Siemens is one of the largest electrical engineering and electronics companies in the world and one of the richest in tradition. Sales for fiscal 1997, the company's 150th year, totaled just under DM 107 billion. Focused on 8 core business segments - energy, industry, communications, information, transportation, health care, components and lighting - Siemens has a uniquely wide scope of operations. With some 386,000 employees, Siemens is represented in practically every nation in the world. Its operation of over 500 production facilities in about 50 different countries under-lines Siemens role as an innovative global player.

    From April 1, 1999 all of Siemens semiconductor activities was moved to Infineon Technologies, a wholly owned Siemens company.