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• Siemens Mobility wins Best Training or Development Programme at Women in Rail Awards
• Company’s comprehensive programme to develop and retain female talent recognised
• CEO Julie Owen hails “industry-leading” approach which has seen two-thirds of participants in one part of the programme promoted to more senior roles
• Siemens Mobility’s Oliver Grove was also ‘highly commended’ in the Male Rising Star of the Year category, with Milly Johnston and Sam Haysom also shortlisted for awards

• The Gauteng re-signalling project, which will help transform rail travel in the province, is the largest to have been awarded in the history of South African railways
• The project involved 7.5 million construction hours, over 550km of trenching was carried out and more than 9,900 elements were installed
• Local content exceeded 60% through local engineering, project execution and local production
• Project execution remained on target despite Covid-19 interruptions

JJA Pack, a world-leading specialist in food processing equipment, has expanded its long-term partnership with Siemens by introducing the tech business’ latest diagnostic technology to its customer offering.

• Models tested at Siemens Mobility's assembly building where future Piccadilly line trains will be built

• Siemens Mobility has opened its new rail components facility, located at the business’ rail village in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire
• The £7m investment high-tech facility will create up to 30 new jobs in the next year, further increasing Siemens Mobility’s significant UK footprint
• Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove joined by local apprentices at the official opening

Siemens has proposed a road-map for decarbonising Trafford Park, one of Europe’s largest industrial estates, to support Trafford Council’s aims for the Greater Manchester borough to achieve net zero by 2038.

• - The Wildlife Trusts begin strategic rollout of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure following audit of energy requirements.
• - Siemens donates major EV charging feasibility study to nature charity as part of broader charity partnership. Worcestershire Wildlife Trust becomes first to implement the recommendations of Siemens’ study.

• The project will enhance the University’s research capabilities to develop and use AI and robotics to inspect and maintain solar arrays.
• The array is expected to be fully operational by July and will enable the University of York’s Institute for Safe Autonomy to become energy self-sufficient.

• Siemens Mobility has secured a £41.4m contract for the Kingmoor resignalling scheme, located on the West Coast Main Line.
• Includes installation of company’s Westrace Trackside signalling system manufactured at Siemens Mobility’s factory in Chippenham, Wiltshire.
• The company will deliver the project with a minimised carbon footprint and a lower cost solution.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has saved seven million kWh of energy, the equivalent needed to provide the electricity demands of 2,400 homes for a year.

Euan Shields from the USA has won the Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition 2023.