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 technologies 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 improve their productivity, efficiency and competitiveness.
To date, Siemens has established 28 local offices and more than 40 joint ventures in China, with a total long-term investment of more than 5.4 billion RMB (about 655 million euros). sales for the 2003 fiscal year (from October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003) amounted to 30.1 billion RMB (about 3.3 billion euros), and new orders amounted to more than 31.3 billion RMB (about 3.5 billion euros). RMB (approx. EUR 3.5 billion) 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) comprises three groups: Information & Communications Networks (ICN), Information & Mobile Communications (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.
The Information and Mobile Communications Group (Siemens Mobile) is the most important GSM equipment provider for China Unicom. Siemens Mobile has helped major Chinese operators to build 34 GSM mobile networks in 26 provinces and autonomous regions in China, providing excellent communications not only in densely populated cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, but also in the western part of the country, supporting the development of China's western region through the construction of a solid communications infrastructure. Siemens Mobile is also striving to become the leader in 3G mobile communications in China, and is the only supplier with strong capabilities in both WCDMA and TD-SCDMA. in August 2003, at the 10th anniversary celebration of the establishment of Shanghai Siemens Mobile Communications Ltd (SSMC), Siemens Mobile announced a further investment of USD 30 million to build SSMC into the world's second largest WCDMA provider. Siemens Mobile announced a further investment of USD 30 million to build SSMC into the second largest manufacturing base for WCDMA technology in the world. At the same time, Siemens, together with its partner China Association of Communications Technologies (CATT), will continue to develop China's 3G standard TD-SCDMA, and also announced plans to invest in a joint venture with Huawei to promote the development of TD-SCDMA, with a total planned investment of more than $100 million. As a major end-to-end solution provider, Siemens Mobile also plays a significant role in the mobile handset market. Siemens Mobile is the world's No. 1 supplier of cordless phones in terms of sales, and in early 2003, Siemens launched its first digital cordless phone, the Gigaset C88, in the Chinese market, which has been well received by consumers due to its clear voice quality, wide coverage, high security and anti-interference properties. As one of the world's leading mobile phone suppliers, Siemens launched 16 new handsets in China*** in FY2003, including 8 Xelibri series fashionable handsets. Among the new phones, the SL55 is the hottest seller and is considered one of the most innovative and creative phones in the Chinese market today.
The Siemens Information and Communication Networks (ICN) Group provides network technology support for enterprises, carriers and service providers. The group's broad range of businesses includes IP convergence solutions for voice and data (where HiPath solutions are offered to enterprise users and SURPASS solutions are for network operators), a variety of broadband access products and systems, and fiber-optic transmission networks.ICN's joint venture, Beijing International Switching Systems Company Limited (BISC), is the leading EWSD provider in China. (BISC), a joint venture of ICN, is the leading provider of EWSD in China, with over 56 million ports installed in China. BISC has also introduced the SURPASS solution to the Chinese market in line with the development trend of Next Generation Networks (NGN) in China. (SBCS), another joint venture, brought HiPath solutions to the Chinese market in February 2003. HiPath refers to the Siemens Enterprise Integration Architecture, which provides a variety of communication platforms, applications and solutions. HiPath solutions help customers control communication costs more effectively and efficiently by developing IP-based convergence of existing voice and data networks. customers to control communication costs more effectively and achieve greater return on investment. In addition, SBCS produces the Hicom system, the leading technology in the domestic PBX market, and in FY2003, SBCS systems and solutions were used by leading organizations in China, including Suning Appliance, the Sofitel Boao, Shenzhen Metro, and China Eastern Airlines at Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport.
In the field of 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 endeavors.
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 supply automation equipment for the Three Gorges Project, a key project in China, and in the metallurgical industry A&D won an important order to supply air separation engines and blast furnaces for Anshan Iron and Steel Company.
The Industrial Systems & Technology Services (I&S) Group is a leading provider of industrial and infrastructure systems and specialized IT solutions, with core competencies in innovative solutions and services for the entire plant lifecycle, state-of-the-art systems for the process industries, and global knowledge management. I&S is a leading solutions and services provider in China in the fields of metallurgy, paper, mining, water treatment, shipbuilding, oil and gas, intelligent transportation management, industrial services and IT factory solutions. Siemens has a long history of cooperation with China's metallurgical industry and received many important orders in the 2003 fiscal year. Among others, I&S was awarded the supply of galvanizing and color-coating lines for Kunming Iron & Steel, a rail mill for Panzhihua Iron & Steel, and a bar mill for Shijiazhuang Iron & Steel. After a brief hiatus in China's pulp and paper industry, I&S has continued to invest in this sector with great success, winning more than 40 projects in the past three years, including major agreements to provide solutions for Asia Pulp & Paper's (APP) paper mills in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and Chenming, Jiangxi Province, etc. I&S is also committed to helping manage the rapidly growing volume of traffic on China's public transportation and transportation roads through its Intelligent Transportation solutions. I&S is also working to help manage China's fast-growing traffic on the roads through intelligent transportation solutions, including inner-city traffic management systems, parking systems, and highway emergency response systems. Meanwhile, in terms of fast-growing personal transportation, our SITRAFFIC CONCERT provides traffic management solutions for cities and local areas, integrating private car and parking-related traffic with public **** transportation systems, providing new options for traffic information and traffic control. The solution has already been used in projects such as Qingdao City Traffic Control and Xi'an Airport Parking Ramp.
