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European industry could save some €3 billion a year in energy costs by implementing technologies that are
already available. Simply using advanced, effi cient electric motors and regulating speed drives with con-
verters would enable manufacturers on the continent to cut their energy outlays by up to 60 percent. In
most cases, the new drives pay for themselves in less than two years. The potential gains are substantial
since electric drives account for about 65 percent of the energy consumed in industry. Equipping existing
industrial drives, wherever feasible, with variable-speed energy-saving motors would reduce CO2 emis-
sions worldwide by 360 million tons. The market for replacing industrial drives is extremely attractive for
Siemens. In Germany, too, most drives used in ancillary industrial processes are still fi xed-speed.
The effi cient automation of entire production processes – including power supply and distribution – re-
quires a seamlessly integrated spectrum of products and systems. Using our Totally Integrated Automation
(TIA) and Totally Integrated Power (TIP) platforms, automation solutions can be individually tailored to
specifi c manufacturing requirements. Our software tools connect production and administrative processes
and digitally interlink the data for entire product and production lifecycles. Our unique, comprehensive
range of fully integrated offerings enables customers to optimize production workfl ows, shorten time- to-
market and cut production costs while maximizing investment security and minimizing process complex-
ity.
With the acquisition of the U.S. software provider UGS Corp. in April 2007, we created an integrated compa-
ny that combines technologies for the entire value chain – from development and production to sales and
service – under a single roof. UGS technologies will enable us to expand our activities in the fast-growing
market for product lifecycle management (PLM) software and further enhance our position as the world-
leading supplier of automation systems.
Automation and Drives (A&D)
A&D is a world-leading supplier of automation and drives technology, offering
standard products, system- and sector-specifi c solutions for the manufacturing
and process industries, and electrical installation technology.
Offering everything
from rugged, innova-
tive large drives for
ocean-going vessels
to controls for complex
processes at chemical
plants, we’re the
technology trendsetter
in the fi eld of fully
integrated drives and
controls.
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automation