All about Large Drives Applications

Our Vision

Large Drives Applications is the preferred trusted global partner by leading in Quality, Reliability and Digitalization.
Hermann Kleinod, CEO of Siemens Large Drives Applications

Our Mission

Customers

We are committed to being the trusted partner for our customers by providing lasting value everyday. Our customers gain industry strategic advantage by employing trusted LDA innovative products, services and systems.

 

 

Employees

As the employer of choice, we inspire our employees to deliver market-leading products, systems and services by:

  • collaborating in passionate highperformance teams
  • living diversity
  • advancing their skills and capabilities
  • and fulfilling customer demands in a safe work environment

Shareholders

As leaders in technology, quality and innovation, we enjoy the longterm trust of our Shareholders by sustainably increasing Siemens' value and profit.

Our Management

Hermann Kleinod, CEO of Siemens LDA

Hermann Kleinod, CEO of Siemens LDA 

  • Joining Siemens AG in 1990, Hermann Kleinod held several engineering, development and management positions.
  • In 2008 he was appointed as General Manager for Siemens Electrical Drives Ltd. Tianjin, China  holding this position for four years.
  • Afterwards, from 2013 onwards, he was appointed as Executive Vice President for Siemens Large Drives' Business Segment Products.
  • From 2017 till March 2019 he held the position as Executive Vice President for Siemens Large Drives' Business Segment Industrial Applications.
  • Effective from April 1, 2019, Hermann Kleinod took over the responsibility as CEO of Siemens Large Drives Aplications (LDA).
Christoph Salentin, CFO of Siemens LDA

Christoph Salentin, CFO of Siemens LDA

  • Christoph joined Siemens in 1998 and held several positions in Sales, Project Management and Finance working for the Communication, Mobility and Industry sector. He worked for seven years in Asia, three of them in Malaysia and four in China.
  • In April 2010 he was appointed as CFO of Siemens Electrical Drives Ltd. in Tianjin, China. From 2014 onwards he held the responsibility as Director Corporate Finance Audit overlooking the audit activities of the Industry sector.
  • In December 2014, Christoph became the Managing Director and CFO of the KSM Castings Group and the CITIC Dicastal GmbH & Co KG overlooking the worldwide business.
  • Effective from September 2019, Christoph Salentin took over the responsibility as CFO of Siemens Large Drives Applications (LDA).

Siemens business is clean business

Our Siemens Business Conduct Guidelines are built from our values and are mandatory for all of us at Siemens - employees and managers. The Business Conduct Guidelines set out the fundamental principles and rules governing how we act within our company and in relation to our customers, external partners and the general public. At the same time, they also offer valuable guidance and answers to important questions.

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References

Dynamo Electric Principle

Werner von Siemens discovered the dynamoelectric principle 150 years ago – and in doing so laid the foundation for modern electrical engineering. For it was the discovery of this principle that made the practical application of electricity possible.

Factory Locations

Large Drives Applikations as an integrated part of the global Siemens network.