens Mobility the first order for a fleet of trains based on hydrogen technology
- The hydrogen fleet will be delivered in the fall of 2024. The trains are planned to operate on the Heidekrautbahn network (RB27) beginning in December 2024.
- The order placed with Siemens Mobility also includes a service and spare parts supply agreement (TSSSA) covering the entire term of the transport contract.
Siemens Mobility has been commissioned by Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB) to deliver seven two-car Mireo Plus H trains for the Heidekrautbahn network (RB27) in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region. Equipped with a fuel cell drive system and a lithium-ion battery, this second-generation hydrogen train provides completely CO₂ emission-free mobility.
- Design, supply, testing, and commissioning of the power supply system for Jurong Region Line
A Siemens Mobility led consortium that includes Concord Corporation Pte Ltd. has been awarded a contract by the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) for the design, supply, testing, and commissioning of the power supply system for the future Jurong Region Line. The system will be designed to be upgradeable, with interfaces for connecting power supply and signaling that will meet industry standards.
- Builds on initial order of 75 locomotives in 2018, with the first having entered service in February 2022
- 125 cleaner, faster, more efficient engines will be in service by 2029
- The Charger Locomotive is the most energy-efficient Tier 4 passenger locomotive in the industry
- The total contract value of up to $2 billion includes the original contract for $850 million
Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation of the United States, has ordered an additional 50 Charge Locomotives from Siemens Mobility. Together with the initial order of 75 locomotives in 2018, the 125 diesel-electric units are an important part of Amtrak’s sustainability initiative and are considerably more environmentally friendly than their 1990’s predecessors. The total contract value of up to $2 billion includes the original contract for $850 million and incorporates both the manufacturing as well as the long-term service agreement for technical support, spare parts, and material supply.
Travelers benefit from greater reliability –
project commissioned after only 18 months
(Düsseldorf/Altena, June 1, 2022) Digital Rail Germany is moving forward. Deutsche Bahn (DB) has just inaugurated the completely renewed signaling and interlocking technology on the Ruhr-Sieg line between Letmathe and Kreuztal. The new state-of-the-art digital technology makes the rail network more robust and reliable while enabling better control and greater flexibility of trains. Maintenance of the rail line will also take less work and be easier. The inauguration marks the first commissioning of a project in the federal government’s €500-million Fast-track Program.