- Simatic WinCC Unified: Completely new developed visualization system based on native Web technologies
- Fully scalable in hardware and software - from machine-level applications to the distributed SCADA solution
- Open programming interfaces and option packages enable the implementation of industry-specific requirements
- Tried-and-tested engineering in the TIA Portal
At the "SPS – Smart Production Solutions" 2019, Siemens will present a completely new overall system for industrial operator control and monitoring. The web-based visualization system consists initially the Simatic WinCC Unified visualization software as well as the new generation of HMI panels, Simatic HMI Unified Comfort Panels. The new system provides the user with a solution for HMI and SCADA applications, and in the future also for Industrial Edge, Cloud and Augmented Reality scenarios.
- TÜV SÜD issues certificate for proven IT security
- Protection against cyberattacks and response to legal requirements
- Tailored cybersecurity for every project
The Rolling Stock business unit at Siemens Mobility has been certified by Germany’s TÜV SÜD for meeting the international IT security standard IEC 62443. The certification proves that the train control and IT systems in the company’s high-speed trains, regional trains, metros, trams, locomotives, components, and rail solutions are adequately protected against cyberattacks.
- MHMM to become sole owner of
Primetals Technologies
- Closing expected by early calendar year 2020
- Financial details not disclosed
Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery (MHMM) – an MHI group company – and Siemens AG reached agreement on September 30, 2019, that MHMM will acquire Siemens’ 49 percent stake in Primetals Technologies. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary conditions and is expected by early 2020. Siemens will support the process to ensure a successful closing of the transaction. Following closing, MHMM will assume sole control of Primetals Technologies. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
- Partnership based on complementary portfolios and competences will support our customers when implementing intelligent solutions
- Cooperation to tackle global water challenges: increase energy efficiency and reduce water consumption
- Focused on three main areas: water and wastewater applications, industrial automation and building technology
Siemens and Grundfos have today signed a digital partnership framework for strategic cooperation between the two companies. The new partnership focuses on the complementary products and solutions provided by both parties in three main areas: water and wastewater applications, industrial automation and building technology.
- Turnkey construction of two 90 MW power plant units
- Production of process steam and district heat
- Annual savings of up to 1 million metric tons of CO2
Siemens will build a highly efficient combined cycle power plant as a turnkey project at the Marl Chemical Park in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The order was placed by the specialty chemical group Evonik Industries. The new industrial power plant will consist of two units, each with an electrical capacity of 90 megawatts, and produce both electricity and process steam for the chemical park. The site’s integrated steam network will also supply district heat for about 2,000 homes in the future. The plant’s fuel efficiency will thus exceed 90 percent. With this combined cycle power plant, Evonik will replace its last coal-fired plant at the Marl Chemical Park. Because the plant will produce environmentally friendly electricity, process steam, and district heat from natural gas, the company will be able to cut CO2 emissions by one million metric tons per year. The plant thus makes an important contribution to decarbonization. Construction is scheduled to begin later in 2019, and the power plant is expected to go into operation in 2022. Siemens Financial Services (SFS), Siemens’ financing arm, developed a leasing financing solution specifically for Evonik in collaboration with Siemens Gas and Power. Together with the KfW IPEX Bank and LBBW, SFS will handle refinancing of the leasing agreement. The project volume is in the lower triple-digit million euro range.
- Automatic handling of up to 1800 pieces of luggage per hour
- Improved security and more comfort for travelers and airport staff
- Modernization in compliance with tightened international security rules for luggage inspection
- Siemens also providing management systems, software and communications for remote operation
- Order volume of 164 million euros
Siemens will modernize the existing security systems for luggage control at Spain's five busiest airports. The contract for the luggage inspection systems at the airports of Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca and Gran Canaria has a volume of around 164 million euros. The customer is AENA (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea), the Spanish semi-governmental airport operator. With 264 million passengers and more than one million tons of freight in 2018, AENA is one of the world's largest airport operators. The new luggage inspection systems from Siemens will help to significantly increase traveler safety. At the same time, passengers can be handled more quickly and travel more comfortably.
- Retrofit of substation automation and protection system in Norway including Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity
- Consolidation, visualization and analysis of grid data in MindSphere cloud
- Option to develop additional use cases during project execution
- Digitalization of grid assets optimizes overall efficiency
Together with the Norwegian distribution system operator Glitre Energi Nett, Siemens will build a digital substation to pilot Internet of things (IoT) analytics and applications for power grids. IoT-ready Siprotec protection and control and Sicam automation devices will be connected via OPC UA PubSub, an open standard communication protocol, to MindSphere – the Siemens cloud-based open operating system for IoT. The Siprotec dashboard cloud application will make previously inaccessible data fully available and help to process grid data for the first time in the cloud with zero engineering effort.
By Jim Hagemann Snabe
“The speculations published in Der
Spiegel magazine are false. It was Mr. Kaeser himself who proposed to the
Supervisory Board that a Deputy CEO be appointed in order to accelerate orderly
succession planning. In response to this proposal, the Supervisory Board
approved the following resolution:
‘The Supervisory Board will decide on the
successor to Joe Kaeser and on the timing of the succession in the summer of
2020.’
No questions about appointments to the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG
were discussed.”
- Advanced Battery Technology Innovation Center (ABTIC) is initiated jointly by Tianmu Lake Institute of Advanced Energy Storage and Siemens to develop advanced battery technologies and help bring them to volume production
- ABTIC aims to develop and provide digital solutions for production chains and innovation chains on next generation batteries
Announced today, Siemens Digital Industries Software has partnered with Tianmu Lake Institute of Advanced Energy Storage Technologies (TIES), a major Chinese energy storage research and development center, to build an Advanced Battery Technology Innovation Center. The Innovation Center, to be located at the 500 million-yuan, 51,000 square meter facility in Liyang, China, will be dedicated to transforming and upgrading the advanced battery industry, including nurturing advanced battery technology research and development, and the development and introduction of high-end talents in this growing area.
- Successful collaboration in both software and hardware for additive manufacturing further extended
- New CNC Sinumerik One to be integrated successively into the entire machine fleet
BeAM, a leading machine manufacturer in the field of DED (Directed Energy Deposition) technology for additive manufacturing, and the global technology company Siemens announced at EMO 2019 their plans to further intensify their already successful collaboration. This is based on the successful piloting of Sinumerik One, the new CNC generation from Siemens. As a "digital native", the new controller features software for the creation of digital twins, which supports the seamless integration of hardware and software. BeAM is the first machine builder to equip an additive manufacturing machine - Modulo 250 - with a Sinumerik One. At EMO 2019, the world's first AM machine equipped with a Sinumerik One will be presented to the public at the Siemens booth in Hall 9, Booth H50. Visitors to EMO can see how the program simulation is operated on the machine using the Digital Twin of Production in the NX Virtual Machine software. „We are very excited to close the loop in the additive digital chain by bridging virtual simulation and actual deposition on our new Modulo 250 thanks to the integration of the new Sinumerik One. It opens up new possibilities for our industrial customers willing to integrate further DED in their value chain and optimize its usage “, explains BeAM’s CEO Vincent Gillet.