Success from innovation

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In the pointer telegraph, Werner von Siemens created a reliable system for transmitting messages and also laid the foundation stone for the Siemens & Halske Telegraph Construction Company and therefore for the global company Siemens.

Conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy – the Siemens dynamo is steadily putting electricity into people's daily lives.

The Irish Free State awarded Siemens the contract for electrification of the entire country. The core was the hydroelectric power plant on the river Shannon with three 30 MVA generators.

In launching the SIMATIC controllers on the market, Siemens laid the foundation for a leading position in automation technology, which lasts until today.

Breakthrough for Siemens in high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission – first used along the 1,400 km route from Mozambique to South Africa.

The MAGNETOM was the first magnetic resonance imaging scanner from Siemens to go into service in Germany.

The next stage in automation technology: Siemens introduced the Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal), which improves all operating, machine and process flows.

Siemens started field testing of the world's largest rotor at the six-megawatt offshore wind farm near Østerild in Denmark, allowing 6,000 households to be supplied with clean electricity.