Our history in Portugal

From the first business contacts to a global technology powerhouse
Milestones of business development
1862
First business contacts in Portugal
1895
Siemens and Halske (S&H) opens a Technical Bureau for Spain and Portugal in Madrid
1905
The Portuguese Siemens-Schuckertwerke Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft mbH is founded in Berlin, with a regional office in Lisbon
1922
Siemens Companhia de Electricidade Lda. (SCE) is founded in Lisbon to represent Siemens-Schuckertwerke (SSW)
1931
SCE is reorganized as a stock corporation
1931
An order is received for a long-distance telephone exchange in Lisbon
1936
A diesel power plant built by Siemens and operated by Companhia Uniao Fabril of Lisbon goes into operation
1955
Siemens is involved in the installation of an electrical system for the Portuguese railway
1961
SSW and Osram acquire ENAE factory for producing transformers, motors and light sources
1963
The Osram production facility is spun off from ENAE and renamed MOTRA Equipamentos Eléctricos
1970
A manufacturing facility for communications equipment is constructed in Evora
1972
All Siemens activities in Portugal are combined and the Regional Company renamed Siemens SARL
1989
A new administrative office is set up outside of Lisbon
1990
Siemens delivers 42 electric multiple units to the Portuguese national railway
1999
Portugal’s first combined cycle power plant, Tapada do Outeiro, is commissioned
2001
Siemens is named main supplier for the UMTS network of TMN, the Portuguese mobile network operator TMN
2004
Portuguese state railway Comboios de Portugal (CP) awards contract to Siemens to deliver 15 electric locomotives
2007
Temporary terminal solution “Capacity Plus” is installed at the Lisbon Airport in the record time of four months
2009
Siemens forms joint venture with maintenance company EMEF, a subsidiary of Portugal’s national railway company, for the maintenance of Siemens locomotives in Portugal
2010
As part of the Portuguese program to promote electromobility (MOBI.E), Siemens receives major order from INTELLI for 100 charging points
2011
Siemens, together with Voith Hydro, wins an order to deliver the complete electro-mechanical equipment for the Venda Nova III hydro power plant in the Northwest of Portugal
2013
As a result of the regional organization realignment, Siemens Portugal is identified by Siemens AG as one of the 30 lead countries with the responsibility to develop Angola and Mozambique markets