- Siemens acquires non-controlling minority ownership in Coelme Group
- Coelme Group focused on serving the European market with high-voltage disconnecting switches
Siemens and Coelme Group, an Italian-based subsidiary of Southern States LCC, one of the leading manufacturers of high voltage disconnect switches, have agreed to Siemens acquiring a non-controlling minority shareholding of 25% in Coelme Group. Ralf Christian, Siemens AG, CEO Energy Management Division, says: "The development and the flexibilization of the transmission grids are of greatest importance for achieving the climate targets. In this context, innovative high voltage disconnect switches remain an important portfolio. Our cooperation with Coelme accelerates innovations and broadens the range of offers for our customers". Coelme Group continues to operate as a standalone company, independent of Siemens. Coelme Group and Siemens will have a business relationship at Arm's-Length Principle. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions including approval by the relevant competition authority. Closing is expected to be completed in the first half of calendar year 2019.
- Hesse's state capital commissions Siemens Mobility to implement Digi-V
- Intelligent infrastructure to analyze environmental and traffic data
- Environment-sensitive traffic controls reduces emissions
Hesse's state capital Wiesbaden has commissioned Siemens Mobility to implement its "Digitalization of Traffic" (DIGI-V) project, which is based on the city's "Green City Plan – Masterplan WI-Connect." The project aims to implement measures that will reduce traffic-related emissions. To achieve this, environmental and traffic data will be recorded, analysed and processed in real time.
Additive manufacturing has the potential to become a new key technology. For example it opens up new attractive prospects in the manufacture of gas turbines. This is why Siemens has been investing in this innovative technology right from its inception, and is now driving the industrialization and commercialization of these processes. Additive Manufacturing is a process that builds parts layer-by-layer from sliced CAD models to form solid objects. This enables highly precise solutions to be formed from powdered high-performance materials. Siemens is a pioneer in Additive Manufacturing and already uses the technology for rapid prototyping. Furthermore the company is now developing solutions ready for series-production for manufacturing gas turbine burner nozzles and repairing burner heads. Just recently Siemens achieved yet another breakthrough: the first gas turbine blades ever to be produced using Additive Manufacturing have successfully finished performance testing under full-load conditions.
- Opening of the new state-of-the-art 3D printing facility at Materials Solutions Ltd. in UK
- Comprehensive approach to manufacturing high-end parts for customers in challenging industries
- End-to-end digitalized 3D-printing production facility to support serial production
With the opening of the new state-of-the-art 3D printing facility at Materials Solutions Ltd. in the U.K., Siemens is continuing to drive the industrialization of additive manufacturing (AM). The investment of €30 million in the new U.K. facility enables the growth of the business by doubling the capacity of 3D-printing machines to 50 and will also increase its post-processing capabilities. Siemens is taking AM out of the traditional research laboratory into an industrialized production factory. By employing industrial methods to scale up production, Siemens can bring down the costs of AM by manufacturing high-end complex metal parts in serial production in a robust industrial environment. With an entire digital end-to-end chain, Siemens is efficiently solving complex customer challenges by producing high-end serial parts for Siemens Power and Gas and customers in the aerospace, automotive, motorsport, and other industries.
- Managing Board and Supervisory Board approve change as of January 1, 2015
- Current CEO Johannes Milde to continue serving in advisory capacity for some time to come
Siemens' Building Technologies Division will have a new CEO on January 1, 2015. Matthias Rebellius (49) is succeeding Johannes Milde (61), who is resigning as Division CEO at the end of this year. Milde will continue to support the company for some time to come.
The need for electromobility is growing, as is the need for an efficient charging infrastructure. As a pioneer in electromobility, Siemens has global experience, maintains a strong portfolio along the entire value chain, and plays an active role in advancing the development and standardization of charging solutions worldwide.Siemens is part of the "FastCharge" research project together with BMW Group as consortium leader, Allego GmbH, Phoenix Contact E-Mobility GmbH as well as Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. This project is investigating the technological requirements that vehicles and infrastructure must meet in order to be able to use extremely high charging capacities. The industrial companies involved in the research project presented the latest advancements in the field of fast and convenient energy supply for electrically powered vehicles on December 12, 2018. The prototype of a charging station with a capacity of up to 450 kW was inaugurated in Jettingen-Scheppach, Bavaria. At this ultra-fast charging station, electrically powered research vehicles created as part of the project are able to demonstrate charging times of less than three minutes for the first 100 kilometres of range or 15 minutes for a full charge (10-80 % State of Charge (SOC)).The energy supply system of Siemens used in the project contains both high-power electronics for the charging connections as well as the communication interface to the electric vehicles. For the connection to the public power grid, a charging container was implemented with two charging connections for CCS-compatible vehicles. One connection has an unprecedented charging capacity of max. 450 kW while the second can deliver up to 175 kW.
Alstom and Siemens have jointly agreed to submit a remedy package on December 12 to the European Commission in response to its Statement of Objection of October 29. This package represents their proposal to address the Commission’s concerns while preserving the industrial and economic value of the deal.
- 32 bi-directional trainsets offering more than 9,100 seats
- Passenger service expected to begin in 2022
- Enhanced passenger experience
Siemens Mobility has been awarded a €650 million contract in Canada to design and build the next generation of VIA Rail Canada's trainsets. This includes 32 bi-directional trainsets, with a supplemental 15-year service agreement for VIA Rail, Canada's government-owned intercity transportation operator. The new trainsets will service passengers on VIA's busiest route, the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor, which connects Canada's two largest cities, Toronto and Montreal, and spans more than 2,200 kilometers in a northeast-southwest direction. The line carried more than 4.5 million passengers in 2018, representing an increase of more than 30 percent over the past four years. The trainsets will ensure the highest level of safety while also significantly enhancing the passenger experience, with excellent ride quality including more comfortable seats, quieter cars, modern climate control and a high-performance passenger Wi-Fi and digital information system. Delivery of the trainsets will begin in 2021 and passenger service in 2022.
- All twelve trams handed over to SWU Verkehr GmbH
- First series service for multi-articulated Avenio M
- First Avenio fleet with "Siemens Tram Assistant" collision warning system
The Avenio M from Siemens Mobility has begun service on the new Line 2 in Ulm, Germany. The approximately ten-kilometer long tram line, which connects Ulm's Science City with the Kuhberg district, was officially inaugurated yesterday by SWU Verkehr GmbH. The new trams from Siemens Mobility will be used on the city's entire tram network (Lines 1 and 2).
- Siemens Minerals Operation Management Solution eliminates information silos by integrating data at all levels, even ERP and automation
- Provides transparency of entire production process from raw materials to finished products for leading supplier to China’s stainless-steel industry
- Improves quality, efficiency, plus speed and accuracy of decision making
Minimum downtime and the optimum use of staff and resources are key to sustainable success in the minerals and mining industries. To achieve this, the Mintal Group Ferrochrome Science and Technology Co. Ltd. is closing the often-significant information gap regarding production planning, quality, production execution and material logistics that can exist between customer Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and plant automation systems. For this, Siemens will design, engineer and commission a new production management system (PMS), based on the Siemens Minerals Operation Management Solution. With technology-based services throughout the lifecycle of an industrial plant, Siemens provides the basis for greater productivity, flexibility, and efficiency – reliably, globally and around-the-clock.