New division focuses on automation solutions

A Siemens Automation and Drives product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Feb 3, 2003

Following a number of recent acquisitions in the factory and process automation sectors, Siemens Automation and Drives has established a new systems engineering division.

Following a number of recent acquisitions in the factory and process automation sectors, Siemens Automation and Drives has established a new systems engineering division.

Siemens Automation Solutions (SAS) brings together the engineering expertise of two of the company's recent acquisitions: the system integrator Dickinson Controls and distributed control system (DCS) manufacturer Moore Products.

SAS will provide engineering expertise and systems integration services from six locations around the UK, to large users of process control and automation systems, strengthening Siemens' solution delivery of systems, including those based on the new Version 6 of the process control system.

With the addition of Dickinson Controls to the Siemens A and D group, a further 230 software development and systems engineers are available to deliver and support systems throughout the UK.

This strengthens the company's ability to deliver solutions in both factory automation, where Siemens has traditionally been strong, and process automation, a sector in which Siemens' activity has been strengthened by the acquisitions of Moore Products, Dickinson Controls, instrument supplier Milltronics and analytical systems company Applied Automation.

The new company structure sees the formation of a subsidiary business unit, Siemens Process Automation, under the umbrella of Manchester based Siemens Automation and Drives.

Encompassing the DCS system of PCS7, the engineering capabilities of SAS, the product ranges and specialist knowledge of process analytics and process instruments, Siemens Process Automation is the formidable force in totally integrated automation.

The existing solution providers network of Siemens system integrators will be unaffected by the launch of SAS.

Having two routes to market - SAS for large, complex installations (which are often required by global customers) and solution providers for more specialised, industry specific applications that are delivered on a local basis - means that customers will be able to choose the most appropriate engineering team for their system.

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