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voda 14 november 2012 17:00

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Siemens signs 3 year service contract with ADCO

Gulf News reported that Siemens has signed 3 year service contract with Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations for the maintenance of the strategic Habshan Fujairah crude oil pipeline’s automation and telecom system.

Adco is the pipeline’s operator. The terms of Siemens’ maintenance contract includes the option of a two year extension.

The announcement was made during the opening day of Abu Dhabi Petroleum Exhibition and Conference which started in the capital yesterday. The 4 day event brings together experts from the global energy sector to discuss the various challenges and opportunities in the industry and to share their technical knowhow.

The 3 year service contract is for maintenance and operational support services. Siemens designed engineered, installed and commissioned entire automation and telecom system for strategic pipeline. Siemens will train ADCO’sworkforce on operation and maintenance of bespoke system.

The nearly 380 kilometre Habshan Fujairah oil pipeline runs from Abu Dhabi to the Fujairah. With a nominal capacity of about 1.5 million barrels a day, the pipeline began pumping crude in June this year for the first time and presents the UAE with an alternative to shipping oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

Mr Dietmar Siersdorfer CEO of Energy, Siemens Middle East said that “The signing of this service contract is a prime example of our commitment to the development of the region’s infrastructure.”

Source - Gulf News

voda 15 november 2012 17:05

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Siemens now modernizes basic automation in hot strip mill at Aluminium Norf

Together with Aluminium Norf GmbH located in Neuss, Germany, Siemens Metals Technologies will modernize the complete basic automation of hot strip mill no. 2. This involves converting the initial Simadyn D based equipment installed in 1994 to Simatic TDC without disrupting production. Siemens had previously received an order to modernize the main drives. The conversion work is scheduled to be completed by December 2015.

With the modernization of the basic automation (level 1) of the ingot approach section, roughing and finishing mill, coilers and coil conveyers in hot strip mill no. 2 in Neuss, Siemens and Alunorf will bring another major part of the plant equipment up to the state of the art. Alunorf will convert the process signal inputs and outputs to an intelligent Simatic ET200 process interface system in advance.

The interfaces to the Simatic WinCC operating system, the Siemens process computer system and other parts of the plant will remain unchanged. This will limit the work to integrating the newly supplied systems. This conversion will take place during ongoing production, but it will also take advantage of the regular maintenance shutdowns. The correct functioning of the new systems will be tested in shadow mode which will avoid the conversion causing production outages.

Aluminium Norf GmbH was founded in 1965. It is a joint venture of Novelis Deutschland GmbH and Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH. Alunorf runs the world's largest aluminum melting plant and rolling mill in Neuss. The company employs over 2,100 people, and sells around 1.5 million tonnes of hot and cold-rolled aluminum strip per annum.

As part of a program of continual investment in its production facilities, Alunorf is currently modernizing the electrical equipment of hot strip mill no. 2. This part of the plant was equipped with Siemens electrical and automation equipment, and brought into operation in 1994.

Source - Siemens

voda 22 november 2012 16:55

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'Duizenden banen op de tocht bij Osram'
Gepubliceerd op 22 nov 2012 om 16:03 | Views: 327

MUNCHEN (AFN) - Siemens wil opnieuw een reorganisatie doorvoeren bij verlichtingsdochter Osram. Daarbij zullen duizenden banen verloren gaan. Dat zeiden bronnen donderdag tegen persbureau Reuters.

De raad van commissarissen komt naar verluidt op 28 november bijeen om de ingrepen te bespreken. Het bestuur van Osram, dat volgend jaar een zelfstandige beursnotering krijgt, vergadert een dag later.

Siemens noch Osram wilde commentaar geven.

voda 24 november 2012 17:49

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Siemens bags wind power orders worth EUR 880 million

Business Line quoted Siemens Energy as saying that it has secured a 138 MW order from Jeffrey’s Bay wind power plant in South Africa.

The order also marks the company’s entry into the country’s wind power sector.

Siemens has now received a total of 16 orders for over 270 onshore wind turbines from Europe and South Africa since July 2012.

Siemens said that the total capacity of these projects is 730 MW, of which, 560 MW was booked in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012. The total volume of this order for supply, installation and service is over EUR 880 million.

Mr Felix Ferlemann CEO of the Wind Power Division of Siemens Energy said that “Electricity produced from wind power will make a significant contribution worldwide to eco friendly power supply in the future.”

The South African Government plans additional projects of a total capacity of 20,000 MW of power generation from renewable energy sources by 2030.

The Jeffrey's Bay order is for 60 wind turbines of 2.3 MW each. The company will also service the turbines over an initial period of 10 years. The buyer is a consortium consisting of Mainstream Renewable Power, its investment partner, Globeleq, Thebe Investment Corporation and 2 local engineering firms.

