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By 2025, the earth will be home to nearly eight billion people, largely city dwellers. In addition, life expectancy is continuously increasing in both the developing and industrial nations. The future will create great challenges in ensuring adequate supplies of energy, water and other everyday necessities while guaranteeing mobility, security, healthcare, industrial production and environmental protection.

Siemens – with its cross-sector portfolio, technological leadership and worldwide presence – is better-positioned than any other company to provide the solutions needed to meet the requirements of tomorrow’s world. The company’s innovative and future-proof solutions generate competitive advantages for its customers and lay the basis for profitable growth

History

In 1847 the founder of Siemens & Halske Telegraph Construction Company, Werner von Siemens, constructed the pointer telegraph, an invention that enabled him to lay the cornerstone of the company by solving the problem of transmitting messages reliably over longer distances.

In 1879, Werner von Siemens presented the first electric railway in which the power was supplied through the rails. The electric locomotive pulled a train of three small demonstration carriages around a 300-meter-long circular track at the exhibition site, running at a speed of 7 km/h.

In Automation, Siemens introduced the first electronic controls.

In the Energy sector Werner von Siemens’ discovery of the dynamo-electric principle in 1866 enabled electricity to be put to practical use. The dynamo can convert mechanical energy into electrical energy in an economical way. Its invention laid the foundation for today's world of electrical engineering.

Brand values

Things you didn’t know about... SIEMENS

One company, five principles and thousands of opportunities to live them. Siemens’ principles are an expression of our shared values and the basis of its company culture.

• It provides its customers with comprehensive experience and solutions so they can achieve their objectives fast and effectively.

• It generates profitable growth to ensure sustainable success, making the company a premium investment for its shareholder

• Innovation is Siemens’ lifeblood. It turns its people's imagination and best practices into successful technologies and products.

• It is committed to universal values, good corporate citizenship and a healthy environment. Integrity guides its conduct toward our employees, business partners and shareholders.

• Siemens’ employees are the key to its success. Its corporate culture is defined by diversity, by open dialogue and mutual respect, and by clear goals and decisive leadership.

• Ten of the nineteen industrial companies currently listed in the German DAX stock were founded more than 100 years ago. One of these is the company founded is 1847 as „Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske” (Siemens & Halske Telegraph Construction Company), today’s Siemens AG.

• The Osram XBO lamp now sets the standard in film projection and has even been awarded an Oscar.

• Siemens wind power plants installed worldwide (4500 MW) help to avoid more than 7 million tonnes of CO2 per year.

• All of the water in the Oscar-winning film Titanic was filtered by Siemens Water Technologies, and the water in the lake scenes in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was treated by Siemens Water Technologies´ chemical feed and disinfection group in England.

• Siemens Water Technologies equipment purifies the contents of 750,000 bottles of drinking water every day.

• In the world’s largest indoor snow dome, in Dubai, Siemens Building Technologies’ building automation systems create and control the climate to produce 30 tons of fresh snow for the 400-meter ski run.

• The world’s fastest series-produced train and the world’s fastest universal locomotive are built by Siemens.