Research and development as a core task
Research at Siemens is represented directly on the Managing Board. That gives it the weight and position necessary for top-flight knowledge transfer.
Our research and development organization is led by Managing Board member Klaus Helmrich, our Chief Technology Officer (CTO), who is also responsible for our central research unit Corporate Technology (CT). This underscores the great importance of innovation management at Siemens. Our innovative strength is regularly a topic at the Managing Board’s annual strategy meeting. Three tasks are assigned to CT: to ensure the technological basis of the Company, to help shape its future with innovative solutions and to strengthen it as an integrated technology company.
Under the leadership of Klaus Helmrich we bring together the world’s best experts to help shape technical and social trends. To do that we leverage the synergies of Corporate Technology and our Divisions in the four Sectors: Industry, Energy, Infrastructure & Cities, and Healthcare.
Siemens researcher Peder Bay Enevoldsen developed a technological solution that boosts the efficiency of wind turbines while reducing noise.
While business-related research and development is conducted in the Divisions, Corporate Technology is responsible for cross-Sector innovations, supporting innovation networks, and fostering contacts with universities and other academic institutions. An important across-the-board assignment for CT is to leverage synergies between the operating units’ various technologies and fields of application and thus take Siemens forward as an integrated technology company.
- Innovation - Management approach
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- Environmental Portfolio Innovations
- Corporate Technology
- Making the most of employee knowledge
- Tapping outside knowledge