Source - Business Line

voda 27 november 2012 16:51

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Formosa Heavy Industries orders four continuous casting lines from Siemens

Siemens Metals Technologies received an order from the Taiwanese steelmaking company Formosa Heavy Industries Co to supply four continuous casting lines as part of the new construction of a Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation,steelmaking plant at Vung Ang in Vietnam.

The order is specifically for two slab casters, one billet caster and one bloom caster with a total installed capacity of roughly 8.4 million tonnes per year. Siemens is supplying two double strand continuous slab casters, an eight strand billet caster and a six strand bloom caster for the new steelmaking plant. The slab casters are designed for an annual capacity of 2.7 million tonnes each.

The value of the order lies in the upper double digit million Euro range.

The casters are scheduled to go into operation in mid 2015.

Slabs can be cast in thicknesses of 210 to 270 millimeters and in widths ranging between 900 and 1880 millimeters.

The bow type casters with straight mold and segmented strand containment have a radius of ten meters. They are equipped with SmartMold and Dynaflex mold oscillation device. In optimizing the casting process and ensuring high internal and external slab quality, Siemens has installed a series of technology packages, including the LevCon mold level control system, the MoldExpert breakout detection system, DynaWidth for adjustment of the slab width and Smart Segments for rapid changes in slab thicknesses. A combination of the Dynacs 3D cooling model, the DynaJet spray cooling system and internally cooled I-Star rolls provide maximum flexibility in secondary cooling, which is an essential prerequisite to the high slab surface quality. The use of DynaGap Soft Reduction makes it possible to precisely determine the point of final strand solidification. This permits precise regulation of the roll gap and results in high internal slab quality. The project also includes the entire basic and process automation systems of both slab casters.

The billet caster has an annual production capacity of 1.2 million tonnes of billets with square cross sections ranging between 130 x 130 and 180 x 180 millimeters and lengths of up to twelve meters. The billet caster is designed to cast a wide variety of different steel grades. Emphasis has been placed on low- and medium-carbon as well as on alloyed steel grades. The bow type caster has a radius of 9 meters and is equipped with a Diamold tube mold, a Dynaflex hydraulic oscillating device, a mold and a final electromagnetic stirrer.

The bloom caster has an installed annual production capacity of 1.5 million tons of blooms with dimensions of 260 x 300 and 360 x 450 millimeters. A number of different carbon and alloy steels can be cast as spring, forging, wire, tire cord and bearing steel. The bow type caster has a radius of 14 m and is equipped with a plate mold, a Dynaflex hydraulic oscillating device, an electromagnetic mold stirrer and fully dynamic DynaGap Soft Reduction technology.

The strand guide and straightening zones in the billet and bloom casters are equipped with internally cooled rollers. Secondary cooling is by means water and air nozzles. The Siemens scope of supply encompasses the engineering and supply including the basic and process automation systems as well as the advisory service for installation and start up.

Formosa Heavy Industries is currently constructing a new integrated steel plant in the central Vietnamese province of Ha Tinh. It is currently the largest Greenfield project in the steelmaking industry worldwide. Beginning in mid 2015, approximately five million tons of steel per year will be produced in the first construction stage. Production capacity will then be expanded to 10 million tons, and finally to 22 million tons in the final stage.

Source - Siemens Metals

voda 28 november 2012 16:44

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Siemens modernizes billet caster at Feralpi Calvisano

Acciaierie di Calvisano, belonging to the Feralpi Group of Italy, commissioned Siemens Metals Technologies with the modernization of the billet caster in the Calvisano works in Italy. The aim of the project is to further improve the internal and surface quality of the billets and to be able to cast round (in addition to square) billets. The caster will be equipped with a new machine head, including molds and additional technology packages, like electromagnetic stirrer. The strand guide, secondary cooling and cooling bed will also be optimized. The revamped casting plant is scheduled to go into operation at the beginning of 2013.

The four strand billet caster of Acciaierie di Calvisano, in Calvisano (Brescia Province), was installed in 1973 by a third-party company and has an installed annual capacity of roughly 750,000 tons of billets with square cross sections between 120 x 120 and 160 x 160 millimeters. The line will be equipped with a new machine head supplied by Siemens in order to produce also round billets with diameters ranging between 140 and 180 millimeters and higher-quality steel grades. The scope of supply also includes curved molds with integrated electromagnetic stirrers (EMS) and tube molds at a length of 900 millimeters. The Dynaflex mold oscillating device will be installed for flexible adjustment of the oscillation parameters. The steel grades to be cast in the line include low- and medium-carbon steels, high-grade steels, micro-, low-alloy and alloy steel, spring and case-hardening steel grades.

