- Expansion of existing partnership with transit
operator Metrolinx
- Increasing system availability and reliability for
Toronto’s passenger railway system
Siemens
Mobility has been chosen by Metrolinx, the regional public transit operator
for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, to handle their track, signal, and right-of-way maintenance for the
Central Region of Toronto's passenger railway infrastructure system. This
partnership builds upon Siemens Mobility's existing maintenance services in the
West Region and signal and communications services at the Metrolinx Network
Operations Center.
- Additional variant of this high-power charger offers a maximum and continuous output of 400 kW DC
- Dynamic charging enabled for up to four vehicles simultaneously
- Ideally suited to a range of vehicles and use cases, including highway charging
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has introduced an
additional variant of its SICHARGE D electric vehicle (EV) fast charger, with a
maximum output of 400 kW for IEC markets.
- 137th ICE 4 christened “Spree” at the Berlin Central Station
- Fleet expansion continues: DB will take delivery of a new ICE every three weeks on average this year
(Berlin, March 19, 2024) With the delivery of
the 137th train, the ICE 4 fleet of Deutsche Bahn (DB) is now
complete. The punctually delivered train was christened “Spree” in Berlin
today. Richard Lutz, CEO of DB, Volker Wissing, Federal
Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, Manja Schreiner, Senator for
Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and the Environment in Berlin, Michael
Peterson, DB Member of the Management Board for Long Distance Passenger
Transport, and Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens AG, took part in the official
naming ceremony at the Berlin Central Station. The 7-car ICE 4 was christened
with water from the Spree River in Berlin. Manufacturer Siemens Mobility has delivered 137 ICE 4 trains in three
different variants since 2016 – totaling over 1,500 cars with around 105,000
seats. Today’s ceremony marked the completion of the largest procurement
program in DB’s history.
- On March 8, 1899, Siemens shares
were traded for the first time on the Berlin Stock Exchange
- As a result, Siemens is one of the
oldest continuously listed companies in German stock-exchange history
- Progressive internationalization of
shareholder structure
- One of
the world’s largest employee share programs
Today, Siemens is celebrating its 125th year on the stock exchange. On
March 8, 1899, Siemens shares were traded for the first time on the
floor of the Berlin Stock Exchange. As a result, Siemens is one of the oldest
continuously listed companies in Germany’s stock-exchange history. One hundred
and twenty-five years later, Siemens remains a leading technology company in
the fields of industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare and is one of
the top 100 most valuable companies in the world.
- Siemens
Mobility to replace its current rail infrastructure site in Chippenham, Wiltshire
with a state-of-the-art factory, digital engineering, and R&D facility.
- The
new factory is expected to be operational by 2026, strategically positioned to
meet the growing demand in rail technology.
- Approx.
800 local manufacturing, research, engineering, and support staff will
transition to the new site.
Siemens Mobility is investing
€115 million to establish a cutting-edge rail infrastructure manufacturing,
digital engineering and research & development (R&D) center in
Chippenham, UK. This investment highlights the commitment to innovation,
sustainability, excellence, and meeting the growing demand for rail
infrastructure in Britain and worldwide. The new facility, set to replace the
existing factory in 2026, will be vital for Siemens Mobility's future projects in rail technology, providing
an efficient site to build the next generation of conventional and digital rail
signaling and control systems for Britain. The transition, including the
transfer of all local staff, totaling approximately 800, will not cause any interruption
in production.
- Siemens and Enlighted announce ecosystem partnership with Zumtobel Group, a global lighting solutions provider
- Enlighted’s state-of-the-art smart sensor technology to be integrated into Zumtobel Group’s premium lighting products, for an attractive IoT lighting bundle for customers
- Advantages of the partnership include: effective prefabricated solutions, efficient wireless deployment, smart adaptable technology, and enhanced insights
Siemens and Enlighted, a leading property technology
company owned by Siemens, announce a strategic partnership with Zumtobel Group,
a global lighting solutions provider, to advance the adoption of smart building
technologies including intelligent IoT lighting, setting new standards for
efficiency and sustainability in building operations worldwide.
- Siemens highlights key opportunities to drive sustainable impact at scale and speed across multiple industries with new products and partnership agreements
- Showcase identifies the critical role of technology in enabling more sustainable infrastructure
- Display includes latest additions to Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform to accelerate digital transformation and value creation
At Light + Building 2024, Siemens
Smart Infrastructure will shine a spotlight on the innovative products, software and services, as
well as the collaborations needed to drive true sustainability impact for
customers and societies.
- Innovative Veloce CS architecture unifies hardware emulation, enterprise prototyping and software prototyping to accelerate verification and validation cycles by 10x and helps to reduce total cost of ownership by up to 5x
- The Veloce CS software is reusable across all platforms, helping to eliminate new learning requirements and accelerating full system workload execution and debug times by 10x
- Innovative, modular and scalable interconnectable blade footprint eliminates fixed-size chassis, delivering hardware-assisted tools for all size designs – from small to very large
Siemens Digital Industries Software launched
today the Veloce™ CS hardware-assisted verification and validation system. In a
first for the EDA (Electronic Design Automation) industry, Veloce CS incorporates
hardware emulation, enterprise prototyping and software prototyping and is built
on two highly advanced integrated circuits (ICs) – Siemens’ new, purpose-built Crystal accelerator chip for
emulation and the AMD Versal™ Premium VP1902 FPGA adaptive SoC (System-on-a-chip)
for enterprise and software prototyping.
- Siemens Mobility founds subsidiary Smart Train
Lease GmbH
- Innovative rental model for Mireo Smart trains offers
fast and flexible adjustment of fleet capacity
- State-of-the-art battery, hydrogen, and
electric multiple-unit trains including maintenance
Siemens Mobility has
founded the subsidiary Smart Train Lease GmbH to enable customers to flexibly
supplement their fleets with rented state-of-the-art battery, hydrogen, and
electric multiple-unit trains. The Mireo Smart trains from Siemens Mobility are
available at short notice, approved for operation, and meet all required
standards for modern regional passenger transport. By providing preconfigured
trains and additional services such as maintenance, this new offer provides an
economical alternative for quickly and flexibly expanding fleets. It also
enables customers to easily test innovative and sustainable rail technologies. Smart
Train Lease GmbH is initially offering this rental model in Germany and plans
to expand it throughout Europe in the medium term.
S&P
Global Ratings announced today that it has upgraded its long-term issuer rating
on Siemens AG to AA- from A+, the outlook remaining stable. According to
S&P Global Ratings, “Siemens AG continues to
successfully transform its industrial portfolio by focusing on high margin
businesses that have leading market positions and benefit from secular trends
like digitalization and decarbonization, while also divesting its lower margin
or more volatile businesses.”For the past
15 years, the rating agency has maintained an A+ rating for Siemens AG.“The upgrade
in our rating underlines once again Siemens AG’s financial strength. We
are pleased that S&P Global Ratings has given fitting recognition
to our outstanding cash performance and strong operating results. Our AA- rating
puts us well ahead of our peers and is a pleasant privilege”, said Ralf P. Thomas,
Chief Financial Officer of Siemens AG.