Siemens
Siemens AG (ˈziːməns) is a company which has its headquarters in Berlin and Munich, Germany. It is the largest electronics company in Europe.[2]
| File:Siemens AG logo.svg | |
| Aktiengesellschaft | |
| Traded as | FWB: SIE, NYSE: SI |
| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | October 1, 1847 (Berlin) |
| Founder | Werner von Siemens |
| Headquarters | Berlin and Munich, Germany, European Union |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Peter Löscher (President and CEO) Joe Kaeser (CFO) Gerhard Cromme (Chairman of the supervisory board) |
| Products | Communication systems, power generation technology, industrial and buildings automation, lighting, medical technology, railway vehicles, water treatment systems, home appliances, fire alarms, PLM software |
| Services | Business services, financing, project engineering and construction |
| Revenue | €73.52 billion (2010/2011)[1] |
| €7.958 billion (2010/2011)[1] | |
| €6.145 billion (2010/2011)[1] | |
| Total assets | €104.24 billion (September 2011)[1] |
| Total equity | €31.53 billion (September 2011)[1] |
Number of employees | 360,000 (September 2011)[1] |
| Divisions | Industry, Energy, Healthcare, Infrastructure and Cities |
| Website | www |
Siemens is a technology company with activities in industry, energy and healthcare. It is organised into six main parts: Industry, Energy, Healthcare, Equity Investments, Siemens IT Solutions, and Services and Siemens Financial Services (SFS).
Siemens Media
Werner von Siemens, co-founder of Siemens & Halske
- First electric locomotive, built in 1879 by Werner von Siemens.jpg
First electric locomotive, built in 1879 by company founder Werner von Siemens
- Siemens & Halske Omnibus 4x 4HP; max Speed 28 km-h (1899).jpg
Siemens & Halske Omnibus 4x4HP; max. Speed 28 km/h (1899).
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1985-0607-500, Ernst Udet in Flugzeug "Flamingo".jpg
The company built airplanes during World War I, for example, this Siemens airplane in 1926 for Ernst Udet.
British Siemens advertisement from the 1920s
- USHMM95273 -Siemens factory in KZ Bobrek.jpg
Prisoners around 1944 working at a Siemens factory in KZ Bobrek, a subcamp of Auschwitz concentration camp
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R97782, Berlin, Wahlwerbung der NSDAP in.jpg
A Siemens truck being used as a Nazi public address vehicle in 1932
- Siemens-electron-microscope.jpg
A 1973 Siemens electron microscope on display at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris
- Siemens Logos 1899-1991.gif
Siemens Logos der Jahre 1899, 1925, 1928, 1936, 1973 und 1991.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Annual Results 2011" (PDF). Siemens. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ↑ "Bloomberg.com". Retrieved 2008-01-12.
