Siemens Dissolves Automation and Drives (A&D) Unit

Siemens has announced a sweeping reorganization of operations that includes the breakup of its Automation and Drives business unit. The corporate restructuring is the first major change in how Siemens is organized since 1989.

Previously, Siemens, with €72.4 billion in revenue and 475,000 employees, was organized into nine major areas: Information and Communications, Automation and Control, Power, Transportation, Medical, Lighting, Financing and Real Estate, Affiliates, and Other Activities.

The new corporate organizational structure devised by Peter Loscher, who became CEO on July 1 this year, calls for the formation of what Siemens terms three major "sectors" — Industry, Energy, and Healthcare. Effective in January, the three sectors will encompass 15 divisions.

The Industry Sector and its products and solutions address industry customers in the fields of production, transportation and building systems. The Energy Sector primarily addresses energy providers, but also industrial companies particularly in the oil and gas industry. And the Healthcare Sector aims to deliver innovative products and complete solutions as well as service and consulting in the healthcare industry.

The Industry Sector will consist of six divisions:

- Industry Automation

- Motion Control

- Building Technologies

- Industry Solutions

- Mobility

- Osram

The spectrum of offerings by Industry Automation extends from standard products to system solutions for energy and automation technologies used in manufacturing and process industries.

Meanwhile, the Motion Control Division offers its customers solutions for electronics manufacturing as well as complete systems, including standard and large drives applications across the entire drive train. These solutions, comprised of numerical control systems, converters, motors and drives, are tailored to the respective application.

The Building Technologies Division bundles Siemens’ offerings for building security, automation and operations both as service provider as well as a manufacturer of products and systems.

Industry Solutions is the systems and solutions integrator for plant business, and covers everything from planning and construction, to operation and maintenance over a plant’s entire life-cycle. The

Mobility

The Mobility division combines the competencies in operating systems for rail and road traffic with solutions for airport logistics, postal automation and rail electrification, as well as rail vehicles for mass transit, regional and long-distance transportation.

Osram’s product portfolio includes lamps and optoelectronic semiconductor light sources such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), control electronics and light management systems.