ประวัติและมรดกของ Siemens

Company founding and initial expansion

From the very outset, Siemens’ success has been based on its pioneering spirit, ingenuity and global engagement.

High-voltage engineering and major international projects

The invention of the dynamo machine and the completion of large-scale, technologically demanding projects earned Siemens & Halske international acclaim.

Growth through consolidations and partnerships

The joint stock company expanded and established Siemensstadt – a new, rapidly growing industrial campus at the gates of Berlin.

Streamlining the company and returning to the world market

In the aftermath of World War I, the company had to readjust to the peacetime economy and reestablish itself on the global market.

National Socialism and the war economy

In Nazi Germany, rearmament and the wartime economy dominated Siemens’ business activities, too. The company’s activities during this period also included the use of forced labor.

Rebuilding and rise to a global corporation

World War II lost Siemens four-fifths of its assets, in Germany and internationally. Yet by the mid-1950s, the company was able to rebuild and return to the international market.

New markets and business lines

Siemens refocused its corporate structure in 1969, to take due account of its markets' increasing globalization and the challenges of technological progress.

New paths in a time of crisis

The company was confronted with challenges unlike any before including the first comprehensive reform of the corporate organization, the launch of the Ten-Point Program, and the compliance crisis.

Defining digitalization

Siemens turned its sights systematically to growth fields – a new corporate orientation and structure, carefully selected acquisitions and new innovation methods were to make the company fit for the future.