Siemens AG, Corporate Technology
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Siemens, which has headquarters in Berlin and Munich, is one of the world's largest electrical engineering and electronics companies. In fiscal year 2002, the company recorded sales of ¤ 86.21 billion and income of ¤ 2.59 billion after taxes and extraordinary items. Siemens had 426,000 employees at the end of the fiscal year 2001/2002 (September 30, 2002).
Spending on research and development was more than ¤ 5.8 billion in fiscal year 2002, or just over 6.9 percent of sales, underscoring the enormous importance of innovation at Siemens. The company's innovative strength is further evidenced by more than 7000 invention disclosure reports submitted. The company is the largest patent applicant at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, and ranked first or second at the European Patent Office. More than half of Siemens' 53,000 researchers and developers are working on software projects in our various business areas, making the company one of the world's largest software houses. Siemens also continues to concentrate on expanding the range of services offered to complement its products, systems and solutions.
The Corporate Technology (CT) department with more than 1,800 employees worldwide plays a special role in the area of research and development inside Siemens. CT works as a network of competencies and partner for innovation and works very closely with business departments. With its six technology departments ("Materials &Manufacturing ","Production Processes ","Energy ","Microsystems ","Information &Communications "and "Software &Engineering"), CT contributes to the future of Siemens and increases the competitiveness of the company. The technology departments are concentrating on 40 core technologies with strategic importance for the company.
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