The strand guides will be equipped with strand stirrers, and the straightening zone will be modernized to allow for continuous bending and straightening. The last of the three secondary cooling zones will also be modified, and the cooling bed will be revamped for handling round billets. The Siemens scope of supply also includes integration of the Dynaflex package and the electromagnetic stirrers into the existing basic automation and adaptation of the operating and monitoring system.

Source – Siemens

voda 30 november 2012 16:06

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Duizenden banen weg bij Osram

Gepubliceerd op 30 nov 2012 om 10:13 | Views: 536

FRANKFURT (AFN) - Siemens schrapt 4700 banen bij zijn verlichtingsdochter Osram. Dat maakte het Duitse elektronicaconcern vrijdag bekend. De ingreep moet in 3 jaar tijd 1 miljard euro aan kostenbesparingen opleveren.

Osram is na Philips de grootste producent van lampen ter wereld. Siemens wil het onderdeel volgend jaar als zelfstandig bedrijf naar de beurs brengen. In het afgelopen jaar gingen al 2000 van de in totaal 39.000 banen bij Osram verloren.

Het bedrijf wil met de ingreep beter inspelen op veranderingen in de markt. Het gaat meer inzetten op LED-verlichting in plaats van bijvoorbeeld gloei- en spaarlampen. Nu worden in slechts twee van de 44 Osram-fabrieken in 16 landen LED-lampen gemaakt.

In Nederland is alleen een verkoopkantoor voor de Benelux van Osram gevestigd, in Capelle aan den IJssel. Er werken ongeveer 60 mensen. Of de reorganisatie ook daar personele gevolgen heeft, is niet duidelijk.

haas 30 november 2012 17:17

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Het Licht gaat uit..............

[verwijderd] 30 november 2012 21:53

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Toen dit draadje begon Siemens op €83,81 nu op €79,35 niet zoveel opgeschoten dus, maar misschien maakt het jaarlijkse dividend het wat goed.

haas 30 november 2012 22:30

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de draad is gestart met soort van waarschuwing:

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Dit is voor simi een goede barometer wat de economie betreft.Simi weet hoe laat het is.

Siemens komt met winstalarm
Siemens waarschuwt dat de winst in het eerste kwartaal van 2008 zo'n 900 miljoen euro lager zal uitvallen als gevolg van ordervertragingen en afzeggingen bij de divisies energie, transport en technologie. Dat heeft het Duitse elektronicaconcern maandag bekendgemaakt.

voda 3 december 2012 16:38

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Siemens inks agreement to acquire Invensys Rail

Siemens has entered into an agreement to acquire Invensys Rail, the rail automation business of Invensys for approximately EUR 2.2 billion. At the same time, the company plans to divest its baggage handling, postal and parcel sorting activities. Both planned transactions are part of the recently launched "Siemens 2014" company program, which amongst others, is aimed at strengthening the company's core activities. With revenues of approximately GBP 800 million, Invensys Rail is a leading software based rail signaling and control company.

The acquisition will expand Siemens' presence in the growing global rail automation market. Mr Roland Busch CEO of Siemens Infrastructure & Cities said that "Today's moves are important measures to focus our core activities. We are exiting a non core business with limited synergy potential while strengthening a resilient and high return business by combining two organizations with similar cultures and attractive synergy potential. The combined business will ensure profitable growth opportunities worldwide for the Siemens Infrastructure & Cities Sector. The transaction is subject to Invensys shareholder approval and regulatory clearances.”

The planned divestment of the baggage handling, postal and parcel sorting activities will further focus the activities of the Siemens Infrastructure & Cities Sector. While the company is one of the leading players in postal automation, parcel and baggage handling systems with a global presence and an installed base around the world, there are few synergies with other Siemens Divisions due to the high mechanical content. It is a highly specialized niche business, dominated by mid-sized companies. The mid single digit profit margin business with revenue of approximately EUR 900 million and around 3,600 employees shall be sold.

Invensys Rail shall be integrated into Siemens' Rail Automation business in the Mobility and Logistics Division of the Infrastructure & Cities Sector. Mr Sami Atiya CEO of Siemens' Mobility and Logistics Division said that "With the addition of Invensys Rail we are in an excellent position to offer best in class solutions and technology to rail operators worldwide. The combination of two excellent organizations will create a truly global player in the Rail Automation business.”

