Milestones of business development
1958
Terms of payment for deliveries are agreed upon with the company Ahmed Sayid Hashim Al-Gharabally, representative agent in Bahrain
1969
A. A. Zayani & Sons is authorized to represent the interests of Siemens in Bahrain
1975
Siemens Medical Engineering signs an agency agreement with Modern Pharmaceutical Company for all of the United Arab Emirates; the agreement is transferred to Scientechnic in 1978
1977
Bahrain Markets in Manama is authorized as the agent representing the interests of Siemens AG in Bahrain
1977
The foreign agencies in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Yemen are overseen by Siemens’ office in Dubai
1977
Siemens wins an order to supply a frequency converter for a dry dock for Bahrain-based Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY)
1978
Siemens constructs a gas turbine power plant in Riffa, near the capital Manama, for the Ministry of Works, Power and Water in a record time of only 15 months; the plant is expanded in 1979 and 1980
1980
The agency rights for Siemens are transferred from Bahrain Market to Transitec Gulf
1991
Electrical engineering equipment is supplied for the international airport in Bahrain
1999
The Siemens Limited Liability Company (L.L.C.) established in Abu Dhabi and Dubai also engages in business activities in Bahrain, Yemen, Oman and Qatar; it coordinates and supervises the agencies in the region
2003
The Bahraini company Cebarco-WCT W.L.L. awards Siemens a contract to supply, install and commission the technical infrastructure for the Formula 1 racetrack in Bahrain
2003
MTC Vodafone commissions Siemens to construct the first UMTS mobile radio network in the Middle East in Bahrain
2004
Siemens establishes a new Regional Company in Bahrain, Siemens W.L.L.
2005
Siemens builds a turnkey combined cycle power plant for Al Ezzel Power Company
2005
The Bahrain Defence Forces Hospital awards Siemens a contract to supply the region’s first biplanar catheter laboratory
2008
Bahrain International Airport is equipped with a baggage handling system from Siemens
2011
Siemens W.L.L. in Bahrain launches a Service Center for Metallurgical Services for the Middle East’s steel and aluminum industry, based at the Bahrain International Investment Park in Salman International City