Siemens Mechatronic Support Service Gets Machines Faster To The Market


WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 23, 2006 - Siemens is offering a cooperative partnership with its mechatronic support service so that machine tool OEMs can meet customer expectations. This service will be available in the United States through its R&D group in Mason, Ohio.

Mechatronic support allows the OEM to design their machines together with Siemens experts-from the machine's concept all the way through to completion. Such cooperation enables machine tool builders to work very closely with Siemens as their expert and supplier of control and drives technology. Working together with the OEM's engineers, Siemens will develop innovative ideas and end-user specific machine concepts that are tailored exactly to their needs. Each solution comes equipped with state-of-the-art CNC technology and the ultimate in functionality.

The mechatronic service is also available for existing machines. In this case, Siemens will focus on the interaction between the mechanical components and the electrical drives to improve the precision and productivity of a machine.

Note: Please forward all inquiries to:
Siemens
Machine Tool Business
390 Kent Avenue
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Attn: Marketing/Communications

For product information and inquiries, call (800) 879-8079 ext. Marketing Communications or e-mail
SiemensMTBUMarCom.sea@siemens.com

Visit our home page at: www.SiemensCNC.com

Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide
sales of $96 billion in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in
the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs approximately 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 190 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States, visit www.usa.siemens.com.

Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. is one of Siemens' operating companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Ga., Siemens Energy & Automation manufactures and markets one of the world's broadest
ranges of electrical and electronic products, systems and services to industrial and construction market customers. Its technologies range from circuit protection and energy management systems to process control, industrial software and totally integrated automation solutions. The company also has expertise in systems integration, technical services
and turnkey industrial systems. For more information: www.sea.siemens.com.

Mechatronics support allows the OEM to design their machines together with Siemens experts-from the machine's concept all the way through to completion. Such cooperation enables machine tool builders to work very closely with Siemens as their expert and supplier of controls and drives.

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