Invensys Rail has a strong footprint and a well established reputation with customers in the UK, Spain, the US and Australia which will extend Siemens' Rail Automation existing presence in countries such as Germany, Austria, Switzerland as well as China and India. In recent years, Invensys Rail has also successfully expanded its business into fast-growing emerging regions. The combined Invensys Rail and Siemens product portfolio will offer a full range of automation and optimization products, solutions and services, covering all customer segments.

The growth outlook of the global rail automation market is driven by increasing urbanization and the demand for enhanced mobility including new and extended mass transit and commuter systems. Overall the rail sector benefits also from trends such as energy efficiency, environmental factors, liberalization, deregulation and low-cost transportation requirements.

Significant synergy potential is expected from the combination of territories and technologies together with cost savings in procurement, portfolio, engineering and SG&A. Synergies of over EUR 100 million are expected, to be fully achieved by 2018.

In its last fiscal year ending March 2012, Invensys Rail generated revenues of GBP 775 million and operating profit before interest and taxes of GBP 116 million, representing a 15% margin. Order intake (excluding framework agreements) was GBP 991 million, including major awards in new countries such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey. As of March 2012, Invensys Rail's total order book was GBP 1,202 million and it currently employs around 3,200 employees.

Siemens provides integrated mobility solutions and already has a significant and established rail automation business with revenues of EUR 1.4 billion, employing around 6,500 employees. Invensys Rail shall be integrated into this business, which is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Siemens and Invensys Rail managers will form the new management team and Invensys Rail's local expertise and relationships will be retained. The new constellation will combine the regional strengths of both organizations for the benefit of its customers.

The transaction is subject to Invensys shareholder approval which is expected to be voted on at a General Meeting planned for December 2012. Furthermore, consent by Invensys' lenders, the UK pension regulator and anti trust authorities is required. Overall Siemens will not take on any significant pension liabilities with the transaction. Siemens expects the transaction to close in the second quarter of calendar year 2013.

Source – Siemens

voda 12 december 2012 17:02

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Siemens 2012 revenue from green technologies reach EUR 33 billion

In fiscal 2012, revenue from Siemens' Environmental Portfolio climbed 10% to EUR 33 billion. The company's ecofriendly products and solutions are now generating faster revenue growth than its other businesses. Green technologies, which have been consistent growth drivers at Siemens since 2008, now account for 42% of the company's total business. In fiscal 2012, offerings from Siemens' Environmental Portfolio enabled customers to cut CO2 emissions worldwide by 332 megatons an amount equal to 40% of Germany's total annual CO2 emissions.

Ms Barbara Kux member of Siemens' Managing Board and the company's Chief Sustainability Officer said that"As the revenue development of our Environmental Portfolio over the last few years demonstrates, the market for green technologies offers attractive business opportunities. In fiscal 2012 alone, revenue from our Environmental Portfolio increased 10% to over EUR 33 million – a new record. Since 2008, the Portfolio has grown by over 50%. We're extremely pleased to have been ranked the most sustainable industrial company in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as well as by the recognition that our sustainability strategy is receiving from other important external organizations"

Siemens' Environmental Portfolio includes products and solutions from all four of the company's Sectors: Industry, Energy, Healthcare and Infrastructure & Cities. Enhancing energy efficiency is a major driver for sustainable development worldwide.

Source – Siemens

voda 18 december 2012 17:09

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Siemens increase revenue from green energy

In fiscal 2012, revenue from Siemens' Environmental Portfolio climbed ten percent to EUR 33 billion. The company's ecofriendly products and solutions are now generating faster revenue growth than its other businesses. Green technologies, which have been consistent growth drivers at Siemens since 2008, now account for 42% of the company's total business. In fiscal 2012, offerings from Siemens' Environmental Portfolio enabled customers to cut CO2 emissions worldwide by 332 megatons - an amount equal to 40 percent of Germany's total annual CO2 emissions.

"As the revenue development of our Environmental Portfolio over the last few years demonstrates, the market for green technologies offers attractive business opportunities. In fiscal 2012 alone, revenue from our Environmental Portfolio increased ten percent to over €33 million - a new record. Since 2008, the Portfolio has grown by over 50 percent. We're extremely pleased to have been ranked the most sustainable industrial company in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as well as by the recognition that our sustainability strategy is receiving from other important external organizations," said Barbara Kux, member of Siemens' Managing Board and the company's Chief Sustainability Officer.

Siemens' Environmental Portfolio includes products and solutions from all four of the company's Sectors: Industry, Energy, Healthcare and Infrastructure & Cities. Enhancing energy efficiency is a major driver for sustainable development worldwide. And here Siemens is making a key contribution with products and solutions for the entire energy chain offering everything from systems for energy production, power generation in highly efficient combined cycle power plants and wind farms to power transmission technologies, power distribution systems and energy-saving solutions for consumers in industry, cities and the field of transportation. The company's future-oriented solutions also include the intelligent management of energy flows via smart grids and systems to improve energy efficiency in buildings.

