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We’ve been helping Brazil master its infrastructure
challenges for nearly 150 years. Already in 1867, we
built the country’s first long-distance communications
link – a telegraph line connecting the Imperial Palace
in Rio de Janeiro to the city of Rio Grande in the state
of Rio Grande do Sul.
In fiscal 2010, Siemens in Brazil had more than 10,000
employees and revenue of about €2 billion. According
to forecasts, revenue from our Environmental Portfolio
in Brazil is set to grow by 30% a year – that is, faster
than total revenue.
South America’s largest city, São Paulo is home to near-
ly 20 million people – or roughly 10% of Brazil’s total
population. The metropolis generates 16% of the coun-
try ’s GDP and accounts for 15% of its energy consump-
tion. Boasting 33,000 manufacturing facilities, São
Paulo is Latin America’s largest industrial center. It’s
also South America’s leading business and financial
hub due to the strong local presence of international
banks and financial service providers.
São Paulo faces major infrastructure challenges – par-
ticularly in the areas of water supply, electricity supply
and mass transit. And it’s here that we’re making key
contributions to the city’s sustainable development, as
the following examples illustrate:
In the Anhanguera district of São Paulo, we’ve built
Brazil’s largest SF6 gas- insulated high-voltage trans-
former substation for state utility Companhia de Trans-
missão de Energia Elétrica Paulista. Occupying only
a fraction of the land area required by its conventional
counterparts, the substation is playing a central role in
São Paulo’s energy supply system.
We’re also an important partner to the city in the field
of healthcare. Medical facilities throughout São Paulo
rely on our healthcare solutions. For example, we’ve
installed a MAGNETOM Espree magnetic resonance
imaging system and a SOMATOM Definition Flash
computed tomography scanner at Hospital Sírio
Libanês. Our IT solutions are enabling clinicians at
Hospital do Coração to display X-ray images on PCs
anywhere in the facility. We’ve also provided Hospital
do Coração with power supply and distribution systems
as well as building automation and security solutions.
Letters in São Paulo reach their destinations quickly
and reliably – thanks to postal automation technology
from Siemens.
Our tailored solutions have cut energy consumption at
water utility Sabesp’s Barueri water treatment plant by
about 30%.
We played a key role in the construction of the Line
4-Yellow driverless metro, which has just gone into
operation. Our contributions included drives and con-
trol technologies, an energy management system and
the line’s entire communications, air circulation and
security infrastructure. We’re also helping modernize
São Paulo’s existing metro network.
And finally, our advanced solutions for efficient traffic
control are managing traffic flows proactively on São
Paulo’s heavily traveled streets.
Siemens and São Paulo –
A strong partnership