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Leading traffic technology supplier Siemens hosted the latest Women in ITS interest group meeting at its offices and manufacturing centre in Poole, Dorset this week (Tuesday 05 December 2017). Focusing on diversity in industry, the event was free-of-charge and open to all ITS (UK) members, ITS practitioners and stakeholders and included a technical visit and tour of the company’s manufacturing and engineering facilities, and new service operations centre.

Siemens has once again been crowned the manufacturer and maintainer of the most reliable trains in Britain. London Midland’s Siemens Class 350/2 (which is owned by Porterbrook and maintained at Siemens’ Kings Heath depot in Northampton) has been awarded the 2017 Modern Railways Golden Spanner (First Generation Electrical Multiple Unit), achieving an amazing reliability figure of 164,481 miles per technical incident.

At its inaugural Supplier Awards, which were held at the London Transport Museum this month, Transport for London (TfL) named Siemens its Supplier of the Year.

A new traffic enforcement system has been introduced by Trading Standards in Oxfordshire to help protect one of the oldest river crossings on the River Thames at Newbridge. Supplied and supported by leading traffic technology supplier Siemens, it’s the first time that Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras are being used to enforce a road weight restriction in the county.

Siemens Energy Management Division’s Nemo Link HVDC Interconnector Project has won a prestigious Sword of Honour from the British Safety Council.

Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have formed a partnership which aims at developing a near-term flight demonstrator which will be a significant step forward in hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft.

A group of engineers from Siemens have just started studying on a specially designed course run by the University of Salford aimed at tackling critical skills shortages.

Siemens announced today that Rob Morris has been appointed Managing Director of its Rail Automation business in the UK, with effect from 1 December 2017.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy today welcomed Her Majesty The Queen to its offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing factory at Alexandra Dock, Hull.