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16 Apr 2015
Siemens opens new traffic management centre
At Traffex 2015, Siemens unveils a new approach to network management utilising its new Service Operations Centre (SOC) – an operational traffic management and support service that brings together the company’s existing Field Service Contact Centre, Systems Support and its Poole-based Consultancy Services team into one location. -
16 Apr 2015
Siemens gears up for arrival of Thameslink trains
The UK will soon be home to two of the most hi-tech train centres in Europe, as completion approaches for the new Three Bridges and Hornsey depots. The two depots, constructed with an investment of over £300 million by Siemens, will house the Siemens-built Class 700 Desiro City trains, which will start operating on Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR) Thameslink and Great Northern services from spring 2016. -
14 Apr 2015
Siemens unveils new electric vehicle charging solutions
Siemens launches a brand new DC rapid electric vehicle charger and showcases further product features at both GreenFleet Scotland (10-11 April) and Traffex 2015 (21-23 April) this month, complementing the company’s proven range of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions. -
14 Apr 2015
Wireless cycle detection system launched by Siemens
Siemens will unveil a new cycle detection system at Traffex next month. WiMag Cycle Detection uses in-ground, low-power, wireless detectors and microwave radar technology to identify and count bicycles of all types, including those constructed from carbon fibre. The solution complements the company’s existing WiMag, loop and radar detection solutions. -
08 Apr 2015
Desiro City manufacture ‘on track’ with passenger service drawing close for new Thameslink trains
The manufacture of the new Siemens-built, Desiro City trains for Thameslink – known as the Class 700 - is well under way, with the first train due to arrive in the UK later this year. Over 200 (out of a total of 1,140) Class 700 body shells have now been manufactured with a total of six trains completed to date. -
02 Apr 2015
Siemens Appoints Steve Creighton Delivery Director, Central East
Siemens Rail Automation has appointed Steve Creighton to the position of Delivery Director, Central East with immediate effect. -
30 Mar 2015
Siemens plc statement on Britain and the EU
Siemens plc has today outlined our formal position on the forthcoming EU referendum in a public statement. In addition, this has been shared with our employees on our intranet, internal social network and copies are being made available for offline workers. -
17 Mar 2015
Southend-on-Sea awards new traffic management contract to Siemens
Siemens has been selected by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council (SOSBC) to provide a new hosted traffic management service operating real-time Urban Traffic Control (UTC) including SCOOT adaptive control. The new seven year contract will see the migration of the current system to a new hosted Stratos solution to control traffic signal equipment across the town at 50 junctions and pedestrian crossings. -
16 Mar 2015
£25m funding stimulates dementia and neuroscience research at University of Cambridge with Siemens MR imaging
The University of Cambridge has been awarded £25 million in funding by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to invest in a range of revolutionary technologies for experimental medicine. This enables a major investment in innovative neuroimaging technologies to identify the causes of dementia plus speed up diagnosis and treatment. This includes ultra-high power MR imaging technology such as the MAGNETOMTM 7T imaging system from Siemens Healthcare. Designed to identify small changes in the structure, function and chemistry of the brain even before dementia starts, the technology will help to ensure the university remains one of the world leaders in clinical and cognitive neuroscience research. e -
12 Mar 2015
Siemens signs partnership agreement with OptaSense
A new two-year traffic monitoring partnership between Siemens and OptaSense, a QinetiQ company, has been agreed to further explore the performance and potential commercial deployment of OptaSense Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), a fully networked traffic monitoring solution for the UK traffic industry. -
12 Mar 2015
Royal Stoke University Hospital aims to become centre of excellence with addition of Definition AS+
Royal Stoke University Hospital, part of the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, is continuing to boost care provision as patient activity increases and it strives to become a centre of excellence. After undertaking a Siemens Efficiency Project in 2012, the hospital concluded it required a new CT system in the Imaging Department to help enhance capacity, and chose the SOMATOM® Definition AS+ from Siemens Healthcare. -
12 Mar 2015
Siemens and DAI launch technology hub
Siemens UK & Ireland has launched a brand new technology hub, a demonstration facility with partner Digital Applications International (DAI) designed to offer oil and gas businesses easy access to a wide range of innovative technologies to help bolster process control and safety management.