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Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 December 2005
Siemens wins Global Technology Award
This year's Global Technology Award, which is sponsored by Global SMT and Packaging Magazine for the surface mount and packaging industry, went to the Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems Division.
This year's Global Technology Award, which is sponsored by Global SMT and Packaging Magazine for the surface mount and packaging industry, went to the Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems Division The winners of the competition, which was held for the first time this year, received their awards during the Productronica trade show in Munich
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 9 Aug 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Siplace team won in the 'Software' category because of its many innovative developments in this field for electronics manufacturing.
In addition to Siemens, many other well-known companies competed for the first Global Technology Award.
Trevor Galbraith, editor-in-chief of Global SMT and Packaging Magazine, summarised: "We are not allowed to divulge the exact number of entries, but I can certainly state it significantly exceeded our expectations." Siemens has once more confirmed its innovation leadership in winning this competition with its general Siplace software concept, and its solutions in the areas of product data definition, line monitoring and control, process control, as well as material and production management.
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Viktor Woelk, head of global sales Siemens EA, was excited about the success: "We are proud that the intensive development work we put into all our products is paying off and that independent experts confirmed with this award that we are moving in the right direction." The participating companies were judged by an independent panel of Chinese, European and American experts.
The evaluation criteria included the companies' ability to meet industrial challenges and apply existing solutions creatively.
They also looked at overall quality, economic efficiency and consistent performance.
"We are delighted to have won this award in the software category," offered Vic Mason, sales manager for UK and Ireland.
"Software is a vital element in today's manufacturing environment, eliminating downtime, optimising the entire line and offering complete traceability through the process.
Our software platform is well received, globally, and this award is yet another indicator of SIPLACE's innovation and leadership in electronics manufacturing." * Global technology Award - participating companies for the Global Technology Award had to describe one of their products or services in one of a total of 20 different categories.
The focus was on innovation, cost efficiency, speed, improvement capacity and quality.
Other important factors included ease of use, maintenance and technology.
The panel also analysed the technical documentation and the service programme being offered.
* About Siemens - the Siemens Automation and Drives Group (A and D), Nuremberg, Germany, is the leading manufacturer in this field worldwide.
Products supplied by A and D include standard products for the manufacturing and process industries and for the electrical installation industry as well as system solutions, for example for machine tools, and solutions for whole industries such as the automation of entire automobile factories or chemical plants.
Supplementing this range of products and services, A and D also offers software for linking production and management (horizontal and vertical IT integration) and for optimising production processes.
A and D employs 51,800 people worldwide and in fiscal year 2004 (to September 30) earned a group profit of EUR 1,007 billion on sales of EUR 8.8 billion and orders of EUR 8.98 billion.
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