http://info.industry.siemens.com/pressRSS Siemens I&S PressCopyright 2007 Siemens AGSiemens AG I&S PressBreweries, Pulp & Paper, Chemicals, Power Generation, Manufacturing Industry, Process Industry, Food&Beverage, Automotive Industry, Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1976&languageId=2The Siemens Division Industry Solutions took over EUtech Energie & Management (E&M) GmbH, headquartered in Aachen, Germany. With the acquisition, Siemens Industry Solutions strengthens its service business in energy and environmental management. EUtech has 20 employees and recently achieved worldwide sales of €1.6 million with consulting services in the energy and environmental area.Nov 18, 2009Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1974&languageId=2The Siemens Industry Solutions Division has been awarded with an order from Cong Thanh Cement Joint Stock Company to supply the electrical and automation equipment for the new second production line at the Cong Thanh Cement Plant in the Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam. A kiln control system integrated into the PCS 7-based process control system will constantly optimize the consumption and the clinker production. With a future capacity of 12,000 tons clinker per day, this plant is the largest single cement production line currently being built in Asia. The new production line will be the largest single cement production line in Asia and once in full operation by 2011 it will turn the Cong Thanh Cement Plant into a major additional production facility for Vietnam cement industry.Nov 06, 2009Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1943&languageId=2The Siemens Industry Solutions Division has brought its range of products and services for equipping cement works together under the “Sicement” product family. This covers modularly structured, industry-specific solutions for power generation and distribution, drive technology, process control and instrumentation, data management, plant infrastructure and maintenance. Albrecht Neumann, who is responsible for the cement industry at Siemens Industry Solutions, said, “From these modules, we can create the optimal, overall concept for every plant operator, whether for a new construction or for the expansion, modernization or operation of an existing cement works. The results are efficient plant operation, a high degree of reliability, and security of investment.”Aug 17, 2009Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1890&languageId=2The Siemens Industry Solutions Division of Siemens AE Greece has won an order from the Cypriot cement producer, Vassiliko Cement Works Public Company Ltd. to supply the electrical and automation equipment for a new kiln line and cement mill. An energy monitoring system integrated into the PCS7-based process control system will constantly monitor energy consumption in the plant. The order is worth some fourteen million euros. The new production line is due to go on stream in January 2011.May 11, 2009Water/Wastewater, Pulp & Paper, Metal, Manufacturing Industry, Process Industry, Mining, Marine Solutions, Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1864&languageId=2Siemens views the current economic environment as a good opportunity to increase its market share in industrial equipment and solutions. “It is especially in times of changing economic conditions that industrial companies expect systematic solutions that help cut costs while also securing their investment. As leading industry suppliers we are deliberately targeting energy-efficient and cost-effective innovations which permit our customers to achieve an early return on investment”, stated Klaus Helmrich, CEO of the Drive Technologies Division at a Siemens trade press conference prior to the Hanover Fair 2009. Against the backdrop of declining greenfield business, it is efficiency, flexibility and reliability of existing plants which have gained in importance. “Here, economical operations go hand in hand with environmental protection using green solutions”, stated Jens Wegmann, CEO of Siemens Industry Solutions. “In a large number of modernization projects, they help us save more than three quarters of the cost of energy.” Mar 12, 2009Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1835&languageId=2The Siemens Industry Solutions Division has received an order from the Moroccan company Ciments du Maroc, Casablanca, to supply electrical equipment for the new cement works at Ait Baha near Agadir, Morocco. The order, valued at around nine million euros, also includes installation services. Commissioning is scheduled for the end of August 2009. Nov 10, 2008Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1836&languageId=2The Industry Solutions Division of Siemens Ltd. India, Mumbai, has won an order from Polysius AG, Beckum, to supply the complete turnkey electrical equipment to Ohorongo Cement in Otavi, Namibia. Ohorongo Cement is to be set up as a subsidiary of the German Schwenk Zement KG and is the first cement works to be built in Namibia. It is scheduled to come on stream by December 2010. Nov 03, 2008Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1830&languageId=2The Siemens Industry Solutions Division (IS) has received an order from the Lithuanian cement producer, Akmenės Cementas AB, to supply the electrical equipment for a new kiln line. The project is worth more than five million euros and also includes the engineering work for the entire plant infrastructure. The new kiln line will have an annual capacity of 1.5 million metric tons of cement by the completition of the project in 2011.Oct 30, 2008Water/Wastewater, Pulp & Paper, Metal, Manufacturing Industry, Mining, Marine Solutions, Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1779&languageId=2Jul 30, 2008Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1679&languageId=2The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from Orascom Construction Industries, Egypt, to engineer and supply all the electrical equipment for the new cement works