Siemens Dematic Production and Logistics Automation Systems (China) Co., Ltd (SDC) focuses on production and logistics solutions in the fields 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 highest 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 which is 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.
Siemens Building Technologies (China) Limited (SBT) provides property owners and managers with complete building solutions that enable safety, comfort in a safe environment, reduced maintenance costs and efficient service throughout the life cycle of a building. The products, systems and services offered by the group include building management systems for heating, ventilation and air conditioning control, fire protection, and security solutions including intrusion protection, access control systems, and TV surveillance, etc. SBT's Intelligent Fire Protection and Emergency Evacuation Broadcasting Systems ensure the safety of occupants of Jinmao Tower, China's tallest and the third tallest 88-storey building in the world. In addition, SBT provided fire alarm and building management systems for the terminal building, airport management center, airport hotel and catering facilities at Shanghai's Pudong Airport, as well as security protection systems for the world's first commercially available magnetic levitation railroad in Shanghai. In FY2003, SBT worked closely with Siemens Industry Systems & Technical Services (I&S) Group to secure a major agreement to provide weak point systems and services including fire protection, building automation, and building security for the new IKEA store in Shanghai, Asia's largest.
China's rapid economic growth in recent decades has created a huge demand for electricity, which is driving increased investment in the country's energy infrastructure. Siemens plays an important role in China's power industry 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.
Siemens Power Generation (PG) Group is a committed partner to the Chinese energy industry in building efficient and environmentally friendly power plants and providing power plant related services. The group's major projects in China include the Shandong Rizhao 2x350MW Genset, the Fuzhou Phase II 2x350MW Genset, the Yangcheng 6x350MW Supercritical Steam Turbine Genset, the Hebei Handan 2x660MW Genset, and China's largest thermal generating unit, the Shanghai Waigaoqiao 2x900MW Supercritical Steam Turbine Genset. pg has supplied generating units for more than 16 power plants in China. PG has supplied generating units to more than 16 power plants in China, with a total production capacity of 14,135 MW, while the first unit in Shanghai Waigaoqiao was commissioned as scheduled in late 2003.In November 2003, PG has just been awarded a contract to supply equipment for the 4x1000 MW supercritical power plant project in Yuhuan, Zhejiang Province, in cooperation with a local partner, combining the state-of-the-art Siemens gas turbine technology with local manufacturing capabilities. manufacturing capabilities. In industrial applications, PG supplied highly efficient and reliable compressors as well as gas turbines for metallurgy, petrochemical, paper and fertilizer industries, which were installed in Gansu, Shaanxi and Xinjiang Provinces, greatly accelerating the development of the local industry. in January 2003, PG was awarded a major contract worth 30 million euros for the supply of steam turbine power generation units for CNOOC Shell Petroleum, which is the largest single contract won by Siemens in the world. This is also the largest single industrial turbine contract won by Siemens in the world. In fiscal 2003, Siemens also acquired the industrial turbine business of the former Alstom and established a wholly owned Siemens business group. This acquisition further extended PG's products and solutions to the oil and gas sector. The Siemens Power Generation Group now has a complete range of products and services including small and medium-sized gas turbines up to 50 MW.
The Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution (PTD) Group plays a vital role in China's power transmission and distribution sector as a supplier of products as well as total solutions, system integration and services. PTD ensures that electricity is safely and economically transmitted from power plants to consumers. The group's innovative power transmission technology ensures that power is transmitted over long distances with minimal energy loss. ptd consists of five joint ventures producing air-insulated and gas-insulated switchgear, circuit breakers, transformers, and ceramic vacuum switching tubes, committed to meeting local needs in terms of quality, technology, reliability, safety, and long service intervals. With leading technical experience, top quality and excellent service, PTD was the supplier of China's first key High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission projects Ge-Shang (Gezhouba, Hubei to Shanghai), Tian-Guang (from Tianshengqiao, Guizhou to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province) and Gui-Guang (from Anshun, Guizhou Province to Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province). PTD was also selected by the State Grid Corporation of China (SGC) to to provide the technology for the transistor-controlled series of compensation systems as part of the HVDC 500KV transmission line for the Tian-Guang and Gui-Guang projects. For industrial applications, PTD was the main supplier of 110kV high-voltage gas-insulated switchgear, relay protection monitoring systems and turnkey installations for Nanhai Shell Petroleum Company in Huizhou, Guangdong Province.