Siemens' pioneering role in ecofriendly technologies is illustrated by the following examples. Since July 2012, the company has received 16 orders for a total more than 270 onshore wind turbines in Europe and South Africa. In Düsseldorf Harbor, Siemens is building the world's most efficient and ecofriendly gas-fueled power plant for the Stadtwerke Düsseldorf, a public utility in northwestern Germany. Partnering with Siemens, Taipei 101 the tallest building in Taiwan and the second tallest worldwide has been awarded LEED Platinum certification. The company is also participating in the modernization of Carnegie Hall in New York, one of world's most famous concert venues.

The revenue volume of EUR 33 billion generated in 2012 and the revenue of EUR 3.9 billion from Osram have already put Siemens well on the way to achieving the Environmental Portfolio's growth target for 2014. Initiated portfolio adjustments and innovation-driven impacts have, of course, not yet been taken into account here.

In September 2012, Siemens received two awards for its performance in the area of sustainability. For the first time ever, it was ranked the most sustainable industrial company in the Industrial Goods and Services category of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, a grouping that includes more than 200 enterprises. Siemens also captured a leading position in the rankings of the Carbon Disclosure Project.

Source - Siemens

voda 8 januari 2013 16:54

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Siemens introduces Circular Palletizing Technology

The ever higher portion of fine and ultra fine iron ore from mining sites means that the palletizing process is becoming more important for ore agglomeration. This has led to an increased interest by steel producers to invest in their own pellet plants to become independent of escalating prices for pellets on the global market.

Up until now, however, space requirements and high investment costs for a conventional plant generally precluded its installation within an existing steelworks.

A new generation of pellet plants featuring a circular induration furnace as its core element is developed by Siemens Metals Technologies.

Referred to as Circular Palletizing Technology this iron ore agglomeration facility is characterized by its highly compact layout and light weight construction design for efficient and cost effective installation at a mining site or within an iron and steel complex.

Pellet production capacities range from 800,000 tonne per annum up to 3 million tonne per annum and the quality of the pellets can be flexibly adjusted according to production requirements.

This solution is based on the well proven traveling grate palletizing process, however, the circularly designed induration furnace greatly reduces the footprint of the palletizing plant. Overall space requirements for CPT are approximately one half of those needed for a conventional pellet plant.

Costs for civil works, equipment and steel structure are reduced accordingly and plant installation can be completed far more quickly.

The circular induration furnace also results in a more efficient utilization of installed equipment because nearly twice the number of pallet cars are always inside of the induration furnace compared to a straight-type induration furnace of the same capacity.

The intelligent and maximized reuse of hot gases minimizes the energy consumption required for pelletizing and, in combination with total recycling loops for waste materials and even steel mill reverts, a low environmental impact is ensured by the process.

The world’s first CPT plant is currently under construction in Odisha in India. Total space requirements for the complete facility, which extends from raw material dosing and balling to process gas cleaning and which also includes a coal gasification plant to generate burner fuel, is less than two hectares. Start up is scheduled for the second half of 2013 after which the plant will be capable of producing 1.2 million tonne of pellets per year

Source – Siemens

voda 9 januari 2013 18:01

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Eerste vrouwelijke divisiechef bij Siemens

Gepubliceerd op 9 jan 2013 om 10:53 | Views: 339

MÜNCHEN (AFN/BLOOMBERG) - Het Duitse conglomeraat Siemens heeft voor het eerst in zijn lange historie een vrouw de leiding gegeven over een divisie. Britta Fünfstück zwaait per 1 april de scepter over clinical products, het onderdeel dat echografie- en röntgenapparatuur maakt. Dat maakte persbureau Bloomberg woensdag bekend op basis van een interne memo. Een woordvoerder van Siemens bevestigde de benoeming.

Het bestuur van Siemens telt twee vrouwen, Brigitte Ederer (personeelszaken) en Barbara Kux (duurzaamheid). Tot nu toe werden de 20 divisies van het concern echter geleid door mannen. Fünfstück wordt in haar nieuwe baan een van de hoogste directeuren buiten de raad van bestuur. Ze rapporteert aan Hermann Requardt, die in de raad verantwoordelijk is voor de sector healthcare.

