Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. For over 160 years, Siemens has stood for technological excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality. The company is the world’s largest provider of environmental technologies, generating some €28 billion – more than one-third of its total revenue – from green products and solutions. In fiscal 2010, which ended on September 30, 2010, revenue totaled €76 billion and net income €4.1 billion. At the end of September 2010, Siemens had around 405,000 employees worldwide.
In fiscal 2009/2010, Siemens invested €3,846 million in research and development, of which around €1000 million was devoted to developing green technologies. Our innovations are produced by 30,100 researchers and developers at around 150 Siemens locations worldwide, who are working on new solutions for energy, industry and healthcare – and by the over 1,000 new research partnerships which Siemens enters into every year. And by the way Siemens is one of the largest software companies of the world regarding the number of software specialists working for all our Siemens sector´s products, solutions and services.