of the Al Safwa Cement Company, Saudi-Arabia. The project is worth around 20 million euros and is scheduled for completion in Fall 2009. Dec 17, 2007Pulp & Paper, Power Generation, Manufacturing Industry, Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1615&languageId=2Michael Reichle has taken over as head of maintenance business for Siemens Industrial Services. He now bears worldwide responsibility for on-call, logistics and maintenance services (IS OLM) for the paper, cement and infrastructure industries. Around 3200 employees work in this area of business, in local units distributed throughout 50 different countries.Oct 24, 2007Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1571&languageId=2The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) will equip the Platin cement factory of Irish Cement Limited with an automation system worth around two million euros. The project includes complete automation of a new kiln line (Kiln 3). The work involved in equipping line 3 is scheduled for completion in summer 2008. Line 2 is to follow around seven months later.Aug 17, 2007Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=308&languageId=2The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from the German CEMAG Anlagenbau GmbH, Hameln, to supply electrical equipment for the new kiln line in the Zliten cement plant in Libya. The final customer is the Ahlia Cement Company. The order is worth around eight million euros and the new kiln line is scheduled to start operating in May 2008.Jun 19, 2007Water/Wastewater, Metal, Power Generation, Petrochemical Industry, Mining, Oil&Gas, Marine Solutions, Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=239&languageId=2"As worldwide leading industrial equipment manufacturer boasting an integrated portfolio, we are on a profitable growth course in all technological segments. With UGS's PLM software technology, we are also opening up an entirely new dimension in digital engineering and data management. This will enable inno-vative automation for our customers throughout their entire value chain", stated Helmut Gierse, President of the Siemens Automation and Drives Group (A&D). "Besides the advances in automation, it is also legal rules and regulations in the field of environmental protection, along with the rising cost of raw materials and energy that are promoting the shift in industry", stated Joergen Ole Haslestad, President of the Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S). In 2006, I&S generated sales of approx. 1.5 billion euros selling plants, products and solutions for the protection of the environment and the efficient use of resources. Said Haslestad: "In the environmental balance, the industry is making progress mainly by applying new processes that optimize the entire value chain."Mar 01, 2007Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=763&languageId=2The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from Kawasaki Plant Systems, Ltd., Kobe, Japan, to supply the electrical equipment for a second cement line at the Vietnamese company Butson Cement Joint Stock Co. (Busoco). This includes the power supply and drive systems along with the automation technology and field instrumentation. The new cement line is scheduled to commence production in June 2009.Nov 21, 2006Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=762&languageId=2The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from Arabian Cement Company Ltd. (ACC, headquartered in Jeddah) to supply all the electrical equipment for the new cement line 6 in the company's Rabigh factory. This includes the power supply and drive systems as well as the automation and field instrumentation. The project is worth EUR 21 million and the new cement line is scheduled to start production at the end of 2007.Apr 11, 2006Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=673&languageId=2The Industrial Solutions and Services Division (I&S) of Siemens Ltd, Mumbai/India, has won three significant turnkey project contracts in the cement industry amounting to Rs 680 million. These contracts including two export projects are from National Cement Company, Yemen, Ashaka Cement Plant (Lafarge), Nigeria, and Vasavadatta Cement, Karnataka.Mar 16, 2006Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=430&languageId=2The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from Lafarge Malayan Cement Berhad for turnkey modernization of production line No. 3 in the company's Kanthan cement factory. The line will be fitted with a new Cemat V.6 process control system and new electrical equipment. The contract is worth around three million euros and the modernization project is scheduled to be completed in June 2006.Jan 27, 2006Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=833&languageId=2The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from the Lebanese company, Cimenterie Nationale S.A.L., Beirut, to modernize and upgrade kiln line number 4 in the Chekka cement plant. In the course of the project, the kiln line will be fitted with new MV- and LV-switchgear, drive and automation systems as well as a set of new process instrumentation, whereby a Simatic PCS 7 will be used as the overall control system. Siemens is also responsible for the engineering side of the contract as well as project management for the electrical equipment. The order is worth around 3.5 million euros and the modernized kiln line is scheduled to start production in the spring of 2007.Aug 05, 2005Cementhttp://info.industry.siemens.com/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=744&languageId=2The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from Thyssen Krupp Industries India Pvt. Ltd. to supply the electrical equipment for a new cement factory of Gulf Cement Co. in Ras-Al Khaymah in the United Arab Emirates. The order includes the complete turnkey power supply system as well as drive and automation systems. The value of the order is three million euros and the new factory is scheduled to start operating by April 2006.Jul 11, 2005