Siemens AG
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{{Infobox_Company
| company_name = Siemens AG
| company_logo = [[Image:Siemens AG logo.svg|230px|Siemens logo]]
| company_type = Public ([[Aktiengesellschaft|AG]]) <br/> ({{ISIN|DE0007236101}}, {{FWB|SIE}}, {{nyse|SI}})
| company_slogan = Global Network of Innovation
| founder = [[Werner von Siemens]]
| foundation = 1847 in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
| location = [[Berlin]] and [[Munich]], [[Germany]]
| key_people = [[Peter Löscher]], President & CEO<br/>[[Wolfgang Dehen]], CEO Energy Sector<br/>[[Heinrich Hiesinger]], CEO Industry Sector<br/>[[Jim Reid-Anderson]], CEO Healthcare Sector
| num_employees = 480,000 ([[2008-01-03]])
| industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerates]]
| products = [[Telephone|Communication Systems]]<br>[[Electrical generator|Power Generation]]<br>[[Automation|Industrial Automation and Control]] <br>[[Lighting]]<br>[[Ct scan|Medical Equipment]]<br>[[Transport|Transportation and Automotive]]<br>[[Water purification|Water Technologies]]<br>[[Building Technologies]]<br>[[Domestic technology|Home Appliances]]
| services = [[IT Service Management|Business Services]]<br>[[Financing]]<br>[[Construction]]
| revenue = [[Image:green up.png]] [[USD|$]] 110.82 [[1000000000 (number)|billion]] <!-- (In the US, a billion is 1000,000,000,000, so potential confusion cn be avoided by writing it as Euro 87,325 million) -->(2008)<ref name="about_us">{{cite web | title =Forbes Global 2000 | date=March 2008 | url =http://finapps.forbes.com/finapps/jsp/finance/compinfo/CIAtAGlance.jsp?sedol=5727973|}}</ref>
| divisions = Industry Sector, Energy Sector, Healthcare Sector
| homepage = [http://www.siemens.com/ www.siemens.com]
}}
'''Siemens AG''' is Europe's largest engineering [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=agxq4nZkE.lc&refer=germany | title=Bloomberg.com | accessdate=2008-01-12}}</ref> Siemens' international headquarters are located in [[Berlin]] and [[Munich]], [[Germany]] (though Siemens also have a number of complete cities or "work towns" exclusively housing Siemens employees). The company is a [[list of conglomerates|conglomerate]] of six major business divisions: [[Automation]] & Control, [[Electric power|Power]], [[Transportation]], [[Medical]], Information & [[Communication]], and [[Lighting]]. On November 28, 2007, Siemens reorganised its operations into three Sectors: Industry, Energy and Healthcare with a total of 15 Divisions. Worldwide, Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 480,000<ref name="annualreport2007">{{cite web | title =Siemens AG – Annual Report | publisher =www.siemens.com |date=January 2008 | url =http://w1.siemens.com/annual/07/en/index/key_figures.htm | format =HTML | accessdaymonth =25 February | accessyear=2008}}</ref> people in nearly 190 countries and reported global revenue of [[Euro|€]]72.448 billion in fiscal year 2007<ref name="annualreport2007"/>. Siemens AG is listed on the [[Frankfurt Stock Exchange]], and has been listed on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] since [[March 12]], [[2001]].
==History==
Siemens was founded by [[Ernst Werner von Siemens|Werner von Siemens]] on [[1 October]], [[1847]]. Based on the [[telegraph]], his invention used a [[Measuring instrument|needle]] to point to the sequence of [[letter]]s, instead of using [[Morse code]]. The company – then called Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske – opened its first workshop on [[October 12]].
In 1848, the company built the first long-distance telegraph line in [[Europe]]; 500 km from Berlin to [[Frankfurt am Main]]. In 1850 the founder's younger brother, Sir William Siemens (born [[Carl Wilhelm Siemens]]), started to represent the company in [[London]]. In the 1850s, the company was involved in building long distance telegraph networks in [[Russia]]. In 1855, a company branch headed by another brother, [[Carl Heinrich von Siemens|Carl von Siemens]], opened in [[St Petersburg]], Russia. In 1867, Siemens completed the monumental Indo-European ([[Calcutta]] to London) telegraph line.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://w4.siemens.de/archiv/en/laender/asien/indien.html | title=Siemens history | accessdate=2008-01-12}}</ref>
In 1881, a Siemens [[Alternating current|AC]] [[Alternator]] driven by a [[watermill]] was used to power the world's first electric street lighting in the town of [[Godalming]], [[United Kingdom]]. The company continued to grow and diversified into [[electric trains]] and [[light bulbs]]. In 1890, the founder retired and left the company to his brother Carl and sons Arnold and Wilhelm. Siemens & Halske (S&H) was incorporated in 1897.
