Siemens sales in Switzerland increase significantly
Siemens can report a very good result in Switzerland in the first half of the 2023 financial year. Sales after the first six months (1 October 2022 - 31 March 2023) are CHF 1.406 billion, significantly higher than the previous year's figure (CHF 1.079 billion). The large growth is primarily due to the merger of the medical technology company Varian with Siemens Healthineers. Calculated on a comparable basis, sales rose by 2.1 %. As one of the largest technology employers in the country, Siemens employs around 5900 people in Switzerland as of the end of March 2023. Next autumn, the company will celebrate the opening of its new campus in Zug, for which a total of around CHF 250 million has been invested.
The comprehensive digital product and solution portfolio is the main driver for Siemens’ positive business development in Switzerland. “With our technology, we connect the digital world with the real world,” says Matthias Rebellius, who is responsible for Switzerland on the global Siemens Managing Board. “The new digital business platform Xcelerator enables our customers to massively accelerate their digital transformation. Digital solutions are also the key to an efficient energy supply or to making building and industrial infrastructure more sustainable,” explains Rebellius.
Gerd Scheller, Country CEO of Siemens Switzerland, is satisfied with the course of business and looks to the future: “With the development of modern digital solutions, many job profiles are changing. Here we are focusing on the training and development of our employees and also investing in the next generation.” In the current fiscal year, Siemens has greatly expanded the so-called “Kids Coding Days”. By the end of the year, around 400 children in Switzerland will have completed such an introduction to the world of programming. “The feedback from pupils and parents on the events already held is very positive,” says Gerd Scheller. Another example is the Siemens Excellence Award, in which the best diploma theses from Swiss universities of applied sciences are awarded an attractive prize.” More than 3,500 people took part in the first-ever public voting. As part of its Generation21 education programme, Siemens is also involved in numerous other support projects in Switzerland, especially to promote women in technical professions.
Siemens is present in all parts of the country and at over 20 locations and has a strong market position in building technology and energy distribution (Smart Infrastructure) in industry (Digital Industries) as well as in the software business for industrial customers (Siemens Digital Industries Software). Siemens also has a leading market position in Switzerland in railway technology (Siemens Mobility). The independent companies Siemens Energy and Siemens Healthineers are present in Switzerland as leading providers of power generation and medical technology respectively.
The global activities of Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI) are managed from the headquarters in Zug. Matthias Rebellius is CEO of this global business with over 72,000 employees. The SI headquarters, which employs around 1700 people, will be completed next autumn. In recent years, the company has invested a total of CHF 250 million in the new Siemens campus, which will be operated in a climate-neutral manner.