17 Sep 2012

Siemens hosts major standardisation event at its Subsea Excellence Centre

Siemens’ world-leading subsea connector manufacturing business Tronic is hosting a major standardisation event at its Subsea Excellence Centre in Cumbria. Representatives from oil and gas operators are attending the ‘Plugfest 2012’ event, organised by Subsea Instrumentation Interface Standardisation (SIIS), from September 10-14.

Cumbria, 2012-Sep-17

SIIS is a Joint Industry Project whose goal is to achieve improvements in subsea reliability through standardisation. It is a membership-based organisation open to all oil companies, subsea control system suppliers and subsea instrument vendors. SIIS is committed to working towards an open standard for the benefit of industry as a whole, and the ‘Plugfest’ event is held to demonstrate communications compliance.

Mark Jones, managing director of Tronic said: “We are delighted to host the ‘PlugFest 2012’ event and are proud to welcome so many major industry players to our UK Subsea Excellence Centre. In 2010 we welcomed 13 participants over five days, resulting in many improvements in global subsea infrastructure. With the continued support of operators and suppliers we are looking forward to hosting this year’s event.“

Siemens’ Subsea Excellence Centre is home to the company’s Tronic products, which are market-leading subsea power and data connection systems used to enable the extraction of valuable reserves throughout the global subsea oil and gas industry. The Tronic product name is recognised as leading in the design, manufacture and installation of reliable subsea mateable electrical and optical connection systems, with this technology providing the industry’s most reliable way of communicating in deepwater developments.
Further details about the event are available at www.siis-jip.com .

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Notes to editors:

About Siemens in the UK
Siemens was established in the United Kingdom 169 years ago and now employs 12,972 people in the UK. Last year’s revenues were £4.4 billion*. As a leading global engineering and technology services company, Siemens provides innovative solutions to help tackle the world’s major challenges, across the key sectors of energy, industry, infrastructure & cities and healthcare. Siemens has offices and factories throughout the UK, with its headquarters in Frimley, Surrey. The company’s global headquarters is in Munich, Germany. For more information, visit www.siemens.co.uk

* Data includes intercompany revenue. Data may not be comparable with revenue reported in annual or interim reports.

For more information, contact:
Rachel Odams
PR Manager
Siemens plc
Tel. +44 (0)1604696614
Mob: +44 (0)7808 824209
Rachel.odams@siemens.com
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About Siemens

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare.

From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose adding real value for customers.

By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people.

Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally leading medical technology provider shaping the future of healthcare.

In fiscal 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €77.8 billion and net income of €8.5 billion.

As of September 30, 2023, the company had around 320,000 employees worldwide.

Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.