Schneider Electric is empowering the continent through supporting and addressing the transfer of skills and technology in the power and energy industry. As part of the initiative, Schneider Electric has signed an agreement with Gaborone-based SDM Electrical Switchboards Botswana, which will allow it to import incomplete Schneider Electric medium voltage (MV) switchgears and customize them in Botswana to meet local customer’s specific requirements.

REHAU Automotive, German automotive supplier and polymer specialist, will exclusively deploy Siemens software products to replace several legacy systems in engineering, manufacturing and quality management. With this decision REHAU becomes one of the first automotive suppliers to implement a company-wide manufacturing execution system (MES) and quality management system (QMS) integrated into a product lifecycle management (PLM) system for product and process digitalization and closed loop manufacturing.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has secured an agreement for the supply of 300 MW in China, one of its largest ever in this market. This substantial order reinforces the company's presence in the world's biggest wind power market where it has established itself as one of the leading foreign OEMs. With this significant order, the company has achieved a new milestone in its strategy in China where it has already installed over 4.6 GW.

Siemens commissioned India’s first condensate throttling-based Primary Frequency Control Solution at National Capital Power Station (NCPS), NTPC Dadri (Stage 2, Unit 6). Condensate throttling, based on Siemens’ SPPA-P3000 Frequency Control Solution, is used for immediate generation of additional power for frequency control. The principle of condensate throttling is that the turbine control system opens the governor valves to utilize the reserve steam storage capacity of the boiler.

Schneider Electric announced the results achieved at Roy Hill, an independent iron ore operation in Western Australia.

Bentley Systems announced the completion of its CONNECT Edition application portfolio for design, analytical, construction, and asset performance modeling of infrastructure. The CONNECT Edition’s comprehensive modeling environment supports aligned digital workflows across applications for all project delivery disciplines, directly meeting the challenges presented from the most demanding infrastructure projects.

The Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) market is a key segment for LTTS and they offer innovative automation solutions to OEMs and manufacturers to improve operational efficiency and optimize maintenance. Through their close association and collaboration with customers, LTTS offers end-to-end mechanical engineering and product development support. In the CPG segment, their focus has been on delivering low-cost automation support for packaging lines systems.

L&T Technology Services offers wide ranging mechanical engineering services to customers across industry verticals to assist in their product development activities. The company’s engineering design and development offers value-optimized design services that supports manufacturers in activities like new product design and development, reverse engineering, CAD modeling & analysis, value analysis, value added engineering and so forth.