Our history in Hungary
From the first electric tramway to a global technology powerhouse
Milestones of business development
1887
An electric tramway system goes into operation in Budapest
1887
The tramway company "Körúti Villamos Vasút Vállalat Siemens & Halske, Lindheim & Cie és Balázs Mór" is registered in Budapest’s commercial register
1890
Siemens & Halske (S&H) Vienna opens a Technical Bureau in Budapest
1893
The first Hungarian AC power plant is constructed in Salgoterjen
1896
The first subway system on the European continent goes into operation in Budapest
1900
S&H’s Technical Bureau is transformed into a stock company
1902
Ungarische Schuckert-Werke Elektrizitäts AG is established in Budapest
1904
The heavy current departments of the Budapest S&H branch merge with the Ungarische Schuckert-Werke Elektrizitäts AG to form the Ungarische Siemens-Schuckert-Werke AG, Budapest (USSW), which is managed until 1938 by the Österreichische Siemens Schuckert Werke
1913
The company opens a cable plant in Budapest
1913
Siemens provides Hungary’s national railway with the first automatic telephone system and clock systems
1925
Hungary’s first radio station is established and the studio technology installed
1929
Siemens-Reiniger-Veifa AG is founded in Hungary, and establishes its own production facilities
1934
S&H Budapest merges with USSW to form Ungarische Siemens-Werke (USW)
1946
The Soviet Union takes possession of USW, which as of 1951 operates under the name Budapester Elektromotor- und Kabelwerk
1970
An agency agreement is signed with Intercooperations AG for the sale of Siemens products in Hungary
1971
A supply contract is signed with the Budapest transport authorities for a large data processing system
1974
Intercooperations AG and Siemens found Sicontact GmbH in Budapest
1981
The company delivers the first process computing system for Budapest’s subway
1990
Sicontact GmbH is renamed Siemens GmbH
1994
Siemens AG Hungary headquartered in Budapest, is founded, bringing together Siemens’ activities in the country
1995
An order is received for an air traffic control system for the Budapest control center
1998
Siemens electrifies various Hungarian railway lines
2006
Siemens equips a Budapest subway line for fully automatic operation
2007
Siemens secures order for Gönyü turnkey combined cycle power plant for E.ON , one of Siemens' biggest projects in Hungary
2011
Siemens receives contract to provide technical maintenance for the painting shop of the newly built Mercedes plant in Kecskemét, south of Budapest
2012
Siemens is launching its first vocational training initiative in Hungary along the lines of the German model (Siemens Professional Education)
2013
A strategic cooperation agreement is signed with the Hungarian government