- New claim stands for timeless engineering expertise, social values and genius
- Global launch in 2016 – the Werner von Siemens anniversary year
To coincide with the 200th birthday of its founder Werner von Siemens, the company is strengthening its global positioning with a new brand appearance, whose central component is the claim "Ingenuity for life." In the future, this claim will appear under the Siemens logo, whose design and color will remain unchanged. Siemens is combining its logo with a slogan. "Ingenuity for life" sums up what Siemens has stood for ever since its founder produced his trailblazing inventions: engineering expertise, genius, innovation and a sense of responsibility.
- 21 four-car metro trains
- Option for another 13 trains
- Pre-equipped for automated operation
Contracts have now been officially exchanged for the announced order from the VAG Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (traffic stock corporation) for 21 metro trains from Siemens. Two options to deliver up to an additional 13 trains is also part of the contract. The new four-car trains G1 type are earmarked for service on Nuremberg's U1 line. Delivery is scheduled for mid-2018. The trains will be built in the Siemens plant in Vienna, Austria. Core components of the G1 will be manufactured in the Nuremberg metropolitan area and include such products as the drive converters, traction motors, auxiliary converter units and control equipment. The project management, development and service support will be provided from Erlangen.
Siemens is supplying eight Vectron DC type locomotives for operation in Italy. The DB Schenker Rail freight operator has a leasing contract for the locomotives with Unicredit Leasing GmbH. The vehicles are to be put into service from late 2016 onwards. With a maximum power of 5,200 KW, the top speed attained is 160 km/h.
Siemens Financial Services (SFS) has released new research examining how global manufacturers are using innovative finance to seize market opportunities through digitalization and automation. Conducted among manufacturing finance managers in 13 countries, the study found that manufacturers across the world are reporting a need to invest in new-generation technology in order to meet four key sector challenges.These are: to increase production capacity and flexibility to meet changing demand and drive sales; to improve client service quality while reducing production costs; to improve competitive positioning through improved product quality and broader product range and to optimize efficiency, cost control and manufacturing agility through automation and digitalization.
- Guidance for fiscal 2015 met
- Ambitious outlook for 2016
- Substantial growth in orders expected despite weakening global economy
- Moderate revenue increase also anticipated
- Managing and Supervisory Boards propose dividend increase to €3.50
- New share buyback program of up to €3 billion over up to 36 months
- €200 million additional in employee profit sharing
Siemens has met its guidance for fiscal 2015 as planned and announced an ambitious outlook for fiscal 2016. In fiscal 2015, orders climbed six percent to €82.3 billion. Revenue was also up six percent to €75.6 billion. Excluding currency translation and portfolio effects, orders and revenue were both down one percent, roughly at the prior-year level. The book-to-bill ratio was 1.09. The profit margin for the Industrial Business was 10.1 percent. Net income totaled €7.4 billion (fiscal 2014: €5.5 billion). At €8.84, basic earnings per share were 39 percent above the prior-year figure. For fiscal 2015, Siemens had anticipated revenue on an organic basis at the prior-year level and a book-to-bill ratio of over one. An increase in basic earnings per share of at least 15 percent above the prior-year value of €6.37 had been forecast. The profit margin for the Industrial Business had been expected to be 10 percent to 11 percent.
- Fourth-quarter orders up 15% year-over-year, at €23.7 billion, and revenue 4% higher at €21.3 billion, for a book-to-bill ratio of 1.11
- Volume development includes strong currency translation tailwinds; excluding currency translation and portfolio effects, orders up 6% and revenue down 4%
- Industrial Business profit up 9%, at €2.5 billion; strong improvements in Energy Management, Wind Power and Renewables, Healthcare and Mobility, more than offset substantial declines in Power and Gas and Process Industries and Drives
- Net income lower, at €1.0 billion, due mainly to Centrally managed portfolio activities; basic earnings per share (EPS) of €1.18 compared to €1.72 in Q4 FY 2014
- Free cash flow from continuing and discontinued operations of €4.4 billion, above the high level in the fourth quarter a year ago
"We delivered what we promised, and are well positioned to deliver on our plans for the year ahead."
Sabine Reichel has been appointed head of Siemens Investor Relations, effective December 1, 2015. In this capacity, she will succeed Mariel von Schumann, who is currently responsible for the company's investor relations activities in addition to heading Governance & Markets. Siemens Investor Relations will continue to be part of Governance & Markets.
We released our financial figures for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 on November 12, 2015. The press conference was broadcast live.
Siemens has been awarded a 118 million USD (around 110 million euro) contract to build 13 electric locomotives for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SETPA), operator of regional and mass transit in the Philadelphia area, U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The contract includes the supply of spare parts and operation and maintenance training. An option to deliver up to an additional five locomotives is also part of the contract. The electric locomotives will be built at the Siemens rail manufacturing facility in Sacramento, California. The new vehicles are set to be delivered in early 2018.
- The latest Logo! 8 logic module series can be integrated in KNX installations
- The Logo! communication module CMK2000 connects Logo! 8 to KNX
- For automation solutions from lighting to access control
The Logo! communications module CMK2000 enables the latest Logo! 8 logic module series from Siemens to be integrated into the KNX building system bus. Logo! 8 is designed for smaller automation solutions. It can now be used in combination with the new communication module for building automation tasks, such as surveillance, access control, air-conditioning, lighting, shading and watering through to pump control. The Logo! KNX module CMK2000 communicates via Ethernet with Logo! 8. It transmits sensor data from KNX bus nodes to the logic module, where they are combined with logic functions. Logo! control commands are transmitted to KNX actuators via the communication module. 50 KNX communication objects can be configured, and linked in the Logo! program with counters, setpoints, and parameters to create automation solutions.