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Siemens forms new group to offer manufacturing software

  • November 07, 2006
  • Siemens
  • SIEMENS
  • News

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ATLANTA, Nov. 7, 2006 - Through the introduction of its new SIMATICR IT Business Unit, Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. has become the first company to offer its customers a single-source solution for every manufacturing software need - from the plant floor to the executive office. Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Siemens' new business unit combines the expertise of the company's MES group with the Manufacturing Intelligence capabilities of IndX, a software company acquired by Siemens in 2003. The alignment integrates Siemens' R&D, Intelligence, and Production Suite products under the umbrella of the SIMATIC IT brand into a new organization. The new business unit will focus on the U.S. business functions of marketing, sales, consulting services and product development, to strategically drive SIMATIC IT business into the Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Discrete and Chemical industries. "Our customers can save time and money and increase efficiency because all their manufacturing software needs are now covered by one, integrated organization," said SIMATIC IT Business Unit Manager Ralf Sonnefeld. "From offerings in the PDM domain to MES systems and Manufacturing Intelligence, this consolidation of resources and expertise will give Siemens in the US the means to deliver seamless, real-time manufacturing execution solutions based on the common software architecture of SIMATIC IT." The SIMATIC IT Business Unit employs 80 associates with operations in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Spring House, Penn., Houston, Texas, and Chicago, Ill. About Siemens Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. is one of Siemens' operating companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Ga., Siemens Energy & Automation manufactures and markets one of the world's broadest ranges of electrical and electronic products, systems and services to industrial and construction market customers. Its technologies range from circuit protection and energy management systems to process control, industrial software and totally integrated automation solutions. The company also has expertise in systems integration, technical services and turnkey industrial systems. Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96 billion in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 190 countries. Learn More

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