- Establishment of Gas and Power Operating Company leads to significant synergies and to optimization of support functions
- Necessary changes include adjusting capacities to reflect market developments
- Worldwide, 2,700 jobs to be reduced, about 1,400 of which are in Germany
- Measures to be implemented in a socially responsible manner
Today, Siemens informed its employee representatives about further planned measures for strengthening the productivity and competitiveness of Siemens' Gas and Power (GP) Operating Company for the long term. "Our new Gas and Power Operating Company setup has created synergies that better enable our company to deliver competitive performance in the midst of structural change in our industry. The planned measures will help us create more opportunity for growth and the security that comes from being a competitive player in the energy market," said Lisa Davis, member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO of Gas and Power.
- Siemens Arts Program and the Hallé Orchestra (UK) are hosting their first-time global conducting competition
- Winner receives a two-year engagement at the orchestra and £15,000
- Competition in Manchester in February 2020, submission deadline is July 1st
Siemens is launching their first conducting competition on an international scale. In cooperation with the renowned Hallé Orchestra (UK) the Siemens Arts Program is starting the "Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition" (SHCC). The final takes place over a three-day period in February 2020 and awards the best young (conducting) talent with a two-year engagement as Assistant Conductor for the Hallé. In addition to becoming artistic director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra, the winner will receive a cash prize of £15,000 and the possibility to establish themselves on the global stage through numerous guest conducting appearances. The prestigious position of Assistant Conductor of the Hallé has already been held by Edward Gardner, Andrew Gourlay, Ewa Strusińska, Jamie Phillips and Jonathon Heyward.
- Liubov Medvedeva awarded first prize in the Siemens Arts Program's opera competition at the Opéra Garnier in Paris
- Siemens Opera Contest supports outstanding young artists
Twenty-one-year-old Soprano Liubov Medvedeva has won this year's Siemens Opera Contest France at the Opéra Garnier in Paris. Medvedeva was born in 1998 in Kharp, Russia, where she studied music from 2004 to 2012, specializing in singing and piano. She also attended courses at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and in 2014 won first prize in the Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers in Russian St. Petersburg.
- Will provide real-time information to passengers
- Application to be built by HaCon
- Supports Andorra's vision for sustainable transport
Siemens Mobility, HaCon and eos.uptrade will create an intermodal mobility platform for Forces Elèctriques d'Andorra (FEDA), which was appointed to create this platform by the Government and the seven councils of Andorra. The application will integrate several transportation modes across the country and the first phase of the application will be available for download by riders in fall 2019. It includes public buses, electric bike-sharing and chargers for electric vehicles, and on- and off-street parking. It will allow riders to view available transportation options, plan their trip in real-time and manage payments across the various modes of transport. The investment will help Andorra achieve its' sustainability goals, including lowering carbon emissions and promoting public and multimodal transport.
As the trend toward urbanization accelerates worldwide, cities need solutions for some of their most pressing demands: the need to transport growing numbers of people in an efficient, reliable, safe and sustainable way. Therefore, comprehensive mobility concepts and seamless intermodal solutions are becoming increasingly important.Siemens Mobility has the extensive expertise and experience to deliver digital innovations that increasingly cross-link the "complete mobility system". Under the slogan "Shaping connected mobility," we will showcase those pioneering solutions at this year’s UITP Summit in Stockholm from June 9 - 12 – solutions that guarantee availability, make trains and infrastructures intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, and improve passenger comfort and travel experience.
- Russian Railways orders 13 high-speed Velaro RUS trains
- Maintenance contract for 30 years
- Order volume worth around €1.1 billion
Russian Railways (RZD) has ordered 13 high-speed Velaro RUS trains from Siemens Mobility and Ural Locomotives, a joint venture of the Sinara Group and Siemens AG. The order has a volume of around €1.1 billion. The contract also includes maintenance of the trains for a period of 30 years. RZD originally ordered eight Velaro trainsets from Siemens Mobility in 2006 and placed a follow-up order for an additional eight trains in 2011.
Russian Railways (RZD) has ordered 13 high-speed Velaro RUS trains from Siemens Mobility and Ural Locomotives, a joint venture of the Sinara Group and Siemens AG. The order has a volume of around €1.1 billion. The contract also includes maintenance of the trains for a period of 30 years. RZD originally ordered eight Velaro trainsets from Siemens Mobility in 2006 and placed a follow-up order for an additional eight trains in 2011.
- Oregon’s largest regional transit provider
- Majority of project will take place in Clackamas, OR
- Enhances value sustainably over lifecycle
Siemens Mobility has won a mid-life overhaul service contract for TriMet’s Type-2 and Type-3 Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) fleet, which is made up of 79 Siemens Mobility SD660 LRVs. The project order has a volume of approximately €80 million with options for up to €25 million more. The initial project will be complete in 2025.