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Siemens Mobility is a representative in the field of transport solutions

Services

Siemens Mobility is constantly improving its portfolio in the main business areas - in the field of rolling stock, automation and electrification of railway transport, turnkey systems, intelligent transport systems and related services. The competence of the company in the field of railway transport is the production of trams, light metro, suburban and regional trains, high-speed and high-speed trains, etc.; in the field of vehicles - modeling and control of traffic, tunnel operation, digital services, AI, solutions for autonomous vehicles, etc.; in the field of intermodal transportation - mobility management systems, data analytics, etc.

• all types of rail transport: high-speed, suburban, intercity and regional trains, cars for the metro and light ground metro, trams, automated vehicles and locomotives, as well as RIC cars;
• control and alarm systems for rail passenger and freight transport;
• solutions for electrification of railways and highways;
• maintenance of vehicles and infrastructure;
• traffic and parking management systems, electronic payment and tolling systems for urban and intercity transport, as well as various information systems;
• consulting, planning, financing, turnkey construction and further operation of transport systems;
• comprehensive transport solutions for intermodal transportation.

Important areas of development for the near future are green technologies (batteries, hydrogen), solutions for customers during a pandemic (more than 20 areas), with a focus on remote maintenance, power management, digital stations, etc.

The main strategic objectives of Siemens Mobility in Russia are to remain a reliable strategic partner of Russian Railways, continue to provide technical support to Sapsanov and Lastochek, fulfill all the terms of the Sapsan 3 contract and participate in the S-Pet - Moscow HSR project as part of the creation of localized high-speed trains, as well as in other areas of this largest railway project, as well as develop other initiatives in the field of railway infrastructure.

History

2024

Russian court recovered ₽292 million from Siemens for refusing to supply electronics for trains

The Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk Region in December 2024 decided to recover ₽292 million from Siemens Mobility LLC in favor of Ural Locomotives LLC for unilateral refusal to supply and guarantee maintenance of equipment for freight electric locomotives 2ES10 Granit.

According to Interfax, the court also ordered the company to continue supplying sets of equipment for electric locomotives and fulfill all obligations stipulated by the agreement of June 17, 2010. The penalty will be charged from March 19, 2024 in the amount of 0.02% per day until the actual fulfillment of obligations, but not more than 15% of the set price and 20% of the contract price in the aggregate.

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The trial began at the end of 2023 after Siemens Mobility's lawsuit against Ural Locomotives to recover ₽105,34 million for late payment. In March 2024, the Ural enterprise filed a counterclaim for ₽312,22 million. By a court decision of December 16, 2024, the initial claims in the amount of ₽20,261 million and counterclaims in the amount of ₽312 million were satisfied, followed by a procedural set-off.

Ural Locomotives was created as a joint venture of the group Sinara"" and Siemens for the production of passenger electric trains Swallow"" based on the Siemens Desiro platform for. In RUSSIAN RAILWAY May 2022, Siemens announced the termination of business in, Russia after which the company completely localized the production of an analogue of Lastochka.

Two more major lawsuits are ongoing between the companies by the end of 2024. Siemens Mobility is trying to recover about ₽2,16 billion from Ural locomotives. At the same time, in January 2024, the interdistrict inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service for Moscow decided on the upcoming exclusion of Siemens Mobility LLC from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, although Siemens structures are still the founders of the company.^[1]

Account blocking in Russia

The Federal Tax Service (FTS) of Russia blocked operations on the accounts of Siemens Mobility LLC, a subsidiary of the German conglomerate Siemens. The blocking of accounts took place on October 10, 2024.

According to the "Business News Agency," the blocking decisions were sent to Unicredit Bank JSC "" and JSC. Raiffeisen Bank"" The reason for the blocking was the failure to submit a tax return on time. Earlier, on September 9, 2024 banks , similar decisions were sent to the same ones.

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In February 2024, "interested parties" appealed to the Interdistrict Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service No. 46 in Moscow with a request not to exclude a legal entity from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRUL). Earlier, such a decision was made due to inaccurate information about the CEO of the company.

In parallel with these events, a legal dispute is developing between the Voronezh corporation RIF and Siemens Mobility. The subject of the proceedings was a contract for the supply of cooling towers for electric locomotives. The Arbitration Court of the Central District overturned the decision of the lower instances in one of the claims in the amount of ₽122,9 million and sent the case for a new trial.

The RIF Corporation argued its position with force majeure circumstances associated with the impossibility of supplying components from Germany due to sanctions. The general director of the corporation, Alexander Ivanov, appealed to the chairman of the 20th Arbitration Court of Appeal with a request to take these circumstances into account, pointing out the possible risks to the fulfillment of the state defense order.

The situation is complicated by the fact that Siemens ceased its activities in Russia in 2022. Until that moment, the German concern actively collaborated with Russian Railways, supplying, in particular, the Sapsan and Lastochka trains. ^[2]

Siemens Mobility sued NPO RIF 321 million rubles

At the end of April 2024, Siemens Mobility, part of the German conglomerate Siemens, sued 321 million rubles from the Voronezh electronics manufacturer, NPO RIF Corporation. Read more here.

2021: Sqills acquisition

Siemens Mobility acquires Sqills, a provider of software as a service (SaaS) for inventory, reservation and ticket sales for rail transport. This was announced on August 16, 2021 by Siemens. Read more here.

The acquisition supports Siemens' ambitions to expand into fast-growing related markets and expand operations and meets the criteria for acquiring the company. Sqills will complement Siemens Mobility's software portfolio to provide customers with MaaS (Mobility as a Service) offerings. In particular, the Sqills S3 Passenger platform expands Siemens Mobility's ability to provide products and services that help improve the overall use and convenience of public transport.

The acquisition of Sqills is one of the latest examples of Siemens Mobility's commitment to developing its portfolio of digital intermodal transportation software and mobile transfer solutions. Together with Hacon, eos.uptrade, Bytemark and Padam Mobility, Sqills' S3 Passenger will be part of an interconnected software portfolio combining a range of services for the public. transport In addition, with the Hacon and MaaS travel planning software, Siemens Mobility can now provide operators with an improved SaaS offering to manage their core processes. In addition, with the growing liberalization of the rail operator market, this will be crucial as customers increasingly seek competitive mobility solutions to help them better serve passengers.

2020

In the 2020 fiscal year, which ended September 30, 2020, Siemens Mobility's revenue amounted to €9.1 billion, and the number of employees worldwide increased to 38,500 .