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• 10 Vectron MS and 20 Vectron DC
• Option for 20 additional locomotives
• MRCE fleet includes 111 Vectron locomotives

Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE), a full-service locomotive leasing company, has ordered 30 Vectron locomotives from Siemens. Ten of the units will be delivered as multisystem Vectron MS for cross-border operations in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Twenty further locomotives will be equipped as direct-current locomotives (Vectron DC) to operate in Italy. Delivery of the locomotives is scheduled to begin from January 2018. The contract with MRCE also includes an option for an additional 20 locomotives.

• Siemens enters into cooperation with Italian robot manufacturer COMAU
• Sinumerik Run MyRobot /DirectControl enables complete integration of robot kinematics into the CNC
• Sinumerik RunMyRobot /DirectControl offers the benefit of a single controller for machine tool and robot
• Increased productivity, flexibility, dynamic response, and precision

Siemens has entered into a cooperative arrangement with the Italian robot manufacturer COMAU and will be unveiling the jointly engineered product Sinumerik Run MyRobot /DirectControl at the EMO 2017 in Hanover. This development enables the robot kinematics to be fully integrated into a CNC system. As a result, the Sinumerik controls the articulated robot arm directly with the basis of complex algorithms without the need for a separate robot controller. The Sinumerik Run MyRobot /DirectControl solution allows the CNC to control both the robot arm drive system andcontains safety functions typically performed by the robot controller. In addition, the robot is programmed solely using Sinumerik.

• Kicked off in 1977 with a patent application
• Used in several hundreds of breweries today
• Extended functions enable sustained cost reduction and improve competitiveness

At this year's Drinktec, "Braumat", the Siemens process automation system for breweries is celebrating a jubilee: It has been on the market for 40 years. Initial automation solutions based on electronic controls came into being since the 1970s. The patent application for the process control system tailored to meet the specific needs of the brewery industry followed in 1977. Ever since, more than 500 breweries worldwide have been using the Braumat to produce their beer in a safe and reliable process, always maintaining a consistently high product quality. On the occasion of the jubilee celebrated at the trade fair, Siemens will be showcasing such extended functions as what is called the Replay Mode. This fully graphical mode analyzes and visualizes past production processes helping breweries to sustainably cut their costs and improve their competitiveness.

• First application starting 2020 in 24 DB-Regio Mireo trains
• New transformer type Tractronic® Thinity lighter and more efficient than existing models
• Rugged design allows flexible installation

Siemens will use the new transformer type Tractronic® Thinity for the first time in 24 articulated trains based on the Mireo train platform. The railway transformer is a key component since it feeds the train's power supply and thus guarantees interference-free rail traffic. Thanks to the new design, the transformer is considerably lighter and more efficient than existing models with the same rating. It also offers maximum flexibility for all installation situations with its intelligent construction. Starting 2020, the 24 Mireo trains will operate regional rail services (Regionalbahn RB) on the Offenburg – Freiburg – Basel/Neuchâtel (Switzerland) line, and on Sundays in the Kaiserstuhl from Freiburg to Endingen/Breisach. They will cut travel time for this route by 30 minutes.

• 1,700 young people begin apprenticeship or work-study programs
• A further 600 apprentices from external partners
• International training program in Berlin again with 31 new participants
• Europeans@Siemens renamed International Tech Apprenticeship@Siemens (ITA@S)

Around 2,300 young people have begun vocational training this year at Siemens in Germany alone. About 1,700 are being trained for professional careers at the company, while a further 600 are from external partners. As in previous years, around 80 percent will focus on technical fields and IT. Siemens offers apprenticeships in electronics, mechatronics, machining and specialized informatics, for example. Roughly 40 percent of the training positions are in work-study programs, whose participants can earn a bachelor's degree (bachelor of engineering or science) or complete a fully integrated work-study program at Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in addition to the usual German Chamber of Industry and Commerce degree.

• Topsides 4.0 offers industry's first comprehensive lifecycle approach to help offshore production transition to a fully digital operation
• Siemens is taking its digitalization knowledge and experience and applying it to the oil and gas production industry
• Designed to reduce project cycle time, minimize unplanned downtime and reduce offshore manning for operations and asset monitoring

Siemens is utilizing its digitalization knowledge and experience and applying it to the oil and gas production industry with its Topsides 4.0 solution. Underpinned by secure communications and centered around the key modules of compression, power generation, power distribution, and automation, Siemens Topsides 4.0 offers a digital lifecycle solution to offshore production facilities.

Siemens is modernizing 15 converter transformers at the Cahora Bassa dam in Mozambique for the operator Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB). The transformers form part of the HVDC transmission link built in the 1970s to transmit electrical power from the hydropower plant over a distance of 1,450 kilometers. The order volume is about €26 million, and the project as scheduled by Siemens will take three years.