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• Research project "Road to Digital Production (R2D)" targets implementation of the smart factory concept
• Execution as part of the "Information and Communication Technology" program funded by the Free State of Bavaria
• Project implementation in partnership with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, its Fraunhofer Center for Applied Research on Supply Chain Services SCS and the companies iTiZZiMO and KINEXON

Siemens is joining forces with three partners to take part in the research project "Road to Digital Production (R2D)" supported by the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Media, Energy and Technology which is aimed at developing improved technologies, interfaces and infrastructures for the implementation of digital industrial production. Since September 2016, the interdisciplinary team of experts has been working to digitally map and integrate the process landscape of industrial mass production down to the workshop level.

• Modernization increases drive system reliability and boosts mill throughput
• System installation time of 45 days minimizes mill standstill period
• Extremely short time of commissioning within 8 days
• New drive system ensures significantly lower downtimes

As one of the world's biggest copper ore operations, the Chilean mining company Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi SCM based in Las Condes/Chile commissioned Siemens to modernize the drive system of four of its ore mills. The mine is located in the North of Chile, around 180 kilometers southeast of the port of Iquique. The contract required Siemens to supply complete state-of-the-art drive systems comprising new motors and Flender couplings with torque limiting shear pin as well as new Sinamics SL150 cycloconverters with thyristor stacks from its extensive portfolio. The new drive systems will give a huge boost to the reliability and consequently also the throughput of the mills. The contract is valued in the double-digit million range.

• BIM data for more than 1,200 products including field devices, automation, KNX and fire safety products
• Available in REVIT, IFC, VDI and CIBSE formats
• Automatic update of data

Digitalization is finding its way into the construction industry through Building Information Modeling (BIM). BIM is a digitally assisted process for planning, constructing and operating buildings; it is giving the construction industry a strong productivity boost and is expected to gain in importance over time. Now the Siemens Building Technologies division has developed BIM data material suitable for this planning method.

• Siemens outlines innovative ways and approaches to boost large-scale capital in infrastructure financing
• Convergence of disruptive technology and public-private partnerships identified as key drivers of narrowing Asia's infrastructure gap
• The way forward lies in analyzing completed projects, establishing stable risk-sharing and making procurement more transparent

Increasing the bankability of developments is a key factor to narrowing Asia's infrastructure gap, according to speakers at the "Drivers of Infrastructure Investment in the Asian Market" symposium organized by Siemens Financial Services (SFS) yesterday.

At ISH, the leading international trade show for building, energy and air conditioning technology and renewable energies to take place in March 2017 in Frankfurt, Germany, the Siemens Building Technologies Division will exhibit its current portfolio of products, systems and solutions for energy-efficient rooms and buildings as well as heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) technology.

• 165,000 Siemens employees own company shares, up 12,000 from last year
• 49 percent of all eligible employees are also shareholders
• Siemens distributes €56 million in shares to employee shareholders

Of Siemens' 351,000 employees worldwide, nearly one in two is also a company shareholder. The number of employees holding Siemens shares increased eight percent to 165,000, compared to 153,000 in the previous year. This year, more than 131,000 employees – or 39 percent of all eligible employees – took part in Siemens' Share Matching Program, a very high figure compared to similar global share programs. Particularly noteworthy was the positive trend in North America and Asia: Participation in the U.S. alone increased by around 18 percent and even climbed by roughly 32 percent in China.

• Successful first full load engine tests of Additively Manufactured blades
• Additive Manufacturing a main pillar in digitalization of manufacturing

Siemens has achieved a breakthrough by finishing its first full load engine tests for gas turbine blades completely produced using Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology. The company successfully validated multiple AM printed turbine blades with a conventional blade design at full engine conditions. This means the components were tested at 13,000 revolutions per minute and temperatures beyond 1,250 degrees Celsius. Furthermore, Siemens tested a new blade design with a completely revised and improved internal cooling geometry manufactured using the AM technology. The project team used blades manufactured at its 3D printing facility at Materials Solutions, the newly acquired company in Worcester, UK. Materials Solutions specializes in high performance parts for high temperature applications in turbomachinery where accuracy, surface finish and the materials quality is critical to ensure operational performance of the parts in service. The tests were conducted at the Siemens testing facility in the industrial gas turbine factory in Lincoln, UK.