"Lead the TRANSITion" was the motto of this year's UITP International Mass Transit Trade Show in Montreal. At the bi-annual Global Public Transport Summit, the Siemens Mobility Division was again be represented this year with intelligent mobility solutions. From May 15 to 17, 2017, at booth (SK100) on Level 02 of the Conference Center, Siemens was showcasing integrated and sustainable transport solutions which help to get the best out of existing infrastructures – using not only state-of-the-art hardware but also intelligent management systems. This is the only way to deliver future-proof mobility services in the face of rising energy costs, limited space and growing demands. Digitalization of proven transport solutions plays a key role in achieving this goal, as it allows availability and passenger comfort to be improved and throughput to be maximized.
The three states of California, Illinois and Maryland have ordered a total of 34 diesel-electric locomotives from Siemens. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) ordered 14 locomotives to serve the Pacific Surfliner Amtrak route along the southern California coast from San Luis Obispo to San Diego via Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will expand its fleet with twelve locomotives. And the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) has ordered eight locomotives for the first time for the MARC commuter rail line that serves the cities of Baltimore, Brunswick, Frederick, Martinsburg and Washington D.C. as well as Harford County. With this order, Caltrans, IDOT and MTA have called up further locomotives from the framework contract signed in March 2014. This contract foresees the procurement of up to 222 locomotives for passenger service by a number of federal states. The locomotives will be built at the Siemens rail manufacturing plant in Sacramento, California.
On the first day of Hannover Messe, Klaus Helmrich welcomed you to the yearly press conference. As member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, Klaus Helmrich is responsible for the Divisions Digital Factory as well as Process Industries and Drives. He was speaking on the digitalization of the industry. The press conference took place on Monday, April 13, at 6:30 PM, in Room 1 of the fair's Convention Center.
- Future Energy Systems Campus established
- Framework agreement between Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) and Siemens
- Focus on development of sustainable, affordable and reliable energy systems
- Siemens to invest eight-figure euro amount over three years
In line with its new company strategy, Siemens is reorienting its research activities toward the innovation fields of electrification, automation and digitalization in order to further strengthen its leading technology position in these areas. Siemens is the first company to form a research alliance with leading universities and institutions in this connection – an alliance that aims to combine outstanding expertise with a new, all-inclusive approach and make possible wide-ranging innovations in processes and systems.
Siemens AG, Diamond Aircraft and EADS are set to present the world's first aircraft with a serial hybrid electric drive system at the Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2011. The two-seater motor glider successfully completed its maiden flight on June 8 at the Wiener Neustadt airfield in Vienna, Austria. The aircraft was built by the three partners to test the hybrid electric drive concept. In the future, the technology, which is intended for later use also in large-scale aircraft, will cut fuel consumption and emissions by 25 percent, compared to today's most efficient aircraft drives.
Siemens’ innovative strength continues unabated: The company currently owns over 56,000 patents — 1,000 more than in fiscal year 2008. Siemens applied for around 4,200 patents in fiscal year 2009, the result of approximately 7,700 inventions reported worldwide by the company’s 32,500 researchers and developers — which is equivalent of 35 inventions per day of work. At a ceremony in Munich on November 23, Siemens CEO Peter Löscher honored 13 of the company’s most outstanding inventors. The award-winning research ranges from an infrared camera system that makes it possible to look into the white-hot interiors of gas turbines, to environmentally friendly “green ship” technology and a new 3D X-ray diagnostic system for detecting cancer. Altogether the 13 inventors hold about 1,000 individual patents.