Due to
impacts from the coronavirus pandemic and the geopolitical environment, as well
as broader macroeconomic effects of inflation, the food and beverage (F&B)
industry has been facing major challenges, which range from fractured supply
chains to inflation-induced higher prices. As a result, more and more companies
in the F&B industry are acknowledging the need to intensify their efforts in
embracing digital transformation. Regarding optimization, the F&B industry
is focused on two aspects: first, it aims to streamline processes for maximum
efficiency and enhance supply chain resilience. Second, it strives to achieve
sustainability goals. Yet, its ultimate priority is to remain competitive in
the market.
- Siemens highlights key opportunities to drive sustainable impact at scale and speed across multiple industries with new products and partnership agreements
- Showcase identifies the critical role of technology in enabling more sustainable infrastructure
- Display includes latest additions to Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform to accelerate digital transformation and value creation
At Light + Building 2024, Siemens
Smart Infrastructure will shine a spotlight on the innovative products, software and services, as
well as the collaborations needed to drive true sustainability impact for
customers and societies.
Due to impacts from the coronavirus pandemic and the geopolitical environment, as well as broader macroeconomic effects of inflation, the food and beverage (F&B) industry has been facing major challenges, which range from fractured supply chains to inflation-induced higher prices. As a result, more and more companies in the F&B industry are acknowledging the need to intensify their efforts in embracing digital transformation. Regarding optimization, the F&B industry is focused on two aspects: first, it aims to streamline processes for maximum efficiency and enhance supply chain resilience. Second, it strives to achieve sustainability goals. Yet, its ultimate priority is to remain competitive in the market. The technologies used at Ekonoke, Deoleo and Coca-Cola are examples of the digital transformation that is taking place in the food and beverage industry – with the help of Siemens technology. These technologies are used in a variety of diverse cases, such as in sustainable and efficient hop production, the digitalization of a traditional olive oil production process and the example of sustainable processing and distribution of a large multinational soft drink company.
- First call for 70 Vectron locomotives
- Cross-border transport without changing locomotives
- Service in up to 16 countries
Railpool,
one of the leading rail vehicle rental companies in Europe, and Siemens
Mobility have concluded a framework agreement for the delivery of up to 250
locomotives. With the signing of the contract, 70 Vectron locomotives were
immediately called up. The initial call includes 24 multisystem locomotives for
use in AC and DC networks, as well as 46 AC locomotives. With this order, Railpool's
Vectron fleet will grow to a total of 228 locomotives. The framework agreement
includes Vectron variants that can operate in up to 16 countries and on various
European rail corridors (north-south and east-west).
- Innovative Veloce CS architecture unifies hardware emulation, enterprise prototyping and software prototyping to accelerate verification and validation cycles by 10x and helps to reduce total cost of ownership by up to 5x
- The Veloce CS software is reusable across all platforms, helping to eliminate new learning requirements and accelerating full system workload execution and debug times by 10x
- Innovative, modular and scalable interconnectable blade footprint eliminates fixed-size chassis, delivering hardware-assisted tools for all size designs – from small to very large
Siemens Digital Industries Software launched
today the Veloce™ CS hardware-assisted verification and validation system. In a
first for the EDA (Electronic Design Automation) industry, Veloce CS incorporates
hardware emulation, enterprise prototyping and software prototyping and is built
on two highly advanced integrated circuits (ICs) – Siemens’ new, purpose-built Crystal accelerator chip for
emulation and the AMD Versal™ Premium VP1902 FPGA adaptive SoC (System-on-a-chip)
for enterprise and software prototyping.
- Siemens provides sustainable heating, cooling and ventilation solutions and thus, supports partners and customers in the decarbonization of buildings
- One of the highlights will include an energy efficient magnetic expansion valve, with which OEMs can gain up to 21% more heating capacity
- Also being showcased is a heat pump automation system as part of Siemens Xcelerator
At this year's Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE) trade show, Siemens Smart Infrastructure will present a broad range of innovative and sustainable products, systems, and solutions for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and installers to accelerate the decarbonization of real-estate. The global marketplace and event, that takes place from March 12 to 15 in Milan, Italy, brings together companies and industry experts from the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR), renewable energy sources and energy efficiency fields.
- Siemens has supplied 200 VersiCharge wallboxes and an intelligent charging management system to the Portuguese Infinity building
- The contract includes SICAM Dynamic Load Management, a solution to use grid capacity in an efficient way
- Hardware and software are part of Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform that enables customers to accelerate their digital transformation
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has supplied and installed 200 VersiCharge wallboxes and an intelligent charging management
system to the Infinity building, one of the tallest residential sites in
Lisbon, Portugal.
- Siemens commissioned a study of 100 decision makers from the US and Canadian utility industry to understand how they are adapting to the surge in distributed energy resources (DERs)
- Findings indicate that limited visibility and understanding of DER behavior creates operational challenges and impacts grid performance
- Solutions such as distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) exist, but data shows adoption to be slow
Siemens has released key insights into
how electric utilities in the United States and Canada are managing the rapid
adoption of behind the meter distributed energy resources (DERs) in its new
report “Seeing behind the meter: How electric utilities are adapting to the
surge in distributed energy resources.”
- Siemens Mobility founds subsidiary Smart Train
Lease GmbH
- Innovative rental model for Mireo Smart trains offers
fast and flexible adjustment of fleet capacity
- State-of-the-art battery, hydrogen, and
electric multiple-unit trains including maintenance
Siemens Mobility has
founded the subsidiary Smart Train Lease GmbH to enable customers to flexibly
supplement their fleets with rented state-of-the-art battery, hydrogen, and
electric multiple-unit trains. The Mireo Smart trains from Siemens Mobility are
available at short notice, approved for operation, and meet all required
standards for modern regional passenger transport. By providing preconfigured
trains and additional services such as maintenance, this new offer provides an
economical alternative for quickly and flexibly expanding fleets. It also
enables customers to easily test innovative and sustainable rail technologies. Smart
Train Lease GmbH is initially offering this rental model in Germany and plans
to expand it throughout Europe in the medium term.
S&P
Global Ratings announced today that it has upgraded its long-term issuer rating
on Siemens AG to AA- from A+, the outlook remaining stable. According to
S&P Global Ratings, “Siemens AG continues to
successfully transform its industrial portfolio by focusing on high margin
businesses that have leading market positions and benefit from secular trends
like digitalization and decarbonization, while also divesting its lower margin
or more volatile businesses.”
For the past
15 years, the rating agency has maintained an A+ rating for Siemens AG.“The upgrade
in our rating underlines once again Siemens AG’s financial strength. We
are pleased that S&P Global Ratings has given fitting recognition
to our outstanding cash performance and strong operating results. Our AA- rating
puts us well ahead of our peers and is a pleasant privilege”, said Ralf P. Thomas,
Chief Financial Officer of Siemens AG.