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Siemens’ new rail depot was officially opened today (24 February) by the Scottish Government Minister for Transport and the Islands, Humza Yousaf, MSP.

Siemens has been awarded an order to supply a link between the French and British power grids. The customer is ElecLink Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Groupe Eurotunnel SE. The “ElecLink” high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) link will enhance power supply reliability in both countries and promote the integration of renewable energy sources into the power grid.

Siemens ITS, a global leader in traffic management technology, has reached another major milestone in its relationship with the world’s largest Congestion Charging system in London which has seen Siemens involvement in the design, build, operation and maintenance of the system following the contract award in 2005.

The announcement of Royal Assent for the HS2 Bill marks a key milestone for the UK rail sector.

A Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree has been unveiled by Siemens and the University of Salford to help address the engineering skills shortage affecting UK industry.

Young people with special educational needs and disabilities have begun the journey to employment with Siemens in Hull.

This month Steve Scrimshaw will return to his native North East to take up a new role as UK Country Lead for the Power and Gas and Power Services divisions at Siemens plc.

An order for 175 Sicore Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras has been placed with Siemens ITS by 7iD, an Austrian system integration company based in Graz. This follows more than seven months of trials including a technical proof of concept against a number of competitors in the market where Siemens’ ANPR performance in both detection and read rate tested successfully.

Business leaders from the UK’s most prominent firms are to begin work on a roadmap for digitalising British industry, hoping to find ways new technologies can increase national productivity and improve the skills of employees across the country.

Siemens welcomes the Department for Transport’s announcement of the start of the procurement process for the rolling stock for HS2.

Siemens has announced two senior members of its HS2 rolling stock bid team, Jo Hensher as Bid Director and Kevin Clark as Head of Maintenance. Together they will be responsible for leading the business’ team for the HS2 rolling stock contract.

The first turbine components have been dispatched by sea from Siemens’ new offshore wind power facilities in Hull.