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Siemens in Brazil

1872

Siemens Brothers supplies the first marine telegraph cable linking Rio de Janiero and Montevideo (commissioned in 1875).

1888

Rudolf Diehl is appointed Siemens’ representative in Rio de Janeiro.

1895

S&H establishes a subsidiary. Brazil’s first manually operated telephone exchange is constructed in Rio de Janeiro.

1904

The sales company Companhia Brasileira de Electricdade Siemens-Schuckert S.A is founded in Rio de Janeiro.

1905

Siemens do Brasil is established.

1921

S&H supplies South America’s first automatic telephone exchange, which goes into operation in Porto Alegre.

1939

Siemens constructs a transformer plant in São Paulo.

1952

The company is renamed Siemens do Brasil Companhia de Electricidade S.A.

1952

Siemens opens its own generator plant in Lapa near São Paulo.

1960

A telephone exchange is constructed for Salvador.

1961

Siemens relocates its headquarters from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo.

1974

The cornerstone is laid for a telecommunications equipment plant in Curitiba, in the state of Paraná.

1978

Siemens receives a contract for nine 700-MW generators for the world’s largest hydroelectric power station in Itaipú. The first generator is installed in 1983.

1997

Siemens delivers Brazil’s first three-phase multiple unit trains for the state railway in São Paulo.

2002

A research and development center for mobile phone technology is constructed in Manaus.

2006

Siemens equips the newly inaugurated offshore platform operated by Petrobras with power supply, telecommunications and automation systems