At a City Hall meeting today with Houston Mayor Annise Parker, Siemens
Managing Board member Lisa Davis announced the opening of Siemens’ new
Oil & Gas Headquarters in Houston – serving the global Oil & Gas sector
from the “Energy Capital of the World”. Davis, who leads Siemens’ oil
and gas and power generation businesses, will be based in the West
Memorial Drive office in Houston’s Energy corridor as will Siemens’ Oil
& Gas and Marine Business Unit.
“Our Houston location is critical for Siemens’ long-term growth as it
brings us closer to upstream, midstream and downstream customers,” said
Davis. “Siemens’ expertise in automation, electrical systems, data
analytics, and service combined with our existing portfolio, including
Rolls-Royce industrial aero-derivative gas turbines, and our agreement
to acquire Houston-based Dresser-Rand, fortifies our position as the
most complete, end-to-end rotating equipment and process automation
provider in the market today.”
“Siemens is a great corporate partner and we welcome this addition to
the energy corridor,” said Mayor Parker. “It represents strengthening of
the company’s already very broad involvement in the Houston region. We
feel the Siemens impact in everything from the well-paying jobs that
keep our economy strong to the sustainable technologies that are helping
to improve the environment and quality of life.”
Davis continued: “Nearly 2,000 Siemens employees work in the Houston
area, including more than 300 veterans, and we are pleased to be an
active corporate citizen and technology provider to the city and the
greater Houston community.”
Siemens’ technologies can be found in projects across the city. Siemens
provided Houston’s first light rail system, supplied building control
systems at NRG Park and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center, replaced over 10,000 traffic and pedestrian signals with LED
technology, and led Houston’s Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit
program involving 5.5 million square feet of facilities as well as
upgrades to the city’s parks and sports fields.
About Siemens in Houston
Siemens’ footprint in Houston currently includes a broad range of oil
and gas solutions, field service products, maintenance services for
fossil-based energy and wind power, energy management, and building
technologies business units.
Active in the life of the community, Siemens has partnered with the city
and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability to support Houston’s
Green Office Challenge, providing training and resources to help office
building owners, property managers, management districts and tenants
reduce energy consumption, waste generation and water use. And to help
students prepare for the jobs of the 21st century, Siemens has made
in-kind grants of hundreds of millions of dollars in product lifecycle
management (PLM) software to area universities, including Baylor College
of Medicine, Texas Southern University and University of Houston, among
others throughout Texas.
About Siemens
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse
that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality,
reliability and internationality for more than 165 years. The company is
active in more than 200 countries, focusing on the areas of
electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world's
largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies,
Siemens is No. 1 in offshore wind turbine construction, a leading
supplier of combined cycle turbines for power generation, a major
provider of power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure
solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for
industry. The company is also a leading provider of medical imaging
equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging
systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT.
In fiscal 2014, which ended on September 30, 2014, Siemens generated
revenue from continuing operations of €71.9 billion and net income of
€5.5 billion. At the end of September 2014, the company had around
357,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the
Internet at http://www.siemens.com.
About Siemens Oil & Gas and Marine
The newly formed Siemens Oil & Gas and Marine business unit supports its
customers through electrification, automation and water treatment
solutions. In October 2014, Siemens – a longtime solutions provider to
both industries – rolled its oil and gas and marine businesses into one
entity, enabling the company to better serve customers from both markets
with crossover technologies. Siemens Oil & Gas and Marine is part of the
company’s Process Industries & Drives Division.
This press release and a press picture / press pictures / further
material are available at http://inr.synapticdigital.com/Siemens/Houston/.
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