Systems (formerly Siemens Russia)
Russia
Central Federal District of the Russian Federation
Moscow
9 Tatarskaya str., 115184
Owners:
Siemens AG
Owners
Siemens implements Russia in large projects in, to power railway transport and healthcare. In the IT market, the concern is represented by the activities of some subsidiaries, including a Siemens PLM Software major global provider of software solutions for product lifecycle management () PLM and manufacturing.
Performance indicators
2022
Siemens lost €600 million on the sale of Russian business
Siemens estimated its losses from the sale of assets in the Russian Federation and the termination of operations in the Russian market at 600 million euros. The German concern announced this in its statements for fiscal 2022.
It follows from the document that the losses of the corporation were caused by the Mobility division, which unites Siemens enterprises in the field of railway transportation. In Russia, the company, in cooperation with Russian Railways, created a depot network for servicing and repairing Sapsan and Lastochka trains, and its subsidiaries produced frequency converters and traction electric motors. Siemens Mobility manufactures railway equipment, trams, locomotives, automation systems for railways and urban rail transport, systems for sorting letters and correspondence, equipment for airports.
In December 2023, eight German companies asked the German authorities to compensate them for financial damage incurred due to investments in Russia. Including compensation was requested by Siemens Mobility and Volkswagen Bank. The instrument of investment guarantees from the German federal government allows companies that have left Russia to reimburse investments in Russian projects. Siemens Mobility noted that Siemens secured investments in Russia by resorting to this mechanism, "like many other German companies."
In February 2023, Russian Railways filed an application to recover a penalty from a German company, which was estimated at 29.5 million rubles daily (a little more than 6 million rubles for non-fulfillment of the contract and another 23 million rubles - a loss due to the lack of Sapsanov supplies to the railway network).
Seimens Report for fiscal 2023
1% of Siemens sales are in Russia
According to May 2022, Russia accounts for about 1% of all Siemens sales.
2019: Revenue growth by 9% to RUB 39.5 billion
At the end of 2019, Siemens LLC took 7th place in TAdviser Ranking: the 50 most profitable representative offices of foreign IT companies in Russia. The company's revenue for 2019 amounted to 39,499,774 thousand rubles, which is 9% higher than in 2018.
2018: Revenue - 36.18 billion rubles
According to the results of 2018, the revenue of Siemens LLC amounted to 36,186,630 thousand rubles.
History
2025: Dangerous error detected in Siemens servo motors
In mid-March, FSTEC published a warning about the discovery of a vulnerability BDU:2025-02718[1]which is present in the SINAMICS servo loader S200 manufactured by Siemens. She received a hazard rating of 9.8 out of 10 according to the CVSS method, and so far no fixes have been released by the developer.
A vulnerability related to the shortcomings of the authentication procedure was discovered in versions of devices whose serial numbers begin with SZVS8, SZVS9, SZVS0 or SZVSN, as well as in FS-02 numbers. Vulnerable devices contain an unprotected bootloader, the intervention of which allows you to execute extraneous code and even install your own software on the vulnerable device. Built-in security features designed to protect against data manipulation and unauthorized access are compromised when using an unprotected bootloader.
SINAMICS S200 is a frequency-controlled servo motor manufactured by Siemens, - explained the purpose of the devices of the corresponding series in the press service of Reksoft. - Most often it is used in CNC machines and robots. As a rule, such units are not connected directly to the common network and to the Internet. Most often, they have a higher controller, which serves as an additional layer of information security. And the recommended compensation measures allow you to fully compensate for the potential risk from this vulnerability. |
True, fixes for the vulnerability have not BDU:2025-02718 been released now, so the only way to protect is by compensating measures that should ensure that vulnerable devices interact with untrusted networks. These devices at one time were quite popular with Russian companies, so some of them remained in the technological networks of enterprises.
{{the quote|The SINAMICS S200 controllers from Siemens are the workhorses of industrial automation, "Anatoly Peskovsky, head of security analysis at [[Informzaschita [[," said for TAdviser. - They are actively used in industry, including Russian enterprises. These devices are in demand in such areas as mechanical engineering, power and automation of production processes due to their reliability and high performance. The SINAMICS bootloader S200 designed with a focus on functionality rather than protection. Their popularity is due to the high degree of integration with the Siemens ecosystem (for example, TIA Portal software), support for industrial standards (PROFINET) and a long life cycle.}}
Ekaterina Gerling, a leading analyst engineer at Gazinformservice, noted that the SINAMICS S200 series of devices was previously installed at KII facilities. Although now the process of replacing them with domestic analogues has been launched, it has not yet been completed, so they can be installed on some objects.
