Company Story
1847 - Founding of the company by Werner von Siemens as Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske.
1874 - Invention of the first electric dynamo by Werner von Siemens.
1896 - Founding of the medical engineering department by Werner von Siemens.
1901 - Development of the first X-ray machine by Reiniger, Gebbert & Schall (RGS).
1925 - Founding of the company Siemens-Reiniger-Werke AG (SRW).
1932 - Introduction of the first electrocardiograph (ECG) by SRW.
1949 - Founding of the company Siemens & Halske AG (S&H).
1953 - Introduction of the first nuclear medicine device by S&H.
1967 - Founding of the company Siemens AG.
1977 - Introduction of the first computed tomography (CT) scanner by Siemens.
1988 - Founding of the company Siemens Medical Systems, Inc. (SMS).
1991 - Introduction of the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner by SMS.
2005 - Founding of the company Siemens Healthcare.
2015 - Spin-off of the healthcare business from Siemens AG and founding of Siemens Healthineers AG.
2018 - IPO of Siemens Healthineers AG.