Healthcare, dat naast de divisie clinical products nog vier onderdelen telt, haalde in de 12 maanden tot 30 september een omzet van 13,6 miljard euro en een winst van 1,8 miljard euro.

voda 17 januari 2013 16:58

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Siemens gearless drive system ordered for Las Bambas copper mine

The Financial reported that Siemens’ Drive Technologies Division has received an order from ThyssenKrupp Robins to supply the gearless drive system for the overland conveyor system for Xstrata Copper’s developing Las Bambas copper mine in Peru. Xstrata Copper is the fourth largest copper producer in the world.

Xstrata gave the go ahead for the USD 4.2 billion Las Bambas project in August 2010. The mine will produce an average of 400,000 tonne of copper in concentrate including significant gold, silver and molybdenum by products and first quartile cash costs. The mine is expected to be commissioned in Q4 of 2014 and reach full production the following year. The Las Bambas mineral resource is currently estimated by Xstrata at 1.71 billion tonne at a grade of 0.60% copper using a 0.2% copper cut off grade.

Las Bambas will be the second Xstrata Copper mine in Peru to use gearless drives from Siemens on its overland conveyors. The first Peruvian copper mine that is utilizing Gearless Drives is the Antapaccay Mine which began commercial operations at the beginning of November 2012. When compared to conventional drive systems gearless drives not only have higher efficiency, availability and reliability but also lower maintenance requirements. Start up of the new conveyor system at Las Bambas is scheduled for 2014.

The overland conveyors at Xstrata's Las Bambas copper mine are being designed and supplied by ThyssenKrupp. Each of the 2 overland conveyors is approximately 2.5 kilometres long and will transport ore from the mine to the processing plant. The belts will be 1,830 millimetres wide travel at 6.5 metres per second and are designed to transport approximately 9,400 tonne of material per hour.

The Siemens drive systems for each of the 2 overland conveyors comprise two low speed synchronous motors each with a total power of 4,400 kW the associated Sinamics SL150 cyclo converters.

Siemens said this gearless drive solution has a number of advantages over the combination of high speed motor and gearbox drives usually used on conveyor systems. The size of the motor is not limited by the size of gearbox available thus eliminating the necessity to install multi motor drives. The power required to drive a belt can be provided by just one drive per belt pulley. This enables the size of the electrical room to be reduced, thus saving space and weight. The elimination of a whole series of mechanical and electrical components increases the reliability and efficiency of the overall system by between three and four percent. Using gearless drives instead of standard motor reducer packages will eliminate approximately 40 bearings and 8 couplings per conveyor.

The maintenance requirements of the drive system are also substantially lower. Gearbox maintenance work alone can amount to up to five percent of the original annual investment cost for each year. Lubrication and gearbox cooling systems together with their maintenance are also obsolete for this solution.

The first conveyor system to run with gearless drives was installed in 1986 by Siemens and ThyssenKrupp in the Prosper Haniel Mine belonging to Deutsche Steinkohle AG.

Source - The Financial

voda 23 januari 2013 16:23

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Siemens winst en orders KW1 gedaald

MUNCHEN (Dow Jones)--Siemens ag (SI) heeft woensdagochtend bekendgemaakt dat het aantal orders met 3% is gedaald in de drie maanden eindigend in december, wat erop duidt dat een van Duitslands grootste industriele groepen een zwakke omzetgroei tegemoet gaat, terwijl de kritiek onder beleggers over de strategie en corporate governance van het bedrijf toeneemt.

Volgens Siemens daalde de nettowinst in het eerste kwartaal naar EUR1,2 miljard van EUR1,37 miljard in dezelfde periode een jaar eerder, waarbij het bedrijf een last moest nemen op de voortgezette activiteiten van EUR212 miljoen, tegen EUR344 miljoen een jaar eerder. Siemens stelt dat de last verband houdt met vertragingen in de oplevering van hogesnelheidstreinen, Iraanse sancties en kosten gerelateerd aan het meest recente herstructureringsprogramma.

In dezelfde periode liep het aantal orders terug tot EUR19,14 miljard van EUR19,79 miljard een jaar eerder. De omzet steeg in het eerste kwartaal echter, met 2% tot EUR18,13 miljard, terwijl de operationele winst 4% steeg tot EUR1,7 miljard.

"Ook de rest van het jaar verwachten wij geen duwtje in de rug van de wereldwijde economie", zegt Peter Loescher, chief executive van het bedrijf, wiens producten uiteenlopen van hogesnelheidstreinen en windturbines, tot energiecentrales en medische scanners.

Loescher zal later op woensdag tijdens de aandeelhoudersvergadering vragen van beleggers tegemoet kunnen zien. Zowel de operationele prestaties als de corporate governance van Siemens worden door de beleggers erg kritisch gevolgd.

De topman rekent op het herstructureringsplan om de winstgevendheid van het bedrijf te verbeteren. Door middel van het herstructureringsplan wil Siemens in de komende twee jaar EUR6 miljard aan kosten besparen.