SINAMICS S200 ensures the correct operation of engines and motors used at large industrial facilities, "she explained the danger of vulnerability for Russian enterprises. - Exploitation of the BDU:2025-02718 vulnerability can lead to malfunction of pump motors pumping flammable liquids, which can lead to engine overheating and further explosion. Of the less serious consequences: improper operation of this controller can cause overloading of the power supply. |
These devices are the lowest technological level in the APCS infrastructure, therefore, their protection must be controlled in conjunction with the protection tools of higher levels.
SINAMICS is a local series of Siemens controllers for controlling specific drives, "Damir Strazutdinov, software engineer at Innostage, explained for TAdviser. - Most often they are connected to other Siemens PLCs that are already connected to the network. Therefore, in order to prevent the exploitation of the vulnerability found, including using a firewall, it is worth considering these devices in conjunction. |
In this case, it is necessary to provide protection against the fact that an attacker, including from among the engineers of service companies, can connect to the device directly and intervene in the protection. That is, tools are needed to preserve the integrity of the automated control system.
An attacker can gain control over equipment, which in industrial conditions can lead to wide negative consequences, "Kai Mikhailov, head of information security at iTProtect, warned TAdviser readers. - The main risk of intruder penetration in this case is a violation of the closure of the industrial network. Some contractors deliberately leave feedback channels in the form of additional adapters to bypass restrictions and access the network for ease of administration, thereby connecting the closed segment to public networks. |
Therefore, even for closed segments, it is necessary to provide methods for identifying such alternative data channels, since they can be used to exploit vulnerabilities like BDU:2025-02718.
The vulnerability can be used for mass attacks when controllers access the network, - said Valery Stepanov, acting Director of the Competence Center for Information Security of T1 Integration. - However, to successfully carry out such an attack, an attacker will need the skills and resources necessary to automate the process and target organizations using these controllers. |
Therefore, it is important to prevent an attacker from communicating with devices directly. To block the massive exploitation of this vulnerability, you can, for example, use segmentation of communication networks used for the interaction of field devices. Sergey Petrov, Head of Industrial Safety Expertise at Positive Technologies, recommended the following to TAdviser readers:
To protect vulnerable devices, it is enough to follow the recommendations of the vendor and FSTEC, namely: use firewall tools to limit the possibility of remote access to devices; Restrict access from external networks (Internet) segment networks to restrict access to the vulnerable device. In addition, it is important to use continuous traffic analysis systems. |
Since there are no fixes for the vulnerability, one of the protection options is the transition to domestic devices for automating technological processes.
SINAMICS S200 are widely used in automatic parameter control systems in various industries: oil and gas, energy, robotics, for creating high-precision machines and transport and unloading mechanisms and other directions, - Igor Korchagin, head of the information security department of IVK, commented on the situation with vulnerable devices. - A number of Russian companies are already producing PLCs for their own servo drives. These are, for example, devices "Prosoft-Systems," "Relay and Automation," "ARIES-Ufa," KEAZ, NVP "Bolid" and others. |
However, a quick transition to alternative solutions after vulnerabilities are discovered can be associated with financial problems. Therefore, it is not recommended to rush the transition.
In my opinion, the refusal to use vulnerable devices is inappropriate, both if the devices have already been introduced into production lines, and if the choice of these devices was included in the project, which is just planned for implementation, - said TAdviser Alexander Samsonov, leading expert of the development and testing department of the company "Security Code." - Replacing with analogs can lead to significant financial and temporary costs, and software fixes for vulnerable devices are likely to be released in the near future. |
He recommends, instead of replacing the equipment with a high-quality implementation of standard recommendations for protecting the internal circuit of the network. If you protect vulnerable devices from unauthorized network access and prevent intruders from entering the internal network loop, then it will be impossible to exploit the vulnerability. True, the replacement of foreign products at CII facilities is one of the requirements of Russian regulators, but for commercial companies, which are often CII entities, it is necessary to maintain a balance between safety and the costs of maintaining it.
Of course, so far we have not replaced everything related to the ability to harm the country through Siemens or BIM models, we must take all possible protection and control measures, and treat the decisions made, especially in critical places, as "distrustful" decisions, "said Mikhail Bocharov, Deputy Director General for Scientific Work" SiSoft Development. " - This does not mean at all that we must close and stop using even gadgets, here we need a thoughtful and balanced approach. |
2024: Name change to "Systems"
Siemens changed the name of the Russian "daughter" to "Systems." The corresponding entry in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRUL) appeared in February 2024.
According to TASS, citing registry data, by February 9, 2024, the German concern Siemens AG was indicated as the owner of 100% of Systems LLC. At the same time, Siemens LLC has been in the process of reorganization in the form of an allocation since the end of 2021. The general director is Stepan Zaytsev.
The German concern AG Siemens has been operating in Russia since 1852. He also supplied medical equipment, products for the railway industry, products and technologies for power, industrial automation systems, as well as consumer goods. Russia accounted for about 1% of all sales of the conglomerate.
