Our history in Poland

1853
A telegraph line is built from Warsaw to the Prussian border; a construction office is set up in Warsaw

1867
Construction of the Indo-European telegraph line, which crosses Poland, is commenced

1879
The Kraft engineering office in Warsaw becomes Siemens & Halske's (S&H) first agent in Poland

1896
A Technical Bureau is founded in Warsaw

1908
The Warsaw branch becomes the Technical Bureau of Russische Elektrotechnische Werke S&H

1912
The stock company "Polnische Elektrotechnische Werke Siemens" (PEW) is founded

1919
The Danziger Siemens-Gesellschaft mbH is founded

1923
The railway signaling company C. Fiebrandt GmbH, Bromberg, is acquired

1929
A contract is signed with the state telephone and radio company in Warsaw for the manufacture of counters

1950–1958
Cooperation agreement is signed between S&H, Siemens-Schuckertwerke (SSW) and the sales agency Pawel Pawlowski, Warsaw

1961–1963
An agency agreement is signed between SSW/S&H and the firm Transactor, Warsaw

1973
Transactor agency offices are opened to represent Siemens in Warsaw, Gdańsk and Katowice

1991
The Polish company Siemens Sp. z o.o. is founded with headquarters in Warsaw

2002
The first development center for cordless telephones outside Germany is established in Wroclaw

2006
Siemens wins a contract from Mittal Steel Poland for the turnkey construction of one of Europe’s biggest steel rolling mills

2006
The Siemens Artistic Prize is established to support Polish graduates from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts

2011
Warsaw’s metro operator, Metro Warszawskie Sp. z o.o., orders 35 Inspiro metro trains with a Siemens-consortium making this the biggest order ever for Siemens in Poland

2013
Siemens wins the contract to build a turnkey combined heat and power plant in Gorzow, Poland