Siemens to invest £100m in Chippenham rail factory site in Wiltshire
Plan to open new facility by 2026 comes after firm invested £200m in east Yorkshire train factory
October 2023
Is crisis at Siemens Energy symptom of a wider wind power problem?
Rising construction and financing costs are likely to require fresh policies from the UK and US
Siemens Energy shares plunge as it seeks government bailout
Engineering group in talks with German ministers to secure 80% of an initial €10bn funding tranche
HS2 firms and West Midlands mayor in 11th-hour push to save Manchester leg
Contractors offer to review project and identify ways to cut costs, so Rishi Sunak keeps it on track
April 2023
Businesses in north of England ask ministers for help to hit net zero
Leaders of Drax, Siemens and others call for green growth to be a priority and ‘regional disparities’ to be closed
March 2023
Observer business profile
Jürgen Maier: the Anglo-Austrian invested in rebuilding northern England’s economy
The former Siemens boss is passionate about levelling up the UK’s regions, but fears the current government doesn’t share his vision of a long-term business partnership
December 2021
Radioactive medicines found in London street by member of the public
Item containing radiopharmaceuticals lost in transit after being transported between two hospitals
May 2021
Fear of rising interest rates sends shares tumbling in both US and Europe
Comments from US treasury secretary sends tremors through already jittery financial markets
January 2020
Adani coalmine: Siemens CEO has ‘empathy’ for environment but refuses to quit contract
Joe Kaeser says he must balance stakeholder interests as climate change activists protest company’s decision
December 2019
Flotations, corporate collapses and Brexit: the year in business
Global engineering firm GHD concludes work on Adani's Carmichael coal project
May 2019
Europa
European companies can't compete against global giants
Finance ministers say Europe is increasingly dependent on Chinese and US technology
January 2019
Siemens UK warns of government industrial strategy divide
Business leader
Brexit warnings by Airbus and Siemens cannot be ignored
December 2018
The death of our Siemens factory is the result of another Trump lie
Robert Morrison
‘A dirty deal’: wave of Siemens plant closures hits latest victims in the US
October 2018
Siemens boss expected to pull out of Saudi conference over Khashoggi death
Joe Kaeser poised to reverse decision to attend Future Investment Initiative event
September 2018
The upside
Germany launches world's first autonomous tram in Potsdam
The Guardian goes for a ride on the new AI-driven Combino vehicle developed by Siemens
July 2018
Businesses must address impact of next industrial revolution, says Siemens boss
