- Around 1,300 apprentices and
university students in work-study programs begin their professional careers at Siemens
in the 2021 training year
- Training rises to
challenges posed by digitalization in the second year impacted by the
coronavirus crisis
- Virtual tradeshow portal
SIEYA, new online assessment function and the previously initiated Digital
Insights program enable optimal start to professional careers
- Sixteen young people from
nine countries begin their 12-month International Tech Talents training program
in Berlin
Around 1,300
apprentices and university students in work-study programs will begin their professional
careers at 20 Siemens locations on September 1. Out of this total,
800 apprentices will complete their training at Siemens AG, 200 at Siemens
Mobility, and 110 at Siemens Healthineers. In addition, these trainees will be
joined at Siemens Professional Education by 190 participants from the
company’s external partners who will complete vocational training programs.
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A total
of 33 Nightjets of the new generation Viaggio Next Level from Siemens Mobility in
service by 2025
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New
Nightjet generation focuses on comfort, modern design and greater privacy
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ÖBB secures
its position as market leader in Europe’s night train business
ÖBB has ordered 20 additional seven-car night trains from Siemens Mobility to expand its Nightjet fleet. The trains are based on the Viaggio Next Level platform. A total of 33 next-generation ÖBB Nightjets will be in service by 2025, providing climate-friendly overnight connections between various European cities. The new trains will attract night travelers by offering higher capacity, even more comfort, and greater privacy.
We released our our third quarter results for fiscal year 2021 on August 5, 2021. The Conference Call for journalists and the Analyst Call was broadcasted live.
- Orders of €20.5 billion (Q3 2020: €13.9 billion) reflect strong customer orientation and global economic recovery
- Revenue increased substantially to €16.1 billion (Q3 2020: €13.0 billion)
- Adjusted EBITA Industrial Businesses climbed 29 percent to €2.3 billion
- At 15.3 percent, Adjusted EBITA margin increased again (Q3 2020: 14.3 percent)
- At €1.5 billion, net income nearly tripled (Q3 2020: €535 million)
- Free cash flow of €2.3 billion (Q3 2020: €2.5 billion) again excellent
- Guidance for 2021 raised again – Net income of €6.1 billion to €6.4 billion expected (previous guidance: €5.7 billion to €6.2 billion), including effects in connection with the acquisition of Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
Siemens continued its accelerated high-value growth trajectory across all businesses and regions also in the third quarter. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and negative currency translation effects, Q3 was characterized by outstanding market successes companywide and positive momentum provided by the global economic recovery. Ongoing supply chain challenges associated primarily with electronics components, raw materials and rising raw materials prices were successfully mastered. Compared to Q3 2020, which was noticeably affected by the pandemic, Siemens achieved considerable double-digit growth in orders and revenue and nearly tripled net income. Due to its strong performance in the first nine months, Siemens is again raising its guidance for fiscal 2021 and now expects companywide revenue growth of 11 percent to 12 percent (previous guidance: 9 percent to 11 percent) on a comparable basis – that is, excluding currency translation and portfolio effects – and net income of between €6.1 billion and €6.4 billion (previous guidance: €5.7 billion to €6.2 billion).
- Siemens Advanta and the Institute for Automotive Research (IfA) to explore innovative technologies in automotive sales and after-sales as part of Zukunftswerkstatt 4.0 (“Workshop for the Future 4.0”)
- Focus on practical research into new digital services and business models related to connected electric vehicles and autonomous driving
- Zukunftswerkstatt 4.0 to showcase automotive industry innovations to prepare companies for growing need to transform and innovate
Zukunftswerkstatt 4.0, which translates to “Workshop for the Future 4.0,” and Siemens Advanta, Siemens’ Business Unit for digital transformation consulting and implementation, are jointly exploring innovative technologies that span the customer journey in the field of automotive sales and after-sales. The aim is to develop new approaches for digital products and services in all areas related to connected electric vehicles and autonomous driving – and thus help shape the future of mobility.
- 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
2
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.