In February 2024, it became known that Neftegaz and Power LLC (formerly Siemens power, the Russian structure of Siemens Energy) intends to initiate its own bankruptcy in the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
The company calls the reasons for this decision the impossibility of continuing continuous economic activity in the long term, the refusal of individual creditors to settle the dispute, the actual suspension of economic activity, insufficient profitability and profitability, as well as the formal fulfillment of the requirements of bankruptcy legislation.
In the event of the resumption of the supply of components, payment by debtors of debt, the removal by the courts of interim measures imposed on certain cases that actually block economic activities, the consent of creditors to the peaceful settlement of disputes with the company, this notice can be canceled, the bankruptcy application is withdrawn, and the economic activities of the company can be resumed, - the message says.[2] |
2023: Siemens' refusal to terminate contract with Rosatom
At the end of October 2023, the German conglomerate Siemens AG announced that the termination of the contract with Rosatom would cost the company a significant amount. Therefore, Siemens is ready to maintain relations with the Russian side, despite the current geopolitical situation. Read more here.
2022
Sale of all Russian business
Siemens sold its entire business in Russia, which the German industrial concern announced on November 17, 2022 as part of the publication of its financial statements.
According to the company, it sold its entire financial and leasing business in Russia at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 (lasts from July to September 2022 calendar).
Siemens launched the procedure for leaving the Russian Federation in May 2022 after the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. The company announced its withdrawal from Ural Locomotives (a joint venture with Sinara), and the Siemens Mobility division also ceases operations in Russia.
In August 2022, Siemens Energy, which became an independent company as a result of the corporate reorganization (spin-off) of Siemens in 2020, also announced plans to leave the Russian market. The company predicted a loss of about 400 million euros in revenue from operations related to Russia at the end of the financial year. Withdrawal from Russian assets will continue until the end of 2022.
Russian Railways on March 22, 2022 reported that Siemens had notified them of the suspension of the contract for the purchase of Sapsanov. Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko after that said that the company could be replaced by other organizations. She suggested that the German company made the decision under pressure from outside.
Siemens worked in Russia since 1852 - then the company was engaged in laying telegraph lines. Russia accounted for about 1% of all conglomerate sales. By the beginning of 2022, the corporation supplied medical equipment, products for the railway industry, products and technologies for power, industrial automation systems, as well as consumer goods - household appliances, electrical installation devices and others to the Russian Federation.[3]
Statement on the curtailment of business in Russia, but some assets continue to work
The Siemens plant in Voronezh will continue to operate as usual, contrary to the statement of the German conglomerate about the complete curtailment of business in Russia amid the conflict in Ukraine. In addition, it was reported that Siemens Healthineers Russia will also continue to operate.
Siemens' intention to leave Russia became known on May 12, 2022. The company said in a statement that it had already begun "procedures to stop its production activities and all business activity." The company will announce the financial implications of this decision later.
Siemens was one of the first companies to suspend all new operations and international deliveries to Russia while assessing the situation to ensure the safety of 3,000 of its employees in the country. As of May 2022, Siemens circuit includes, in particular, automation and digitalization operations for industry, intelligent infrastructure, transport, distributed power systems.
Siemens worked in Russia since 1852 - then the company was engaged in laying telegraph lines.[4]
Siemens is ready to transfer technologies to Russia, but subject to a guaranteed order
Siemens is ready to localize technologies and production in Russia in case of guaranteed demand. President of Siemens in Russia Alexander Liberov spoke about this at the opening ceremony in Moscow.
As an example of technology transfer, he mentioned projects with Russian Railways - the production of Sapsan and Lastochka high-speed trains, when the company received a guaranteed order for the supply of 1200 high-speed train cars. Developing cooperation with the RJ, Siemens in 2021 signed an agreement on the creation of a joint venture on the basis of the Engineering Center for Railway Transport to develop in Russia a fundamentally new high-speed train capable of transporting passengers and cargo at speeds up to 400 km/h. As part of this project, production facilities will be expanded at the Ural Locomotives enterprise in Verkhnyaya Pyshma.
Siemens is deeply integrated into the Russian economy. Unlike many other global companies, we not only sell our products in Russia, here we have a full cycle: development, implementation, and service. In many projects, Siemens acts as a domestic company: either a Russian legal entity, or within the framework of joint ventures created with the Russian side, - said Alexander Liberov, answering a question from TAdviser. |
In the center of digital competencies, Siemens intends to promote digital twins, industrial internet of things (), IIoT smart building management systems (), Smart Grid systems based on, as well AI as digital solutions for. In total, health care about 40 solutions are presented in the center. In some areas, the company is already cooperating with Russian customers. According to Alexander Liberov, the technology digital twins allowed the Russian corporation UAC to accelerate production processes by 40%.
