Our history in Egypt

From 1856

Siemens & Halske’s (S&H) first business contacts in Egypt

1901

A Technical Bureau is set up in Cairo

1924

Siemens buys the business of its previous agent, A. Brühlmann & Co., Electricite, Cairo

1928

The Technical Bureau in Cairo is renamed Siemens Orient S.A.

1951

An agency agreement is signed with Electrical & General Contracting Co., Cairo (Elgeco). Elgeco is Siemens’ sole agent in Egypt

1957

Founding of the Egyptian Electric Manufacturing Co. (Elmaco); Siemens holds a 20 percent stake

1962

Liquidation of Elgeco

1975

CENTECH Safwat Habib becomes the new agent

1976

Order to supply a transformer substation for the port and industrial area of Dikhilah near Cairo

1978

Order from Egypt’s national railway to equip the Nile Delta line near Cairo with state-of-the-art interlocking systems and automatic and centralized control systems

1987

Siemens Egypt Branch and Siemens Technical Office in Cairo take over agency activities

1990

Joint venture with Arento and Egyptian Telephone Co. (EGTI) for the building of EWSD systems in Egypt

1996

Founding of the joint venture Egyptian Turbine Co. (ETC) for equipping the Ayoun Moussa power plant near Suez

1998

Siemens wins major order from Telekom Egypt, the state-owned telecommunications operator in Cairo, to modernize and expand the nation-wide telephone network

2001

The Egyptian steam power plants Sidi Krir and Ayoun Moussa are turned over to the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company

2005

Siemens delivers a turnkey high-voltage switchgear station to connect the El Kureimat power plant to the national power grid

2006

Siemens delivers healthcare technology to the Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt, a Center of Excellence for pediatric oncology in Egypt and the Middle East

2008

Siemens Limited changes its legal form to become Siemens S.A.E.

2009

Siemens delivers technology to Egypt’s Sukari gold mine

2010

Siemens supports Dakahlia Sugar Company with the complete automation and instrumentation for a second line

2012

Opening of a new gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) factory in Egypt

2015

Siemens was awarded its single biggest order ever: three gas-fired combined cycle power plants for a total combined capacity of 14.4 gigawatts.