Our history in Pakistan
From construction of the Indo-European telegraph line to a global technology powerhouse
Milestones of business development
1867–1870
Siemens & Halske (S&H) builds the Indo-European telegraph line link
1950
The Pak Industrial & Trading Corp. Ltd. is appointed to represent Siemens-Schuckertwerke (SSW) in Karachi
1952
Siemens cooperates with the Pakistani government to build a production plant for manual and automatic telephone systems in Haripur
1952
The joint venture Telephone Industries of Pakistan (TIP) is formed
1953
S&H and SSW found Siemens Pakistan Engineering Co. Ltd. in Karachi
1960
The Pakistani government awards Siemens Karachi a contract to build a production plant for motors, transformers and switchgear
1961
Siemens Karachi succeeds East Asiatic Company (EAC) as representative of Siemens-Reiniger-Werke (SRW)
1961
The railway administration awards Siemens a contract to modernize the railway safety installations in West and East Pakistan.
1967
Siemens builds a telephone plant in Tongi and a phone cable factory in Khulna
1967
Telephone Industries Corporation (TIC) is founded in Dacca and Industries of Pakistan (CIP) is established in Khulna
1969
Siemens and the Pakistani government form a joint venture named Carrier Telephone Industries (CTI), Islamabad
1987
Siemens supplies a fuel reprocessing system and a control-room building for the Kot Addu gas turbine power station
1993
The company begins setting up a GSM mobile radio network
1997
Siemens installs four generators for the WAPDA hydro power plant in Tarbela. The generators, with a capacity of 432 MW each, are the biggest to date in the country
2002
Siemens begins production of Pakistan’s largest diesel-generator set, with a capacity of 1.1 MVA
2006
Siemens completes the first combined desalinization and power plant in Pakistan
2007
Siemens pioneers manufacture of 220 kV/250 MVA transformers in Pakistan
2009
Siemens builds a first of its kind load dispatch center for Karachi Electric in Pakistan
2010
Siemens equips Al Razi Medical Diagnostics Center in Lahore with state-of-the-art Imaging equipment
2011
Siemens signs Long Term Service Agreement with Rousch Power Limited
2012
Karachi’s largest shopping center, Dolmen Mall, is equipped with a Siemens building management system and safety and security technology