Siemens in Italy
1855
S&H establishes its first business connections with Italy.
1880
S&H appoints G. Taddei in Turin as the general agent for all its products.
1899
The first Siemens company, the Società Italiana Siemens per Impianti Elettrici, is founded in Milan.
1903
The Società Italiana Siemens and the Società Anonima Italiana Schuckert & Co. are merged to form the Società Italiana di Elettricità Siemens-Schuckert (SIE), Milan.
1910
SIE builds one of the first pumped-storage hydroelectric power plants in the world in Stura di Viu.
1921
S&H and SSW establish a new sales company in Milan under the name of Siemens Società Anonima.
1942
The Italian Siemens companies merge to form Siemens Società per Azioni, Milan.
1959
Siemens Elettra S.p.A. Milan is founded (SEM).
1978
SEM supplies the electrical equipment for the world’s largest purpose-built ship for laying pipelines in the sea (Castoro VI).
1987
SEM is renamed Siemens S.p.A.
1990
The football stadiums of Milan, Verona, Bari and Florence are equipped by Siemens with new floodlight systems for the World Football Championships.
2003
Siemens Business Services installs the largest mobile emergency call system in Europe for the Italian Carabinieri.
2003
Siemens introduces the first designer cordless phone together with Italian designer Alessi
2006
Siemens wins a contract to expand or construct baggage handling systems in three major Italian airports
