Siemens in Serbia
1887 – 1904
Construction of power plants and street lighting systems in the cities of Belgrade (1887), Pozarevatz (1899), Uzice (1903), Nisch, Schabatz and Leskovatz (all 1904) and electrification of the Royal Palace in Belgrade
1898
S&H supplies switchgears and lighting for the National Theater in Belgrade
1906
Milorad Dimitrijevic becomes official representative of the Siemens companies in Belgrade
1908
Construction of a hydroelectric power plant in Ivanjica, which remained in operation until 1958
1921
ÖSSW and S&H Vienna found the Yugoslavian Siemens AG (Jugoslovensko Siemens d.d. Zagreb-Beograd, JUSAG) with headquarters in Zagreb. Opening of a Technical Office in Belgrade, which is responsible for Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia
1923
MAN and SSW supply a total of 30 tram railcars
1929
JUSAG takes over ODELGA Belgrade and establishes a department of medical engineering
1931
Commissioning of the main telephone exchange in Belgrade with 11,000 subscriber lines, several years later combination with surrounding towns to form the independently operating network group of Belgrade
1941
Dissolution of JUSAG and founding of Srpski Siemens Elektrik AG Belgrade (SSEAG) with SSW and S&H each owning 50%
June 1944
Connection with SSEAG ceases
1954
Agency contracts concluded with Generalexport
1959
Siemens enters into partnership with Elektronska Industrija with headquarters in Nis in Belgrade
1966
Order from Yugoslavian state railways for a remote control system for the substations and overhead lines of rail routes in Serbia
1971 – 1981
Establishment and expansion of the telecommunications network of the Yugoslavian postal, telegraph and telephone services
1996
Siemens founds the Regional Company Siemens d.o.o. in Belgrade for Serbia and Montenegro
Contract with PTT Traffic Enterprise for installation of an EWSD system with a million telephone connections
2002
Siemens receives several orders for revitalizing/modernizing the power distribution network in Serbia and installing control systems for the thermal power plant Nikola Tesla A
2004
Siemens d.o.o. is honored as the best foreign company by the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and presented with the “Best Partner 2004” award
2008
Completion of Block 3 of the 65-MW power plant Kolubara for the Serbian power utility EPS
