Last Updated: 31 March 2025
At Hannover Messe 2025, Siemens highlights advancements in industrial artificial intelligence (AI), software-defined automation, and digital twin technology. By combining these technologies with a robust partner ecosystem, Siemens aims to accelerate digital transformation and sustainability across various industries.
Siemens is transitioning to a unified technology company—ONE Tech Company—streamlining its portfolio and organization to scale innovations.
This strategic alignment is set to reinforce Siemens' leadership in industrial innovation, helping global customers enhance competitiveness, resilience, and sustainability.
In his opening speech, Siemens AG President and CEO Roland Busch emphasized the urgency of adopting AI-driven innovations to fuel industrial growth. He highlighted the need for Germany to reduce bureaucracy and increase innovation speed, labeling industrial AI as the primary lever for future economic development.
"Hannover Messe is taking place at exiting times. Industries face dramatic changes in technology and their markets, and Siemens is uniquely positioned to support their transformation. As a frontrunner in Industrial AI, comprehensive digital twins, and software-defined automation, we offer the technologies our customers need to be more resilient, more competitive and more sustainable.”
Roland Busch, President and CEO of Siemens AG.
Siemens, in collaboration with Microsoft, is developing the Industrial Foundation Model (IFM) using the Azure platform. The IFM aims to transform human-machine collaboration by enhancing productivity, efficiency, and quality throughout the industrial value chain.
This model processes and contextualizes 3D models, 2D drawings, industrial data, and technical specifications, providing data-driven recommendations.
The IFM promises faster AI adoption, helps address skilled workforce shortages, and improves operational excellence.
Siemens and Audi have reached a significant milestone by introducing virtual Programmable Logic Controllers (vPLCs) at Audi’s Böllinger Höfe factory. Unlike traditional hardware controllers, these vPLCs operate remotely from data centers.
Siemens became the first company worldwide to receive a safety certification for vPLC technology from Germany’s TÜV technical inspection association, validating their leading position.
This innovation provides Audi with increased flexibility, quicker processes, and AI-enabled production capabilities.
Siemens Xcelerator, the digital business platform at the heart of ONE Tech Company, integrates partner technologies into industrial ecosystems effectively. Siemens’ partnerships with global technology leaders like Accenture, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and AWS significantly enhance its ability to drive global technological advancement.
Siemens and Accenture announced the Accenture Siemens Business Group, employing 7,000 professionals worldwide. The collaboration aims to offer integrated AI, software, and automation solutions, accelerating digital transformation particularly in high-growth regions.
Partnering with NVIDIA, Siemens demonstrates the potential of the Industrial Metaverse. Siemens integrates its industrial software with NVIDIA’s AI and accelerated computing, enhancing visualization and simulation through immersive, photorealistic digital twins.
The strengthened partnership with Microsoft enables seamless real-time data integration from factory floors to the cloud. Using Siemens' Industrial Edge and Microsoft Azure, manufacturers can predict maintenance, improve quality, and boost efficiency.
Siemens and AWS collaborate to enhance sustainable infrastructure. Siemens' digital building platform Building X, integrated with AWS cloud and AI services, allows real-time monitoring, automating processes, reducing costs, and improving energy efficiency.
