• Siemens’ most advanced factory for distribution transformer to be built in Guangzhou
• Cooperation expanded with local partners to enable digital transformation in Greater Bay Area
• Siemens Greater Bay Area Forum held in Guangzhou to “Connect, Create and Collaborate”
Siemens announced to build its most advanced factory for production of distribution transformers in Guangzhou on Siemens Greater Bay Area Forum today. The new factory, planned to be put into operation in 2021, will apply “Industrie 4.0” standard and become a Siemens model factory in the global industry. Siemens also expanded cooperation with local industrial enterprises, research and industrial organizations in multiple areas in support of the development of GBA.
Siemens Greater Bay Area Forum in Guangzhou
Themed with “Connect, Create and Collaborate”, the Siemens Greater Bay Area Forum gathered policy makers, think-tank scholars, technology experts and entrepreneurs to jointly explore cooperation opportunities to boost development of GBA through innovation and technology. The Forum is one among the first of such kind organized by a multinational company.
Lothar Herrmann, CEO Siemens Greater China delivered welcome speech at the Forum
“For GBA to elevate to a vibrant world-class bay area and a global innovation and technology hub, partnership, digitalization and talents define the way forward,” said Lothar Herrmann, President and CEO Siemens Greater China. “Siemens is a long-standing technology partner that has created proven values for the people and society of GBA. We will continue to focus our technological support to this area on five priorities - enabling clean energy, developing digital manufacturing, building smart city cluster, driving innovations and nurturing talents.”
Herrmann said at the Forum that “Siemens is a long-standing technology partner that has created proven values for the people and society of GBA. We will continue to focus our technological support to this area on five priorities - enabling clean energy, developing digital manufacturing, building smart city cluster, driving innovations and nurturing talents.
At the moment, in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, Siemens is installing its most efficient H-class gas turbines. One such unit can meet the demand of over 1 million households and save carbon emissions comparable to those of 380,000 cars, substantially contributing to the vision of GBA to build a green, intelligent, energy-saving way of production and lifestyle. At MINO in Guangzhou, Siemens Digital Enterprise solutions, based on Digital Twin technology, helped the automotive equipment manufacturer successfully transform from a line builder to an intelligent solution provider, setting a best reference for industrial enterprises in the region to enhance competitiveness through digitalization. In Hong Kong, Siemens’ first Smart City Digital Hub is enabling researchers to develop solutions based on data analytics which aim to help build an interconnected smart city cluster in the “Industrie 4.0” era.
For GBA to grow to be a global innovation and technology hub, Siemens calls for an open innovation ecosystem where governments, businesses and academia work together to massively apply digital technologies such as digital power plant, industrial IoT, smart campus and connected mobility, which are future-oriented yet already made available by Siemens. In another effort of preparing the region with a digital talent pool, Siemens has cooperated with around 20 universities and vocational colleges in Guangdong. Among all, one recent cooperation in Guangzhou and Zhuhai aims to build Sino-German Siemens Technology International College to explore the model for dual-system vocational education in GBA.
Lothar Herrmann, CEO Siemens Greater China delivered welcome speech at the Forum
Siemens set up its first sales office in Hong Kong in 1910, and since then has built up strong footprint in GBA and formed strategic cooperation with Guangdong and five cities in the region.
Guests showed great interests for onsite exhibition and communications