Company Story
1847 - Founding of Siemens & Halske by Werner von Siemens
1853 - Laying of the first long-distance telegraph line in Europe
1867 - Invention of the first electric generator, the dynamo machine
1881 - Establishment of the first electric streetcar system in Germany
1897 - Founding of Siemens-Schuckertwerke GmbH
1903 - Development of the first high-voltage transmission system
1919 - Merger with Nürnberger Elektrizitäts-Aktiengesellschaft (NEA)
1923 - Establishment of the first radio broadcasting system in Germany
1932 - Development of the first electron microscope
1949 - Re-establishment of Siemens & Halske AG after World War II
1954 - Introduction of the first commercial computer, the Siemens 2002
1966 - Merger with Siemens-Reiniger-Werke AG
1972 - Introduction of the first microprocessor-controlled telephone exchange
1985 - Acquisition of Allis-Chalmers' electrical business
1990 - Acquisition of the industrial and building automation business of Westinghouse Electric Corporation
1994 - Acquisition of the industrial automation business of Texas Instruments
2001 - Acquisition of Demag Delaval's industrial turbine business
2004 - Acquisition of the industrial software business of UGS Corp.
2014 - Acquisition of the energy management business of Dresser-Rand Group Inc.
2015 - Acquisition of the industrial software business of CD-adapco