- The new headquarters will be responsible for Siemens Electrical Products business in China and East Asia
- Siemens signed a strategic collaboration agreement with the Administrative Committee of Suzhou National New & Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (SND) to further strengthen its business engagement in Suzhou
Siemens announced that its China headquarters of Siemens Electrical Products in Suzhou will be officially upgraded to China & East Asia headquarters from October 1, 2022, and responsibility will be extended to business activities in East Asia including South Korea and Japan. The upgrade of the headquarters is fully supported by the Suzhou Municipal People’s Government. Siemens also signed a collaboration agreement with SND to further strengthen its business engagement in Suzhou covering the complete value chain including business development, product management, digitalization center, R&D and manufacturing.
Wu Qingwen, Mayor of Suzhou Municipal People’s Government, Tang Xiaodong, Vice-Mayor of Suzhou Municipal People’s Government, Mao Wei, Secretary of SND Party Working Committee, Dr. Xiao Song, Global Executive Vice President of Siemens and Chairman, President and CEO of Siemens China, Andreas Matthé, Global CEO of Electrical Products, Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Lin Bin, Executive Vice President of Siemens Ltd., China and General Manager of Smart Infrastructure China, Siemens Greater China and Markus Grabmeier, Executive Vice President of Siemens Electrical Products and General Manager of Electrical Products China & East Asia attended the ceremony.
“Siemens’ Electrical Products China headquarters in Suzhou has been upgraded to China & East Asia headquarters, which means that Siemens, as a focused technology company, is supporting Suzhou to build a ‘headquarters economy’ with its localized and complete value chain and global resources. In the future, we will continue to work closely with all partners to build an open, innovative, mutually beneficial and win-win industrial ecology and support the high-quality economic and social development of Suzhou, China and East Asia.” said Dr. Xiao Song.
“East Asia is one of the most dynamic regions in global economic development. Siemens has upgraded its Electrical Products China headquarters to China & East Asia headquarters to respond quickly to the fast-changing needs of the market, and optimally serve customers in East Asia.” said Andreas Matthé.
“The favorable business environment in Suzhou and the Yangtze River Delta area with the mature supply chain ecosystem and very good pool of talents is strongly supporting our business development,” said Markus Grabmeier. “With our continuous investment and our strong focus on technological innovations, we are confident to further enhance our position in the market and support the digitization and sustainable development of the local industrial chain. ”
Siemens Electrical Products is a global supplier of low and medium voltage products for intelligent electrical power distribution and for switching, protecting, monitoring, and controlling of low voltage loads. At present, Siemens Electrical Products business in China has four factories and four research and development centers, dedicated to the development and manufacturing of smart electrical products, including digital application service, intelligent edge control software and hardware serving customers in multiple applications such as smart infrastructure, new energy, smart automation and IoT applications.