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Visit of Dr. Wucherer to Pakistan
Glimpses of Dinner at Mr. Wilcke’s House
Prof. Dr. Klaus Wucherer
Member of the Corporate Executive
Committee and Member of the Managing
Board of Siemens A.G visited Pakistan in
the first week of September. He was
accompanied by Mr. Schneider of CD S
AA.
Dr. Wucherer who flew into Lahore had
a very busy schedule. On the evening of
his arrival he attended a dinner hosted
by Syed Babar Ali. The second day he
visited Lahore University of Management
Sciences where he held discussions with
the faculty and announced the
establishment of a Siemens Chair at LUMS
with a donation of one million EUR.
In Karachi Dr. Wucherer attended a dinner
in his honor
hosted by the CFO
Mr. Gerhard Wilcke at his
residence which was attended by a
large number of top ranking employees.
The following morning on the third day
of his visit Dr. Wucherer visited the
Siemens learning centre at Park Towers,
a centre of excellence for SAP training
and appreciated the high standards of
the centre. This was followed by
presentation at the head office in SITE
and the inauguration of the new 220kV
power transformer factory. The factory
was inaugurated by the Governor Sindh
Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad.
After attending the inauguration of this
Visit to DHA Desalination Plant
landmark factory Dr.Wucherer proceeded
to visit the first desalination plant in
Karachi an innovative answer to Karachi’s
quest for water and power.
After three hectic days filled with activities
that boosted the image of Siemens in
Pakistan and gave Dr.Wucherer a first
hand look at the phenomenal growth of
Siemens Pakistan he departed and was
seen off by the MD Mr. Sohail Wajahat
Siddiqui and Director Admin. and IR Major
(Retd) A.A. Zuberi.
Renewable Energy From Siemens
Siemens receives major order for wind
turbines from Canada 2007 wind orders
from North America worth more than
USD1.1 billion.
Siemens Power Generation (PG) will
supply 86 wind turbines with a capacity
of 2.3 megawatts (MW) each for the
Wolfe Island Wind project, which is located
near Kingston in Eastern Ontario, Canada.
The purchaser is a subsidiary of Canadian
Hydro Developers Inc., a company that is
exclusively investing in renewable energy
projects in Canada. With an installed
capacity of nearly 200 MW, the wind
project will have the potential to provide
clean power to nearly 75,000 households.
The wind farm is scheduled to be
operational in fall 2008.
So far this calendar year, Siemens has
secured wind turbine orders totaling
more than 750 MW in North America.
The combined value of these orders
exceeds USD1.1 billion (EUR770 million).
Prior to the new order from Canada,
Siemens had received five major U.S.
wind orders with a total capacity of more
than 550 MW in 2007. Customers
include RES, Babcock and Brown, AES
Corporation and Mid American Energy.
Further project negotiations in the U.S
and Canada are expected to be
completed shortly, adding to the order
backlog.
Since Siemens entered the wind market
just three years ago, the company has
become the second largest wind turbine
supplier to the U.S. market. The Siemens
wind business is one of the leading
suppliers of wind turbines in the industry
with more than 3,300 employees
worldwide.
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