In the field of transportation, Siemens Transportation Technologies (TS) Group and Siemens VidEO Automotive Technology Group (SV) provide products and systems that meet the demand for flexibility, environmental friendliness, high performance and high productivity.
As the world's leading supplier of products and systems integrator for the railroad industry, Siemens Transportation Technologies (TS) Group combines excellent experience in various fields such as automation and power supply, rolling stock, turnkey systems, and integrated services, to provide a complementary range of products, systems, and solutions for China's railroad industry, covering signaling and control systems, traction power supply, and services for urban railways, The company has provided the Chinese railway industry with complementary products and solutions covering signaling and control systems, traction power, and rolling stock for urban, suburban and mainline railroads, as well as extensive experience in project management and forward-looking service concepts. Over the past 10 years, TS has successfully contributed to the development and modernization of China's transportation infrastructure, participating in the construction of metros in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Nanjing, the Beijing Metro and Dalian Light Rail, as well as the world's longest electrified railroad from Harbin to Dalian. In April 2003, TS, in cooperation with Chinese locomotive manufacturer Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works, signed a US$170 million contract with Guangzhou Metro for the supply of 40 three-car metro trains for the new Metro Line 3 in Guangzhou. This contract comes just 14 months after Transportation Technologies was awarded the contract to supply trains for Shanghai Metro Line 4, further strengthening TS's market position in China. In addition, the Shanghai Maglev High Speed Train, the world's first commercial Maglev Railway built by Siemens and its partners, is about to be put into commercial operation in early 2004.
Siemens VDO Automotive Technology Group (SV) is dedicated to providing the booming Chinese automotive industry with electrical, electromechanical and electronic systems, modules and components to enhance driving safety and comfort, as well as to improve engine performance and exhaust gas control. The group's products include body electronic systems, engine management systems (EMS), induction systems, components for fuel systems and exhaust emission systems, information communication systems, cockpit information systems, as well as safety electronics and chassis electronics. Its customers include leading Chinese automobile manufacturers Shanghai Volkswagen, FAW-Volkswagen, Shanghai General Motors, Dongfeng Citroen Automobile Company Limited, Ford and Honda. In FY2003, SV was successfully contracted by FAW-Volkswagen to supply engine management systems for its Jetta and Bora vehicle platforms, and in June 2003, SV was recognized by Shanghai Volkswagen as the "Best Supplier" for its outstanding performance in R&D, product quality, delivery, and service during the Group's last 10 years of business cooperation.
Siemens Medical Systems (MED) Group is a leading provider of public **** healthcare in China, known for its innovative medical technology, high-quality services and complete solutions, providing customers with practical and effective treatment solutions. In recent years, the Medical Systems Group has achieved rapid growth in both sales and market share, thanks to the expansion of the R&D and production capacity of CT and X-ray systems at Siemens Shanghai Medical Devices Ltd. and the introduction of a series of new products to the market. Sensation 16, China's first 16-slice CT scanner, which was first installed at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital in August 2002, and SOMATOM Joy, a high-performance CT system that has been in production in China since January 2003. These products are able to provide Chinese medical specialists with high-quality medical imaging products that help in the rapid diagnosis and treatment of patients. Meanwhile, the highly qualified engineers of the Medical Group respond to the needs of Chinese users around the clock through the Group's advanced hotline service system, and the "UPTIME" service centers set up in Beijing and Shanghai can provide 24-hour remote control and maintenance for Siemens medical equipment around the world.
In the field of lighting, OSRAM, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens, is a leading provider of lighting solutions, offering lamps and lighting systems for general and automation applications, as well as electric light sources and lighting systems for different applications such as private homes, sports stadiums, shopping centers, large buildings and factories. OSRAM is committed to providing modern, innovative and energy-efficient lighting technology to its customers in China, and has provided lighting solutions for prestigious buildings such as the Shanghai Pudong Airport and the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, etc. In the 2003 fiscal year, OSRAM provided lighting solutions for the inner ring road in Guangzhou, the China Hotel, and some of the stadiums of the Ninth National Games.
Siemens has become a household name in the Chinese home appliance market. Manufacturing and launching high-quality and innovative home appliances such as refrigerators and tumble dryers for Chinese consumers, Bossi Home Appliances (BSH) products lead the Chinese home appliance market under the Siemens trademark, while an extensive after-sales service network provides fast and efficient service to customers.