- Investment of €1 billion planned in Germany, €500 million for new Technology Campus in Erlangen
- Part of €2 billion global investment strategy in 2023 for boosting growth, innovation and resilience across all regions
- Further investments in Europe and the U.S.
- New campus to become global development and manufacturing hub and nucleus for technology activities for industrial metaverse
- Erlangen location to promote and accelerate ecosystem of partners from business and scientific communities
- Transition to environmentally sustainable net-zero location
Siemens is
rigorously executing its announced €2 billion investment strategy. Of this
amount, the company plans to invest around €1 billion in Germany, thereby boosting
the country’s innovative strength. In the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz,
the technology company today announced the establishment of its new Technology Campus in Erlangen, Germany, with
investments of around €500 million in the expansion of development and manufacturing
capacities. As a result, Siemens is establishing the Erlangen location as a
global research and development hub and the nucleus of global technology
activities for the industrial metaverse. These steps will enable Siemens to
accelerate its overall growth, drive innovation and increase its resilience.
Siemens is rigorously executing its announced €2 billion investment strategy. Of this amount, the company plans to invest around €1 billion in Germany, thereby boosting the country’s innovative strength.
Siemens has opened the first building complex of the Siemens Technology Center (STC) at Garching Research Campus of the TUM, north of Munich, Germany. In addition to Siemens, other institutions next to the Technical University of Munich (TUM), such as the Max Planck Institute and SAP are located there, with around 28,000 people working at this hub. As a result, the Garching Research Campus is one of the largest centers for science, research and teaching in all of Europe.
- Zsolt Sluitner to hand over leadership
of the business as of March 1, 2024
- Jörg Vocke has been working at
Siemens for 20 years and has many years of experience in Siemens Real Estate’s business
- Current focus areas: Sustainable and
value-oriented growth as well as transformation of global office and production
locations
Effective
March 1, 2024, Jörg Vocke (55) will become the new CEO of Siemens Real
Estate (SRE), the real estate company of Siemens. In this role, he will report
directly to Ralf P. Thomas, Chief Financial Officer and member of the
Managing Board of Siemens AG. As a corporate real estate manager, SRE is
responsible for Siemens’ global real estate portfolio and continuously drives
the further development of this portfolio in a sustainable, socially
responsible and value-oriented manner. SRE also plays a key role in Siemens’ €2
billion global investment strategy for getting production locations fit for the
future.
- More than €100 million investment for new Siemens Technology Center in
Garching strengthens cutting-edge research and bolsters Germany’sinnovation strength
- Open research and innovation ecosystem fosters collaboration with the
Technical University of Munich (TUM), international research institutes and
leading companies
- Building complex meets the highest sustainability standards
- Focus on industrial artificial intelligence research supports Siemens’
leading position
Today, Siemens has opened the first building complex of the Siemens Technology
Center (STC) at Garching Research Campus, north of Munich, Germany. In addition
to Siemens, other institutions next to the Technical University of Munich (TUM),
such as the Max Planck Institute and SAP, are located there, with around 28,000
people working at this hub. As a result, the Garching Research Campus is one of
the largest centers for science, research and teaching in all of Europe.
- The most advanced future energy grid simulation hub of its kind in Australia
now available for industry and academia
- $5.2 million Hub at Swinburne’s Hawthorn campus features some of the world’s
most advanced digital technology from Siemens
- Hub simulates digital twin of Australia’s energy grid, enabling future energy
scenarios mapping
Siemens and Swinburne University of Technology have launched the most advanced future Energy Transition Hub of its kind in Australia at the University’s Hawthorn campus in Melbourne.
- The University of East London (UEL) has reduced its carbon emissions by 10 percent in phase one of its new net zero strategy
- UEL partnered with Siemens to develop and deliver the strategy, designed to improve energy efficiency and renewable integration
- Siemens and UEL to co-create a ‘Living Lab’ to help embed sustainability into course curriculums
The University of East London (UEL) has reduced its carbon emissions by 10 percent from its 2020/21 baseline to 2022/23 in the first phase of its new net zero strategy, putting the organisation on track to achieve its 2030 net-zero target.
- Siemens Swinburne Energy Transition Hub aims to create the most advanced future energy grid laboratory of its kind in Australia accessible to students and industry
- 5.2 million AUD (3.4 million EUR) to be invested into Hub, set to open in late 2023
- Hub to leverage digital twin of Australia’s energy grid with Siemens software such as PSS E, PSS Sincal, Spectrum Power and Deop X
- Joint project between industry and research to accelerate path to net zero
Siemens
and Swinburne University of Technology have agreed to set up the most advanced
future Energy Transition Hub of its kind in Australia in at the University’s Hawthorn campus
in Melbourne. Featuring
some of the most advanced digital energy technology from Siemens and the
technical, R&D and teaching expertise of Swinburne, the $5.2 million Hub
aims to build a future energy grid laboratory accessible to students and
industry. When fully operational, the Hub will also offer researchers and
industry the opportunity to work on solutions for greener, more efficient
future energy systems using Siemens Xcelerator, a new open digital business
platform and marketplace.
- 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.
- Siemens will deliver energy efficiency improvement measures to immediately cut 10 percent of the University’s carbon emissions
- Subsequent project phases will see on-site, low-carbon energy production, and the installation of renewable generation infrastructure
- Partnership will create an inclusive talent pipeline for the green economy, and a ‘living lab’ for teaching and research
The University of East London (UEL) in the
United Kingdom has established a strategic partnership with Siemens to collaborate
on their aspiration of achieving net-zero carbon by 2030. Siemens will deliver
improvement measures to reduce overall energy use, and engineer solutions to drive
the shift to renewable and on-site low-carbon energy generation at UEL’s
campuses in the London Docklands and Stratford.