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Industry (March 2008). Automation • Siemens is a leading supplier of automation controls and material handling systems to American industry • Siemens has provided the US Postal Service with more than 10,000 postal automation systems, helping to process all U.S. mail.
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Industry (March 2008) • Automation • • Siemens is a leading supplier of automation controls and material handling systems to American industry • • Siemens has provided the US Postal Service with more than 10,000 postal automation systems, helping to process all U.S. mail. • • Siemens manufactures baggage handling systems for more than 100 major U.S. airports • • Siemens is a leading supplier for the food and beverage sector worldwide, providing the foremost software and IT services • • Siemens automation technology controls 50% of the ethanol plants built in the U.S. • Building Technology • Siemens is a pioneer in green buildings and was enlisted by former President Bill Clinton’s Climate Initiative to work with the public and private sectors to improve building efficiency and reduce environmental impact. • Siemens is the largest manufacturer of fire detection systems and the only manufacturer offering a “No False Alarm” guarantee. • Siemens offers the broadest range of HVAC controls in the industry—more than 35,000 components across 35 product categories. • Product Lifecycle Management • Siemens is a leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)—software used for product concept design through development, launch and retirement. • Mobility • • Siemens railcar manufacturing facility in Sacramento is the only permanent light rail vehicle manufacturing site in the U.S. • Siemens is the number one provider of light rail vehicles in North America. • Siemens’ signaling, communications and automation control systems are helping improve service in New York City’s subway system. • Water • • More than 90 percent of the Fortune 500 manufacturing companies, including approximately 100,000 industrial clients, are served by Siemens Water Technologies • • Siemens Water Technologies’ Envirex product has installed equipment at more than 26,000 treatment plants, including facilities in all 50 states, since the 1980s • Lighting • • Siemens produces lighting and control systems for more than half of the nation's 100 busiest airports • • Sylvania produces 3.3 million energy-saving lamps in the U.S. every business day • • Each year, Sylvania’s tungsten business in Towanda, Pennsylvania, manufactures enough tungsten fine wire to circle the globe 33 times Worldwide Fast Facts Fiscal Year 2007: Worldwide Revenues $96.6 billion Worldwide Orders $112.0 billion Worldwide Employees 400,000 Worldwide Operations 190 countries Worldwide R&D Expenditures $4.5 billion Worldwide Patents 62,000 U.S. Patents www.usa.siemens.com 13,200