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Transcript of Siemens History
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Our founding father
• Werner von Siemens was born on December 13, 1816
• Born as the fourth of 14 children to a tenant farmer in Lenthe near Hanover
• With tight financial situation, Werner von Siemens could not take his final exams, and instead joined the Prussian army to gain access to engineering training
• This created a solid base for his future work in electrical field
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A visionary par excellence
• Werner von Siemens once said, “I have a dream of founding a worldwide business, with power and reputation, …..”
• Few entrepreneurs of that period had the determination of Siemens, who sought international success with inventions
• Besides being a businessman, he was also a great scientist
• Amongst his many inventions, the most important discovery was the dynamo-electric principle
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An innovation marked the beginning of Siemens
• In 1847, Werner von Siemens constructed
the pointer telegraph
• This innovation laid the foundation of our
Company, Siemens & Halske Telegraph
Construction Company, Berlin
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Innovations continued to drive us
Some early inventions:
1866: Discovery of dynamo-electric principle
1879: First electric Railway
1899: Three-phase express Railcar
1930: Construction of Multi purpose electric locomotive
1939: Production version of Electron microscope
1958: World’s first implantation of Cardiac pacemaker
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First steps in India...
• In 1867, Siemens started construction of the Indo-European telegraph from London to Calcutta
• This was to facilitate the Queen’s request to communicate from London to her people in colonial India
• Our founder personally supervised laying of this line
• The line ran from London to Berlin, Warsaw, Teheran and Calcutta
• It covered a distance of 12,000 Kms and transmitted a message in just 28 minutes
London
Calcutta
Indo-European Telegraph line
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• In 1922, Siemens opened its first branch in Calcutta and subsequently set up offices in Bombay and Rangoon
• During World War II, the company’s assets and properties were confiscated, forcing the company to abandon operations
• Even so, Siemens never gave up and re-entered after the war
• Ernst von Siemens had then recognised the potential of India, when he said, “How can we ignore a Country of 380 million people?”
First own branch in India...
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• Around 1954, a team from Siemens came to India and started operating as a department under the umbrella of Protos Engineering Company Pvt. Ltd.
• In 1956, a small workshop was set up under the Mahalaxmi bridge, Bombay, with handful of people
• Here, operations began with repairs and assembly of Switchboards
Re-entry in India
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• On March 2, 1957, Siemens was incorporated under the name - Siemens Engineering & Manufacturing Co. of India Private Ltd.
• The company was registered under the Indian Companies Act
• In 1961, Siemens became a Public Limited company with restricted external shareholding
• In 1971, Siemens was listed on the stock exchange
Birth of our Company in India
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1957: Manufacturing of Switchboard at Worli works, Bombay
1959: Manufacturing of Medical equipment at Worli Works, Bombay
1960: Manufacturing of Switchgears
1966: Production of Motors at Kalwa
1981: Manufacturing of Switchboards at Nashik
The journey continued...
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1991: Low Voltage Switchgear factory at Aurangabad
1993: Manufacturing of Digital Switching system at Salt Lake Works –SPCNL was set up
1995: Manufacturing of Medical equipment at Goa
1995: Osram India Ltd. set up with a factory at Sonepat
....and gathered pace through the years
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1998: Formation of Siemens Hearing Instruments Pvt. Ltd.
2001: Setting up of Technical Skills Development Center in Kalwa
2004: Corporate Technology center setup in Bangalore
2006: Acquired Isolator business of Elpro and a stake in Flender Ltd.
2006: 50 years of manufacturing presence
2007: Setting up Transformer factory, Kalwaand Turbines factory, Vadodara
2009: Setting up of Bogie factory, Aurangabad
2010: Expansion Of Steam Turbine & Compressor factory, Vadodara
....and maintained the momentum
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• A Rs 12,000 crore company in India
• With 21 manufacturing facilities in the country with over 60 offices
• A company with an excellent image and reputation; also recipient of numerous awards and accolades, the latest one being the Most Respected Company in India in the engineering Sector from Business World
Today, we are....