In 1919, S&H and two other companies jointly formed the [[Osram]] [[lightbulb]] company. A [[Japan]]ese subsidiary was established in 1923.
During the 1920s and 1930s, S&H started to manufacture [[radios]], [[television set]]s, and [[electron microscopes]].
===Ardnacrusha Hydro Power Station===
In the 1930s Siemens constructed the [[Ardnacrusha]] Hydro Power station on the [[River Shannon]] in the then [[Irish Free State]], and it was a world first for its design. The company is remembered for its desire to raise the wages of its under-paid workers only to be overruled by the [[Cumann na nGaedhael]] government.
===World War II Era===
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Preceding [[World War II]] Siemens was involved in the secret rearmament of Germany. During the Second World War, Siemens supported the [[Hitler]] regime, contributed to the war effort and participated in the "Nazification" of the economy. Siemens had many factories in and around notorious extermination camps such as [[Auschwitz]] and used [[slave labor]] from [[concentration camps]] to build electric switches for military uses. In one example, almost 100,000 men and women from Auschwitz worked in a Siemens factory inside the camp, supplying the electricity to the camp.<small><ref> {{cite video| people = Claude Lanzmann | title = Shoah | medium = DVD | publisher = New Yorker Films |date=1985 }}</ref></small> The crematorium ovens at [[Buchenwald]] bear the Siemens label.
===Post-war===
In the 1950s and from their new base in [[Bavaria]], S&H started to manufacture [[computer]]s, [[semiconductor]] devices, [[washing machines]], and [[cardiac pacemaker|pacemaker]]s. Siemens AG was incorporated in 1966. The company's first digital telephone exchange was produced in 1980. In 1988 Siemens and [[GEC]] acquired the UK defense and technology company [[Plessey]]. Plessey's holdings were split, and Siemens took over the [[avionics]], [[radar]] and traffic control businesses — as [[Siemens Plessey]].
In 1991, Siemens acquired [[Nixdorf Computer AG]] and renamed it [[Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme]] AG.
In 1997 Siemens introduced the first [[GSM]] cellular phone with colour display. Also in 1997 Siemens agreed to sell the defence arm of Siemens Plessey to [[British Aerospace]] (BAe) and a UK government agency, the [[Defence Analytical Services Agency]] (DASA). BAe and DASA acquired the British and German divisions of the operation respectively.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
In 1999, Siemens' semiconductor operations were spun off into a new company known as [[Infineon Technologies]]. Also, Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG formed part of [[Fujitsu Siemens Computers]] AG in that year. The [[retail banking]] technology group became [[Wincor Nixdorf]].
In February 2003, Siemens reopened its office in [[Kabul]].<ref>{{ UN document |docid=S-PV-4943 |body=Security Council |meeting=4943 |page=7 |anchor=pg006-bk02 |date=[[15 April]] [[2004]] |time=undefined |accessdate=2007-09-06 }}</ref>
In 2004, Siemens took over the mantle of official [[Formula One]] timekeeper, replacing [[TAG Heuer]].
In November, 2005, Siemens signed a 12 year agreement with the [[Walt Disney Company]] to sponsor attractions in its [[Florida]] and [[California]] parks.
In 2006, Siemens announced the purchase of Bayer Diagnostics, which was incorporated into the Medical Solutions Diagnostics division officially on [[1 January]][[2007]].
