- Siemens Building Technologies extends its leadership in smart buildings by acquiring Building Robotics Inc., the creator of Comfy®
- Comfy is a leading digital workplace app, creating more personalized and responsive workplaces while providing analytics for efficient building operations
- Sold as software-as-a-service, Comfy will extend the cloud portfolio of Siemens Building Technologies
- Transaction expected to close in the third quarter of 2018
Siemens Building Technologies Division is setting a further milestone in smart building solutions by acquiring Building Robotics Inc., a market leader in the fast growing digital workplace experience app domain. Headquartered in Oakland, California, the start-up achieved its leadership position by developing a simple-to-use app that enables people to take control of their environment. Building Robotics, Inc. is best known by the name of its core product, Comfy.
- MoU signed at Intersolar trade show
- First joint project as a basis for further development is located in Rwanda
- Partnership focus on Solarkiosk's projects in East Africa which provide solar energy for local entrepreneurs/SMEs in rural off-grid areas
- Siemens microgrid solution helps to collect, monitor and analyze data as well as to provide simple remote control
- Collected data to create additional value for local entrepreneurs, operators, service providers and communities
Siemens and SOLARKIOSK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 20 at the Intersolar trade show. Both companies agree to join forces to enhance local businesses powered by SOLARKIOSK's clean energy in non-electrified parts of rural Africa. SOLARKIOSK has deployed more than 250 projects in twelve countries serving roundabout 5 million people. The SOLARKIOSK solar powered E-HUBB is the business centerpiece for a rural "off-grid" village providing retail and energy related services such as charging (mobile phones, batteries, lights), internet connectivity, cooling of products and medication, water purification, copy, print or scan, financial inclusion services as well as news and entertainment to local communities.
- Digital billing system allows smart calculation of electric energy consumption
- Digital operation and maintenance solution will allow remote power plant control
- Memorandum of Understanding with Athon Energia signed at Intersolar Europe
Today at Intersolar Europe in Munich, Germany, Siemens signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Athon Energia S.A., a Brazilian investment holding focused on distributed generation and renewable energy projects. The agreement foresees the provision of a full digital service package for smart energy management, including data management for digital billing, and operation and maintenance (O&M) solutions.
- Booth slogan: "Digital Enterprise – Implement now!"
- The time for implementation has arrived: Digital Enterprise solutions for production enable machine builders and users to already benefit from Industrie 4.0
- Solutions for the integration of handling systems and robots into the digital integrated value chain
At the automatica 2018, Siemens will be demonstrating how machine builders and users can already benefit from Industrie 4.0. Exhibiting under the banner "Digital Enterprise – Implement now!", Siemens will be focusing on integrated, user-oriented solutions from the Digital Enterprise portfolio for enterprises of all sizes and branch of industry – along the entire value chain from product design and production planning, through the engineering process, to new data-based services. As a first-time exhibitor at automatica, Siemens will also be showcasing whole new possibilities for the integration of handling systems and robots through simulation, engineering and machine connectivity with its world leading portfolio of automation, drive technology and software. Automated engineering and the simulation of machines and product lines enable greater flexibility, shorter times to market, and improved efficiency and quality.
- First 4-car train due to arrive in Thailand in August 2018
- Total of 22 metro trains to be delivered
- Siemens will maintain the trains for 16 years
The first metro of 22 new four-car trains for Bangkok's Green Line extension has been manufactured and is ready for shipment to Thailand. Production of the train at the Bozankaya factory in Ankara, Turkey, began in April 2017. Today, just fourteen months later, Siemens, Bozankaya and Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company (BTSC) are celebrating the roll-out of the first train. The metro train, weighing 140 tons, will begin its journey from the factory to the Turkish port of Borusan-Gemlik at the end of June. The entire distance from the factory to the train's final destination is around 15,000 kilometers and will take about six weeks. Arrival at the Thai port of Laem Chabang is scheduled for August 2018, and will be followed by static and dynamic commissioning in Bangkok, including test runs on the Green Line tracks in Bangkok. The trains will operate on the existing BTS (Skytrain) system and its extensions, and will help boost the capacity of the lines to over one million passengers a day.
Leverage the full potential of renewable resources and local energy solutionsThe energy landscape is changing toward decentralization and independence from the traditional central power supply model – toward an increasingly distributed energy system. This change is characterized by an increase of efficient and affordable renewable power generation solutions – from small to utility scale – as well as combined heat and power (CHP) and storage technologies. The growing utilization of renewable energy sources, the deregulation of markets, and environmental awareness reinforce this shift. Siemens meets this trend by delivering a customer-specific offering such as solutions for local energy, photovoltaic and e-mobility infrastructure as well as low-voltage components.
Siemens exhibited at the automatica 2018 with an array of integrated and user-oriented Digital Enterprise solutions designed to sharpen the competitive edge of both end users and machine builders. Exhibiting under the banner "Digital Enterprise – Implement now!", Siemens focused on ways in which industrial enterprises of all sizes can benefit from the digital transformation – along the entire value chain from product design and production planning through the engineering process to new services.
Lempäälän Energia has awarded Siemens to implement a self-sufficient smart grid system in the industrial area of Marjamäki, Finland. Siemens' scope of supply encompasses design and engineering of a smart medium-voltage microgrid, the corresponding grid automation system and an electrical storage system. The purpose of the project LEMENE is to provide a cost-effective and environmentally friendly energy system that also guarantees secure electricity supply. After implementation of the microgrid, industrial businesses in the area can connect to the distributed energy system, and can flexibly participate in different energy markets. If necessary, the energy system is also capable of independent off-grid operations by disconnecting from the national grid.
- Simatic HMI Thin Client PRO operator terminals with IP65 degree of protection and 15, 19 and 22 inch screen sizes
- Mountable components (extension units) extend application options
- Simatic HMI Thin Client Ex OG in IP66 for use in the chemical, oil, gas and shipbuilding industries
Siemens has extended its system family of all-round protected HMI (Human Machine Interface) devices for machine-related, cabinet-free visualization and automation. High-performance Simatic Thin Client PRO operator terminals with 15, 19 and 22 inch screen sizes and all-round IP65 degree of protection are new to the range. Like all devices in the PRO series, the new Thin Clients can be extended by mountable components (extension units) – such as mounting adapter, keyboard tray and keyboard. New expansion options are operator controls with USB interfaces and an extension box with adjustable handles for easy operation of the panels on the machine.
- Improved passenger experience and reduced lifecycle costs
- 30 percent energy savings, 15 percent lighter
- Train undergoing tests since April 2018
Siemens is presenting a new concept for high-speed trains at the InnoTrans 2018, the world's biggest trade fair for rail technology. The Velaro Novo sets new standards for efficiency and sustainability and at the same time offers the highest passenger comfort and convenience. Siemens has developed the new high-speed platform for service from 250 up to 360 km/h throughout the world.