- New control center covers around 3,400 square meters.
- Monitors over 600 trains and up to 500,000 passengers every day
Siemens builds a new state-of-the art control center for centralized rail traffic management called the Gauteng Nerve Centre (GNC) in the province of Gauteng, which is operational and will start with the changeover of stations from January. The new operations control center now accommodates the existing 35 control rooms in one place. The GNC constantly monitors each and every one of the over 600 trains in operation every day, and can immediately respond to any operating failures, accidents and other incidents. Siemens has been upgrading the signaling systems for the entire railway network of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) since 2011.
- Further ten Vectron AC and eleven Vectron MS
- Three locomotives have just been delivered
- MRCE owns 56 Vectron locomotives
The locomotive leasing and service company Mitsui Rail Capital Europe B.V. (MRCE) has ordered 21 additional Vectron locomotives from Siemens. Ten of these locomotives are of the AC version for operation in Germany and Austria. The other eleven locomotives are equipped as multi-system locomotives and will be operated in Germany, Austria and Italy. All Vectron locomotives will be manufactured in the Munich-Allach locomotive production plant. The first three locomotives were pre-produced and have already been handed over to MRCE by Siemens. With this new order MRCE will now own a fleet of 56 Vectron locomotives.
- Train care facility "Three Bridges" in the London region
- Investment of around 400 million Euros in two depots by Siemens
- Predictive maintenance and servicing will be the key factor
Today, British Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin formally opened the new Siemens and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) train care facility in Crawley, West Sussex. Purpose-built for the new Thameslink trains, the "Three Bridges" depot was constructed around 30 kilometers south of London. Siemens is investing around 400 million Euros in the construction of two depots. A second similar hi-tech train care facility is currently under construction in Hornsey, to the north of London, and is on track to be completed in summer 2016.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.