| 1945 |
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Siemens Group Directorates are set
up in West Germany |
| 1949 |
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Transfer of Siemens &Halske
headquarters to Munich and Siemens-Schuckertwerke headquarters to Erlangen |
| 1953 |
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Siemens develops zone refining
method for production of high-purity silicon |
| 1954 |
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Data processing begins to develop |
| 1957 |
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| Founding of Siemens-Electrogeräte AG
(electrical devices) |
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| 1958 |
|
A cardiac pacemaker is implanted
for the first time |
| 1959 |
|
| Simatic, a modular electronic control system,
is developed First mass-produced
fully-transistorized universal computer "Siemens 2002" |
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| 1962 |
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First electronically-controlled
telephone exchange is commissioned in Munich |
| 1966 |
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Founding of Siemens AG |
| 1967 |
|
Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
(BSHG) is founded (domestic appliances) |
| 1969 |
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Founding of Kraftwerk Union (KWU)
and Transformatoren Union (TU) (transformers) |
| 1973 |
|
Production of large-scale
integrated (LSI) circuits starts |
| 1975 |
|
World's first high-voltage dc
transmission line equipped with thyristors is set up for the Cabora Bassa hydro-electric
power station in Mozambique |
| 1977 |
|
Siecor Optical Cables Inc. is
formed |
| 1978 |
|
| Siemens receives order to supply nine
generators for the world's largest hydro-electric power station in Itaipú on Rio Paraná,
Brazil/Paraguay |
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| 1981 |
|
Siemens builds the first European
64-kbit memory chip |
| 1982 |
|
Siemens presents the
"Magnetom" magnetic resonance imager |
| 1984 |
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Siemens introduces the
"Hicom" ISDN communications system |
| 1988 |
|
Series production of 1-Mbit DRAM
chips |
| 1989 |
|
Company's reorganization is
completed: 15 Groups, 2 special divisions, 2 legally independent units, 12 corporate
divisions |
| 1992 |
|
Siemens builds the world's fastest
neurocomputer "Synapse 1" |
| 1993 |
|
Modular design locomotive
"Eurosprinter" is developed |
| 1994 |
|
High-temperature fuel cells with an
output of 1,8 kW set a new world record |
| 1995 |
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Customers receive first engineering
samples of the 256-Mbit chip |
| 1997 |
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World's first GSM cellular phone
with color display |
| 1998 |
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Fingertip sensor |
| 1999 |
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Sivit - computer without mouse or
keyboard |
Ever since its
foundation in 1847, Siemens has addressed the challenge of shaping the future with
innovations. Few companies have done as much as Siemens to shape our world. 
Approaching
the third millenium