- Founded as a courtyard workshop in Berlin on October 1, 1847
- Around four million people employed worldwide to date since 1847
- Current global market leader in automation, electrification, digitalization and transportation
- Celebration in Berlin with German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz
On October
12, 1847, Siemens started operations as a small factory workshop with ten
employees manufacturing pointer telegraphs, in a courtyard tucked away behind a
building on Schoeneberger Strasse in Berlin. Now, 175 years later, Siemens has more
than 300,000 employees around the world and, with around €62 billion in annual
revenue, is one of the world’s largest technology powerhouses. On
October 1, 1847, 11 days before operations began, Werner von Siemens and
precision mechanic Johann Georg Halske had completed the company’s official
founding. Today, October 12, 2022, Siemens is marking its 175th birthday with a
celebratory event at the Schaltwerk factory in the Siemensstadt section of
Berlin. German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, together with numerous guests
from the realms of politics, business and academia will join the anniversary event.
- Siemens Xcelerator comprises a curated portfolio, a growing partner ecosystem and an evolving marketplace to speed up value creation across industry, buildings, grids and mobility
- Curated portfolio of IoT-enabled hardware, software and digital services following key design principles of interoperability, flexibility, openness and as-a-service
- Launch of new Building X end-to-end smart building Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) suite
- Planned acquisition of Brightly Software will accelerate growth in digital buildings complementing Siemens’ smart building portfolio
- Partner ecosystem grows through industrial metaverse partnership with NVIDIA for physics-based, immersive digital twin development
- Reaffirms Siemens’ ten percent compound annual growth targets for digital business
Siemens AG
has launched an open digital business platform, Siemens Xcelerator, to
accelerate digital transformation and value creation for customers of all sizes
in industry, buildings, grids and mobility. The business platform makes digital
transformation easier, faster and scalable. Siemens Xcelerator includes a
curated portfolio of internet of things (IoT) enabled hardware, software and
digital services from across Siemens and certified third parties; a growing
ecosystem of partners; and an evolving marketplace to facilitate interactions
and transactions between customers, partners and developers.