Het aandeel Siemens heeft in de afgelopen maanden slechter gepresteerd in vergelijking tot de aandelen van de belangrijkste Europese concurrenten, zoals Koninklijke Philips Electronics nv (PHIA.AE), het Zwitserse ABB Ltd. (ABBN.VX) en het Franse Schneider Electric sa (SU.FR), vanwege onzekerheid over de snelheid waarmee het bedrijf de winstmarges zou weten te verbeteren.

"Siemens heeft te maken gehad met een aantal serieuze problemen op het gebied van het commerciele risicomanagement en naar mijn mening, portefeuillemanagement", zegt Martin Prozesky, analist bij Sanford C. Bernstein. "Ze hebben de neiging activiteiten voor een te hoge prijs te kopen, slagen er dan niet in de prestaties te verbeteren en synergieen te leveren en verkopen ze dan slecht", aldus Prozesky voorafgaand aan publicatie van de resultaten.

- Door Friedrich Geiger en Archibald Preuschat, vertaald Elco van Groningen; Dow Jones Newswires; +31 20 571 52 00; elco.vangroningen@dowjones.com

ffff 26 januari 2013 17:00

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ffff schreef op 3 augustus 2012 17:34:
Koers nu 72,70 Euro ofwel PLUS 6,35 procent.

D'r zullen wat shorters in Duitse aandelen, in de DAX en in Siemens het verdomd benauwd gekregen hebben.

Prima zo! De investeerder heeft genoeg geduld mogen beoefenen. Nu mogen die shorters eens flink knijpen. Zie overigens ook heel wat andere DAX-aandelen, maar Siemens springt eruit. Het werd tijd!

Peter

Koers gisteren 81,50 Euro Ondertussen ook dividend uitbetaald.

En voor iedere tien aandelen Siemens krijg je een Osram-aandeel...

Abspaltung besiegelt

Siemens lässt Osram los

DPA

Osram-Glühbirne: Für den Wandel zu LED-Licht muss der Leuchtmittelhersteller Milliarden investieren

Siemens entlässt seine Leuchtmitteltochter Osram in die Selbstständigkeit: Die Aktionäre stimmten der Abspaltung auf der Hauptversammlung zu, ab Sommer soll Osram an die Börse gehen. Bei einer wichtigen Siemens-Personalie gab es aber etwas Widerstand.

München - Siemens hat die Trennung von seiner traditionsreichen Lichttochter Osram besiegelt. Die Siemens-Aktionäre stimmten der Abspaltung auf der Hauptversammlung am Mittwoch zu. Damit erhalten die Siemens-Aktionäre für je zehn Aktien zusätzlich eine Osram-Aktie in ihr Depot. Die Osram-Aktien sollen voraussichtlich ab Sommer an der Börse gehandelt werden. Siemens behält nur noch 19,5 Prozent der Anteile - gerade genug für eine Sperrminorität auf einer Hauptversammlung.

Osram hatte seit 1920 zu Siemens gehört. Das Unternehmen ist derzeit neben Philips der größte Lampenhersteller der Welt, muss aberfür den technischen Wandel von Glühbirne und Energiesparlampe zu LED-Licht Milliarden Euro investieren. Halbleiter-Konzerne aus Asien gewinnen hier mit günstigen Preisen rasch Marktanteile.

Siemens hatte Osram schon 2011 selbst an die Börse bringen und so auch die eigene Kasse auffüllen wollen, das aber angesichts der schwachen Kapitalmärkte schließlich aufgegeben. Für den Sprung in die Selbstständigkeit hat Siemens Osram noch eine Kapitalspritze von 1,2 Milliarden Euro gegeben.

Osram beschäftigt in Augsburg, Regensburg, Berlin und München rund 10.000 Mitarbeiter, aber bis 2014 sollen hier noch 1400 Stellen gestrichen werden. Weitere 29.000 Beschäftigte arbeiten in China, Malaysia und Südamerika. Osram hat im vergangenen Geschäftsjahr 5,4 Milliarden Euro Umsatz und 378 Millionen Euro Verlust gemacht. Der Abspaltung stimmten die Aktionäre mit gut 98 Prozent des stimmberechtigten Kapitals zu.

Cromme mit eher schwachem Wiederwahl-Ergebnis

Die Kritik an der Siemens-Führung wegen zahlreicher Patzer im vergangenen Geschäftsjahr fand in der Abstimmung über die Bilanz des Vorstands kaum Niederschlag. Vorstandschef Peter Löscher und seine Kollegen wurden von den Eignern mit jeweils mehr als 98 Prozent entlastet.

