- Metro Automation for Paris' future metro lines 15, 16 and 17 awarded
- The three new lines include 125 kilometers of tracks and 50 stations
- The project entails 12 phased sections and commissioning by 2030
- Most advanced signaling technology to equip 159 passenger trains and 27 work trains
- Associated maintenance services for 30 years
The Société du Grand Paris (SGP), which owns the Grand Paris Express project, awarded the Siemens Mobility and Thales consortium with the delivery of the Automated Train Control system that uses wireless Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) technology and the Operating Control Centers for the future new lines 15, 16 and 17, which will be completed by 2030. Siemens Mobility will design and implement the most advanced generation of its CBTC fully automated technology. It will complete the integration of the entire transportation system. Thales will design and implement the Operating Control Centers (centralized supervision of train traffic, energy systems, auxiliary equipment and digital information systems), as well as trackside equipment and a secure communication network.
Siemens Water Solutions received an order for a complete wastewater treatment system for Tianjin Bohua Chemical Development's (a subsidiary of Bohai Chemical Group) new propylene oxide-styrene monomer (POSM) plant. The plant, located at the Nangang Industrial Zone in northern China's Tianjin, will have a production capacity of 200,000 tons per year of propylene oxide (PO) and 450,000 tons per year of styrene monomer (SM).
- Siemens gas engines generating electrical power from landfill gas to provide energy for approximately 2,000 homes in Idaho
- Two engines convert 1,000 tons of landfill waste daily into energy
- Project marks successful use of Siemens' highly-energy-efficient engines to capture and use methane
Siemens and Southern Idaho Solid Waste (SISW) recently announced the successful commissioning of two SGE-56HM gas engines that are providing environmentally friendly electrical power for a landfill gas-to-energy project at the Milner Butte Landfill in Burley, Idaho. Siemens' gas capture engines are helping to convert 1,000 tons of landfill waste daily into energy but SISW officials expect that amount to increase in the near future.
- Siemens to accelerate investments and growth in Mendix's organic business and verticals, fueling faster go-to-market expansion
- Mendix will continue building on its heritage of openness and extensibility, including its partner ecosystem
- Siemens to create SaaS solutions and extensions, leveraging joint Siemens and Mendix ecosystems and partnerships
- Combination of Siemens' Digital Enterprise Software, MindSphere and Mendix extends industry leading digital innovation platform
Siemens today closed the acquisition of Mendix, eight weeks after the transaction was announced as part of the company’s Vision 2020+ strategy.
- Conformity statement confirms high safety and reliability standards for use in wind turbines
- System can now be used in photovoltaic systems thanks to expanded product family
The DNV GL classification company awarded Siemens the certificate for its busbar trunking system from the Sivacon 8PS product family at the international Wind Energy trade fair in Hamburg. The CS-03832 conformity statement confirms that the LDM system meets high standards of safety and reliability. Especially when it comes to high current intensities, busbar trunking systems are an excellent alternative to classic cable installations. The busbars can be installed in very limited space and ensure high availability and low maintenance. During operation, they feature low fire load and have a PVC and halogen-free design. The systems use solid aluminum as conductors, a material that costs much less than the copper used in cables. It can also easily be recycled after use.
- Sandfort will be the new CEO of the Control Products and Systems business unit of the Siemens Building Technologies Division
Effective October 1, 2018, the beginning of the next fiscal year, Henning Sandfort (42) will be the new CEO of the Control Products and Systems (CPS) business unit. Sandfort will succeed Uwe Frank, the current head of the product business of Building Technologies. Frank will retire at the end of 2018. Until now, Sandfort has been in charge of the Systems and Room Automation product segment within CPS.
- DynaGridCenter research project successfully completed with partners
- Dynamic control center indispensable to a successful energy transition
- Brings increasing grid dynamics under control and maintains grid stability
- Automated recommendations for action prevent blackouts and damage to plants
With the DynaGridCenter project, Siemens worked alongside partners in science and research to develop the next generation of grid control centers. For the first time, assistant systems visualize dynamic processes that bring the energy transition to the power grid and provide targeted recommendations for actions to optimize the grids and prevent blackouts. "In the future, we'll need control centers that can independently regulate the highly dynamic power grid with an autopilot functionality and keep it stable," said Prof. Dr. Rainer Krebs, head of the Consulting Unit for the Operation and Protection of Power Grids in the Siemens Energy Management Division. "The dynamic control center is therefore an indispensable part of a successful energy transition. It controls the increasing grid dynamics, maintains grid stability, and provides specific recommendations for action to prevent blackouts." The control center of the future will therefore become a key component of the power grid action plan that was introduced by the German federal government in August 2018.
- Siemens Mobility provides intelligent road infrastructure including, Road Side Unit (RSU), communications networking and telematics for near-real-time exchange of information between vehicles and infrastructure
- Facility uses automated and connected vehicle technology to prepare for tomorrow's roads
Today, the city of Düsseldorf officially opened a cutting-edge automated and connected vehicle test track, which is a 20 km road dedicated to the advancement of connected and autonomous vehicle technology. Featuring Siemens Mobility technology, the digital test field highlights the latest intelligent traffic technologies, which is preparing the region for automated and autonomous traffic of the future.
- Reconciliation of interests signed for Power and Gas Division and Process Industries and Drives Division in Germany
- Power and Gas to achieve cost savings of about €500 million worldwide, of which €270 million are to be saved in Germany
- Capacity and structure adjustments can now begin in Germany
Siemens and the company's Central Works Council have signed a reconciliation of interests based on the framework agreement reached in May. The goal is to increase the competitiveness of the Power and Gas Division (PG) and the Process Industries and Drives Division (PD). At PG alone, costs are to be reduced – as originally planned – by about €500 million worldwide, with €270 million of this amount to be saved in Germany. Around 2,900 jobs will be cut in Germany instead of the roughly 3,400 announced last November. This reduction in job cuts is due, above all, to the continuation of the location in Görlitz, Germany, and the retention of activities at the Dynamowerk, a Siemens production facility in Berlin. However, the measures are not restricted to capacity adjustments alone. Instead, they are primarily designed to achieve structural improvements and systematically sharpen the company's focus on the technologies of the future.
Siemens and E.ON have reached a significant milestone in the area of 3D-printing for the energy sector. The world's first 3-D printed burner for an SGT-700 gas turbine has been in operation for one year at E.ON's combined cycle power plant in Philippsthal in the German state of Hessen and the results are impressive. The burner has been operating for over 8,000 hours with no reported issues.