The brief

Analyst view

• Founded 1847. 320,000 employees, €78 billion annual revenue (2023). Leads industrial automation and plant control worldwide.
• 14 of top 15 automakers and 90% of top 25 suppliers use Siemens PLM software for product design and manufacturing planning.
• Microsoft partnership: rolling out generative AI copilots across manufacturing operations, design, product lifecycle, and business.

Technical approach

As reported

Industrial automation

PLCs, drives, motion systems, networking

Programmable logic controllers, servo drives, motion systems, and networking across discrete and process manufacturing.

PLM and MOM software

Design-to-production software

CAD (CATIA), simulation, digital manufacturing, production planning. MOM tracks and optimizes real-time production.

AI-powered copilots

Generative AI across manufacturing

Azure OpenAI automates PLC code, troubleshooting, simulation, operator guidance. CES 2026: nine copilots deployed.