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Siemens and the London Development Agency have unveiled plans for a £30m development at the Royal Docks in Newham by early 2012, including a technology exhibition centre and base for 230 Siemens staff. 03-Jun-2010 Siemens is to shed 96 jobs at the Trench UK factory on South Tyneside, in order to transfer high voltage bushings production to China, France and Germany in 2011. 24-May-2010 Siemens is to invest £80m in the development of an offshore wind turbine production facility, with the creation of about 700 jobs, and sites are being considered in the North East and East coast. 30-Mar-2010 Siemens is to relocate the headquarters of its Siemens VAI metals technology operation from Christchurch to Sheffield, with the creation of about 80 jobs. 22-Feb-2010 Siemens Flow Instruments is to close its factory in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, by the end of the year, with the loss of 116 jobs, in order to transfer production to France and China. 16-Feb-2010 Siemens is to shed 155 jobs at its gas turbine plant in Lincoln, in order to consolidate its packaging work in Sweden and the Netherlands. 21-Jan-2010 Siemens Energy is to set up a wind turbine generator research centre at the University of Sheffield's Kroto Innovation Centre, with the creation of about 20 jobs. 21-Dec-2009 Siemens Flow Instruments is considering plans to close its measuring equipment factory at Stonehouse in Gloucestershire, with the loss of up to 120 jobs. 09-Nov-2009 Siemens is considering potential locations on Tyneside for the development of a new factory to produce offshore wind turbines, which could secure thousands of local jobs. 30-Sep-2009 Siemens is seeking voluntary redundancies to shed 73 jobs at its media department in Maidenhead and London. 19-Aug-2009 Siemens is planning to set up a new £30m engineering school at the University of Lincoln, which would eventually house up to 500 students. 29-Jun-2009 Siemens is planning to shed up to 80 jobs at its transmission and distribution operation at Hebburn on South Tyneside. 17-Jun-2009 Siemens is planning to expand its turbine production capacity in the UK, in order to prepare for an expected increase in offshore wind farm projects. 15-Jun-2009 Siemens is considering plans to relocate all 1,550 staff from its site in Lincoln city centre to the planned £40m Teal Park in North Hykeham. 18-May-2009 Siemens is to shed 49 temporary jobs from the 400-strong workforce at its machinery components factory in Congleton. 20-Jan-2009 Siemens is to shed 48 of the 1,700 jobs at its Lincoln-based turbine manufacturing operations. 15-Sep-2008 Siemens is to shed about 500 jobs at the National Savings Bank office in Cowglen, Glasgow, following the loss of a bank account maintenance contract for Barclays customers. 06-Aug-2008 Siemens has sold Napier Turbochargers of Lincoln to Primary Capital for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 160 jobs. 06-Jun-2008 Siemens is in negotiations to set up a new 183,000 sq ft headquarters at Frimley Square business park in Surrey, with the relocation of up to 1,400 jobs from Bracknell. 11-Sep-2006 Siemens is looking to base about 500 of the 1,800 staff working on its National Savings administration contract in India. 27-Feb-2006 Electrium, the Cannock-based manufacturer of electrical installation systems with 700 staff, is to be acquired by Siemens of Germany for undisclosed terms. 06-Dec-2005 Siemens is to create 70 new jobs at its customer service centre in Durham, to add to the existing 600 working on contracts for National Savings, the BBC and the Vehicle Operator Services Agency. 23-May-2005 The BBC has sold its technology division to Siemens in a £150m outsourcing deal that will involve the transfer of more than 1,400 staff. 04-Oct-2004 Siemens has announced plans to set up a train maintenance depot in Northampton, with the creation of 100 jobs, in order to maintain Desiro trains for Angel Trains and National Express. 25-Aug-2004 Siemens is to shed up to 90 jobs at its engineering plants in Lincoln, following a fall in new orders. 24-Oct-2003 Alstom is to sell its industrial turbines business to Siemens of Germany for £760m. 29-Apr-2003 Siemens has sold its electronics manufacturing facility in Nottingham to a management buy-out operating under the name of SMS Electronics for undisclosed terms, and all 200 staff will be retained. 15-Nov-2002 Siemens Power Generation is to shed 400 jobs at its steam turbines factory in Newcastle-upon-Tyne over the next two years, due to a fall in worldwide demand for power plants. 29-Aug-2002 Siemens has paid £14m for a 5% stake in the Symbian wireless software business. 24-Apr-2002 Siemens is looking to sell its UK-based network systems business for about £160m. 22-Apr-2002 Siemens is planning to close its gas and electricity meters factory in Oldham with the loss of up to 200 jobs. 15-Oct-2001 Generics has announced a deal to help Siemens commercialise the research carried out in its laboratories, and a team of about 35 Generics consultants will provide advice in areas such as electronics, telecoms and new materials. 23-May-2001 Siemens has confirmed the sale of its former North Tyneside semiconductor plant to Atmel of the US, and up to 1,500 jobs will be created over the next three years. 19-Sep-2000 Siemens is in negotiations to sell its disused microchip plant on North Tyneside to Atmel of the US, which could lead to the creation of 1,500 jobs. 08-Sep-2000 Siemens is planning a £230m project to provide internet links between 19,000 garages and the Vehicle Inspectorate in order to combat MoT fraud, and the company will also use the system to develop an online marketplace for the motor trade. 25-Aug-2000 Siemens Business Services has been selected as preferred bidder for a £100m scheme to computerise the MOT testing system for ensuring the roadworthiness of vehicles. 02-Nov-1999 Siemens is to expand its accountancy services centre at the National Savings site in Durham with the creation of 100 jobs, and a further 300 jobs will come from a deal with Tier Technologies to develop customer care and telephony services. 