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38 Products and solutions – Industry Sector
With our intelligent solutions and services, we’re creating measurable customer value. Our people
possess the outstanding expertise in processes and technologies needed to increase productivity,
quality and competitiveness. Our comprehensive solutions for the water, iron and steel, mining,
infrastructure, pulp and paper, cement and shipbuilding industries are enabling customers in
those areas to reduce their environmental footprint and conserve resources.
Water is a prime example of the success of our approach. Leveraging in-depth process expertise
and cutting-edge products for integrated water processing – covering everything from water sup-
ply, treatment and reuse to closed-cycle systems, ultrapure water production, effective wastewater
management and sludge residue treatment – we’re helping municipalities and industrial compa-
nies meet their needs over the entire water cycle.
In the steel industry, we’re supporting customers’ long-term competitiveness by decreasing their
dependence on existing sources of raw materials, cutting their costs through process optimization
and helping them reduce their environmental footprint on a sustainable basis through the devel-
opment of innovative processes and technologies. Our lifecycle support services – which encom-
pass everything from initial consulting, planning and training to the implementation of IT solu-
tions – maximize plant availability, minimize downtimes and optimize productivity. Plant
monitoring, proactive maintenance and rapid spare-parts supply round out our service offerings.
Our integrated approach has already made our Metals Technologies, Water Technologies and
Industrial Technologies Business Units world leaders in their areas. Standardized solutions based
on Siemens products, systems and processes – coupled with a growing worldwide demand for
ecofriendly, resource-saving solutions, system upgrades and support services for plants through-
out their entire lifecycles – will drive our growth and market penetration in the future.
Industry Solutions
www.siemens.com/industry-solutions
We’re a leading provider of systems for industrial plants and infrastruc-
ture systems worldwide. Leveraging innovative products and process
technologies, we not only build and commission state-of-the-art plants
and systems for end customers but also operate and maintain indus-
trial facilities over their entire lifecycles.
Jens Michael
Wegmann
CEO