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Siemens has finalised the sales transaction of its hearing aid business to the investment company EQT and Germany’s Strüngmann family as co-investor. Siemens will remain invested in the new company and participate in future business development. The transaction, which was announced this past November has been completed on January 15, 2015 after obtaining regulatory approvals. The new group name is Sivantos, and worldwide affiliates of the former Siemens Audiology Solutions will be renamed accordingly.

A hospital in North Staffordshire has been able to adapt to different patient situations and offer advanced imaging techniques following its investment in interventional radiology innovation. Royal Stoke University Hospital, part of University Hospital of the North Midlands NHS Trust, has installed both a new Artis Q zeego as well as an Artis zee multi-purpose system from Siemens Healthcare. The new technology is being used by the hospital to assist with a wide range of radiological procedures and improve patient outcomes.

Over the recent Christmas and New Year period, project teams from Siemens Rail Automation successfully commissioned a series of major main line programmes.

At 07:16 on Monday 15 December, Siemens Rail Automation successfully completed Phase Two of the Great Northern Great Eastern (GNGE) programme, with the Auckley and Beech level crossings being signed into use. This work represented the final delivery stage of the GNGE project for Siemens and the conclusion of the two year programme to re-signal 86 miles of track between Doncaster and Peterborough.

Milestone for world-class offshore wind manufacturing and assembly facility

As an innovative technology business our focus is on promoting both SMT as a great place to work through our responsibility as a citizen of the society and through our world class talent inspiring the next generation towards Science Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). Through Greenpower and Science demonstrations as part of our Generation21 initiative we reach out to the next generation. We choose a charity every two years through a voting process which provides a focus for our activity and interest across all employees.

Siemens Magnet Technology (SMT) has successfully achieved the 5-star recognition level in the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Recognised for Excellence programme delivered by the British Quality Foundation (BQF). The 5-star level is the highest achievement in this programme which carries out a peer-assessment and it recognises an organisation that:

Siemens has been selected by Transport for London (TfL) to upgrade and operate the Detection and Enforcement Infrastructure (D&EI) contract for the next 5 years including the supply of equipment, systems and services for monitoring the capital’s traffic as part of TfL’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ) and Congestion Charging schemes.

Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has officially unveiled a SOMATOM® Force in its Radiology Department to bolster its cardiac imaging services. The new technology was launched by Cambridge MP Dr Julian Huppert at the official opening of the system. The CT imaging system will benefit patients by using the lowest achievable dose and provide patients who suffer with shortness of breath with rapid scanning. With approximately half of all the hospital’s CT imaging consisting of cardiac procedures, it is anticipated the system will increase cardiac throughput.

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has become the first in the UK to install the new Symbia Intevo™ xSPECT technology from Siemens Healthcare. The Trust has installed two of the systems, a Symbia Intevo Excel and Symbia Intevo T16 as part of a major upgrade within its nuclear imaging diagnostic facility. The Intevo technology is joined by a Symbia® S multi-purpose SPECT system with the three new installations helping to meet present and future workload requirements within the Trust. le

Siemens today (December 17) began recruiting for jobs based in Hull, just under two years before its wind turbine manufacturing and assembly operations in the city are due to become operational.

Two electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging networks consisting of almost forty QC45 multi-standard EV chargers will be supplied and installed in South Tyneside and Dorset early in 2015 and connected to Charge-Your-Car Back Office as part of two complete EV packages with three years maintenance support provided by Siemens.