- Company awards free shares worth nearly €68 million
- High number of employee shareholders – 300,000 – constant since last year
- For the first time, Siemens employees worldwide donate share dividends to social projects
Today is "Share Day" in Germany, and Siemens is marking the occasion by highlighting its firmly anchored ownership culture: some 300,000 of the company's 379,000 employees worldwide are also Siemens shareholders. This means that nearly 80 percent of all Siemens employees are simultaneously co-owners of their company. The number of employee shareholders at Siemens has remained constant since last year. No comparable company can point to such a high number of employee shareholders.
- Initial call for four Smartron locomotives includesmaintenance contract with Siemens Mobility
- Deliveries to begin in October 2019
Siemens Mobility and Paribus Holding GmbH & Co. KG, a Hamburg-based investment and asset management firm for rail rolling stock and real estate, have signed a framework agreement for the delivery of 25 Smartron locomotives. The deal was arranged and structured by Paribus for Paris-based RIVE Private Investment. The asset management of the locomotives will be handled by northrail GmbH, the rail asset management subsidiary of Paribus. Four locomotives valued at €2.5 million each have already been ordered. Three of these will be leased by northrail GmbH to TX Logistik AG. The locomotives are intended for freight transport in Germany. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in October 2019. Siemens Mobility will also be responsible for maintenance of the locomotives for a period of eight years.
- 76 km rail line now in operation
- Project connects Gebze in Asia and Halkali in Europe with commuter, intercity and high speed trains as well as a freight link
- Project features Signaling and Control, Communications and SCADA systems as well as CBTC and ERTMS technology
Turkish State Railways has inaugurated revenue service for main phase of the Marmaray project, an initiative to connect the Asia-Europe corridor. As part of the joint venture, constructing this line, Siemens Mobility installed and commissioned the Signaling and Control system, the Communication systems as well as the SCADA system. The line connects 62 km, including 43 km on the Asian-side of the peninsula and 19 km on the European-side, to the 14 km of tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait. The line will have an overall length of 76 kilometers and allows a mixed commuter, intercity and freight service for the metropolitan area of Istanbul as well as the integration of the Gebze-Halkali section in the Ankara-Istanbul high-speed corridor, providing greater availability to those crossing continents. More than 75,000 passengers per hour at a two-minute interval during peak travel times are finding their commutes more efficient.
- 24 "ÖBB Cityjet" Desiro ML trains
- Attractive passenger comfort and increased value sustainability over the entire lifecycle
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has ordered an additional 24 Desiro ML regional trains from Siemens, bringing the total number of ordered trains to 189. Delivery of the new trains, which will operate under the name "Cityjet," is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2020. The three-car electric trainsets will be used as regional trains (S-Bahn) in eastern Austria. The trains will be produced at the Siemens Mobility plants in Krefeld, Germany, and Graz, Austria, and final assembly will take place at ÖBB's Technical Services factory in Jedlersdorf, Austria.
- No. 1 in the European Patent Office's application rankings for 2018
- More than 25 percent of patent applications in the area of digitalization
- 7,300 inventions worldwide in fiscal 2018 – 33 inventions per day
Siemens submitted more patent applications than any other company in Europe in 2018, thus advancing to first place in the European Patent Office's application rankings. With 2,493 patent applications, Siemens relegated last year's leader, Huawei, to second place, followed by Samsung and LG. In 2017, Siemens had taken second place. The last time the company was ranked No. 1 in Europe was in 2011. More than 25 percent of the patents are in the areas of Industry 4.0 and digitalization, where Siemens submitted considerably more applications for intellectual property rights than in the prior year. The company also reported a substantial increase in the areas of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
- Project aims to improve safety for spectators and drivers at FIA sanctioned Rally events
- Solutions include advanced sensor fusion and image classification; connected vehicle technology; extensive 3D modeling and pre-race simulation of vehicles, sensor networks
- Learnings from project will benefit pedestrian safety in urban environments
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Siemens today announced the start of a project aimed at improving the safety of spectators and drivers at Rally events around the world.
The new 5SV1 RCBOs from Siemens for the first time combine residual current and overload protection in one modular width (MW). The compact devices protect people from dangerous electrical shots and at the same time prevent overcurrent damage to cables, along with the failure of electrical systems and loads in buildings, infrastructure and industry. In the event of a fault, they safely and reliably disconnect all circuits from the network. Compared to conventional devices, the 5SV1 RCBOs require only half the space. This enables more protection devices to be installed in a distributor and existing installations to be easily expanded with new protection functions in a space-saving solution. The protection devices can also be connected in a 5SM6 AFD unit block – thus offering personal, line and preventive fire protection in only two MWs.
- KACO new energy is one of the leading manufacturers of energy-related power electronics
- Siemens further strengthens its competence in decentralized energy
- KACO new energy will be integrated in the new Smart Infrastructure Operating Company
Siemens has today announced plans to acquire the string inverter business of the KACO new energy GmbH, one of the leading manufacturers of energy-related power electronics, for an undisclosed sum. The project development and EPC activities are not part of the acquisition. The closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory approval and expected in the first half of 2019.
- Size AH100 to AH450 low-voltage motors can be retrofitted in future with the Simotics Connect 400 connectivity module
- Simotics Connect 400 enables motor operating data to be sent to cloud-based Sidrive IQ Fleet App without any structural modification
- Regular evaluation improves efficiency, optimizes serviceability and makes for an extended service life
In future, it will be possible for existing motors operating in the field to be retrofitted with the Simotics Connect 400 connectivity module from Siemens. This will allow size AH100 to AH450 low-voltage motors operated directly from the mains to transmit operating data straight to the cloud-based Sidrive IQ Fleet App without the need for any structural modifications. Regular data analysis allows plant operators to quickly and efficiently oversee the operational status of their drive systems and plan a servicing schedule based on actual requirement. This not only improves efficiency, but also optimizes serviceability and extends service life. Typical applications requiring monitored low-voltage motors include pumps, fans and compressors.
- Leading alliance for sustainable innovations in the energy sector
- Siemens is helping startups and new companies in the green economy develop their solutions and business models
Siemens has joined the Eco Innovation Alliance (EIA) as a technology partner. The alliance of more than 60 startups and innovation companies in the green economy is aimed at strengthening environmental innovations that drive ecological modernization efforts and encourage direct dialog between newly formed companies and policymakers. Siemens is supporting green economy enterprises by providing proven hardware and software solutions, which are intended to give EIA members a solid foundation on which they can built their own applications and business models.