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Siemens Egypt Energy
Saving Day
Siemens Wins MAP Award for Corporate Excellence
Siemens Egypt has launched an Internal
Energy Saving Campaign carrying the
slogan: "Lead the Change… Save
Energy".
The objective of this campaign was: to
create awareness among Siemens
employees about the need to save
energy, to reduce energy consumption
and the electricity bill by 10%, raise
awareness about Siemens Environmental
Portfolio, to build a positive corporate
image towards our customers and
to the public in general, and finally to
become a Green Building.
The campaign was launched with an
“Energy Saving Day” on Thursday June
18th, 2009 within Siemens Egypt
premises and in the presence of
Mr. Mohamed El-Mahdi − Chairman &
Managing Director − who presented a
speech at the staff cafeteria to encourage
the employees about the importance
of Energy Saving and talked about
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the huge Siemens Environmental
Portfolio.
“Energy Saving Ambassadors“ − from
across different business units and
corporates − have participated in
organizing as well as preparing and
arranging the event. On the Energy
Saving Day, the employees were greeted
at the entrance with chocolate bars
carrying the campaign slogan and they
came to work wearing the campaign
T-Shirts.
They showed their cooperation and
support for the campaign, as they used
the stairs instead of the elevators and
switched off the unused lights all over
the building to save energy.
Posters and flyers were displayed all
over the building carrying several
messages on how to save energy. In
addition, stickers for closing the doors
and switching off the lights, computers,
printers, .. etc. carried the messages:
“Close the Door” and “Switch Me Off”.
Siemens believes that the best way to
ensure that our planet stays green isn't
only by recycling and conserving
energy, but also by teaching our
children to do the same. With this
concept, Siemens distributed to its
employees activity booklets for their
kids on energy and energy saving.
Moreover, Siemens Egypt has dedicated
a section on its Energy Saving page on
the Intranet under the name “Junior
Energy Savers” that includes many
activity sheets (ready for downloading)
that can assist employees in teaching
their children about energy saving in a
fun and interactive way.
Green balloons and green plants were
decorating the cafeteria to strengthen
the message of green environment and
green building. In addition, an energy
saving cartoon (movie) was played on
the LCD screen in the cafeteria.
Energy Saving Ambassadors interviewed
employees and asked questions about
energy and energy saving.
By the end of the day, Mr. El-Mahdi
announced the winners of the energy
saving quiz and handed the prizes in a
friendly atmosphere filled with an
interactive team spirit. The employees
were gathered for group photos at the
reception area.
Siemens Egypt I IA/DT wins the
complete electrical and automation
packages for “Nile Sugar”.
“Nile Sugar”, a subsidiary of “Orascom”,
is the first fully private beet sugar
company in Egypt. Its production
capacity is 125000 tons/year in the
present phase and is expandable up to
250000 tons/year. The project is
intended to produce high quality white
sugar, which is mainly for export. The
first package won was the automation
and instrumentation after a fierce
competition from several well-known
manufacturers. The project was acquired
on technical basis due to the reputable
experience that Siemens possesses in
the Sugar industry as well as the
availability of a local commissioning and
after sales service setup. Siemens S.A.E.
was a consortium partner with Siemens
AG covering the local commissioning. In
April 2009, Siemens S.A.E. was awarded
the contracts for the supply of Sinamics
Drives and Motor Control Centers
(MCC’s). The MCC’s are executed
through Siemens local Sivacon partner
“EMAS”. “Nile Sugar” will start commissioning
in October 2009 and the
production is planned in March 2010.
The project stands as a mile stone not
only for the increase in local added value
in Sugar projects, but also due to the
collaboration between the head office
and the local regional companies.
Siemens Egypt is moving to “SPIRI-
DON” - “SAP”
Siemens Egypt is currently preparing to
move to “SPIRIDON” – “SAP”. During a
preparation and follow up meeting of
SPIRIDON - SAP implementation, Mr.
El-Mahdi − Chairman & Managing
Director − stated that there are two
major factors “manpower and tools”,
which lead to the success of the
business in any organization. According
to Mr. El-Mahdi: “Siemens has excellent
employees and we need to improve our
tools. For that reason, we decided to
move our ERP system from “Globe” to
“SAP”, which is the world and the
Siemens standard. Moving to “SAP” is
not only a challenge, but is also going to
mark a new era for our organization”.
Both our employees and this tool will
enable us to drive the business faster
and more efficient. With SPIRIDON, we
have to change; we have to adjust our
processes to get the best benefit out of
it for Siemens.
Why moving to “SPIRIDON” – “SAP”?
� For the past few years, Siemens S.A.E.
had exceeded the “Globe” capabilities
(average usage at globe = 15 emp.
/country).
� The ability to meet new business
requirements.
� Aligning with the countries from the
Middle East Cluster.
� Efficiency in consolidating reports.
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