Traffic Industry | Distributor Announcement
Austin, February 5, 2008
Siemens today announced Western Systems as its new Northern California dealer for Intelligent Traffic Solutions (ITS). Western Systems has been in the Intelligent Transportation Systems market since 2001, and is also the Siemens dealer in the Pacific Northwest.
"Western Systems is a solutions company" said Robert Nims, president of Western Systems. "We listen to our customers and we understand the ITS market. We carry the best solutions available and Siemens is a big part of that. We believe our business model is a perfect fit for Siemens and Northern California."
"The transfer of dealership into the hands of the Western Systems team will enable Siemens to explore continued success within the northern California area, where traffic solutions are always at a high demand," says Robert Cartwright, Director of Sales & Marketing at Siemens. "This partnership in the Northern California area brings many opportunities to address the challenges of managing California traffic systems."
Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, and operates in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. For more than 160 years, Siemens has built a reputation for leading-edge innovation and the quality of its products, services and solutions. With nearly 400,000 employees in 190 countries, Siemens reported worldwide sales of $96.6 billion in fiscal 2007. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA reported sales of $19.8 billion and employs approximately 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. For more information on Siemens in the United States, visit www.usa.siemens.com
The Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) of Siemens AG is the worldwide leading supplier of production, transportation and building technologies. With integrated hardware and software technologies as well as comprehensive Industry-specific solutions, Siemens increases the productivity and efficiency of its customers in the fields of industry and infrastructure. The Sector consists of six divisions: Building Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility, Drive Technologies and Osram. With around 209,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry achieved in fiscal 2007 total sales of approximately EUR40 billion (pro forma, unconsolidated). www.siemens.com/industry
The Mobility Division in the US (Sacramento, USA – comprised of Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. and transportation logistics business units of Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc.) is a leading provider of transportation and logistics solutions. With its "Complete mobility" approach, the Division is focused on networking the various modes of transportation in order to ensure the efficient transport of people and goods. “Complete mobility” combines the company's competence in operations control systems for railways and traffic control systems for roadways together with solutions for airport logistics, postal automation, traction power supplies and rolling stock for mass transit, regional and mainline services, as well as forward-looking service concepts. www.mobility.siemens.com/usa
Siemens Traffic Solutions provides innovative advanced design and technology to manage the increasing complexities of modern traffic. As part of the mobility division, Siemens Traffic Solutions addresses the challenges of increasing demand on growing traffic infrastructures with advanced technologies that work smarter to solve the challenges of traffic questions today and tomorrow. Siemens is a market leader in traffic control, traffic guidance systems, intelligent transportation systems and parking solutions. www.itssiemens.com
Reference Number: COM TS US 2008 02.05
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Amy Larsen
Traffic Solutions
8004 Cameron Road
Austin, TX 78754
Tel.: +1.512.837.8310
Fax.: +1.512.837.0196
Becky Sabin
Siemens Mobility
7464 French Road
Sacramento, CA 95826
Tel.: +1.916.525.2856