- Link between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland
- Siemens technology increases safety and enhances traffic flow
A five-kilometer freeway tunnel is to be constructed to link Hong Kong to the new Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai border crossing with mainland China. Siemens is to supply all of the traffic control and monitoring systems for the twin-bore Liantang tunnel, which will have an overall length of approximately five kilometers. The tunnel forms part of a four-lane freeway link, extending to around eleven kilometers in total, intended to provide a new strategic direct connection for cross-border freight and passenger vehicle traffic between the Northeast New Territories and the Eastern part of Shenzhen on the Chinese mainland. The project will become the longest road tunnel in Hong Kong on completion in 2022.
- Technical milestone: maiden flight of an electric aircraft with a 260-kilowatt power output
- Siemens motor powers Extra 330LE aerobatic airplane in near silence
- Technology to be integrated into development of hybrid-electric aircraft in cooperation with Airbus
Siemens researchers have developed a new type of electric motor that, with a weight of just 50 kilograms, delivers a continuous output of about 260 kilowatts – five times more than comparable drive systems. This record-setting propulsion system successfully completed its first public flight today at Schwarze Heide Airport near Dinslaken, Germany, where it – almost silently – powered an Extra 330LE aerobatic airplane. The new drive system had already made its maiden flight on June 24th 2016. This advance means that hybrid-electric aircraft with four or more seats will now be possible.
Siemens will deliver 1,140 commuter rail carriages to the British capital. This is the largest order that Siemens has ever won in Great Britain and one of the biggest orders for Siemens' global rolling stock business. The first Desiro City train for the Thameslink network in Greater London was delivered and entered service in June 2016. By the end of 2018, a total of 115 trains will have been delivered. Siemens will take over the complete long-term servicing and maintenance for this new fleet of trains. The Thameslink north-south commuter route runs through London, connecting Bedford, located to the north east of the capital, with Brighton, on the south coast.
Introducing a high capacity, high frequency service of longer trains, extended platforms and new stations, the project is regarded as one of the largest rail infrastructure projects in the UK.
- Six-lane suspension bridge extends three kilometers across the Sea of Marmara
- About 390 sensors monitor structural health
- Suspension bridge cuts travel time in half
Following a construction period lasting 42 months, Turkey's new Osman Gazi Bridge has now opened and can carry more than 40,000 vehicles every day. Working on behalf of Japanese construction company IHI, Siemens took the role of electro and mechanical contractor with responsibility for the development, installation and commissioning of all the bridge structure and traffic control components and systems. The six-lane bridge with separated maintenance lines is part of a freeway project linking the cities of Istanbul and İzmir in Western Turkey.
- Strategic focus pays off despite downturn in the sector
- Synergies from the integration of Dresser-Rand and Rolls-Royce's former energy business expected to total about €365 million by fiscal 2019
- Leading market positions along the entire energy value chain
- Expanding installed base and customer services to ensure sustainable revenue growth
- Electrification, automation and digitalization in oil and gas to generate substantial productivity gains and new business models
Despite a material downturn in the sector, Siemens expects the acquisition of Dresser-Rand and Rolls-Royce's former energy business to generate considerably greater synergies than originally anticipated. At the Energy and Oil & Gas Capital Market Day in Houston, Texas, Siemens Managing Board member Lisa Davis explained that the integration of the two companies was expected to generate synergies of €365 million by fiscal 2019 – or €165 million above the planned figure. Rolls-Royce's former energy business would contribute synergies of €115 in fiscal 2019, up from the €50 million originally communicated at the Capital Market Day in December 2014. Annual synergies from Dresser-Rand are now expected to hit €250 million by fiscal 2019 – about €100 million more than planned in September 2014.
By the year 2050, an estimated 70 percent of the world's population will be living in cities. As a result, there will be an increasingly urgent need to provide efficient mobility solutions for the residents. People expect to have solutions available that make their daily mobility needs simpler, more flexible, faster, more reliable and affordable. Cities, on the other hand, face the challenge of reducing the costs, space requirements, noise and CO2 emissions of transportation. Addressing these needs, Siemens will be exhibiting at Innotrans 2016 – under the motto "Rethinking mobility" – digital innovations that will make the mobility industry more competitive and create more attractive mobility solutions.
- €1 billion to be invested over next five years
- Freedom for new ideas and developing new technologies
- Focus on forward-looking fields such as artificial intelligence and decentralized electrification
Effective October 1, 2016, Siemens will set up a separate unit to foster disruptive ideas more vigorously and to accelerate the development of new technologies. The unit's name, "next47," plays on the fact that Siemens was founded in 1847. Pooling its existing startup activities at next47 will enable the company to unite the best of two worlds: next47 will couple agility, speed and independence with a global customer base, many years of experience, credibility and financial strength. The new unit will have funding of €1 billion for the first five years. Siegfried Russwurm, Siemens Chief Technology Officer, will head the new unit on an acting basis.
- Billion-euro order for 115 trains with 1,140 cars
- Long-term maintenance contract
- All trains are scheduled to enter service by the end of 2018
- Trains provide 80 percent more seating during peak periods through the heart of London
The first Desiro City train from Siemens for the Thameslink network in Greater London was delivered and entered service this week. Operator Govia Thameslink Railways (GTR) will operate the trains between Bedford and Brighton initially, followed by the routes to and from Cambridge and Peterborough as well as other destinations in the shires of Kent and Sussex. By the end of 2018, a total of 115 trains will have been delivered. Siemens will take over the complete long-term servicing and maintenance for this new fleet of trains.
- Modern working environment for up to 1,200 employees
- Construction schedule, budget and technical implementation as planned
- Grand opening with guests of honor representing government and the business community
- Big family celebration with accompanying entertainment
Siemens' new headquarters in Munich have opened. Employees and the Managing and Supervisory Boards of Siemens AG celebrated completion of the building with a grand-opening ceremony. Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria Ilse Aigner and Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter were also on hand for the occasion. Completed in only about three years, the new building provides space for 1,200 employees on an aboveground area of around 45,000 square meters.
- Siemens catenary system for trucks in partnership with Scania
- System will cut energy consumption by half and reduce local air pollution
- Sweden is committed to having a fossil fuel independent transport sector by 2030
Today sees the opening of the world's first eHighway in Sweden. The country's Minister for Infrastructure, Anna Johansson and Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Baylan inaugurated the first eHighway system on a public road. For the next two years, a Siemens catenary system for trucks will be tested on a two-kilometer stretch of the E16 highway north of Stockholm. The trial will use two diesel hybrid vehicles manufactured by Scania and adapted, in collaboration with Siemens, to operate under the catenary system. "The Siemens eHighway is twice as efficient as conventional internal combustion engines. The Siemens innovation supplies trucks with power from an overhead contact line. This means that not only is energy consumption cut by half, but local air pollution is reduced too," says Roland Edel, Chief Engineer at the Siemens Mobility Division.