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Traffic technology supplier Siemens officially opens a new regional traffic service operation in London today solely dedicated to contracts in the capital placed with Siemens by Transport for London (TfL). The brand new depot in Enfield, one of 20 facilities around the country, is a strategic move by Siemens to manage all London activities from one location including two Traffic Control Maintenance Services contracts and the new Detection and Enforcement Infrastructure (D&EI) contract for TfL.

Siemens Healthcare has launched syngo®.via Frontier, a new innovation in CT clinical imaging research. The advanced software solution provides direct access to new research prototypes, delivers the means for individual prototype development and enables users to obtain access to an international online community and share experiences with fellow researchers. This paves the way for hospitals and research facilities in the UK to evaluate a greater number of new CT techniques and contribute to international scientific discussion. It can also be used for the development and testing of MR prototypes.

Unveiled this month, Siemens new Sapphire Journey Time Measurement System (JTMS) offers a low cost, simple to deploy solution for recording and analysing journey times and network performance.

Siemens are once more supporting a pump-priming research bursary, the BIR/Siemens Research Award, to provide support to researchers in the fields of radiology, radiotherapy, oncology, radiography or medical physics.

Siemens today announced it had appointed leading UK contractor VolkerFitzpatrick to build its wind turbine blade factory in Hull.

Siemens today (July 7, 2015) stepped up its activity to support the recruitment of a 1,000-strong workforce in Hull.

Following an increase in patient referrals, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, part of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, has expanded its CT provision. To improve patient experience and streamline services the hospital sought to add a further imaging system to the CT department and upgrade the existing one. This resulted in the recent installation of a SOMATOM® Definition AS+ 128 slice CT system and the planned installation of a Definition AS 64 slice CT system from Siemens Healthcare.

Volunteer engineering ‘ambassadors’ from Siemens and Transport for London (TfL) joined forces this week to celebrate the success of London Transport Museum’s Inspire Engineering programme, which will have fired the imaginations of more than 3,000 children through creative workshops – a 35 per cent increase in reach when compared to the last the academic year. This will mean more children than ever before will have experienced a high-quality introduction into the world of engineering.

Siemens has received a further order for an offshore wind power plant located in Great Britain: Siemens is to supply, erect and commission 91 of its 6MW direct drive wind turbines with performance enhancing features enabling a capacity of up to approx. 580 MW in total. The wind turbines with a rotor diameter of 154 meters are slated for the Race Bank project of DONG Energy. Installation of the turbines is to commence during the spring of 2017.

More commonly known for royal ceremonial events such as Trooping the Colour, the iconic Horse Guards Parade was the setting for a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title on Tuesday – thanks to Siemens, Transport for London (TfL) and telent.

Siemens UK Chief Executive Juergen Maier today presented Vice Chancellor Mary Stuart with the formal acknowledgement of Lincoln University’s status as a member of Siemens’ Global Principal Partner programme.

Siemens Healthcare has launched a unique new mobile application at UKRC 2015, the leading diagnostic imaging event in the UK, designed to provide education and relieve possible fears surrounding MRI scans for both children and adults. The MRI Scan app offers a 360 degree virtual MRI scan with realistic sounds, preparing patients for what to expect prior to a scan. The app is designed to improve the patient experience and optimise procedure workflow while reducing the number of cancelled MRI appointments.