02-Sep-1999 Siemens has opened a new semiconductor design centre in Bristol, and expects to employ 100 people by the end of next year. 27-Aug-1999 Siemens Automotive Systems has opened a new £1m European R&D centre in Telford. 20-Apr-1999 Siemens is to cut 280 jobs at its steam turbine plant on Tyneside as part of a reorganisation of its power generation business. 19-Mar-1999 Siemens Power Generation is cutting a further 80 jobs at its turbine factory in Heaton, Newcastle. 03-Mar-1999 Siemens has rejected a management buyout bid for its North Tyneside semiconductor plant, without disclosing details. 05-Feb-1999 Siemens has won a £120m contract to build the 385MW second phase of the Seabank power station near Bristol, on behalf of a joint venture between BG and Scottish & Southern Energy. 23-Jan-1999 Siemens Business Services has won a £1bn contract from the government to run back-office operations and deal with customers of the National Savings bank, which will result in 3,800 civil servants being transferred to the private sector. 18-Dec-1998 Interoute is planning to spend £10m on the construction of a video and voice communications network, in conjunction with Siemens and Cisco Systems. 03-Dec-1998 Premier Farnell is setting up a worldwide distribution deal with Siemens in which it will offer the German company's electronic components through its catalogue and internet-based systems. 05-Nov-1998 Siemens is offering to transfer more than 100 technical and administration staff from its closed Tyneside plant to other company sites overseas. 30-Sep-1998 Siemens Metering is acquiring Central Quantum Office, the North Tyneside-based manager of transactions for gas suppliers, from British Gas Trading for £14m. 21-Sep-1998 Siemens is to close its £1.2bn semiconductor plant in North Tyneside with the loss of 1,100 jobs, although the government is to work with the company to try to find a buyer or joint venture partner to save the factory. 01-Aug-1998 Siemens is said to be considering the cancellation of the second phase of its £1bn microchip investment on Tyneside, due to the Asian financial crisis. 23-Jul-1998 GEC is to buy Siemens' 40% stake in their GPT telecoms joint venture, in a £700m deal that will also see GEC transfer its 50% stake in their video-conference joint venture to Siemens. 25-Jun-1998 British Gas and Siemens may take legal action against the Eletropaulo electricity company in Brazil if they are not reinstated as the winning bidders to build and operate a power plant in Sao Paulo. 11-Apr-1998 Hochtief, the German construction concern, is interested in reviving the Green Arrow consortium with Costain and Siemens in order to re-bid for the construction of the Channel tunnel rail link, following problems with the London & Continental Railways project. 04-Mar-1998 Scottish Hydro-Electric has awarded a £180m contract to Siemens Power Generation for the refitting of its Peterhead power station, which is being converted from sour gas to natural gas. 23-Feb-1998 GEC has arranged a £4bn credit line to prepare for an aggressive acquisition programme, and some analysts believe it may try to buy out Siemens, its partner in the GPT telecoms joint venture. 21-Feb-1998 Siemens has pulled out of the bidding to supply two major train orders to Virgin Rail, citing stiff penalty clauses demanded by Virgin for late delivery or breaches of contract. 16-Jan-1998 British Nuclear Fuels is in negotiations with Siemens about the creation of a joint venture for their nuclear fuels and engineering operations in order to offer a one-stop shop for the nuclear power industry. 16-Oct-1997 Siemens has shortlisted Thomson-CSF and a joint bid from British Aerospace and Daimler-Benz Aerospace to acquire its defence electronics business, thereby eliminating Alcatel and General Electric Company. 12-Sep-1997 Siemens has bought out Ford's 49% share of their Siemens Automotive Systems joint venture in the UK, which makes plastic composite engine parts, for undisclosed terms. 08-Aug-1997 PowerGen is linking up with Siemens to build a £150m centre for the demonstration of combined cycle gas turbine technology at the Cottam power station in Nottinghamshire. 08-May-1997 Siemens has now agreed to buy Parsons Power Generation Systems from Rolls-Royce for £30m and will take on 880 of the remaining workers. 10-Apr-1997 Siemens has told staff that it is looking for a partner for its defence electronics business and may even consider selling the business following a fall in government defence spending. 28-Feb-1997 Siemens has set up a joint venture with GEC which will represent the second largest supplier of private telecommunications systems in the UK. 20-Feb-1997 Siemens has offered to acquire Newcastle-based Parsons Power Generation Systems, which has been put up for sale by Rolls-Royce. 18-Jan-1997 Siemens Automotive Systems is planning a £20m expansion at its plastic engine parts factory in Telford, thus creating 200 jobs. 28-May-1996 Siemens of Germany has won a seven-year contract to build and operate a computer system for the UK's Immigration and Nationality Department, and it will only be paid from the savings the system generates. 11-Apr-1996 Siemens Nixdorf has bought ICL's medical business for £15m, which should give it 25% of the health care market. 27-Jan-1996 British Gas and Hydro-Electric are to build a £315m 755MW gas-fired power station at Avonmouth, with Siemens winning the construction contract. 23-Jan-1996 Siemens is looking for further UK acquisitions, possibly in telecoms and transportation. 12-Jan-1996 McAlpine and Hochtief have won the contract to build Siemens' Tyneside semiconductor plant, and over 1500 people are expected to be involved in the construction. 28-Oct-1995 Siemens is to form an intelligent networks division to provide computer-based telecoms products to operators. 18-Oct-1995 Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems is to supply network cabling and hardware for the Lord Chancellor's new HQ. 11-Oct-1995
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