- Veronika Bienert to succeed Roland Chalons-Browne as CEO
- Andreas Rudolf to become CFO
Veronika Bienert (48) will head Siemens Financial Services (SFS), effective
October 1, 2021. As CEO, she will succeed Roland Chalons-Browne (65), who
has successfully led SFS since 2010. Over the course of her international career
at the Siemens Group, Bienert has held several important positions as chief
financial officer (CFO) within Siemens’ international operating business. Andreas
Rudolf (54), who currently heads Siemens Pensions, will – also effective
October 1, 2021 – become CFO of SFS.
- Siemens’ lightning information
service recorded about 399,000 lightning strikes in Germany – 21 percent more
than in 2019
- City of Wolfsburg in Lower Saxony was
Germany’s 2020 “lightning capital”
- Germany’s lowest lightning densities
measured in Coburg, Bamberg and Mainz
- Hamburg was the German state with
the most lightning activity in 2020; Munich topped list of state capitals
- June 13 was the day in 2020 with the
most lightning strikes in Germany – over 89,000
- At the European level, Trieste and the
surrounding areas top the ranking in Siemens’ 2020 lightning atlas
The city of
Wolfsburg in Lower Saxony was Germany’s “lightning capital” in 2020. Siemens’
lightning information service BLIDS (which stands for Blitz-Informationsdienst
von Siemens) detected just under 5.8 lightning strikes per square kilometer there
in 2020. The towns of Kempten in the Allgäu region and Miesbach in the region
of Upper Bavaria took second and third places with 5.1 and 4.7 ground flashes
per square kilometer, respectively. BLIDS recorded the lowest lightning density
in the Bavarian cities of Coburg and Bamberg, where considerably fewer than 0.1
lightning strikes per square kilometer were recorded in each case. Mainz, which
is the capital city of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate was also at the bottom
of the list, recording just under 0.1 lightning discharges per square kilometer.
With a lightning density of just under 2.3, Munich led the country’s list of
state capitals, followed by Hamburg (1.9). With this figure, the Hanseatic City
of Hamburg, which has the status of a federal state, also recorded the highest
lightning density among the German states. The state with the highest number of
ground flashes detected in 2020 was Bavaria, which accounted for a quarter of
all strikes measured. Overall, at 399,000 strikes, BLIDS recorded another
increase in lightning activity in Germany, up around 21 percent compared to 2019.
- 250,000 euros in immediate aid for first-aid organizations
- Unbureaucratic support planned for affected employees and locations
Siemens AG is making a short-term contribution to the fight against the
flood disaster in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate and affected
regions outside of Germany, providing immediate aid of 250,000 euros to first
responders such as the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief and the
German Red Cross through Siemens Caring Hands e.V.
- Bavarian Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder kicks off H
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lighthouse project for energy transition in Germany
- With 8.75 megawatts of electrical power, it will be one of Germany’s
largest carbon-free hydrogen generation plants
- Siemens Financial Services, Rießner Gase GmbH and SWW Wunsiedel GmbH
are investors in Wunsiedel’s WUN H2 operating company
- Plant to go into operation in
summer 2022 with an annual production of up to 1,350 tons of hydrogen and CO
2
savings of up to 13,500 tons
- WUN H2 to supply Northern Bavaria, Thuringia and neighboring part of
Czech Republic with hydrogen
Kickoff
for one of the largest green hydrogen projects in Germany: The official
groundbreaking ceremony in Wunsiedel marked the start of construction of a
hydrogen generation plant with a capacity of 8.75 megawatts. The facility will
produce up to 1,350 tons of hydrogen per year using only renewable energy, for
example from solar or wind power. Using the generated hydrogen in
transportation and industry allows for CO
2 savings of up to 13,500
annually.
- Siemens announces projects for Golden Stretch Round
- Committed funding to total US$20.5 million
- Volume of Siemens Integrity Initiative above US$100 million
Building on
the first three rounds of the Siemens Integrity Initiative, Siemens AG has
again announced projects to receive funding to drive and support clean markets.
