- Supporting formal coordination and adoption of a national view on interoperability to advance safety and productivity across Australian rail networks
Siemens Mobility has signed a Memorandum of
Cooperation (MoC) with governments and industry, aimed at enhancing rail
interoperability throughout Australia and addressing long-standing legacy
issues in the rail industry. The signing took place at Siemens Mobility Port
Melbourne manufacturing site where signalling products are locally designed and
manufactured with Australian Made certification.
- Charging infrastructure for one of Australia’s leading bus manufacturers
- Siemens digital depot management solution for reporting and monitoring function
- Supports uptake of low emission transport across Australia
One of Australia’s leading bus manufacturers, Custom Denning, has selected Siemens’ electric bus charging stations and digital depot management solution forits fleet of fully Australian designed and built Element electric buses. The charging stations will support the bus manufacturer’s prototype electric buses and be available for future eBus orders of its customers.
- New seven-year energy performance contract extension signed between Siemens and Australia’s Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC)
- Technology and services from Siemens Xcelerator enabled the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground to achieve north of A$5m savings in energy costs over seven years
- Greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 50,089 tons over same period (equivalent to taking around 10,000 cars off the road)
Australia’s
home of sport, the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has, over a seven-year
period, achieved higher than expected energy, cost and emissions savings under an
energy performance contract (EPC) between Siemens and the Melbourne Cricket
Club (MCC).
- Siemens Swinburne Energy Transition Hub aims to create the most advanced future energy grid laboratory of its kind in Australia accessible to students and industry
- 5.2 million AUD (3.4 million EUR) to be invested into Hub, set to open in late 2023
- Hub to leverage digital twin of Australia’s energy grid with Siemens software such as PSS E, PSS Sincal, Spectrum Power and Deop X
- Joint project between industry and research to accelerate path to net zero
Siemens
and Swinburne University of Technology have agreed to set up the most advanced
future Energy Transition Hub of its kind in Australia in at the University’s Hawthorn campus
in Melbourne. Featuring
some of the most advanced digital energy technology from Siemens and the
technical, R&D and teaching expertise of Swinburne, the $5.2 million Hub
aims to build a future energy grid laboratory accessible to students and
industry. When fully operational, the Hub will also offer researchers and
industry the opportunity to work on solutions for greener, more efficient
future energy systems using Siemens Xcelerator, a new open digital business
platform and marketplace.
- Turnkey
contract to integrate the delivery and commissioning of fully automated,
driverless metro trains, digital
rail infrastructure including signalling, electrification, telecoms, platform
screen doors and depot
- Providing
latest digital products and platforms, optimizing
operations throughout the network for the trains, rail infrastructure and
subsystems
- 15-year
maintenance contract, first time usage of digital asset management applications
by Railigent X in Australia
Siemens Mobility is the system integrator and
reliable partner for on time delivery of the city-shaping project Sydney Metro
– Western Sydney Airport, the new metro railway line that will service between
St Marys, the new Western Sydney International Airport and the
Western Sydney Aerotropolis. The company has been awarded
a contract to deliver 12 automated, driverless 3-car metro trains, a purpose built
depot, the digital rail infrastructure including signalling, electrification, telecoms
and platform screen doors as well as system integration, testing and
commissioning. The company will also complete a 15-year maintenance contract.
Siemens Mobility is delivering the turnkey project as a member of the Parklife
Metro consortium with its partners Webuild, RATP Dev, Siemens Financial
Services and Plenary Group, all with strong international experience in
delivering infrastructure projects. The Siemens Mobility portion of the contract is 900 million Euro.
