- Siemens’ Industrial Operations X portfolio and NVIDIA GPUs integrated in Siemens IPCs enable advanced AI applications across industries
- Estimated 25-fold acceleration in AI execution with Siemens’ integrated hardware and software enhanced by NVIDIA technology spurs efficiency, agility, and innovation
- Siemens and NVIDIA to present the future of AI in industry at SPS trade show 2024
Siemens, a leading technology company, today
announced the launch of a new line of Industrial PCs (IPCs) equipped with NVIDIA’s
GPUs. Along with an extended AI offering, that’s part of the Industrial
Operations X portfolio, it will accelerate artificial intelligence (AI)
applications and mark another milestone in the strategic partnership between Siemens
and NVIDIA that was launched in June of 2022.
- Short-circuit protection 1000 times faster than
conventional technology reduces downtime and maintenance costs
- Smart Start offers electrical and mechanical
protection for motors and applications during start-up
- Full integration into SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal)
- Sustainable product bears Siemens EcoTech label
Siemens Smart
Infrastructure launches its first fully electronic starter with semiconductor
technology. The SIMATIC ET 200SP e-Starter offers short-circuit protection that
is 1000 times faster and is virtually wear-free compared to conventional
solutions such as circuit breakers or fuses. This ensures optimal protection
for motors as well as other types of loads and the applications in which they
are used. The e-Starter also features the application-friendly Smart Start
and full integration into the Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) concept. The
compact device can be used worldwide, requires minimal space in the control
cabinet, and is easy to install.
- Siemens
and S&P Global Market Intelligence 451 Research publish a study on the
industrial metaverse
- 81 percent of businesses are using, testing,
or planning to implement industrial metaverse solutions
- Over two-thirds of medium-sized businesses are
increasing investments
- The share of companies investing over US$10
million annually has doubled to 30 percent
- North
America in vanguard, with 23 percent of respondents classified as leaders,
followed by Europe (19 percent) and Asia-Pacific (15 percent)
S&P Global Market Intelligence 451
Research and Siemens have published a technology report on the status of the
industrial metaverse in 2024. The report is based on a survey of 907
participants across 16 industries and seven countries (Australia, Canada,
China, Germany, India, the UK and the U.S.), as well as on additional
qualitative interviews.
- Support for the latest PLCs ensures
compatibility and increases performance
- User-friendly
handling thanks to human-readable
text-based representation of graphical code and security update
- Performance,
collaboration and efficiency improvements driven by generative AI and
integrated cloud capabilities
Siemens, a leading technology company, is
introducing the latest version of the Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal
at the Smart Production Solutions (SPS) trade show in Nuremberg, Germany. The
engineering framework is designed for improving industrial automation
processes. By simplifying workflows and increasing efficiency, it enables
faster project development.
- Siemens Logistics to be sold to Vanderlande for €300 million
- Transaction expected to close in the course of calendar year 2025
- For Siemens, another step in portfolio optimization as a leading technology company
Siemens AG has agreed to sell its Siemens Logistics business to Vanderlande, a company owned by Toyota Industries Corporation. Vanderlande is a leading global partner for future-proof logistic process automation in the warehousing, airports, and parcel sectors, and with that will be a strategic long-term owner for Siemens Logistics. The purchase price (enterprise value) is €300 million. Closing is expected in the course of calendar year 2025, subject to regulatory approvals.
- Acquisition of Altair Engineering Inc., a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence software, strengthens Siemens’ position as a leading technology company
- Creates the world's most complete AI-powered design and simulation portfolio
- Altair shareholders to receive USD 113 per share, representing an enterprise value of USD 10 billion; the offer price represents a 19% premium to Altair’s unaffected closing price on October 21, 2024
- Siemens expects to achieve significant cost and revenue synergies
- The transaction is expected to be EPS (pre-PPA) accretive by year two post-closing
Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire Altair Engineering Inc., a
leading provider of software in the industrial simulation and analysis market. Altair
shareholders will receive USD 113 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately USD 10 billion. The offer price represents
a 19% premium to Altair's unaffected closing price on October 21, 2024, the
last trading day prior to media reports regarding a possible
transaction. With this acquisition Siemens strengthens its position as a leading
technology company and its leadership in industrial software.
- Customized IoT smart hospital platform with 2,000 asset tags and 7,000 IoT sensors improves patient experience and optimizes operations at Kantonsspital Baden
- Open platform, part of Siemens Xcelerator, enables development, setup, and scaling of additional use cases
- Siemens has supplied an app-based navigation system to help patients and staff find their way around the hospital
- Real-time location services allow staff to locate critical assets, saving time and increasing operational efficiency
Partnering with Kantonsspital Baden (KSB) in
Switzerland, Siemens Smart Infrastructure will deploy technologies and digital
services from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio to create one of the country’s
smartest hospitals. The project, a demand-driven, customized Internet of Things
(IoT) platform with over 7,000 IoT sensors, will ensure a user-centric patient
experience, improved patient care, increased energy efficiency, and optimized
operations.
- Siemens and Microsoft
have taken the Siemens Industrial Copilot to the next level, to handle
demanding environments at scale
- Over 100 customers in Europe and
the US are using the Siemens Industrial Copilot to improve efficiency, cut
downtime, and address labor shortages
- thyssenkrupp Automation
Engineering is planning a global roll out of the Copilot beginning 2025
- More than 120,000 engineers can now leverage the Copilot, upskilling
experts and workers in programming with GenAI
Siemens is revolutionizing industrial automation with Microsoft. Through
their collaboration, they have taken the Siemens Industrial Copilot to the next
level, enabling it to handle the most demanding environments at scale. Combining
Siemens’ unique domain know-how across industries with Microsoft Azure OpenAI
Service, the Copilot further improves handling of rigorous requirements in
manufacturing and automation.
- Siemens chosen as technology partner of Alliander, a major Dutch network company, for flexibility management
- Strategic partnership to tackle critical challenges of energy transition, especially reducing capacity restraints
- Implementation of Siemens’ Gridscale X platform to extend grid utilization in the Netherlands by up to 30 percent, serving 3.5 million energy customers
Siemens and Alliander, a major Dutch network company, with its daughter company Liander, the biggest Dutch distribution system operator (DSO) in the Netherlands, have entered a strategic partnership to accelerate the energy transition and tackle key challenges in distribution grid management. Siemens’ Gridscale X platform will be used by Alliander to reduce grid congestion and increase grid utilization. It is estimated that this partnership could extend the grid usage in the Netherlands by 10 to 30 percent.
- Leading technology company Siemens and ServiceNow, the AI platform for business transformation, announced a new collaboration at the ServiceNow World Forum in Munich, Germany
- The collaboration helps transform shopfloor security and operations with Siemens Xcelerator
- New offering combines Siemens’ Sinec Security Guard and the Siemens Industrial Copilot with ServiceNow’s workflow automation
Siemens and ServiceNow today announced a new collaboration, that debuted at the ServiceNow World Forum in Munich. The companies intend to enhance industrial cybersecurity and drive the integration of generative AI into shopfloor operations. This mutual cooperation leverages Siemens' Sinec Security Guard for industrial vulnerability management and the Siemens Industrial Copilot for generative AI-powered automation – with ServiceNow providing the workflow automation needed to streamline and enhance factory operations.