Siemens Hungary Ltd.

Siemens has been building the first tram line in Budapest for over 130 years.

It has been a part of everyday life in Hungary since its launch in 1887. It plays an active role in the development of metropolitan infrastructure and public transportation, in power plants that provide energy production, in the energy efficiency of buildings, in diagnostic tools for hospitals, and in design software for car factories.

The company's domestic past is also significant on a historical scale: the construction of the first tram line in Budapest created the opportunity to found the company in Hungary, and the company then became one of the largest employers in Hungary even before World War II.

After the change of regime, the company played an important role in the domestic dissemination of the most advanced technologies and in attracting working capital investments. Today, it is a pioneer in dual vocational training and contributes to the country's economic and social development with its active R&D activities.

Siemens companies in Hungary: Siemens Healthcare Kft., Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Kft., evosoft Hungary Kft., Mentor Graphics Hungary Kft., Valeo-Siemens eAutomotive Hungary Kft.

"You should never look at how this or that has been done before, you should always examine how it can be done better, simpler, cheaper, and take this path without hesitation": these were the words of two Siemens leaders, Károly Schuman and Frigyes Tupy, in the 1920s here in Hungary.

Today, more than two thousand people work for companies belonging to the Siemens group in Hungary. Compared to its total number of employees, the Siemens Hungarian group plays a significant role in Siemens' international research and development activities. Every fourth employee carries out such activities.

As an interesting fact, here is a (non-exhaustive) list of the main Siemens innovations in Hungary:

• the first city tram in Hungary (Budapest, 1887: ancestor of the Nagy-Körút tram 6)
• the first public power generating plant in Hungary (Budapest 1893)
• the first underground tramway on the European continent (Budapest 1896) the first public electric lighting on the main roads of Budapest (1911/12)
• first radio station (1925)
• the first 30kV power transmission cable for the Elektromos Művek (1927)
• the Hungarian section of the first European 18-channel voice-frequency telegraph transmission system (1932)
• Installation of a portable Siemens Portix X-ray machine in the restorer's workshop of the Museum of Fine Arts (1952)
• national electricity grid installation of Siemens meters (1968)
• the first joint venture with Western participation in Hungary (Sicontact Kft., 1974)
• the first electronic railway interlocking system in Hungary (Tata, 1997)
• reactor protection and control engineering reconstruction of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant (1997-2002)
• the computerized plant management system of the National Load Distribution Company (1999/2001)
• modernization of public administration: infocommunication system of document offices
  (1999-2002/2003 respectively services)
• broadband use of domestic fixed networks: ADSL technology (since 2001)
• the first dual-current electric locomotive in Hungary (2002)
• establishment of the National Logistics Center of the Hungarian Post (2003/2004)
• the first complete PET/CT diagnostic imaging system in Hungary (2005)
• the first urban traffic control center operating with Internet protocol based communication (OCIT) in Debrecen (2006)
• the first low-floor tram in Hungary (2006)
• the first 40 V technology, energy-saving, LED light source-operated traffic lights in Budapest (2006 / 2007)
• M4 metro line Siemens automatic line control (2014)