Siemens in Belgium
1849
The Berlin-Cologne telegraph line is extended as far as Verviers.
1871
S&H appoints E. Rau as its representative in Belgium; by 1880 12 railway lines in Belgium have been equipped by S&H with the block system.
1898
A Technical Bureau is opened in Brussels under the name of Siemens & Halske SA, Bureau Technique Bruxelles.
1903
The Compagnie Belge d‘Electricité Siemens-Schuckert SA is founded.
1909
The light-current department is sold and Siemens & Halske SA Belge is founded.
1920
Electrical equipment is supplied for the reverse rolling mill train of the de Wendel steelworks in Lothringen.
1923
The Centrale d’Electricité et de Constructions SA is founded to represent the whole company in Belgium and Luxembourg.
1950
Business is resumed in Belgium with the founding of the Société Nouvelle Siemens SA.
1959
The largest pump-storage power plant in Europe is built in Vianden.
1961
A factory is built in Oostkamp near Brügge for the production of long distance communications equipment and components.
1979
EMS technology with 20,000 line units is supplied to the European Community’s administrative headquarters.
1986
Electrical equipment is supplied for Belgium’s largest continuous casting plant in Ghent.
1986
ATEA (Atelier de téléphonie et d'électricité Anvers) and ADB, a provider of products and solutions for airports, are integrated into Siemens
1995
The first pilot project in Europe for telephone service via a hybrid glass-fiber TV cable network begins operation in Geel, Belgium
2003
Siemens Business Services founds a Center of Excellence for e-government in Brussels.
2006
Rail network operator Infrabel commissions Siemens to introduce the standardized European automatic train control system (ETCS)
2007
In one of the country’s biggest security projects, Siemens installs a network with over 1,500 surveillance camera at around 50 railway stations throughout Belgium to improve public transportation security
