- Further 8 percent
stake transferred to Siemens Pension-Trust e. V.
- Transfer strengthens Siemens’
pension assets in Germany
- Move reduces Siemens’ investment in Siemens
Energy AG to 17.1 percent from 25.1 percent
- Prof. Dr. Ralf P. Thomas to resign
from the supervisory board of Siemens Energy AG
Today, on December 18, 2023, Siemens AG is transferring an 8 percent stake in Siemens Energy AG to Siemens Pension-Trust
e. V. As a result, Siemens AG’s stake in Siemens Energy AG is declining to
17.1 percent. With this move, Siemens is executing its previously announced
plans to further reduce its investment in Siemens Energy. By transferring the
shares to Siemens Pension‑Trust e.V., Siemens is strengthening
its pension assets in Germany.
- Major order for 75 regional trains: 41 three-car
Mireo trains, 18 four-car Mireos, and 16 battery-powered Mireo Plus B trains
- MDSB 2025+ project with Leipzig hub
- Planned start
of operations in December 2026
- Order volume of approximately €500 million
- Largest Mireo order to date for Siemens
Mobility
Siemens Mobility has
won an order for the delivery of 75 Mireo trains for the “Central German S-Bahn
Network 2025+” (MDSB 2025+) project with an order volume of approximately €500
million. All in all, 41 three-car Mireo trains were ordered by the operators of
Die Länderbahn DLB, and 18
four-car Mireo trains as well as 16 two-car battery-powered Mireo Plus B trains
by DB Regio AG.
- Outokumpu to provide steel with a 93% lower carbon footprint for Siemens’ medium-voltage switchgear
- Takes delivery of towards-zero stainless steel at its Frankfurt switchgear factory
- Demonstrates clear commitment to the reduction of supply chain emissions
Underpinning its commitment to making
sustainability a key priority within its operations, Siemens Smart
Infrastructure has taken delivery of sustainable stainless steel at its
Frankfurt switchgear factory. Recognizing that the urgent need for
decarbonization and increased electrification requires sustainable solutions, Siemens
is committed to using sustainable steel for medium-voltage switchgear. With plans
to not only integrate the product at other locations but also to include
second-tier suppliers in this sustainable approach, Siemens is prioritizing
sustainability within its own operations, while also fostering a broader
network of environmentally conscious practices across its supply chain.
- The
inventions focus on artificial intelligence and sustainability
- €6.2
billion invested in research and development
- 5,383
Siemens inventions in fiscal 2023, amounting to around 24 inventions per
workday
Each year,
Siemens presents the Inventors of the Year award to outstanding inventors in
six categories: Newcomers, Open Innovation, Outstanding Invention, Lifetime
Achievement, Design and User Experience and the recently added PhD Award. In
addition to helping explain artificial intelligence (AI), the prize-winning
inventions also make power grids more sustainable, railcar axles more stable
and charging stations for electric vehicles more universal. The 2023 award will be presented today to twelve Inventors of the Year from the U.S., the UK, China,
India, Kazakhstan and Germany. You can find all award-winning inventions and
the people behind them at: www.siemens.com/inventors.
- New Building X offering enables remote monitoring and intervention, real-time notification, as well as efficient and predictive maintenance
- The Fire Apps – Fire Manager, Fire Connect – and Fire API are now available on Building X, part of Siemens Xcelerator
- Building X supports customers on their digital transformation and sustainability journey
Siemens Smart Infrastructure is expanding its fire safety offering on Building X through newly launched applications and an application programming interface (API) to increase transparency, decrease response time in case of incidents, and enhance maintenance processes for service providers. Building X is a digital building platform that supports customers to digitalize, manage, and optimize their building operations. This leads to an enhanced user experience, increased performance, and improved sustainability. It is part of Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform that enables customers to accelerate their digital transformation easier, faster and at scale.
- Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to be
held on February 8, 2024
- Main
content of speeches to be given by Supervisory Board Chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe
as well as President and CEO Roland Busch are expected to be published by no
later than January 31, 2024
- Supervisory Board and Managing Board propose increasing dividend to €4.70 (fiscal
2022: €4.25)
- PwC is being proposed to 2024 Annual
Shareholders’ Meeting as new independent auditors for fiscal 2024
Siemens AG has
published its Notice of Annual
Shareholders’ Meeting, along with the agenda of this meeting, which is to be
held on February 8, 2024. Based on an authorization approved by a large
majority at Siemens’ 2023 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, the Annual
Shareholders’ Meeting will again be held in a virtual format.
- All hydrogen-powered Mireo Plus H trains have
arrived at the Wildenrath test center
- Siemens Mobility delivers seven two-car trains
powered by fuel cells for the Heidekrautbahn network operated by Niederbarnimer
Eisenbahn (NEB)
- Siemens Mobility’s first order for a train
fleet based on hydrogen technology – first hydrogen-powered train fleet for
Berlin-Brandenburg
- Hydrogen fleet to be delivered in the fall of
2024. Trains are to operate on the Heidekrautbahn network (RB27) beginning in
December 2024.
Siemens Mobility has built seven two-car Mireo Plus H trains for Niederbarnimer
Eisenbahn (NEB). The last train in the series left the factory in Krefeld on
October 30, 2023, and was transferred to the Siemens Mobility test center in Wegberg-Wildenrath
near Mönchengladbach.
- Siemens
publishes Sustainability Report of fiscal year 2023 showing strong progress
towards ambitious targets
- CO2
emissions in own operations halved since 2019
- Approximately
190 million tons customer emissions avoided with Siemens’ products and
solutions sold in FY 2023 (24 percent improvement)
- €416 million
invested in training and continuing education across the Siemens Group (up 11 percent)
- Nearly one-third
of the company’s top management positions are held by women
Siemens has published its
fiscal year 2023 Sustainability Report which demonstrates strong progress
towards a range of targets. Since the baseline year of
fiscal 2019, the CO2 emissions within Siemens’ own operations have
been halved. In addition, more than 90 percent of Siemens’ business
enables customers to have a positive sustainability impact: With the aid of
Siemens technologies sold in fiscal 2023, customers will avoid around
190 million tons of CO2 emissions – an improvement of about
24 percent over the prior year.
- Siemens expands its portfolio for water industry customers with a focus on non-revenue water reduction
- BuntPlanet offers cloud-hosted AI solutions for water utilities
- Offering to be integrated into the Siemens Xcelerator business platform
Today, Siemens has announced the acquisition of
BuntPlanet, a technology company based in San Sebastian, Spain. BuntPlanet’s award winning software has been deployed around the world
to support customers with smart metering solutions, water quality, asset
management, and integration of hydraulic models and artificial intelligence for
detecting leaks and other anomalies in water networks. Siemens has had a
licensing agreement with BuntPlanet since 2019 to sell their leakage detection
software known as SIWA LeakPlus. With this acquisition, BuntPlanet’s entire
offering and team will be integrated with Siemens’ application portfolio for
water utilities making it even more comprehensive for water customers.