Sheffield to be Siemens VAI base
Mittwoch, 3 März 2010
The Siemens VAI business will now have its UK headquarters in the Sheffield operation of Siemens, it has been announced.
With support from Creativesheffield's business investment team, the industrial group has relocated its corporate functions from Christchurch in Dorset to Sheffield.
The German-owned group's Sheffiled operations will be significantly expanded with this strategy and around 80 jobs are expected to be relocated.
The Sheffield Business Park site, offering designing and engineering solutions and services for the steel industry, currently employs around 200 people.
Alfred Piesinger, UK managing director of Siemens VAI, said: "In addition to the Sheffield operation's recent business track record, the power and co-operative spirit of the local technical community were a major factor in this location decision.
"The professional and academic strength of this region will serve Siemens VAI's business directly and our strengthened presence here also provides a means to access the region's metals technology cluster for the wider Siemens group."
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