German electrical engineer Werner von Siemens (December 13, 1816 – December 6, 1892) and Johann Georg Halske founded Siemens & Halske, on October 12, 1847. The company has been known as Siemens since 1966.
Today Siemens is the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe.
Siemens was internationalized soon after its founding. One the Siemens brother's represented the company in England (Carl Wilhelm Siemens) and another (Carl Heinrich von Siemens) opened a branch in St. Petersburg, Russia, each earning recognition.
Werner von Siemens played a crucial role in the development of the telegraph industry. In 1848, the company built the first long-distance telegraph line in Europe; 500 km from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main.
In 1879 Werner von Siemens demonstrated the first ever electric locomotive in Berlin.
A Siemens AC Alternator driven by a watermill was used to power the world's first electric street lighting in 1881 in the town of Godalming, England.
Werner von Siemens was so influential in the field of electrical engineering that his name was adopted as the unit of electrical conductance (the SI or siemens).
Werner von Siemens brother, William, became a British subject in 1859 and was knighted in 1883 as Sir William Siemens.
He was manager of the London sales office of Siemens & Halske, and perfected the open-hearth production of steel (now superseded). William Siemens was also responsible for the hot tube ignition system used on many of the early gas engines.
Working at Siemens after the Second World War, Ernst Ruska, developed the first commercial transmission electron microscope and major scientific conferences on electron microscopy started being held in the 1950s.
Siemens is incorporated in Germany and has its corporate headquarters in Munich.
Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 372,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €83 billion in 2017 according to its earnings release.
Today Siemens is organised into six main parts: Industry, Energy, Healthcare, Equity Investments, Siemens IT Solutions, and Services and Siemens Financial Services (SFS).
Today Siemens is the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe.
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| Werner von Siemens, co-founder of Siemens & Halske. |
Siemens was internationalized soon after its founding. One the Siemens brother's represented the company in England (Carl Wilhelm Siemens) and another (Carl Heinrich von Siemens) opened a branch in St. Petersburg, Russia, each earning recognition.
Werner von Siemens played a crucial role in the development of the telegraph industry. In 1848, the company built the first long-distance telegraph line in Europe; 500 km from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main.
In 1879 Werner von Siemens demonstrated the first ever electric locomotive in Berlin.
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| First electric locomotive, built in 1879 by company founder Werner von Siemens. |
Werner von Siemens was so influential in the field of electrical engineering that his name was adopted as the unit of electrical conductance (the SI or siemens).
Werner von Siemens brother, William, became a British subject in 1859 and was knighted in 1883 as Sir William Siemens.
He was manager of the London sales office of Siemens & Halske, and perfected the open-hearth production of steel (now superseded). William Siemens was also responsible for the hot tube ignition system used on many of the early gas engines.
Working at Siemens after the Second World War, Ernst Ruska, developed the first commercial transmission electron microscope and major scientific conferences on electron microscopy started being held in the 1950s.
Siemens is incorporated in Germany and has its corporate headquarters in Munich.
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| Siemens' headquarters, Munich (front) By Florian Adler |
Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 372,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €83 billion in 2017 according to its earnings release.
Today Siemens is organised into six main parts: Industry, Energy, Healthcare, Equity Investments, Siemens IT Solutions, and Services and Siemens Financial Services (SFS).
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