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Stephen Haigh has been appointed as the new Head for Glass for Siemens UK. Stephen has been with Siemens for over 13 years and will be responsible for the development and implementation of the business strategy within the glass sector.

Jason Peel has been appointed as the new general manager of Siemens UK‘s Motion Control business succeeding Andy Hodgson who moves on to take a senior digital strategy role in Siemens Digital Factory UK.

Following 2017’s publication of the Government-backed ‘Made Smarter’ review, Mike Houghton, Managing Director – Process Industries and Drives, Siemens UK & Ireland, outlines some exciting digital technology solutions designed to support process industries as they embark on their digitalisation journey. Mike is also advising the All Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment on topics relating engineering in the process sector.

With the recently announced Government-backed Made Smarter calling for the widespread adoption of industrial digitalisation to boost the UK’s manufacturing sector, MindSphere - Siemens open cloud IoT operating platform - has been specified on a digital technology project designed to further optimise production and processing performance for Hosokawa Micron Ltd (HML), one of the UK’s leading contract processing companies.

Siemens is extending its Sinamics frequency converter portfolio for standard applications Sinamics V20 to include a new frame size, the FSAC in the voltage range 1AC (Alternating Current) 200 V to 240 V 1.1 kW to 1.5 kW. FSAC is replacing the previous FSB frame (1AC 200V). 40% more compact than its predecessor, the new frame size offers even more flexible and exceptionally space-saving application possibilities.

Siemens is to make a £27 million investment in a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for Worcester-based Materials Solutions Ltd; its additive manufacturing, or 3D printing specialist.

Siemens is extending its Sinamics frequency converter portfolio for standard applications Sinamics V20 to include a new frame size, the FSAC in the voltage range 1AC (Alternating Current) 200 V to 240 V 1.1 kW to 1.5 kW. FSAC is replacing the previous FSB frame (1AC 200V). 40% more compact than its predecessor, the new frame size offers even more flexible and exceptionally space-saving application possibilities.

Siemens is to make a £27 million investment in a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for Worcester-based Materials Solutions Ltd; its additive manufacturing, or 3D printing specialist.

Final Siemens Class 700 manufactured – 100th Class 700 due to be accepted

Phil Banks has been appointed as the Head of Strategy, Integrated Drive Systems (IDS), Siemens UK & Ireland.

A major project to develop software for the implementation of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will be delivered by Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology. The work will be carried out over the next 12 months to enable the software to be deployed for service preparation activities leading up to the  scheme going live on a 24/7/365 basis from April 2019.

Final Siemens Class 700 manufactured – 100th Class 700 due to be accepted