German engineer, entrepreneur, inventor of the electric motor, generator, tram and compass telegraph, improved submarine cables, revolutionized the steelmaking process by proposing the flat-furnace method of steelmaking, founder of Siemens.
In 1847, Siemens and the mechanical engineer Johann Georg Halske established the Siemens-Halske Telegraph Manufacturing Company with an investment of 6,842 thalers (1 thaler is equivalent to 3 marks) from his cousin to produce the compass telegraph invented by Siemens, which was the predecessor of the later Siemens AG. In 1848 Siemens won the contract for the telegraph line from Frankfurt to Berlin, and from then on it began to develop greatly.
As an engineer, Siemens' love of technology had a direct impact on its development. At the time of its creation, Siemens was relying on the telegraph business, but also on the development and promotion of new technologies to support its main business development. In addition to managing the company, Siemens devoted more time to engineering research.
In 1866, Siemens came up with the working principle of the generator, and the first human generator was completed by a Siemens engineer. That same year, Siemens also invented the first direct-current motor. These technologies developed by Siemens were often immediately productized into the market or applied to new products. For example, the tram (1881), the trolleybus (1882), the elevator (1880), and the electric train (1879) were among the first to be brought to market by Siemens using the inventions of its founders. Ironically, the electric car, which did not begin to gain traction until the end of the 20th century, was also first invented by Siemens in 1898.
Siemens headquarters
The Siemens Group of companies, headquartered in Berlin and Munich, is one of the world's largest electrical engineering and electronics companies. Sustainability has been a distinctive feature of Siemens since the company was founded. At Siemens, sustainability means long-term economic success as well as environmental awareness and social responsibility as a good corporate citizen. in the 2005 fiscal year (ended September 30), the company had approximately 461,000 employees worldwide and achieved sales of 75,445 million euros and net income of 3,058 million euros. Eighty percent of those sales came from outside Germany.
Siemens is a large international company with operations in more than 190 countries and some 600 plants, research and development centers and sales offices worldwide. The company's business is focused on six main areas: information and communications, automation and control, power, transportation, medical systems and lighting. Siemens' global business operations are organized into 13 business groups, including Siemens Financial Services Ltd. and Siemens Premises Asset Management Group. In addition, Siemens has two joint ventures, Bosch-Siemens Home Appliances Group and Fujitsu Siemens Computers (Holdings) Inc.
Siemens has a well-established portfolio of businesses in the fields of electrical engineering and electronics. Siemens' business activities are influenced by a variety of regional and industry factors. With the exception of international businesses (such as the Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Medical Systems and Transportation Technologies Groups, which generally have long business cycles), other areas of business (such as the Consumer Products business of the Communications Group and OSRAM, and the Capital Goods business of the Automation and Drives Group) are susceptible to short-term business trends and prevailing economic conditions. The favorable business mix helped Siemens to cope with the severe challenges posed by the difficult business environment in fiscal 2005. In addition, Siemens' business areas are well positioned to reflect the megatrends of the future. Siemens is currently developing new solutions to meet future challenges from the fields of health, energy, water treatment, communications, transportation, security, logistics and automation.
As a global company, Siemens takes full advantage of the synergies of its diverse business portfolio, which is guided by the company's overall strategy, with a clear structure and a clear division of responsibilities, and actively creates value on the ground. The company's traditional strengths are its ability to innovate, its customer focus, its global presence and its financial strength. Siemens' business activities are centered on the global electrical market, which totaled EUR 2,690 billion in 2005. With the current cooling of the world economy, the growth of the global electrical and electronics market is expected to decline slightly in 2006. However, with its growth rate of nearly 7.5%, the market will still maintain its long-term growth momentum.
Innovation is a top priority for a world-class company in the field of electrical engineering and electronics, which invested 5.2 billion euros in research and development (R&D) in 2005 in order to stay at the forefront of technology. in the 2004 financial year, Siemens' R&D staff*** realized some 8,800 inventions, an increase of 7 percent over the previous year, of which two-thirds were patented. In the field of patents, Siemens topped the list in Germany, ranked second in Europe, and was among the top ten in the United States. The majority of Siemens' nearly 47,000 research and development employees work on software projects, making Siemens one of the largest software development organizations in the world. Siemens is also committed to continuously increasing its range of services, solutions and systems to further round out its product portfolio.
Siemens' transparent and accountable management and control system is a guarantee of the company's sustainable growth and an indispensable condition for Siemens and its business policies to gain and maintain credibility. Siemens has always attached great importance to respecting and protecting the rights of its shareholders, always providing them with timely and unobtrusive information about the company, ensuring close cooperation between the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board, and always adhering to international and national regulations. As a good corporate citizen, we are also committed to helping improve the living standards of the people in the countries in which we operate, supporting the education and training of the younger generation, alleviating social problems and promoting local arts and culture.