In March 2007 a Siemens board member was temporarily arrested and accused of illegally financing a business-friendly labour association which competes against the union [[IG Metall]]. He has been released on bail. Offices of the labour union and of Siemens have been searched. Siemens denies any wrongdoing.<ref name=ftcom">{{cite web|title=Board member arrested in new blow for Siemens|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/75295b46-dcc9-11db-a21d-000b5df10621.html}}</ref>
In April 2007, the Fixed Networks, Mobile Networks and Carrier Services divisions of Siemens merged with [[Nokia]]’s Network Business Group in a 50/50 joint venture, creating a fixed and mobile network company called [[Nokia Siemens Networks]]. Nokia delayed the merger<ref>[[Associated Press]] quoted by [[Forbes]]: [http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/03/15/ap3519507.html ''Nokia-Siemens Venture to Start in April''], [[March 15]][[2007]]</ref> due to bribery investigations against Siemens.<ref name="iht0">[[International Herald Tribune]]: [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/13/business/siemens.php ''Bribery trial deepens Siemens woes''], [[March 13]][[2007]]</ref>
In October 2007, a court in Munich found that the company had bribed public officials in Libya, Russia, and Nigeria in return for the awarding of contracts; four former Nigerian Ministers of Communications were among those named as recipients of the payments. The company admitted to having paid the bribes and agreed to pay a fine of 201 million euros. In December 2007, the Nigerian government canceled a contract with Siemens due to the bribery findings.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ben |last= Agande |authorlink= |coauthors= Miebi Senge |title=Bribe: FG blacklists Siemens |url= http://www.vanguardngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2621&Itemid=41 |work= Vanguard |publisher= Vanguard Media |date=2007-12-05 |accessdate=2007-12-07 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |first=Juliana |last=Taiwo |title= FG Blacklists Siemens, Cancels Contract |url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=97185 |work=Thisday |publisher=Leaders & Company |date=2007-12-06 |accessdate=2007-12-07 }}</ref>
===Chief Executives===
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*[[Ernst Werner von Siemens|Werner von Siemens]] (1847-1890)
*[[Wilhelm von Siemens]] (1890-1919)
*[[Carl Friedrich von Siemens]] (1919-1941)
*[[Hermann von Siemens]] (1941-1956)
*[[Ernst von Siemens]] (1956-1968)
*[[Gerd Tacke]] (1968-1971)
*[[Bernhard Plettner]] (1971-1981)
*[[Karlheinz Kaske]] (1981-1992)
*[[Heinrich von Pierer]] (1992-2005)
*[[Klaus Kleinfeld]] (2005-2007)
*[[Peter Löscher]] (2007-present)
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==Corporate affairs==
===Management===
Peter Löscher (formerly of Merck) is the current president and the CEO as of [[July 1]], [[2007]].<ref>[http://www.cnbc.com/id/19498968 cnbc.com]</ref>. He succeeded Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld after the scandal charges of bribery against Siemens.
Gerhard Cromme is the current chairman of the supervisory board of Siemens AG. He succeeded Dr. Heinrich v. Pierer on 4/26/2007.
===2007 Price fixing fine===
In January 2007 Siemens was fined €396 million by the [[European Commission]] for [[Price fixing cases|rigging]] EU electricity markets through a [[cartel]] involving 11 companies, among which [[ABB Asea Brown Boveri|ABB]], [[Alstom]], [[Fuji]], [[Hitachi Japan]], [[AE Power Systems]], [[Mitsubishi Electric Corp]], [[Schneider Electric|Schneider]], [[Areva]], [[Toshiba]] and [[VA Tech]] <ref name=fine> [http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/eu-cracks-electricity-gear-cartel/article-161169 EU cracks down on electricity-gear cartel], ''[[EurActiv]]'', 25 January 2007 {{en icon}}</ref>. According to the Commission, "between 1988 and 2004, the companies rigged bids for procurement contracts, fixed prices, allocated projects to each other, shared markets and exchanged commercially important and confidential information."<ref name=fine/> Siemens was given a the highest fine of €396 million, more than half of the total, for its alleged leadership role in the incident.
===Bribery Case===
Siemens is currently being investigated for serious bribery, involving Heinz-Joachim Neubürger, former chief financial officer, Karl-Hermann Baumann, another former CFO and exchairman, and Johannes Feldmayer, a former management board member. <ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d2f7f3fe-aaaf-11dc-a779-0000779fd2ac.html ft.com]</ref>. The investigation has found questionable payments of roughly €1.3 billion, or $1.9 billion, from 2002 to 2006 that have triggered a broad range of inquiries in Germany, the United States and many other countries. <ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/14/business/siemens.php iht.com]</ref>
In May 2007 a German court convicted two former executives of paying about €6 million in bribes from 1999 to 2002 to help Siemens win natural gas turbine supply contracts with Enel, an Italian energy company. The contracts were valued at about €450 million. Siemens was fined €38 million.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/business/worldbusiness/15siemens.html|title =The New York Times | accessdate= 2007-05-15}}</ref>
Siemens has tightened its internal controls, and implemented strict compliance and anti-corruption measures throughout the company.