- Ramp up of global investment in new high-tech factories,
innovation labs and education centers to expand leadership in digitalization, automation
and sustainability
- Total investments
of €2 billion mainly in manufacturing capacity expansion to be disclosed this year
- Following investments in Germany and
in the U.S., Siemens expands its production network and R&D capacities in Asia
- New high-tech factory in Singapore announced
today to serve growing markets in Southeast Asia
- Expansion of digital factory in
Chengdu to boost further
growth in China
- Additional investments in Europe and U.S. to be
announced
To boost future growth, drive innovation and increase
resilience, Siemens today presented its investment strategy which includes €2
billion mainly for new manufacturing capacity as well as innovation labs,
education centers and other own sites. Siemens today announced a new high-tech factory in
Singapore, to serve the booming Southeast Asia markets.
- Siemens and Desert Technologies launch joint venture Capton Energy to develop and invest in solar and smart infrastructure in the Middle East, Africa and Asia
- Capton Energy aims to invest in projects of 1GW in aggregate and boost the supply of clean, stable and affordable power in under-served markets
Siemens and Desert Technologies have
launched a joint venture to develop and invest in solar and smart infrastructure in Africa,
the Middle East and Asia, as
announced today at Expo 2020 Dubai. The venture, Capton Energy – which aims to build
up a portfolio of investments in projects with an aggregate capacity of more
than 1 gigawatts (GW) – will support projects providing clean, reliable, and affordable energy in areas that need it most.
- Smart Infrastructure completes acquisition of Brightly, a leader in
cloud-based asset and maintenance management software
- Acquisition puts Siemens in pole position to address fast-growing software
market for buildings and built infrastructure
Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI), the frontrunner in digital buildings, has
completed the acquisition of Brightly Software, a leading U.S.-based software-as-a-service
(SaaS) provider of asset and maintenance management solutions. The acquisition elevates
SI to a leading position in the software market for buildings and built
infrastructure. It adds Brightly’s well-established cloud-based capabilities across
key sectors – education, public infrastructure, healthcare, and manufacturing –
to Siemens’ digital and software know-how in buildings. Brightly’s addition to
the Siemens portfolio accelerates the build-up of SI’s SaaS business, enabling
the companies to deliver superior performance and sustainability for built
infrastructure.
- The two awarded contracts are worth $190M.
- Upgrades will improve the rail capacity, efficiency and enhance passenger experience.
Siemens Mobility has been awarded two contracts worth around AU $190M by the New South Wales (NSW) Government in Australia to significantly upgrade the rail network in metropolitan Sydney, one of the busiest networks in the southern hemisphere. This work will improve the overall efficiency and capacity of the rail network. The total contract consists of two key packages, including the introduction of a new Traffic Management System (TMS) along with the upgrading of the Sydney Trains’ network conventional signalling to a digital ETCS-L2 train control system.
- Siemens Mobility intends to acquire Aldridge Traffic Controllers (ATC) based in Sydney, Australia
- ATC is a traffic controller provider with manufacturing and engineering competencies as well as a licensed SCATS® software distributor
- ATC is a main player in the Asia-Pacific market for urban traffic management, where SCATS® is the predominant technology
- The intended acquisition will allow Siemens Mobility ITS to enhance its core business, gain access to new customers and to expand its footprint
- Siemens Mobility will further implement its strategy for ITS to reduce congestion, increase safety and comfort and improve air quality in cities around the world
- The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval by the respective authorities
Siemens Mobility has initiated proceedings for the acquisition of Aldridge Traffic Controllers (ATC), a main player in the market for urban traffic control and SCATS® customers around the world. ATC is one of a few companies holding a license to distribute the Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS®), a holistic, innovative and scalable system of traffic management software and SCATS® type approved controllers. Through the intended acquisition, SCATS® customers will get access to Siemens Mobility’s broad Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) product and solution portfolio as well as global ITS domain competence. Furthermore, the intended acquisition of ATC will allow Siemens Mobility to strengthen its core business of traffic management and expand its footprint and operations in the APAC region, one of the fastest growing markets for traffic management. As a result of this intended acquisition, Siemens Mobility will be able to provide the entire chain of major adaptive traffic control systems globally.