Siemens in South Africa
1860
Siemens, Halske & Co., London, supplies telegraph equipment for the line from Capetown to Simonstown.
1873
John Abraham & Co., Capetown, becomes the agent of Siemens Brothers in South Africa.
1880
G.A.Boettger, Capetown becomes the sole agent for Siemens Brothers.
1888
An S&H telephone is installed for the president of the South African Republic, Paul Krüger, in Pretoria.
1892
S&H receives an order for the first public power station in Capetown.
1895
Siemens & Halske South African Agency Johannesburg is founded; a major order is received from Rand Central Electric Works Ltd., Johannesburg, for a power plant to supply the gold mines.
1898
The company is renamed Siemens Ltd. Johannesburg.
1910
The company moves into its own office building in Johannesburg.
1920
SSW appoints C.Kleudgen, Johannesburg as its agent.
1923
Siemens (S.A.) Ltd., Johannesburg, is founded with numerous sub-agencies.
1931
A Berlin Committee of Siemens (S.A.) Ltd. is set up.
1952
A new company, Protos Engineering (Pty.) Ltd., Johannesburg, is founded; two years later the old name Siemens S.A. (Pty.) Ltd. is reintroduced.
1957
Siemens and the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphy sign a ten-year-delivery contract.
1961
A telecommunication factory is established in Koedoespoort, Pretoria.
1965
The company moves into the new Siemens building in Johannesburg.
1973
Capetown is supplied with the first computer-controlled traffic system.
1982
An order is received to equip Kendal, the largest coal-fired power plant in the world.
1993
An order for large rectifier stations is received from the aluminum factory ALUSAF.
1999
The first Government telemedicine contract is awarded to Siemens.
2000
Siemens receives a large order for the installation of a railway interlocking signalling system on the Kimberley-De Aar line.
2001
Siemens is awarded a turnkey contract for the Cell C mobile network infrastructure.
2002
Siemens (SBS) signs an IT outsourcing contract with the Department of Labour.
2003
An order is received for first bi-plane flat panel cardiac catheterisation laboratories in Africa for the Red Cross Childrens Hospital.
2004
The company is awarded a contract by Eskom to modernize the instrumentation and control system for the Majuba power plant in Amersfoort. Cooperation with the plant operator is maintained via remote services
2006
Siemens heads the Impilo consortium, which the Ministry of Health of KwaZulu Province commissioned to equip, administer and operate the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in Durban
