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Next month (September) sees Siemens, widely known for engineering innovation, showcase creativity of a different type - using paintbrushes and chalks - as the company engages world famous artists 3D Joe and Max to create a ‘pavement Picasso’ masterpiece on the streets of London

Siemens has completed the supply and installation of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in 12 London Underground (LU) car parks across the capital for UK Power Network Services. The new network of 60 Siemens AC intelligent charge posts is fully integrated into Source London, the UK's largest electric vehicle membership scheme with over 1300 charge points.

In its first year, Siemens’ urban development centre, the Crystal, has evolved into a global hub for urban sustainability, a well sought-after venue for conferences and meetings – and an East London landmark. From August 30 to September 5, 2013, the Crystal will celebrate its first anniversary by hosting Sustainable Cities Week.

Siemens employees in Newcastle joined forces with other volunteers at Groundwork North East and Cumbria to support a local community project at Gateshead Central Nursery in Lobley Hill.

In celebration of the first anniversary of the opening this September, the Crystal is proud to host the Siemens Festival Nights, an outdoor opera festival taking place between 30th August and 1st September on the dockside area in front of the Crystal. Presenting brand new opera productions from the world renowned Salzburg Festival.

Siemens Healthcare has launched its new BiographTM mCT Flow – a groundbreaking PET-CT system. For the first time ever the system overcomes the limitations of conventional bed-based PET-CT with FlowMotion, an innovative new technology that moves the patient smoothly through the system’s gantry, while continuously acquiring PET data.

Siemens Healthcare has launched a new platform with the potential to change how molecular imaging is performed. The Symbia Intevo™ is the world’s first xSPECT system. It combines the high sensitivity of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with the high specificity of CT, completely integrating the data from the two modalities, to generate high resolution and, for the first time, quantitative images. The system demonstrates Siemens’ innovation and competitiveness, key components of the Healthcare Sector’s Agenda 2013 two-year initiative.

Siemens Subsea based in Ulverston, Cumbria has joined forces with 25 other businesses in the local region to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of St Mary’s Hospice. St Mary’s is asking businesses to support its ‘Club 25’ fundraising initiative for 2013 to raise £25,000 for the Hospice, By committing to raise £1,000 each, Siemens and other businesses can help reach the target. The Siemens team has in fact beaten its target!

Siemens Energy Fossil Service in Newcastle has had its approach to occupational safety and health recognised in an awards scheme run by the safety charity, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

Employees at Siemens Subsea in Ulverston, Cumbria have had an action packed 2013 taking part in some of the county’s most challenging sporting events to raise money for local and national charities. With almost 90 employees involved in events throughout the year the Subsea business has raised over £6,000 whilst also getting fit in the process.

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University Hospital of North Durham (UHND), part of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, has recently installed an Artis zeeTM Multi-purpose (MP) interventional imaging system from Siemens Healthcare. The system is located within the Radiology Department and is being used for detailed imaging in diagnostic and interventional procedures.