Five U.S. Companies Receive Siemens Customer Excellence Award
LAS VEGAS, June 8, 2006 - Aubert Martin, president of Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. recognized five U.S. companies for outstanding achievement in the implementation and use of Siemens technology during the 2006 Siemens Automation Summit held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, June 6-8.
Martin presented the Siemens Customer Excellence Award to Air Products and Chemicals, Astec Industries, CoilPro Machinery, E&I Sales and Prism Systems at an evening management reception held during the Siemens 2006 Automation Summit.
"The Customer Excellence Award honors our customers who have shown ingenuity and creativity in deploying Siemens leading edge technology and products," Martin said. "They have gone the extra mile to help end users achieve the greatest return on investment and we greatly appreciate their commitment to Siemens."
The Customer Excellence Awards were open to end-user and OEM manufacturing companies that currently use Siemens technology. A panel of Siemens senior and product management representatives selected the recipients of the awards.
About the Winners
Air Products and Chemicals - Wichita, Kan., plant.
Based in eastern Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley near Allentown, and operating in 30 countries, Air Products is a top world supplier of gases, chemicals, and equipment to high growth markets, including electronics, performance materials, refinery hydrogen and energy, and healthcare.
Astec Industries - Chattanooga, Tenn.
Astec manufacturers specialized equipment for building and restoring the world's infrastructure. Astec's manufacturing operations are divided into four business segments: aggregate processing and mining equipment; asphalt production equipment; mobile asphalt paving equipment, and underground drilling and trenching equipment.
CoilPro Machinery - Southington, Conn.
CoilPro designs and manufactures custom-built machinery for all facets of the coil processing industry. CoilPro's production program includes slitters to process ferrous and non-ferrous materials, rewinders for conventional or traverse wound spools, single strand and multi strand, and other specialty equipment.
E&I Sales - Tulsa, Okla.
E&I Sales distributorship staff has well established guidelines for success. The two primary company objectives are outstanding customer service and establishing the most competitive prices available. E&I sells more electric motors than anyone else in the region. Because of this high sales volume, the company passes additional savings on to the customer.
Prism Systems - Mobile, Ala.
Prism Systems is at the forefront of advanced technology and world-class solutions in the industrial, marine, manufacturing and IT markets. Prism Systems consists of a diverse group of engineering, software and project management professionals who help the company thrive in the ever-changing markets they serve.
About Siemens
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.
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 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: www.usa.siemens.com.
CONTACT:
Michael Krampe
(770) 751-2211
michael.krampe@siemens.com