The Moscow Center of Competence was the first for Siemens in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Opening of the Center for Digital Competencies in Moscow
Siemens has opened the Center for Digital Competencies in Moscow - thanks to augmented reality technologies, it provides an opportunity to visualize the technologies used in the Russian industry, as well as see the company's advanced developments in the field of digital production, industrial innovation, intellectual infrastructure and healthcare. The center was created during the year, the total investment amounted to 200,000 euros. It features about 40 unique solutions and applications, including industrial VR, RTLS and artificial intelligence technologies. The company announced this on February 9, 2022.
The opening ceremony was attended by the President of Siemens in Russia Alexander Liberov.
The emergence of the Center for Digital Competencies in Moscow has expanded the global ecosystem, which now includes 42 such centers. The total number of visitors to centers around the world is about 90,000 people a year.
One of the goals of creating a center in Moscow is to demonstrate the capabilities of Siemens in all business areas. For current and potential customers of the company, solutions for energy networks, "green "power, digital twin technologies, integrated systems for servicing buildings and enterprises, software development environments, solutions for managing medical equipment, etc. are presented here. Here you can see examples of successful implementations in Russia and abroad, as well as learn about the advantages gained through these projects.
In addition, the center will become a platform for effective personnel training: engineers of both the company itself and its partners will get acquainted with solutions that were previously presented only in Germany. Finally, the Moscow center focuses on developments that are already successfully used in the Russian industry.
2019
Digital Labelling Partnership Agreement with CRPT
On September 25, 2019, the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (CRPT) announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Siemens in Russia. The document was signed by the general director of the CRPT Andrei Kirillov and the director of the Digital Production department of Siemens in Russia Zhanna Shalygina. Read more here.
Agreement with SPbMPP on training and advanced training of specialists
On March 22, 2019, it became known that Siemens in Russia and St. Petersburg State University of Economics (SPbSEU) signed a Cooperation Agreement. The document was signed by the rector of St. Petersburg State University Igor Maksimtsev and the President of Siemens in Russia Alexander Liberov. Read more here.
2017: Sales slump to €1.1bn
Turnover in fiscal 2017 (as of September 30) amounted to 1.1 billion euros. Siemens LLC has about 2,900 employees. The concern works in all traditional areas of its activity, is present in more than 40 cities and is one of the leading suppliers of products, services and complex solutions for the modernization of key sectors of the economy and infrastructure.
2016: Sales slump to €1.2bn
The company's turnover in fiscal 2016 (ending September 30) amounted to 1.2 billion euros. Siemens LLC has about 2,900 employees.
2015: Siemens revenue in Russia halves
On April 12, 2015, Bild am Sonntag published excerpts from an interview with Siemens Chairman Joe Kaeser. He reported a significant drop in the company's revenue on the Russian market in connection with the Western sanctions policy. At the same time, the head of the concern noted that he supports the restrictions imposed by the authorities of Europe and the United States on Russia.[5]
"One thing is obvious that business in Russia as a whole has suffered a lot, and ours has decreased by about half," said Joe Kaeser without specifying financial indicators.
According to the Frankfurter Allgemaine Zeitung newspaper, Siemens' annual turnover in the Russian market is estimated at $2 billion.[6]
Siemens Chairman Joe Kaeser said that despite the drop in sales in Russia, the company supports the Western sanctions policy
Joe Kaeser added that Siemens intends to adhere to the sanctions of the European Union and the United States against Russia, but at the same time the company considers it necessary to conduct a dialogue between the countries.
"We recognise theprimacy of politics over economics. We still adhere to it , and I have always been clear about this, as well as that it is better to talk to each other than about each other, "said the chairman of the board of Siemens.
In an interview with RIA Novosti in February 2015, Siemens Russia President Dietrich Meller said that due to the political situation in the country, sanctions and falling oil prices, the company "expects development without rises." According to Meller, it will take several years to restore the Russian market, but the company intends to maintain investment in it[7]
2014: 3,300 employees
In 2014, Siemens had more than 3,300 employees in Russia and Central Asia.
2009: Revenues over €1.4 billion
The volume of Siemens orders in Russia, Belarus and Central Asia in the fiscal year 2009 (as of September 30) exceeded 1.2 billion euros, and the turnover amounted to over 1.4 billion euros.
Notes
- ↑ BDU:2025-02718: Vulnerability of the SINAMICS S200 servo loader,
- ↑ Russian Siemens changed its name to Systems
- ↑ Siemens sold its entire business in Russia
- ↑ Siemens leaves Russian market
- ↑ Russland-Geschäft von Siemens nach Sanktionen um rund 50 Prozent eingebrochen
- ↑ Kaeser: Siemens wird Sanktionen gegen Russland strikt umsetzen
- ↑ Siemens will continue to invest in Russia