Management's review
Beskrivelse af virksomhedens væsentligste aktiviteter:Main activitySiemens Mobility A/S combines all Siemens businesses in the area of passenger and freight transportation, including rail vehicles, rail automation systems, rail electrification systems, digital solutions, and related services. The Company also provides its customers with consulting, planning, financing, construction, service and operation of turnkey mobility systems. Moreover, Siemens Mobility offers integrated mobility solutions for networking of different types of traffic systems. The principal customers of Siemens Mobility A/S are public and state-owned companies in the transportation and logistics sectors, so its markets are driven primarily by public spending. Customers usually have multi-year planning and implementation horizons, and their contract tenders therefore tend to be independent of short-term economic trends. Siemens Mobility A/S’ principal competitors are multinational companies. Consolidation among Siemens Mobility A/S’ competitors are continuing. Alstom has acquired Bombardier and Hitachi has announced that they want to buy Thales. We still foresee further consolidation in our addressed markets, and we also expect this to influence the marked competition further. Trends in Siemens Mobility A/S’ markets are characterized by the need for solutions that make daily mobility simpler, more flexible, faster, reliable, and affordable. Cities and national economies face the challenge of reducing the costs, space requirements, noise, and carbon emissions of transportation. The pressure on mobility providers and policymakers to meet these mobility and transportation needs is increasing as the urban population growth is expected to continue. Siemens Mobility R&D strategy is focused on maximum availability, high throughput and enhanced passenger experience. Although there is a growing need for mobility worldwide, the possibilities for building new roads and railways are limited. Meeting the demand for mobility requires intelligent solutions that make transport more efficient, safe and environmentally friendly. Decarbonization and seamlessly connected intermodal (e)mobility are key factors for the future of transportation. Consequently, Siemens Mobility R&D activities emphasize digitalization in developing state-of-the art mobility solutions for rail and road combined with new business models such as availability-as-a-service (ÅaS) via our data analytics application suite Railigent powered by MindSphere. Siemens Mobility invests in the future mobility landscape together with other partners in areas such as sensor technologies, connectivity/IoT solutions, software for intermodal transport, Digital Twin/BIM, artificial intelligence and additive manufacturing. Siemens Mobility’s investments focus mainly on maintaining or enhancing its production facilities and on meeting project demands. ProjectsSiemens Mobility A/S has continuous progress with several projects, where the 3 largest projects are important within public transport. CBTC signaling system for the S-bane in Copenhagen, Denmark. The system has now been in full semi-automated revenue service (STO) for more than one year. The punctuality on the S-bane has never been higher. In June 2021, the Danish Government, together with a broad majority in the Parliament, agreed on Infrastructure Plan 2035 whereby the S-bane will be modernized and automated. DSB shall upgrade the S-bane to driverless operation as part of the Future S-bane Programme which will require changes to the CBTC signaling system converting it from a semi-automated rail to a fully automated driverless transport system (UTO). Agreement on this upgrade is expected to be signed in 2023. Rail Electrification on the mainlines in Denmark for Banedanmark. Siemens Mobility A/S is in consortium with Årsleff Rail A/S who implements the project together. It is a very important project in the transition to a “green” mainline infrastructure. Several sections are already in full operation and handed over. The Greater Copenhagen Light Rail for Hovedstadens Letbane. Siemens Mobility A/S is in consortium with Årsleff Rail A/S who implements the project together. The line will offer a more efficient and “green” transport option in and between the Copenhagen suburbs. Large parts of the project have already been implemented and the testing phase has begun. All projects are being delivered by Siemens Mobility A/S in close cooperation with affiliated companies to Siemens Mobility A/S. Service and maintenanceSiemens Mobility A/S has service obligations in several projects, where our experience in safety, IT systems and big data analysis helps to ensure system capacity, performance and high availability for the benefit of our customers' operations - this also applies to the 3 largest service contracts which are important within public transport. 25-year service contract for the Communications-based Train Control (CBTC) signaling system for the S-bane in Copenhagen, Denmark. 10-year service contract for 42 new Vectron locomotives delivered by Siemens Mobility to DSB. This contract includes Siemens Mobility A/S in the role of entity in charge of maintenance (ECM) according to Regulation (EU) 2019/779 - and Siemens Mobility A/S has therefore obtained this certification. 15-year service contract for the Greater Copenhagen Light Rail for the Hovedstadens Letbane. Siemens Mobility A/S is responsible for the rolling stock and large parts of the infrastructure. The service project has been under increasing mobilization in 2023 and must be ready for passenger operation in mid-2025.