Allein die erneute Berufung des den 69-jährigen Aufsichtsratschefs Gerhard Cromme stieß auf etwas Widerstand. Der Manager wurde mit verhältnismäßig schwachen 91 Prozent erneut in das Gremium gewählt. Die Aufsichtsräte wählen am späteren Abend ihren neuen Vorsitzenden.

voda 31 januari 2013 16:53

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New bucket charging system automates scrap feed in electric steel plants

A scrap charging system recently developed by Siemens has been used successfully in Riva SAM’s electric steel plant in Neuves Maisons, France, since June 2012.

Simetal EAF Chargeopt helps to optimize and fully automate crane movements during charging. Precisely repeatable movement patterns shorten charging cycles, reduce the need for maintenance and increase operational reliability as well as substantially improving work safety. The plant operator now commands a fully integrated automation system from the scrapyard to the electric arc furnace. Operations are controlled solely by the shift manager from the control room. The time for return on investment is less than one year.

The charging system installed in the Neuves Maisons steelworks includes a laserbased solution specially designed to pinpoint the position of the scrap buckets, and radio sensors which determine the position of the crane in the X and Y directions.

High-precision encoders report the Z position of the crane hook. These data are transferred via an industrial WLAN to a programmable logic controller where they are compared with the ideal pathway templates stored in the controller, which then initiates the necessary crane movements. Siemens supplied the mechanical and electrical equipment as well as the basic automation system. The new charging control and visualization system was integrated into the existing furnace control station interface.

Simetal EAF Chargeopt offers a number of advantages over manual operation. Irrespective of their size, shape or position on the car, scrap buckets are located and picked up precisely by the crane. The movement of the crane to the doghouse, the coupling of the auxiliary crane and the charging of the scrap into the electric arc furnace automatically follow an optimal, reproducible path. This saves time, prevents damage to the equipment and reduces hazards for personnel. Additionally, crane and doghouse movements are synchronized optimally, resulting in power-off-times of less than 1.5 minutes for charging. This increases oven productivity.

The measuring and data transmission systems are designed for use under rough ambient conditions, which boosts the availability of the entire system.

The Neuves-Maisons Works produces wire and reinforcing steels and is part of the SAM Division of the Riva Group, based in Milan, Italy. The plant produces steel in an electric arc furnace with a tapping weight of 150 tons and a ladle furnace. The steel is cast on a six-strand sequential billet casting plant, from which the billets pass to a rolling mill for further processing. A Siemens LiquiRob robot system is in use in Neuves Maisons since March 2010. It automatically takes samples from the electric arc furnace and performs measurements. The Riva Group was the first steel producer in the world to use a LiquiRob on an electric arc furnace.

Source - Siemens

voda 5 februari 2013 16:34

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Siemens introduces laser measurement system aids

Simetal Opal from Siemens Metals Technologies provides operators of continuous casting plants with an integrated laser measurement system for exact alignment of strand guide rollers. The system achieves high measuring accuracy of ± 0.07 mm even under the hostile ambient conditions prevailing in a steelworks. Simetal Opal registers the strand guide rollers current positions and after quality control, saves the measured data in a log file. An intuitive user interface and automated measurement sequences make it easy to use locally and reduce measuring times.

Saved measurements serve as the basis for condition based maintenance of the strand guide system which cuts maintenance costs. The system can be integrated into both new and existing plants.

Nowadays operators of continuous casting systems have to offer a wide portfolio of steel grades and cast cross sections while ensuring reproducible product quality. At the same time system comp1nts have to achieve a long life with minimum maintenance requirements. Precise strand guidance is an essential prerequisite for this, calling for a fast and simple solution for alignment of the guide rollers.

The Simetal Opal system developed by Siemens for this purpose uses a high precision rotation laser whose beams embrace a plane in space. This is used as the reference point for measuring the strand guide rollers. A laser receiver with an integrated microprocessor logs the measured values and transfers them wirelessly To a control unit where they are analyzed and backed up automatically with the aid of the specially designed Simetal Opal software.

For each measurement the system generates a test report that can be archived. This permits a precise comparison of target and actual positions. The system also features intelligent measured data management which can be linked to monitoring the plant's status. This helps the plant operator to observe the required maintenance intervals and creates the foundation for a condition based maintenance strategy. Simetal Opal is part of the higher level Siemens condition monitoring concept for continuous casting systems.

Siemens already uses Simetal Opal in its own production of strand guide comp1nts at the Siemens location in Shanghai.

The laser based Simetal Opal measurement system by Siemens supports operators of continuous casting plants in the fast and precise alignment of strand guide rollers.

Source - www.siemens.com

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