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20/08/2013 Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies
Siemens modernizes its production facility in FürthFürth, Germany. Reducing from two to one: Siemens Industry Automation Division has replaced two production facilities with a single new factory in Fürth. Siemens has invested 14 million euro in modernizing its facility in Fürth with a view to making its production of control cabinets and control systems for industrial applications more efficient and its operations more agreeable for its employees.
Siemens has been manufacturing high demand electronic products for industrial applications at its facility in Fürth Hardhöhe for over 50 years. These include mainly industry-specific products (Siplus), control cabinets and customized systems for automation technology. "The work processes in the old structure, spread over several buildings and several levels, were no longer in line with the requirements of a modern, world-class, flexible production
system", explained Karlheinz Kaul, CEO Siemens Business Unit Control Components and Systems Engineering He continued: "Over the past few years we and our workforce team optimized our processes across the board, but we ultimately came to the conclusion that we needed a new, modern production facility to make the most of these modernized processes."
The two original factories were demolished between January and May 2013. The rubble is to be integrated into the new factory building. This will obviate additional transportation total- ling about 2,000 HGV trips and the associated CO2 emissions. The official ground-breaking ceremony, staged by the company and local management, took place in mid-July. Production in the new facility is scheduled to commence in the first half of 2014. The new factory was designed to comply with the LEED requirements for certification as an ecologically sustainable building.
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