HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan on high-level visit to Siemens in Munich

His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan visited the Siemens global headquarters in Munich on Friday. He was received by Joe Kaeser, President and CEO, and Roland Busch, Managing Board Member and CTO, of Siemens AG. During the visit, Sheikh Zayed toured the iconic headquarter building and received a briefing on Siemens’ long-term presence in the United Arab Emirates, its technologies and innovations and their positive impact on business and society. 

Among other topics discussed during the tour was the UAE’s ambition to build a sustainable, diversified economy and how Siemens is supporting it. The company’s contributions to key infrastructure projects in the emirates as well as its commitment to preparing the country’s youth for the digital transformation through software grants were also highlighted.

Siemens recently announced plans to boost investments into its digital presence in the Middle East with US$500 million over the next three years. Over the past years, Siemens has also focused on strengthening its Research and Development (R&D) capabilities in the region.

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for 170 years. The company is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of efficient power generation and power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. The company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2017, which ended on September 30, 2017, Siemens generated revenue of €83.0 billion and net income of €6.2 billion. At the end of September 2017, the company had around 377,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.