- 29 SD-160 light rail vehicles for Denver
- Additional 5 light rail vehicles S70 for Twin Cities region
- Both orders worth around 130 million USD
Siemens has been awarded to build additional light rail vehicles (LRV) for Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) and Metro Transit, which serves the Twin Cities region. The over 110 million USD contract expands the Siemens' fleet operating on the RTD light rail system by further 29 SD-160 type LRV's. This order will bring the number of Siemens light rail vehicles to over 200 vehicles. The delivery of five additional S70 type LRV's to the Twin Cities region, will add the existing 59 Siemens LRV's currently in operation on the Metro Green and Blue lines, which serve the cities of St. Paul, Minneapolis and Bloomington. This order is worth around 20 million USD. All light rail vehicles will be built at the Siemens rail manufacturing facility in Sacramento, California. The RTD new vehicles are set to be delivered early 2018.
- Construction nearly complete by turn of the year
- Opening ceremony of new headquarters in summer of 2016
- Lighthouse project for Siemens Real Estate
Construction of the new Siemens headquarters building at Wittelsbacherplatz in Munich is now virtually complete. When it opens its doors in 2016, the building will provide a modern, inspiring work environment for up to 1,200 employees on roughly 45,000 square meters of above-ground floor space. Environmental friendliness and energy efficiency are playing a key role: the new building will meet the world's highest sustainability standards.
- Locomotive manufacture and maintenance at a single site for the first time
- Data center employs digitalization to optimize vehicle fleets worldwide
- Data analysts developing predictive data models
Today saw Bavaria's Transport Minister Joachim Herrmann and Jochen Eickholt, CEO of Siemens Mobility Division, open the Siemens Service Center for Locomotives in Munich-Allach.
- SWM and MVG order 22 trams for 70 million euros
- Options for up to 124 additional units
- Avenio-type trams to supplement existing fleet
SWM (Stadtwerke München - Munich Municipal Authorities) and its subsidiary company MVG (Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft - Munich Transport Corporation) have ordered an additional 22 Avenio trams from Siemens for 70 million euros. They will supplement the eight trams of the same type which have already been running for passenger services since 2014. The order includes options for up to 124 further units with a total value of up to 300 million euros. The trams are being built at the Siemens plant in Vienna, with delivery scheduled to take place from mid-2017.
- Percentage of women at top two management levels to be increased
- Percentage of women on Siemens' Managing Board – currently two of seven members – to be at least maintained
- Quota of 30 percent women on the Supervisory Board already fulfilled
Siemens AG intends to further increase the percentage of women in its top management positions. For both of the company's top two management levels in Germany, the share is to be raised to 10 percent by the end of June 2017. For the company's Managing Board, the Siemens Supervisory Board has set the target of at least maintaining the status quo until June 30, 2017. Two women – Lisa Davis and Janina Kugel – are currently members of the seven-member Managing Board. With six female members – Bettina Haller, Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, Güler Sabancı, Birgit Steinborn, Nathalie von Siemens and Sibylle Wankel – the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG already fulfills the statutory gender quota of 30 percent women.
- Company provides practical support and donations totaling around €2 million
- Paid leave of up to five days a year for voluntary helpers with certain qualifications
- Internships to be offered at additional locations
- Establishment of special classes for refugees planned
- Further facilities to be made available for enabling municipalities to provide accommodations to refugees
Together with its employees, Siemens is launching a multi-stage, long-term program for integrating refugees in Germany. For this purpose, the company is quickly providing donations worth a total of €1 million. This will be supplemented by practical support worth an equivalent amount.
- Order worth around 100 million euros
- Introducing Remote Operation for safety and reliability
Siemens will be upgrading three weir complexes on two main rivers in the Netherlands with operational, control and network technology in an order worth some 100 million euros (excluding taxes). The modernization work will be on the weirs in Hagestein, Amerongen and Driel in the Dutch provinces of Utrecht and Gelderland. Siemens will be carrying out the project in conjunction with its partners GEKA Bouw, BSB Staalbouw and Knook Staal- en Machinebouw. The renovation work is scheduled for completion in 2021.
- ICx running on Germany's high-speed rail lines for first time
- First test series ends at beginning of October
- Tests being conducted by DB Systemtechnik
As of today, the ICx – the new high-speed train from Siemens built for German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) – is underway in Germany's public rail network. Siemens began the train's first high-speed trials today. Beginning with a maximum speed of 160 kilometers an hour, speeds will be gradually increased to the top speed of 250 kilometers an hour. The test trials are being conducted by DB Systemtechnik.
- World's first pilot project in public area
- Radar sensors monitor parking areas and report free spaces
- No more parking-related traffic congestion
Siemens and partners have launched the world's first pilot project in Berlin aimed at simplifying the search for a parking space. The company has installed for test and demonstration purposes radar sensors on street lamps that provide information on parking space occupancy. The network of sensors scans from above an area of up to 30 meters, the equivalent of five to eight parking spaces. "Thanks to our system, the nerve-wracking search for a place to park can be made considerably easier as the information on available parking spaces can be transmitted to the car drivers before they set off", says Jochen Eickholt, Head of the Siemens Mobility Division. The test results will be available in 2016 and should prove that by reducing parking search traffic the system is suitable for cutting CO2 emissions.
- 15 Vectron type multisystem locomotives
- Option for five more locomotives
- Equipped with the European Train Control System (ETCS)
- Order includes spare parts supply and maintenance for eight years
PKP Cargo, the Polish logistics operator and rail freight carrier, has placed an order with Siemens for the delivery of 15 Vectron type multisystem locomotives. Besides the provision of spare parts and maintenance for a period of eight years, the order includes an option for five more Vectrons.