=== Organization structure ===
Since 1 January 2008, the company is divided into 3 sectors and a total of 15 divisions.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://w1.siemens.com/press/en/events/press-briefing.php| title = New organizational structure of Siemens AG as of January 1, 2008 | accessdate= 2008-03-08}}</ref>
# Industry Sector
## Industry Automation
## Drive Technologies
## Building Technologies
### Building Automation ([[HVAC]])
### Fire Control
### Security
## Industry Solutions
### Water Technologies
## Mobility
## [[Osram]]
# Energy Sector
## Fossil Power Generation
## Renewable Energy
## Oil & Gas
## Service Rotating Equipment
## Power Transmission
## Power Distribution
# Healthcare Sector
## Imaging & IT
## Workflow & Solutions
## Diagnostics
=== Key business areas and subsidiary companies before 2008===
Siemens' six operational business areas before 2008 were: Automation & Control ([http://www.automation.siemens.com/ Automation & Drives], [http://www.industry.siemens.com Industrial Solutions & Services], [http://www.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies Siemens Building Technologies]), Power ([http://www.energy-portal.siemens.com/ Power Generation, Power Transmission & Distribution]), [[Siemens Transportation Systems|Transportation]] ([http://www.sts.siemens.com Transportation Systems], [http://www.siemensvdo.com Siemens VDO]), Medical ([[Siemens Medical Solutions]]), Information & Communication ([[Siemens COM|Siemens Communications]], [[Siemens IT Solutions and Services]]), and Lighting ([[Osram|OSRAM GmbH]], [[Osram Sylvania|OSRAM Sylvania]]).
The company is also active in Financing ([[Siemens Financial Services]]), Real Estate (Siemens Real Estate), Home Appliances (BSH), Water Technologies (SWT), Computers ([[Fujitsu Siemens Computers]]), and Business Services.
<!-- Siemens AG's six key business areas are:
*Communication and Information ([[Siemens COM]] and SBS)
*Automation and Control ([http://www.automation.siemens.com/ Automation & Drives], [http://www.industry.siemens.com Industrial Solutions & Services] and [http://www.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies Siemens Building Technologies])
*Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution ([http://www.energy-portal.siemens.com/ PG and PTD])
*Transportation and Automotive ([http://www.sts.siemens.com Siemens Transportation Systems] + [http://www.siemensvdo.com Siemens VDO Global Website])
*Medical ([[Siemens Medical Solutions]])
*Lighting ([[Osram]], [[Osram Sylvania]])
The company is also active in:
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*Financing ([[Siemens Financial Services]]) ([[SFS]])
*Real Estate (SRE)
*Home Appliances (BSH)
*Water Technologies (SWT)
*Computers ([[Fujitsu Siemens Computers]])
*Business Services ([[Siemens IT Solutions and Services]], in the past called [[Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG]])
*Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices (SHC), a [[domotics]] company from the previous Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) Division. Based in [[Munich]].
*Currently sponsors Spaceship Earth at Walt Disney World's EPCOT center.
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=== Recently acquired companies ===
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*Atecs Mannesmann AG (2001) including Mannesmann Dematic, Mannemann Sachs, Mannesmann VDO Automotive, Mannesmann Demag Krauss-Maffei
*Danfoss Flow Division (2003)
*Bonus Energy (2004) — now Siemens Wind Power A/S
*[ndX Software (2004)
*Chrysler Group’s Huntsville Electronics Corporation (2004)
*USFilter Corporation (2004) — now Siemens Water Technologies Corp.
*Woodlands Technology (2004)
*Photo-Scan (2004)
*DASAN (South Korea - 2004)
*Alstom Industrial Turbine Business (2005)
*Jet Turbine Services (2005)
*Transmitton (2005) — now Siemens Transportation Systems UK
*Shaw Power (2005)
*Chantry Networks (2005)
*Myrio (USA/Canada - 2005)
*CTI Molecular Imaging (2005)
*Evoline (2005)
*VA Tech Group (Austria - 2005)
*Power Technologies International (2005) — now Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc.
