Siemens Building Technologies is an Operating Division of

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. It provides automation technologies and services for commercial, industrial and public buildings and infrastructures. The division is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, and employs 28,069 people worldwide (September 2018) .

History

Siemens Building Technologies resulted from the 1998 acquisition of the industrial activities of Elektrowatt Ltd. ( Zurich, Switzerland), Cerberus Ltd. (Männdedorf, Switzerland), and of Staefa Control System Ltd. ( Stäfa, Switzerland) by Siemens.Siemens Building Technologies About U

History Siemens Building Technology The newly built Siemens Building Technologies CPS Software House was opened in Chicago in October 2017, built for $20 million as an R&D facility. In 2018, the division made a number of acquisitions, including Comfy in Oakland, and the smart-building companies J2 Innovations and Enlightened. President of the Siemens Building Technologies division was Dave Hopping. The company is "a vertically-integrated company in relation to smart building design, construction and operation." The company division is still headquartered in Switzerland. The company's products are used in

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airport in New York. In early 2019, Siemens Building Technologies began working with Violet Defense.

Corporate division

Since January 2013, the three former Business Units -

Security Systems Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercive change) caused by others, by restraining the freedom of others to act. Beneficiaries (technically referents) of security may be of persons and social g ...

(SES),

Building Automation Building automation (BAS), also known as building management system (BMS) or building energy management system (BEMS), is the automatic centralized control of a building's HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), electrical, lighting, ...

(BAU) and Fire Safety and

Security Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercive change) caused by others, by restraining the freedom of others to act. Beneficiaries (technically referents) of security may be of persons and social ...

(FSS) are divided into two business areas: Control Products & Systems (CPS) and Solutions & Service Portfolio (SSP).http://www.buildingtechnologies.siemens.co

Presentation (January 2013) and https://www.siemens.com/global/en/home/company/about/businesses/building-technologies.htm
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Control Products & Systems (CPS)

CPS designs and manufactures systems for building automation as well as products for heating, ventilation, air conditioning applications, for lighting, blinds controls, fire safety and extinguishing systems.

Solutions & Service Portfolio (SSP)

The SSP unit offers integrated solutions for specialized areas of application or markets such as data centers, airports or life science. The SSP unit develops strategies, messaging and tools which support the digitalization of buildings and processes.

Controversies

Scandal about the merger with Landis and Gyr

In 2002 the Siemens Group sold seven subsidiary companies to the US financial investor KKR. Most affected by this sale was the Swiss company Siemens Metering, located in Zug. 160 out of 360 employees lost their jobs. Siemens Metering was the result of the merger between Siemens and Landis & Gyr in 1998. The documentary “Verlorene Welt – Aus dem Innenleben des einstigen Konzerns Landis & Gyr” by Claudia Schmid and Michael van Orsouw involves the subject and had its first performance at the

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2006.

Pension funds scandal

Siemens sharpened 2006 the rules of conduct for its employees as a reaction to the financial scandal about

disloyalty Loyalty, in general use, is a devotion and faithfulness to a nation, cause, philosophy, country, group, or person. Philosophers disagree on what can be an object of loyalty, as some argue that loyalty is strictly interpersonal and only another h ...

and assumed

corruption Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted in a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain. Corruption m ...

. Peter Rüegg and Siemens Manager Roland Rümmeli found themselves in the sight of the investigations. Rümmeli was accused to have redirected

kickbacks A kickback is a form of negotiated bribery in which a commission is paid to the bribe-taker in exchange for services rendered. Generally speaking, the remuneration (money, goods, or services handed over) is negotiated ahead of time. The kickback ...

to his private accounts. The

laid off A layoff or downsizing is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or, more commonly, a group of employees (collective layoff) for business reasons, such as personnel management or downsizing (reducing the ...

portfolio manager paid back the illegal drawn money (400’000.00 CHF) to Siemens.http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch Tagesanzeiger (November 11, 2006)

References

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