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On Monday 15 October, Siemens and seven of the UK’s leading universities (Cambridge, Manchester, Newcastle, Lincoln, Sheffield, Loughborough and Oxford) gathered at the Crystal in London, to celebrate and formally recognise their longstanding collaborations to develop future generations of graduates and foster research & innovation.

Siemens has won three awards at the UK Best Factory Awards held on Friday 28th September. Siemens Magnet Technology (SMT) based in Eynsham, Oxford, received awards for Best Engineering Plant, Supply Chain Award, Innovation Award and was also highly commended in a 4th category – Skills Development Award.

Siemens has been awarded a new order by PDM Widnes in Cheshire, for the performance upgrade of two small-scale steam turbines which power the company’s carbon-neutral biomass combustion plants.

The Crystal hosts the world’s largest exhibition on the future of cities

Siemens pioneers new vocational qualifications with its first intake of ‘Higher Apprentices’ at its Power Transmission business in Manchester.

World’s largest exhibition dedicated to the future of cities

Yorkshire’s first university technical college (UTC) will benefit from significant support and expertise from engineering specialist Siemens Metals Technologies (MT).

Highlighting continued company growth and significant success in recent years, Siemens Logistics and Airport Solutions has opened its prestigious new UK Headquarters at No. 1 World Business Centre, Heathrow Airport.

Siemens opens the doors of its Northam train depot

Siemens’ world-leading subsea connector manufacturing business Tronic is hosting a major standardisation event at its Subsea Excellence Centre in Cumbria. Representatives from oil and gas operators are attending the ‘Plugfest 2012’ event, organised by Subsea Instrumentation Interface Standardisation (SIIS), from September 10-14.

SeaGen, the first commercial-scale tidal stream energy system has achieved a new milestone of 5 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of tidal power generation since starting operation at Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. That equals the annual power consumption of 1,500 British households. The Siemens-owned system is one of the largest tidal stream power projects today.

Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister, Alex Attwood MLA, today visited, for the first time, the Siemens-owned SeaGen tidal energy turbine at Strangford Lough. Minister Attwood climbed aboard SeaGen and met members of the SeaGen project team, who explained how the technology operates and the work that has been carried out locally to develop this pioneering green energy solution.