Siemens Ltd., conducted the Ecovatives® Awards, an award to recognize those businesses/organizations who have adopted initiatives in their business to reduce carbon emissions and are being more eco-friendly. Siemens Ecovatives Awards 2010 is a country-wide initiative to identifying these businesses, which Siemens has undertaken in partnership with CNN-IBN. The initiative had 200 Indian corporates responding to this initiative. India’s top corporates including Tata Group, Infosys, Airtel, RBS, Mahindra & Mahindra, Nissan India and scores of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have come on board and shared their ecovative initiatives to participate in this awards.
Siemens AG has announced the first anti-corruption projects that will receive financing from the US$100 million integrity initiative to promote clean markets. This initiative is part of the World Bank-Siemens AG comprehensive settlement that was agreed on July 2, 2009. An initial tranche of US$40 million will now be distributed to more than 30 initiatives from over 20 countries that have been selected. Around 300 nonprofit organizations from 66 countries had applied for funding during the first round.
Siemens Ltd. wins an order worth Rs. 1.27billion (Rs. 127 crore) from Jaypee Sports International Limited (JPSI) for the country’s first Formula1 race track. This project is scheduled to be completed within the next 10 months (July 2011)Siemens will supply, install, design, engineer and commission special electronics package, which is one of the most crucial parts of F1 race tracks. The package includes setting up the Race Control Management system, Video surveillance for racetrack and Video storage, Digital Signaling system (Digi Flag) and Time Keeping system. Additionally, Siemens will also provide the complete IT backbone (VOIP & Data network), Information displays, and Media Distribution system for Media centre for this project.
The Vadodara factory will manufacture Steam Turbines up to 150 MW and compressors for domestic and other emerging marketsProgressing further with its expansion plans, Siemens Ltd today inaugurated the second phase of its Steam turbine and Compressor manufacturing facility at Vadodara. The factory was inaugurated by Mr. Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat. This expansion has added three production bays to the existing production facility covering the area of approximately 17,000 sq. mtrs and tripling the production capacity of the factory. The factory will now be able to manufacture Steam Turbines up to 150MW and manufacture and package Process Compressors for the domestic market as well as other emerging markets. The second phase of the manufacturing facility will provide additional employment to about 200 people.
New Orders up 41%; Sales increased by 11%; Operating Profit up 26%For the financial year ended September 30th, 2010, Siemens Ltd. registered a solid performance with all the three Sectors of Industry, Energy and Healthcare contributing significantly. For the year ended September 30, 2010, Siemens Ltd., received New Orders valued at Rs. 124,304 million as compared to Rs. 87,964 million last year for the same period, registering a growth of 41%. Sales for the financial year 2010 grew by 11% and stood at Rs. 93,152 million as compared to Rs. 83,888 million in Financial Year 2009.
The Chief Minister of Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot, today inaugurated the Biograph 16 PET.CT scanner by Siemens at Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital, Jaipur. It is the first PET.CT scanner in the state of Rajasthan, which helps in identifying cancer lesions at a very early stage. It also comes with HD.PET technology, which provides the best image resolution in the industry and an X-ray reduction feature, which reduces the radiation dose to the patient up to 68%.
Siemens Ltd. is investing initially around `100 million until the end of 2012 to make its offices in India greener. The company is thoroughly examining its seven company-owned offices in India with regard to environmental protection and energy consumption. The goal is to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions by at least 15% by the end of 2012. This equals the average annual energy consumption of approximately 1,000 middle-class Indian households or the planting of 9,000 trees. Green building technologies will reduce energy costs at Siemens Ltd. by about `30 million a year. As a result, the investments by Siemens Ltd. will be amortized in only a little over three years. Siemens has the world’s largest environmental portfolio and offers green building consultancy now also to other companies in India.
Siemens Ltd. is investing initially around `100 million until the end of 2012 to make its offices in India greener. The company is thoroughly examining its seven company-owned offices in India with regard to environmental protection and energy consumption. The goal is to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions by at least 15% by the end of 2012. This equals the average annual energy consumption of approximately 1,000 middle-class Indian households or the planting of 9,000 trees. Green building technologies will reduce energy costs at Siemens Ltd. by about `30 million a year. As a result, the investments by Siemens Ltd. will be amortized in only a little over three years. Siemens has the world’s largest environmental portfolio and offers green building consultancy now also to other companies in India.
Healthcare SectorIn connection with October, the international breast cancer awareness month, Siemens has started a worldwide campaign to increase the public’s understanding about breast cancer. Siemens is asking Internet users to upload their favorite portrait photo to a special web site. There all photos will be collected to create a virtual pink ribbon, the symbol of solidarity with breast cancer patients. As soon as the ribbon has traveled around the world once, Siemens will donate 50,000 Euros to the non-profit Susan G. Komen organization which is involved worldwide in the fight against breast cancer. In addition, Siemens has initiated a survey aimed at women in Brazil, China, Germany, India, Russia, the USA and other countries to determine the level of knowledge concerning breast cancer and early detection. The results of the survey will be published in the spring of 2011. Based on these results, Siemens will develop and distribute specific awareness material suitable for the countries included in the survey.
Background Information NoteBreast cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in women, with numbers reaching close to 30 percent worldwide. Incidences of breast cancer in India are on a rise and reports as of 2008 state that nearly 100,000 new cases of breast cancer were detected on an annual basis. This number is expected to go up to 250,000 by 20151. As per media reports, 1 amongst 22 women in India is likely to suffer from breast cancer during her lifetime. Siemens Healthcare has developed comprehensive solutions for early detection and treatment of breast cancer under the collective name of “Breast Care Solutions”. These comprise a combination of different imaging methods such as Ultrasound and Mammography augmented by IT as well as radiation therapy. Siemens places special focus on the third dimension: 3D imaging of the female breast using two of the latest Siemens technologies, the ultrasound system ACUSON S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS) and 3D tomosynthesis with the digital mammography system, Mammomat Inspiration. They enable physicians to discern more details than earlier.