Facts and figures for the Siemens Nuremberg Vogelweiherstrasse location

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1 Press Presse Press Presse Industry Sector Drive Technologies Division Nuremberg, February 23, 2011 BACKGROUND PAPER Facts and figures for the Siemens Nuremberg Vogelweiherstrasse location Workforce: 3,100 Area: 200,000 sq m, of which 75,000 sq m manufacturing space Delivery volume: approx. 130 trucks/day Shipment volume: 8,000 items/month, Shipment weight: 6,000 tonnes/month Manufacture of the following products: o Low and high-voltage motors from 200 kw to 11,700 kw o Motors for lift drives and for main spindle drives o DC motors o Low and medium-voltage converters from the product families Sinamics and Robicon Perfect Harmony from 75 kw to 100 MW o Drives for rolling stock (converters, controls and motors) o Hybrid drives for buses and mining trucks o Service and support for these products Test center: Customer acceptance testing and testing of machines and systems, integrated testing of motors, converters, transformers, also sensors and controls o Loading equipment: Up to 5 MW, 13.8 kv, 4,200 rev/min for industrial drives Up to 1.6 MW, 30 kv, 6.00 rev/min for traction drives Climate chamber for temperatures from -55 C to +85 C with variable humidity Headquarters of the Large Drives Business Unit, Drive Technologies Division 1 / 8

2 History o 1888: Construction of the new Schuckert & Co plant in the Landgrabenstrasse in Nuremberg o 1903: Forming of Siemens-Schuckertwerke GmbH with headquarters in Berlin and regional office in Nuremberg o 1935: Construction of buildings for series production of machinery, searchlights and electrical apparatus o 1950: Reconstruction of former AC hall for motors production (Sigmund- Schuckert hall) o 1966: Forming of o 1979: Demolition of casting shop, forge and electroplating shop o 1982: Commissioning of central punching shop o 2003: Inauguration of the new system test center on January 27 (Please see the flyer for further details) 2 / 8

3 The pictures are on the USB stick in the press folder. Fig. 1: The Siemens Nuremberg Vogelweiherstrasse location covers sq m. Fig. 2: How it looked around / 8

4 Fig 3: Design of tools and fixtures with 3D CAD system Fig 4: Daily status dialog by the team noticeboard 4 / 8

5 Fig. 5: Final assembly work on a medium-voltage converter shortly before function testing Fig 6: Traction converter assembly on a clocked line 5 / 8

6 Fig 7: Control room in the system test center Fig. 8: System test on a high-voltage motor 6 / 8

7 Fig. 9: Service technician checking the electrical protection of a machining/milling center Fig. 10: Checking the precision of a rotary table for housing components 7 / 8

8 The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is the worldwide leading supplier of environmentally friendly production, transportation, building and lighting technologies. With integrated automation technologies and comprehensive industry-specific solutions, Siemens increases the productivity, efficiency and flexibility of its customers in the fields of industry and infrastructure. The Sector consists of six divisions: Building Technologies, Drive Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility and Osram. With around 204,000 employees worldwide (September 30), Siemens Industry achieved in fiscal year 2010 total sales of approximately 34.9 billion. The Siemens Drive Technologies Division (Nuremberg, Germany) is the world's leading supplier of products, systems, applications and services for the entire drive train with electrical and mechanical components and motion control systems for production machinery as well as machine tools. Drive Technologies serves all segments in manufacturing industry, process industry and energy/infrastructure. The division provides answers to the customers key requirements productivity, energy efficiency and reliability. In fiscal year 2010, around 36,000 employees of the Division (September 30), achieved total sales of 7.0 billion. 8 / 8