Milestones of business development
1858
Siemens & Halske (S&H) opens a branch office in Vienna (which remains in operation until 1864)
1879
S&H Berlin sets up a Technical Bureau in Vienna
1890s
Siemens builds power stations and electric tramways in numerous cities
1904
Österreichische Siemens-Schuckertwerke AG (ÖSSW) is founded. S&H’s facility in Vienna assumes responsibility for the low-voltage power business
1939
The cable plant in Vienna is transformed into a stock company called Wiener Kabel- und Metallwerke AG (WKM)
1939
A technical office is opened in Vienna under the name S&H AG, Vienna branch office
1946
ÖSSW and S&H’s Vienna facility are nationalized, forming Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges. m. b. H. and Siemens Halske Ges. m. b. H., respectively
1958
Emcolux takes over 60 percent of WKM’s capital stock. The remaining 40 percent is held by the Austrian SSW company and S&H-Ges. m. b. H
1967
WKM founds Siemens Ges. m. b. H.
1970
An electronic components production plant is opened in Villach, Carinthia
1971
WKM, Siemens Ges. m. b. H Wien and NTW (Nachrichtentechnische Werke) merge to form Siemens AG Austria
1992
Siemens installs the world’s first fully digitized, networked radiological imaging system at Vienna’s Donauspital hospital
1994
The company gradually assumes responsibility for the CEE (Central and Eastern European) business region
2000
The contract to deliver 400 locomotives by 2006 to the Austrian national railway (ÖBB) is Siemens’ biggest locomotive order in its history
2004
Siemens Austria wins Germany’s PR Prize 2004 for its "Academy of Life" event series
2005
Siemens merges with the Austrian company VA Technologie AG (VA Tech) and consolidates its leading position in the world markets of metallurgy, power transmission and –distribution
2006
The e-card system developed by Siemens creates a country-wide network for Austria’s healthcare system
2006
Siemens is technology partner for Austria’s EU Council Presidency 2006
2009
Two combined cycle power plants, Timelkam in Upper Austria and Simmering 1 in Vienna, are put into service
2010
Opening of the new Siemens City headquarters in the company’s historic location in Vienna Floridsdorf; it was the first office building in Austria to receive the LEED Gold environmental certificate
2011
Expansion of the world headquarters for rail-bound mass transit vehicles in Vienna to include tramways. Thus the global business responsibility for subways, tramways, railroad cars and electric buses is concentrated in the Vienna-Simmering facility (including R&D, engineering and manufacturing)
2012
Acting as general contractor, Siemens hands over Austria’s most powerful and most efficient thermal power plant, the combined-cycle plant in Mellach, to the customer
2013
ÖBB commissions Siemens to supply 100 Desiro ML type regional passenger trains
2013
Siemens is collaborating on a research project for future technologies in cities that is the only one of its kind in Europe, the Living lab at Aspern Vienna’s Urban Lakeside
2014
Siemens has been active in Austria since 135 years
2015
The global competence for Industrial Power Plant Solutions (gas-fired combined cycle power plants with a capacity between 20 and 60 Megawatts on a turnkey basis) is bundled in Vienna