With more than 900,000 shareholders, Siemens is one of the world's largest publicly traded companies. More than 55% of the company's share capital is raised outside Germany. Since March 2001, Siemens shares have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Siemens at CeBIT Hannover
Siemens Corporate Responsibility
Responsible corporate leadership is a prerequisite for a company to be recognized by society and to achieve lasting success. Siemens is a global company, and our actions have a wide-ranging impact on our customers, employees, shareholders, the environment and society as a whole. For Siemens, corporate responsibility means: taking economic, social, ethical and environmental factors into account in order to ensure the success and future of the company; setting clear and transparent guidelines for the company.
Siemens is an integral part of China's economy and is committed to being a trusted partner in the country's major infrastructure development and industrial modernization, with some of the most advanced technologies currently in use in China coming from Siemens. Siemens technology can provide China with economical, efficient and environmentally friendly energy; fast, safe and comfortable public transportation; reliable, high-speed and cost-effective communications; and medical equipment for fast, accurate and effective diagnosis and treatment, as well as automation solutions to help various industrial sectors increase production, efficiency and competitiveness.
By 2003, Siemens had established 28 local offices and more than 40 joint ventures in China, with long-term investments totaling more than 5.4 billion yuan (about 655 million euros.) Sales for the 2003 fiscal year (from Oct. 1, 2002, to Sept. 30, 2003) amounted to 30.1 billion yuan (about 3.3 billion euros), and new orders exceeded 31.3 billion RMB (approx. 3.5 billion EUR) in new orders. Siemens is one of the largest foreign companies investing in China with 21,000 employees. In order to maintain the momentum of good growth, Siemens will continue to increase its investment in China and vigorously promote the localization process, continuously strengthening local R&D, increasing local project implementation, improving local procurement and enhancing local management.
Siemens' Information & Communications (I& C) sector comprises three groups: Information & Communications Networks (ICN), Information & Mobility (Siemens Mobile) and Siemens Business Services (SBS). With a wide range of integrated solutions, Siemens I&C is an independent provider of all key information and communication technologies, applications and services. Siemens I&C's business in China began in 1985, and since then Siemens has successfully participated in the construction of China's communication infrastructure, especially mobile communication systems and transmission backbone networks.
In Automation & Control, Siemens is the world's largest supplier of products, systems, solutions and services in the fields of industrial automation and building technology, serving all sectors of Chinese industry. The four business groups in this sector are dedicated to helping customers optimize their business and production processes, enabling them to improve efficiency, increase production, enhance competitiveness and achieve higher profitability. Siemens automation and control technologies can help China's heating industry reduce resource use and waste emissions, with related projects including community heating systems in Tangshan City, Hebei Province and Qingdao City, Shandong Province, while Siemens and its partners have successfully built more than 200 water and wastewater treatment plants in China, making a significant contribution to China's environmental protection.
Siemens Automation & Drives (A&D) Group is a stalwart of industrial automation, providing Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) and Totally Integrated Power Management (TIP) solutions for China's process and manufacturing industries. The group combines innovation and customer satisfaction with reliability, quality and high efficiency in its products and services for customers in the metallurgical, petrochemical, glass, cement, water treatment, food and beverage production and packaging industries. With products such as SINUMERIK for data control (CNC) systems and SIMODRIVE for drive systems, Siemens A&D is a leading player in the CNC market in China. The group is also a leader in the PLC and large drives market in China. As core products of TIA, SIMATIC and PCS7 have been successfully used in almost all automation applications. Through the "Assist" hotline system, A&D offers its customers professional and fast service nationwide. In addition, the A&D Training Center, in cooperation with many universities throughout the country, introduces and transfers the latest technologies and product manufacturing processes to the group's customers and partners in China. In fiscal 2003, A&D signed an agreement to provide automation equipment for China's key project "Three Gorges Project", while in the metallurgical industry A&D also won an important order to provide air separation engines and blast furnaces for Anshan Iron and Steel Company.
Siemens Dematic Production and Logistics Automation Systems (China) Co., Ltd (SDC) focuses on production and logistics solutions in the areas of electronics assembly, logistics automation and postal automation. The group's range of products includes automated surface mounting systems and multi-layer PCB laser drilling machines for the electronics industry, total logistics automation systems for warehouses, ports and airports, and letter sorting systems for the postal industry in China, etc. In January 2003, Siemens Dematic's Global Electronics Equipment Division established a Competitiveness Center in China to serve its customers in mainland China and Taiwan and to help them achieve maximum productivity, maintain competitiveness, and provide production and management consulting services. In October 2003, SDC signed a treaty with Sichuan Peace Medicine Company to establish a modern medicine distribution center, the largest in southwest China, and the Guangzhou Mail Center, which applies Siemens letter sorting system, is the most advanced mail processing center in China.
China's rapid economic development in recent decades has created a huge demand for electricity, which has driven the growth of investment in the country's energy infrastructure. Siemens is playing an important role in China's power sector by providing total energy solutions through its two groups in this sector to meet China's demand for affordable, efficient and environmentally friendly power supply.
In the transportation sector, Siemens Transportation Technologies (TS) Group and Siemens VDO Automotive Technology Group (SV) provide products and systems that meet the demand for flexibility, environmental protection, high performance and high productivity.
The symbol for Siemens is S, abbreviated to [西]
英文全写为Siemens。The name honors the German engineer Werner von Siemens.