Milestones of business development
1911
Siemens opens a sub-office of the Chinese representative office in Hong Kong
1958
Jebsen & Co. is appointed to represent the interests of Siemens & Halske (S&H) and Siemens-Schuckertwerke (SSW) in Hong Kong
1968
Siemens delivers a telephone exchange with 10,000 subscriber lines for Hong Kong Telephone Company
1970
Cabel & Wireless of Hong Kong orders 700 telegraphs from Siemens Industries in Melbourne
1971
Siemens receives a follow-up order to expand Hong Kong’s telephone exchange to accommodate 100,000 subscribers
1976
The company supplies all of the communications equipment for Hong Kong’s first subway line
1986
Siemens supplies 22,000 luminaires for Hong Kong Bank
1987
The company opens a provisional office for what is later to become Siemens Ltd.
1989
Siemens delivers the first magnetic resonance scanner to St. Theresa Hospital in Hong Kong
1991
The company opens its first office in Macau
1992
Siemens and Soares da Costa are awarded a contract for the turnkey construction of the Macau airport
1998
As a supplier for Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok Airport, Siemens provides the world’s largest fully automated baggage handling system, the telephone system, the world’s largest cargo handling center and Asia’s most efficient airmail center
2003
Siemens supplies high-tech locomotives to Kowloon-Canton Railways Corporation
2006
Siemens installs a traffic management system linked with the local rapid transit rail system
2008
Cathay Pacific Cargo Services Ltd. engages Siemens to build a cargo terminal at Hong Kong International Airport which handles 2.6 million metric tons of cargo per year making it one of the largest cargo installations in the world
2012
MTR Corporation has placed an order with Siemens to upgrade the 47 kilometer-long line from the Chinese border to the central business district of Hong Kong Island with control and signaling