Siemens is a German multinational engineering and electronics company with worldwide headquarters in Munich and Berlin.
Siemens was founded as Siemens and Halske (S&H) by Werner von Siemens in 1847. Siemens’ invention was based on the telegraph and used a needle to point to the sequence of letters, instead of using Morse code. The next year the company built the first telegraph line in India.
By 1907 S&H had almost 35,000 employees and was the seventh-largest company in the German empire.
In the 1950’s Siemens started to manufacture computers, semiconductors, washing machines, and pacemakers.
In 1987 Siemens entered the nuclear power business.
In 1997 Siemens Financial Services (SFS) was founded.
Today Siemens is organized into five main divisions: Industry, Energy, Healthcare, Infrastructure & Cities, and Siemens Financial Services. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ 360,000 people across 190 countries. Siemens had $107 billion in revenue in 2012.
Siemens CorporationSiemens is a German multinational engineering and electronics company with worldwide headquarters in Munich and Berlin.
Siemens was founded as Siemens and Halske (S&H) by Werner von Siemens in 1847. Siemens’ invention was based on the telegraph and used a needle to point to the sequence of letters, instead of using Morse code. The next year the company built the first telegraph line in India.
By 1907 S&H had almost 35,000 employees and was the seventh-largest company in the German empire.
History
In the 1950’s Siemens started to manufacture computers, semiconductors, washing machines, and pacemakers.
In 1987 Siemens entered the nuclear power business.
In 1997 Siemens Financial Services (SFS) was founded.
Today Siemens is organized into five main divisions: Industry, Energy, Healthcare, Infrastructure & Cities, and Siemens Financial Services. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ 360,000 people across 190 countries. Siemens had $107 billion in revenue in 2012.
