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Siemens is a German multinational technology conglomerate that operates across industry, infrastructure, transport and healthcare sectors. The company is headquartered in Munich and Berlin, with operations in more than 200 countries worldwide. Siemens is publicly listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and is one of the largest industrial manufacturing companies in Europe. Core products and services include automation and digitalisation solutions, power generation and distribution equipment, rail transport systems, medical imaging and diagnostics technology, and building technologies. The company holds a significant market position in industrial automation, process control systems and electrification equipment, serving sectors including mining, manufacturing, energy and transport. Siemens reported annual revenue exceeding €70-billion and employs more than 300 000 people globally. Principal subsidiaries and brands include Siemens Healthineers, Siemens Mobility, Siemens Energy (spun off in 2020) and Siemens Digital Industries. In Africa, Siemens has a substantial presence in South Africa, where it supplies automation, electrification and digitalisation solutions to mining, manufacturing and infrastructure projects, and maintains operations across the continent supporting power generation, rail and industrial sectors. The company was founded in 1847 by Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske as a telegraph equipment manufacturer, expanding over the following century into electrical engineering, power systems and industrial automation.

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Eskom generation head Bheki Nxumalo

South Africa set to run coal stations longer as gas projects lag

By: Bloomberg     28th May 2026 South Africa is poised to delay the retirement of about a fifth of its coal-fired electricity-generation capacity as gas projects earmarked to... 

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