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Siemens sets new standards in drive technology with Sinamics S220 drive system
16 Oct 2025
Siemens is setting new standards in industrial drive technology with the launch of its new high-performance drive system, Sinamics S220. Building on th ...
Siemens partners with Airbus to decarbonize major industrial sites in the U.S. and U.K.
13 Oct 2025
Siemens and Airbus are strengthening their long-standing partnership with a new strategic contract to work toward the decarbonization of Airbus’ majo ...
Siemens to support Airbus in decarbonizing major industrial locations
13 Oct 2025
Siemens and Airbus have joined forces to decarbonize four major industrial locations for the aerospace company in the U.S. and the UK. The framework ag ...
From frying oil to coupling relays: Siemens and Envalior collaborate on more sustainable electrical products
10 Oct 2025
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has launched a new series of coupling relays, with housing made from plastic that consists of 70 percent bio-based materia ...
Spanish hospital cuts operational costs by 35 percent with Siemens AI-based tech
09 Oct 2025
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has partnered with San Juan de Dios Hospital in Seville, Spain, to transform it into a smart and sustainable asset. With b ...
Siemens Mobility to modernize three lines of São Paulo's transport network in Latin America’s largest ATO over ETCS project
09 Oct 2025
Most extensive implementation of ATO over ETCS Level 2 technology in Latin America; largest ETCS L2 in Latin America Comprehensive sign ...
SICHARGE FLEX: Siemens unveils Next-Gen EV Charging System for the Megawatt era
03 Oct 2025
New charging system features industry-leading power density and flexible dispenser options to fit any site Power unit delivers from ...
Akdoğan Train Cargo chooses Siemens Mobility – Vectron goes Türkiye
03 Oct 2025
The Turkish logistics company Akdoğan Train Cargo has ordered five state-of-the-art Vectron MS multisystem electric locomotives from Siemens Mobility, ...
Siemens Mobility announces changes to Managing Board
25 Sep 2025
Siemens has made key personnel decisions today for its subsidiary Siemens Mobility and has extended Michael Peter’s contract. He will lead the compan ...
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
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The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