*AN Windenergie GmbH (2005) — now Siemens Wind Power GmbH
*[[Bayer AG]] -Diagnostic branch (2006)
*Controlotron, USA (2004)
*Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control, USA (200?); now Siemens Environmental Systems and Services
*Diagnostic Products Corp. (2006) — now Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
*Bewator AB (Sweden - 2005) Security
*Vai Ingdesi Automation (Argentine - 2007) Industrial Automation
*Kadon Electro Mechanical Services Ltd. (2006)— now TurboCare Canada Ltd.
*Kühnle, Kopp, & Kausch AG (2006) — now Siemens Turbomachinery Equipment GmbH
*Opto Control (2006)
*UGS Corp. (2007)
*Dade Behring (2007)
*S/D Engineers, Inc. (2007)
*VistaScape Security Systems (2006)
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=== Major clients ===
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* [[MTR]]
* [[Novartis]]
* [[Edmonton Transit System]]
* [[Calgary Transit]]
* [[Deutsche Bahn AG]] (German rail transport company)
* [[Deutsche Telekom]] (Germany's principal telecoms carrier)
* [[Telefonica]]
* [[KPN]]
* [[CYTA]]
* [[China Telecom]]
* [[BT Group]]
* [[PT Prime]]
* [[Telmex]]
* [[Iran Khodro]] (Iranian major automotive manufacturing company)
* [[TAM Iran Khodro]] (Iran Khordo advanced technologies devision)
* [[RSA Security]]
* [[Mayo Clinic]]
* [[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas|METRO]] ([[Houston, Texas]])
* [[Metrorrey|METRORREY]] ([[Monterrey| Monterrey, N.L., México]])
* [[Sacramento Regional Transit District]]
* [[Regional Transportation District]] [[TheRide]] ([[Denver, Colorado]])
* [[LACMTA]] ([[Los Angeles County, California]])
* [[Pittsburgh Light Rail]]
* [[San Diego Trolley]]
* [[MAX Light Rail]] ([[Portland, Oregon]])
* [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]] (the Dutch railways) ([[The Netherlands]])
* [[Port of Rotterdam]] ([[Rotterdam]], The Netherlands)
* [[Balkim Muh. Elk. Ltd. Sti.]]
* [[BBC]]
* [[Indian Railways]]
* [[Airtel]]
* [[Powergrid Corporation of India]]
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===Siemens Foundation===
Through an American sub-organisation known as the [[Siemens Foundation]], Siemens also devotes funds to rewarding students and [[Advanced Placement|AP]] teachers. One of its main programs is the [[Siemens Westinghouse Competition]] in [[mathematics|maths]], science, and technology, which annually grants scholarships up to US$100,000 to both individual and team entrants. According to the foundation website, Siemens awards a total of nearly US$2 million in scholarship money every year.
== Products ==
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'''Industrial'''
* Industrial Instrumentation (Sensors and Controls)
*Gas & Steam Turbines
*SINAMICS drives
*Electric motors
*SIMATIC Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
*SIMATIC Human Machine Interface (HMI)
*SIMATIC PCS7 Distributed Control System (DCS)
*SINUMERIK Computerized Numerical Control (CNC)
'''Telecommunications'''
*Telecommunication Service Platform, the TSP 7000
*Gigaset, [[Home entertainment]] products, including Gigaset M740 AV, a [[set-top box]] to receive [[TDT]] and integrate it in a domestic network (using [[WLAN]] or [[cable]]), i.e. for home [[streaming media]].
*[[Hicom Trading E]]
*[[Hicom 300]]
*[[HiPath]]
*HiQ 8000 Softswitch
*HiE 9200 Softswitch
*MSR32R
*[[EWSD]] telephone exchanges
*SPX 2000 small digital telephone exchange (rural)
*Siemens Gigaset cordless telephones
*[[Siemens cellular telephones|Siemens Mobile Phones]] - divested to BenQ in 2005
*Radio and core products for 2G and 3G Mobile Networks (GSM, UMTS, ...)
