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]
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| 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 company founder Werner von Siemens
The company built airplanes during World War I, for example, this Siemens airplane in 1926 for Ernst Udet.
British Siemens advertisement from the 1920s
Prisoners around 1944 working at a Siemens factory in KZ Bobrek, a subcamp of Auschwitz concentration camp
A Siemens truck being used as a Nazi public address vehicle in 1932
A 1973 Siemens electron microscope on display at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris
Siemens Logos der Jahre 1899, 1925, 1928, 1936, 1973 und 1991.
A Siemens Velaro high speed train in service on the Köln–Frankfurt high-speed rail line
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.
