Jim Hagemann Snabe, Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of Siemens AG, is recovering from a leg injury that will
prevent him from being physically present at this year’s annual shareholders’
meeting in Munich. As foreseen by the governance process in such cases, Second
Deputy Chairman Werner Brandt will be the Chair of the annual shareholders’
meeting on February 8, 2024.
"I regret that I won't be able to
exchange personally with our shareholders at this year’s annual shareholders’
meeting and I am grateful that Werner Brandt will fill in while I get back to
full strength", said Jim Hagemann Snabe.
- Decarbonization program targets significant energy savings and 50 percent CO2 reduction at over 15 HEINEKEN breweries and malt houses worldwide by 2025
- Supports HEINEKEN’s global Net Zero Production roadmap, which aims to reach net zero in Scope 1 and 2 by 2030 and net zero across the full value chain by 2040
- Five-year performance and monitoring service contract from Siemens to ensure ongoing project optimization
- Scalable solution designed using an energy digital twin will optimize heating and cooling requirements in production and packaging processes
HEINEKEN, the world's most international
brewer, has selected Siemens as a partner for its global Net Zero Production roadmap,
as part of HEINEKEN’s ambitions to reach net zero in Scopes 1 and 2 across all
production sites by 2030.*
- Heliox expands Siemens eMobility’s offering for the growing eBus and eTruck charging market, and for depot and fleet solutions
- Accelerates value creation in Siemens’ fast-growing eMobility business
- Adds attractive digitalization and software potential
Siemens AG
has completed the acquisition of Heliox, a technology leader in DC fast
charging solutions, serving eBus and eTruck fleets and passenger vehicles. Headquartered
in the Netherlands, Heliox employs approximately 330 people.
- Siemens to integrate Amazon Bedrock into its Mendix low-code development platform to allow customers to create new and upgrade existing applications with the power of generative AI
- Access to Amazon Bedrock’s advanced generative AI technologies will help customers accelerate digitalization and tackle skilled labor shortages
- Mendix is an industry leader in low-code development with 50M end-users and more than 200,000 applications running on AWS across industrial, finance and other sectors
Siemens and Amazon Web
Services (AWS) are strengthening their partnership and making it easier for
businesses of all sizes and industries to build and scale generative artificial
intelligence (AI) applications. Domain experts in fields such as engineering
and manufacturing, as well as logistics, insurance or banking will be able to
create new and upgrade existing applications with the most advanced generative
AI technology. To make this possible, Siemens is integrating Amazon Bedrock - a
service that offers a choice of high-performing foundation models from leading
AI companies via a single API, along with security, privacy, and responsible AI
capabilities - with Mendix, the leading low-code platform that is part of the
Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.
- Together with customers and partners including Sony, AWS, Red Bull Racing, Unlimited Tomorrow, and Blendhub, Siemens highlights how technology is transforming the everyday
- Siemens partners with Sony to introduce new solution for immersive engineering that combines Sony head mounted display with Siemens Xcelerator software
- AWS and Siemens to make generative AI more accessible to application developers through combination of AWS Bedrock and Mendix Low-Code platform
- Siemens enhances Siemens Xcelerator open business platform with new capabilities to combine real and digital worlds and drive digital transformation across industries
Siemens
unveiled innovations that are combining the real world and the digital worlds
to redefine reality as it opened CES 2024, the world’s leading technology gathering.
Siemens announced new partnerships and breakthroughs in AI and immersive
engineering to enable the industrial metaverse, and highlighted how these
technologies are empowering the world’s innovators to thrive using its open
digital business platform, Siemens Xcelerator.
- 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.
- Further 8 percent
stake transferred to Siemens Pension-Trust e. V.
- Transfer strengthens Siemens’
pension assets in Germany
- Move reduces Siemens’ investment in Siemens
Energy AG to 17.1 percent from 25.1 percent
- Prof. Dr. Ralf P. Thomas to resign
from the supervisory board of Siemens Energy AG
Today, on December 18, 2023, Siemens AG is transferring an 8 percent stake in Siemens Energy AG to Siemens Pension-Trust
e. V. As a result, Siemens AG’s stake in Siemens Energy AG is declining to
17.1 percent. With this move, Siemens is executing its previously announced
plans to further reduce its investment in Siemens Energy. By transferring the
shares to Siemens Pension‑Trust e.V., Siemens is strengthening
its pension assets in Germany.
- Outokumpu to provide steel with a 93% lower carbon footprint for Siemens’ medium-voltage switchgear
- Takes delivery of towards-zero stainless steel at its Frankfurt switchgear factory
- Demonstrates clear commitment to the reduction of supply chain emissions
Underpinning its commitment to making
sustainability a key priority within its operations, Siemens Smart
Infrastructure has taken delivery of sustainable stainless steel at its
Frankfurt switchgear factory. Recognizing that the urgent need for
decarbonization and increased electrification requires sustainable solutions, Siemens
is committed to using sustainable steel for medium-voltage switchgear. With plans
to not only integrate the product at other locations but also to include
second-tier suppliers in this sustainable approach, Siemens is prioritizing
sustainability within its own operations, while also fostering a broader
network of environmentally conscious practices across its supply chain.
- The
inventions focus on artificial intelligence and sustainability
- €6.2
billion invested in research and development
- 5,383
Siemens inventions in fiscal 2023, amounting to around 24 inventions per
workday
Each year,
Siemens presents the Inventors of the Year award to outstanding inventors in
six categories: Newcomers, Open Innovation, Outstanding Invention, Lifetime
Achievement, Design and User Experience and the recently added PhD Award. In
addition to helping explain artificial intelligence (AI), the prize-winning
inventions also make power grids more sustainable, railcar axles more stable
and charging stations for electric vehicles more universal. The 2023 award will be presented today to twelve Inventors of the Year from the U.S., the UK, China,
India, Kazakhstan and Germany. You can find all award-winning inventions and
the people behind them at: www.siemens.com/inventors.
- New Building X offering enables remote monitoring and intervention, real-time notification, as well as efficient and predictive maintenance
- The Fire Apps – Fire Manager, Fire Connect – and Fire API are now available on Building X, part of Siemens Xcelerator
- Building X supports customers on their digital transformation and sustainability journey
Siemens Smart Infrastructure is expanding its fire safety offering on Building X through newly launched applications and an application programming interface (API) to increase transparency, decrease response time in case of incidents, and enhance maintenance processes for service providers. Building X is a digital building platform that supports customers to digitalize, manage, and optimize their building operations. This leads to an enhanced user experience, increased performance, and improved sustainability. It is part of Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform that enables customers to accelerate their digital transformation easier, faster and at scale.