'''Transportation'''
*[[Combino]], [[Ultra low floor|ULF]], and [[Avanto (tram)|Avanto]] trams
* Siemens-Duwag U2 LRV - [[Edmonton Transit System]] and [[Calgary Transit]] - [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]
* [[Siemens SD-160]] - [[Edmonton Transit System]] and [[Calgary Transit]] - [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]
* ER20 diesel locomotive - [[MTR]], [[Hong Kong]]
* LHB/Siemens M1/M2/M3 Metro (Pair) - [[Prague Metro]] [[Czech Republic]]
* Siemens-Adtranz LRV
* Duewag/Siemens 1435 mm Combino Low Flr LRV
* [[MX3000]] Metro car for Oslo (SGP Wien works) - [[Oslo T-bane]], [[Norway]]
* CAF S4000 Metro - [[Barcelona Metro]]
* Schindler/Fiat-SIG/Adtranz Cobra Be 4/6 Low Floor LRV - Zurich VBZ
* Class H Metro 5001 - Berlin BVG
* SWBSiemensr NGT 6D LRV - [[Bonn, Germany]]
* [[EuroSprinter]] electric locomotive
*[[Desiro]], [[InterCityExpress|ICE]], and [[Transrapid]] trains
* The Siemens MOMO [[Siemens (train)]] - [[Melbourne, Australia]]
*EMU321, EMU341 - [[TRTC]], [[Taipei]]
*VL256 (original from [[MATRA]]) - [[TRTC]], [[Taipei]]
'''Control Systems'''
*SIMATIC PCS 7 Process Automation System for Process and Hybrid industries
*Siemens SPPA-T2000 Control System (formerly Teleperm XP)
*Siemens SPPA-T3000 Control System (For Electrical Power Generation Control)
'''Other'''
*@ctiveFRIEND
*Advia(R) hematology systems <ref>[http://diagnostics.siemens.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay~q_catalogId~e_-111~a_categoryId~e_1015820~a_catTree~e_100001,1015820~a_langId~e_-111~a_storeId~e_10001.htm diagnostics.siemens.com]</ref>
*AXIOM Artis
*AXIOM Sensis
*Biograph TruePoint PET.CT
*E.Cam Signature Series Gamma Camera
*Industrial programmable controls (including Simatic PLC, and Logo! microcontrollers)
*Magnetom C!, a low field open MRI
*Magnetom Avanto, a Tim system MRI
*MAGNETOM™ Espree
*Magnetom Espree, a Tim system, open bore MRI
*Magnetom Trio, A Tim System, ultra high field MRI
*The Siemens Servo life support ventilator line
*Sinorix(TM)
*Sistore(TM)
*Siemens [[Soarian]](TM) [[HIS]]
*SOMATOM(R) Definition CT
*SOMATOM(R) Sensation CT
*SOMATOM(R) Emotion CT
*Spectrum PowerCC(TM)
*Symbia TruePoint SPECT-CT
*Windturbines, 1.3 MW, 2.3 MW, 3.6 MW
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== Competition ==
Main competitors of Siemens are:
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*[[3Com Corporation]]
*[[ABB Asea Brown Boveri|ABB]]
*[[Alcatel-Lucent]]
*[[Alstom]]
*[[Avic]]
*[[Automated Logic]]
*[[Bombardier]]
*[[Cisco Systems]]
*[[Computrols]]
*[[Eaton Corporation|Eaton]]
*[[Emerson Electric]]
*[[Ericsson]]
*[[General Electric]]
*[[Honeywell]]
*[[Johnson Controls]]
*[[Lantronix]]
*[[Larsen & Toubro Limited]]
*[[MAN AG]]
*[[Nortel]]
*[[Omron|Omron Electronics]]
*[[Philips]]
*[[Reliable Controls]]
*[[Rockwell Automation]]
*[[Samsung]]
*[[Schneider Electric]]
*[[Toshiba]]
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==See also==
*[[List of assets owned by Siemens]]
*[[Siemens Limited]]
*[[Simatic S5 PLC]]
*[[Siemens mobile]]
*[[FIATECH]]
==References==
*Greider, William (1997). ''One World, Ready or Not''. Penguin Press. ISBN 0-7139-9211-5.
; Footnotes
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==Further reading==
*Weiher, Siegfried von /Herbert Goetzeler (1984). ''The Siemens Company, Its Historical Role in the Progress of Electrical Engineering 1847–1980'', 2nd ed. Berlin and Munich.
*Feldenkirchen, Wilfried (2000). ''Siemens, From Workshop to Global Player'', Munich.
*Feldenkirchen, Wilfried / Eberhard Posner (2005): ''The Siemens Entrepreneurs'', Continuity and Change, 1847-2005, Ten Portraits, Munich.
==External links==
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*[http://www.siemens.com Official website]
*[http://w4.siemens.de/archiv/en/index.html Siemens history website]
*[http://www.siemens-foundation.org Siemens Foundation]
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