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A unique Richard Wagner opera experience will take place at the Siemens Festival Night in Bayreuth on August 14, 2011. To mark the 100th anniversary of the Bayreuth Festival, Siemens AG – the main sponsor – is promoting a full-day programme as a means of generating enthusiasm for the world of opera among new audiences.

Company to set up two divisions for wind power, and solar and hydro

Siemens Healthcare, based in Frimley, Camberley, has been selected as one of 18 finalists for the 2011 EFQM Excellence Award. Presented annually by the European Foundation for Quality Management, the award recognises business performance measured against Europe's most widely used management framework, the EFQM Excellence Model.

According to official figures from the Department of Health, alcoholic liver disease in the under 30s has risen by 50 per cent in the last ten years.

Siemens has announced the signing of the UK’s largest order for direct drive wind turbines, with a new contract to supply 17 direct drive turbines for Eneco Wind UK, at Lochluichart Wind Farm in the Scottish Highlands. This 51MW project is the largest investment to date in the UK for Eneco Wind UK, a subsidiary of Eneco Wind in the Netherlands.

Siemens celebrates its success in the National Joint Council Engineering and Construction Safety award

Since 1995, Siemens has built and delivered 33,500 bogies for its customers worldwide

Siemens strengthens its leading position in the world's most important offshore wind market

Siemens and Cross London Trains (XLT) (a consortium consisting of finance partners Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, lnnisfree Limited and 3i Infrastructure plc), have been selected as preferred bidder for the UK Government’s Thameslink Rolling Stock Procurement Programme (TRSP), led by the Department for Transport.

Siemens met with business leaders and Defra to discuss energy in buildings at the latest Sustainable Business round table.

Siemens has announced the creation of a newly integrated Energy Service division for the UK, which brings together the businesses responsible for servicing conventional power plants and wind farms. The new division, Siemens Energy Service UK and Ireland, based in Newcastle, will offer significant benefits to customers, by creating an integrated business to meet all their long term service and maintenance needs.

Low weight design of SWT-6.0-120 will reduce costs for future offshore wind projects