- Atlantia S.p.A. to acquire Yunex Traffic from Siemens Mobility for €950 million
- Closing expected by September 2022
- Yunex Traffic is a leader in intelligent road traffic solutions
- Siemens continues to sharpen its portfolio as focused technology
company
Siemens Mobility today signed an agreement to divest Yunex Traffic, the international road traffic business, to Atlantia S.p.A. The Managing Board and Supervisory Board of Siemens AG have approved the planned transaction. The purchase price is €950 million (enterprise value). Closing is expected by September 2022, subject to the relevant regulatory approvals. Yunex Traffic is a leader in innovative and intelligent infrastructure and traffic solutions for roads and cities. As a global leader in mobility infrastructure technology and services, Atlantia is a long-term, strategically oriented new owner for Yunex Traffic.
- Siemens has been among companies filing highest numbers of patent applications worldwide for years
- Twenty inventions per workday in fiscal 2021
For years, Siemens has been among the companies filing the highest numbers of patent applications worldwide. The resulting patents lay the groundwork for Siemens’ future success and growth as a focused technology company. For 2021, Siemens has again recognized particularly resourceful researchers as its Inventors of the Year. The 15 inventors being honored come from Germany, the U.S., Israel, India, the UK and Poland. The awardees’ inventions span Siemens’ entire spectrum, and they all pursue advances based on the company’s understanding of innovation:technology that serves people and improves their everyday lives. The inventions range from hydrogen-powered trains to a smart solution for stabilizing power grids that employ a high percentage of renewable energies, and they extend all the way to a cancer treatment that is available for many more patients. Details on all the prize winning inventions and the people behind them are available at: www.siemens.com/inventors
- Initial firm order for 20
locomotives
- The Vectron platform will boost Akiem’s
activities in key corridors of Central and South-Eastern Europe, up to
Scandinavia
- With this partnership, Akiem strengthens
its ability to meet its customers’ growing needs in passenger and freight
operations throughout Europe
Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, 21 December,
2021 – Akiem, the rolling
stock leasing specialist, and Siemens Mobility announce Akiem’s firm order for 20 Vectron locomotives. The order has been finalised as part of a
framework purchase agreement for locomotives, ancillary equipment and services
signed August 2021. With this new contract, Akiem confirms its leadership of the European
leasing market and its ambition to supply European freight and passenger operators with appropriate, efficient rolling stock.
- Siemens Mobility to retrofit 305 Siemens Desiro commuter trains, 64 M6 steering cars and 21 I11 steering cars supplied by Bombardier/Alstom
- The Belgian Railways fleet will now meet the latest European standards baseline V3.6.0 for rail safety interoperability
- Siemens Mobility will provide 10 years of maintenance for ETCS system
Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract by NMBS/SNCB, the Belgian National Railways, to retrofit 390 trains and steering cars with European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 technology. With the ETCS Level 2 upgrade, the fleet will be able to operate with a greater degree of efficiency and meet the latest European standards for rail safety interoperability. Siemens Mobility will provide the onboard unit equipment and installation support for trains across the fleet. The new technology will not only support the existing national functions in Belgium and Luxembourg, the re-authorisation of a number of the retrofitted vehicles will also allow the vehicles to potentially operate in Germany and the Netherlands. In addition, Siemens Mobility will provide 10 years of maintenance for the ETCS system and will also provide an Online Key Management Solution which will further digitalize train operation.
- Donation will be used by Canadian City of
Toronto long-term care home to implement 2,000 Enlighted IoT sensors that will
aid in occupancy management, asset tracking and sanitization
- Project is part of the COVID-19
relief fund set up by the Siemens Caring Hands e.V. charity
The Siemens
Caring Hands e.V. charity is making a long-term contribution to fighting the
pandemic and is supporting the City of Toronto in Canada with a donation of approximately
$400,000 (€295,000) to benefit Cummer Lodge. Long-term care residents have been
disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and despite very high levels of
vaccination among residents and visitors (the City of Toronto has a mandatory
vaccination policy in place for staff), the safety of all these groups remains
a top priority. Cummer Lodge is the first Canadian recipient of the
international fund led by Siemens Caring Hands e.V.
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VGF and Siemens Mobility to build the train control system of the future
for Frankfurt
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Major public transport infrastructure project and milestone in the
mobility transition
VGF,
Frankfurt’s public transport provider, will replace the conventional train control
system currently used in its metro and tram network with a new,
state-of-the-art digital system. The “Digital Train Control System Frankfurt” is
one of the company’s most important projects for the future. Following a public
procurement procedure initiated in early 2021, the VGF is now awarding the important
contract to Siemens Mobility.
VAG
Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft orders 14 more Avenio trams for Nuremberg, setting
the course for a transition in mobility. The stated goal is to strengthen
public transport in the Franconian metropolis. To this end, over the next few years,
the frequency of service will be increased, new lines will be built, and new
services will be created for Nuremberg's passengers.
After the initial
order for 12 vehicles in 2019, VAG Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft took the option
included in the contract and is expanding the fleet to a total of 26 trams.
Since November, the first Avenio Nuremberg has been completing the necessary
test runs at the Siemens Mobility Test Center in Wegberg-Wildenrath. Passenger
service is scheduled to start in summer 2022.
- Siemens Mobility awarded €270 million contract to install digitalized CBTC technology across entire 94 km of track, including a new 6 km track
- Automated signalling will provide greater availability, enhanced operations, and passenger experience
- Digital maintenance and support services for the CBTC System for 25 years
Siemens Mobility has been awarded a €270 million contract by Sporveien AS in Oslo, Norway to install and maintain a Communications-Based Train Control system (CBTC) on the Oslo Metro. Siemens Mobility will completely replace the current legacy signalling with its digitalized CBTC technology which will provide greater automation and connectivity, allowing for a more efficient and centralized control of operations. Specifically, the optimization and renewal of the complete 94 km network will increase the availability, safety, and capacity of the Oslo Metro, while also equipping it to meet the future demands for mobility and the need for any potential expansions or upgrades. As part of this contract, Siemens Mobility will design, integrate, test, and commission the system, while also providing digital maintenance and support services for the CBTC system for 25 years.
- Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to be a
virtual event due to ongoing coronavirus pandemic
- Siemens
to enable shareholders to submit statements in text or video format
- Focal
points of speeches by President and CEO Roland Busch and Supervisory Board
Chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe to be published by February 4, 2022 at the latest
In view of the
current pandemic situation and because of the high number of participants expected, the Managing Board of Siemens AG has
decided, with Supervisory Board approval, to hold the company’s next Annual
Shareholders’ Meeting on February 10, 2022, again as a virtual event.