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"It’s not a matter of promoting or condemning certain technologies. The goal is to reduce CO2 emissions"

Using renewable energy to create clean power for UNESCO world heritage site.

Expo 2020 visitors will be able to see the Middle East’s ﬁrst solar hydrogen plant.

Energy-efficient chocolate production

Ritter Sport is the first major manufacturer of chocolate bars to grow cocoa sustainably. Now production practices will also be safer for the environment.

Siemens is going carbon neutral

All our production facilities and buildings are to achieve a net zero-carbon footprint by 2030. Our 50-year-old site in Kalwa near Mumbai has become a green showcase, with the largest solar installation on an existing Siemens factory roof.

Siemens at “Hack and Make”: cool, not outmoded

At “Hack and Make 2019,” the company showed its “cool” side.

Digital twin knows how to wrap

Software to virtually develop machine for wrapping aerosol canisters

17-year-old student Ashley Kimbel used software to design, test and build a lighter weight prosthesis for an amputee in her hometown

Organic cooling duct for the print head of a 3D printer – simulated, optimized and designed using the host 3D printer itself

Software helped to bring the James Webb Space Telescope to life

Water-treatment technology provider EnWat has established a cloud-based monitoring system for all its sites and thus reduced site visits by ninety percent.

Rebecca Johnson is an expert in artificial intelligence, working in corporate research at Siemens. She tells us about how she views this technology of the future, and explains why a digital companion at a beer garden would, of course, speak Bavarian.

A passion for digital twins

Industrial research requires simulation experts with a passion for digital twins. In the race to innovate, their enthusiasm makes the crucial difference.

Product developers can now test the usability of their designs faster than ever.

The importance of eMobility is increasing rapidly for the automotive industry and for people who want to go green. In 2018 there were 3.3 million battery electric vehicles on the streets worldwide. Siemens aims to offer solutions that will help enable the continued rise of eMobility.

Here’s something new: A manufacturer of clamping technology and gripping systems is using digital twins to help plant manufacturers and users to increase their competitiveness. Digital twins enable the virtual simulation and testing of all process steps, from engineering and plant commissioning to performance.

The Schaeffler Group-owned special machinery department has to evolve from pure mechanics to mechatronic systems to IT-integrated solutions. A comprehensive digitalization strategy for the special machinery department is the basis for its own transformation.

AEP is keeping energy transition in sight using digital twin software to model and predict growing electricity fluctuations.

With strong competition from the UAE’s numerous free zones, Dubai Airport Freezone sets itself apart with state-of-the-art building management systems that ensure operational and environmental efficiency as well as delivery of best-in-class infrastructure and services to its clients.

Using renewable energy to create clean power for UNESCO world heritage site.

A world-class luxury hotel recently opened on top of Mount Bürgenberg in Switzerland: the new Bürgenstock Resort. Switzerland’s largest hotel facility is heated and cooled with energy from Lake Lucerne, with approximately 300 m3 of water per hour pumped up the mountain.

As more and more cities worldwide commit themselves to the twin goals of zero emissions and maximum energy efficiency, “smart city” solutions are playing a pivotal role. But how do these solutions impact older infrastructure and buildings? In Brussels, building retrofits constitute a promising lever for optimization.

A digital twin of Finland’s power grid is going to shake up the future of infrastructure investment.

Jinyu Bio-technology is now setting a milestone as the first to digitalize animal vaccine production in China

17-year-old student Ashley Kimbel used software to design, test and build a lighter weight prosthesis for an amputee in her hometown

Preparations are moving at full speed. In just a few years, many companies will be able to network their plants completely wirelessly, making their production more efficient, autonomous, and flexible than ever before thanks to local 5G networks.

Today, digital transformation is placing new demands on automation technology. Professor Leon Urbas from Dresden University of Technology, and Eckard Eberle, CEO Siemens Process Automation, talk about concepts and technologies of the future.

Silicon Valley-based company Zipline designs autonomous drone planes to deliver lifesaving medical supplies to remote areas. Siemens NX software is used as the product design platform.

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