Initially launched in 2010, the initiative has a volume of more than US$100 million. The new projects will enhance the initiative’s portfolio
to reach a total of 85 projects in over 50 countries and increase its committed
funding to nearly US$120 million.
Accelerating High Value Growth
Today the virtual Siemens Capital Market Day “Accelerating high value
growth” took place. Roland Busch and the Siemens leadership team outlined Siemens’ overall strategy as a focused technology company.
- Creating maximum customer impact by uniquely combining the real and digital worlds
- Focus on sustainability with ambitious “DEGREE” framework
- Updated Financial Framework with new financial targets for accelerated, high-value growth
- Comparable annual revenue growth of 5 percent to 7 percent over the business cycle (previously: 4 percent to 5 percent)
- Annual increase in earnings per share before purchase price allocations (EPS pre PPA) in high-single-digit percentage range
- Progressive dividend policy; new share buyback program of up to €3 billion – to begin in fiscal 2022 and run until 2026
- Outlook Fiscal 2021: Net income
continues to be expected in the range of €5.7 billion to €6.2 billion, however
now including the previously announced burdens in connection with the
acquisition of Varian
As part of its virtual
Capital Market Day entitled “Accelerating High Value
Growth,” Siemens AG is presenting its new growth strategy today. This strategy
is also reflected in ambitious new
Financial Framework targets, and it includes a comprehensive sustainability agenda.
- Focus on ecofriendly vehicles
to help make company carbon neutral by 2030
- New app enables executives
to switch company cars flexibly anytime based on their specific requirements
- Under the EV100 initiative,
Siemens wants to have a fully electric fleet by 2030
In January 2022, Siemens
will introduce a new model for the company cars used by its executive-level
employees. Currently in the pilot phase, the new model is to be implemented
Germany-wide by the beginning of next year. The goal is to provide employees
with greater access to cars with ecofriendly drive systems and thus give them
an additional incentive to use electric vehicles. Siemens’ fleet organization
will also be more flexible and sustainable since employees will be able choose the
type of electric vehicle they want at any time based on their requirements. This
spring, the company joined the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative and thus set a
target of transitioning its global fleet to 100 percent electric mobility
by 2030.
- Siemens Arts Program boosts efforts to foster
young talent in new cooperative initiative with Berliner
Philharmoniker’s Karajan Academy
- Siemens
Conductors Scholarship includes position as assistant to chief conductor of the Berliner
Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko
- Conducting
competition to take place in Berlin from October 22 to 24, 2021
- Winner to receive academy scholarship for two-year
program of study as well as conduct a dedicated portrait concert
The Siemens Arts Program is collaborating with the Berliner
Philharmoniker’s Karajan Academy to hold a conducting competition in the Berlin
Philharmonie concert hall from October 22 to 24, 2021. The winner will be
awarded a scholarship as part of a two-year program of study at the academy.
The honors include a position as assistant to the chief conductor of the Berliner
Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko. The winner will have the opportunity to
conduct his or her own portrait concert with the Karajan Academy’s Chamber
Orchestra in the Chamber Music Hall at the Berliner Philharmonie. The
competition begins on Friday, October 22, 2021, and will consist of three separate
rounds held over three days. The winner will then be announced on the evening
of Sunday, October 24, 2021.
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- Unlocking digital model data along the product lifecycle for drive systems
- Accessing CAD data in web, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
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- Combining IIoT with visual computing for design collaboration and troubleshooting
Drive systems are core assets in industrial processes. Key aspects of the structural design and functionality are reflected in digital twins. Visualizing digital model data along the product lifecycle of a drive system is key in operational tasks from collaboration in design to remote service or troubleshooting. Moreover, the introduction of augmented reality and virtual reality in the industrial domain yields the potential to become a productivity driver for the human interaction with data.