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Regional Highlights
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Fort Madison, Iowa
Wind energy is playing a grow-
ing role in power generation
in the U.S., where the goal is
to cover six percent of the
nation's electricity needs with
wind-generated power by
2020. To satisfy increasing de-
mand, we‘re building a produc-
tion facility for wind turbine
blades in Iowa. Since 2004,
we‘ve received orders from the
U.S. for equipment capable of
generating 1,300 MW of elec-
tricity – enough to meet the
energy needs of more than
400,000 households.
Florence, South Carolina
We’re helping optimize patient
care at the McLeod Regional
Medical Center in South Caro-
lina. After providing bar code
technology for the pharmacy
department, we’ve now intro-
duced other innovative solu-
tions such as the electronic pa-
tient file, in which lab results,
patient care documentation
and other data can be stored.
The use of this efficiency-en-
hancing technology has re-
duced the average time from
hospital admission to the first
administration of medication
from 93 minutes to eight and
enabled the facility to cut
costs by approximately
$6.4 million within three
years.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
We’ve entered into a ten-year
strategic alliance with Nova
Southeastern University
(NSU), one of the largest pri-
vate universities in the United
States. As part of a $100-mil-
lion order, we’ll supply the uni-
versity with integrated com-
munications solutions and
medical, security, transporta-
tion and power technologies.
NSU will also serve as an inter-
national showcase where
Siemens customers can experi-
ence our technology solutions
in action.
Mexico
With around 24 million passen-
gers a year, Mexico City Inter-
national is one of the top 50
airports in the world and Cen-
tral America’s major air hub.
We’ve won a contract to pro-
vide all the technical equip-
ment for the airport’s new Ter-
minal 2. The order includes a
baggage handling system,
electrical supply and distribu-
tion systems, an automated
people mover, transport infor-
mation solutions and all secu-
rity systems.