Automation and Drives (A&D)
A&D is a world-leading supplier of automation and drives technology, offering standard products, system- and sector-specific solutions for the manufacturing and process industries, and electrical installation technology.
European industry could save some €3 billion a year in energy costs by implementing technologies that are already available. Simply using advanced, efficient electric motors and regulating speed drives with converters would manufacturers on the continent to cut their energy outlays by up to 60 percent. In most cases, the new drives pay for themselves in less than two years. The potential gains are substantial, since electric drives account for about 65 percent of the energy consumed in industry. Equipping existing industrial drives, wherever feasible, with variable-speed energy-saving motors would reduce CO2 emissions worldwide by 360 million tons. The market for replacing industrial drives is extremely attractive for Siemens. In Germany, too, most drives used in ancillary industrial processes are still fixed-speed.
Offering everything from rugged, innovative large drives for ocean-going vessels to controls for complex processes at chemical plants, we are the technology trendsetter in the field of fully integrated drives and controls.
The efficient automation of entire production processes – including power supply and distribution – requires a seamlessly integrated spectrum of products and systems. Using our Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) and Totally Integrated Power (TIP) platforms, automation solutions can be individually tailored to specific manufacturing requirements. Our software tools connect production and administrative processes and digitally interlink the data for entire product and production lifecycles. Our unique, comprehensive range of fully integrated offerings enables customers to optimize production workflows, shorten time-to-market and cut production costs while maximizing investment security and minimizing process complexity.
With the acquisition of the U.S. software provider UGS Corp. in April 2007, we created an integrated company that combines technologies for the entire value chain – from development and production to sales and service – under a single roof. UGS technologies will enable us to expand our activities in the fast-growing market for product lifecycle management (PLM) software and further enhance our position as the world-leading supplier of automation systems.