Siemens forms new group to offer manufacturing software

西门子成立新集团提供生产软件

ATLANTA, Nov. 7, 2006 - Through the introduction of its new SIMATICR IT Business Unit, Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. has become the first company to offer its customers a single-source solution for every manufacturing software need - from the plant floor to the executive office.

亚特兰大11月7日消息——通过介绍其新成立的SIMATICR IT事业部，西门子能源和自动化公司成为了第一家向用户提供从工厂到执行处的每个生产软件需求的单来源解决方案的公司。

Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Siemens' new business unit combines the expertise of the company's MES group with the Manufacturing Intelligence capabilities of IndX, a software company acquired by Siemens in 2003. The alignment integrates Siemens' R&D, Intelligence, and Production Suite products under the umbrella of the SIMATIC IT brand into a new organization. The new business unit will focus on the U.S. business functions of marketing, sales, consulting services and product development, to strategically drive SIMATIC IT business into the Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Discrete and Chemical industries.

西门子的新事业部位于加州Aliso Viejo市，它结合了公司MES集团的优势以及西门子在2003年收购的一家叫IndX软件公司的生产智能化实力。在SIMATIC IT 这个品牌框架之下，联合西门子的研发、智能化以及生产套件产品组成一个新部门。该新事业部将专注于美国业务的市场、销售、咨询以及产品开发方面，有策略地推动SIMATIC IT 业务进入油气、食品和饮料、离散和化学工业等领域。

"Our customers can save time and money and increase efficiency because all their manufacturing software needs are now covered by one, integrated organization," said SIMATIC IT Business Unit Manager Ralf Sonnefeld. "From offerings in the PDM domain to MES systems and Manufacturing Intelligence, this consolidation of resources and expertise will give Siemens in the US the means to deliver seamless, real-time manufacturing execution solutions based on the common software architecture of SIMATIC IT."

SIMATIC IT事业部经理Ralf Sonnefeld表示：“我们的客户可以节省时间和金钱以及提高效率，因为一家综合的公司就可以提供他们所有的生产软件需求。我们可以为客户提供从PDM（产品数据管理）领域到MES（生产执行系统）系统以及生产智能化等业务，这些资源与技术的结合将使西门子在基于SIMATIC IT普通软件架构之上，为美国客户提供无缝的实时生产执行解决方案。”

The SIMATIC IT Business Unit employs 80 associates with operations in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Spring House, Penn., Houston, Texas, and Chicago, Ill.

IMATIC IT事业部雇员有80人，在加州Aliso Viejo，宾州Spring House，德州休斯顿，以及伊里诺斯州的芝加哥设有运作点。

About Siemens

关于西门子

Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. is one of Siemens' operating companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Ga., Siemens Energy & Automation manufactures and markets one of the world's broadest ranges of electrical and electronic products, systems and services to industrial and construction market customers. Its technologies range from circuit protection and energy management systems to process control, industrial software and totally integrated automation solutions. The company also has expertise in systems integration, technical services and turnkey industrial systems.

西门子能源和自动化公司是西门子在美国运作的公司之一。总部位于乔治亚州亚特兰大郊区的Alpharetta。西门子能源和自动化公司为工业和建筑市场客户生产和销售电气电子产品、系统以及服务，是全球提供最多领域产品的公司之一。其技术含盖从电路保护和能源管理系统到过程控制、工业软件和完整集成自动化解决方案等。在系统集成、技术服务以及全承包的工业系统，公司同样具有领先的技术

Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96 billion in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 190 countries.

西门子集团是全球最大的电子工程公司之一，据报道，2005财年的销售额是960亿美元。成立于近160年前的西门子是医药、电力、自动化和控制、运输、信息和通讯、照明、建筑技术、供水技术和服务以及家用电器领域的领导者。公司美国总部位于纽约市，在全国50个州和波多黎各的销售额是188亿美元，拥有雇员7，000人。西门子的11个全球事务部把总部设于美国。全球总部位于德国慕尼黑的西门子集团及其子公司在全球190个国家拥有雇员大约460,000人。

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