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São Paulo and Siemens
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Corporate Responsibility Indicators
São Paulo and Siemens
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Security
Industry
Through Brazil’s biggest
24-hour monitoring center,
Siemens generates greater
tranquility and security in the
metropolis.
Siemens’ innovative solutions
helped Volkswagen’s Nova
Anchieta (SP) plant become
one of the most modern in
the world.
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São Paulo and Siemens
Water
Siemens modernized Sabesp,
the world’s fourth largest
sanitation company’s water
supply operational control
system (SCOA).
Innovative solutions on electronic security
Project PQ 24, Volkswagen’s Nova Anchieta plant (São Bernardo do Campo – SP)
Water Supply Operational Control Center at Sabesp (Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo)
In São Paulo, Siemens’ electronic systems monitor
the security of 50 thousand clients, 24 hours a day.
Brazil produces 2.6 million cars a year, twice
the amount recorded at the start of the decade
In São Paulo, each person consumes 180 liters
of water a day on average
Throughout the world, concerns about
homeland and country infrastructure
safety and security, as well as of
corporations and individuals have
increased significantly and today
represents a key issue for society’s future
development. In megacities like São
Paulo, such threats are greater than any
other place and affect all aspects of city
life in a particular way.
As the leader in Brazil’s home,
condominium and business security
systems and one of the biggest suppliers
in the world, Siemens offers a complete
portfolio that encompasses Integrated
Security Solutions, Fire Protection,
Building Automation and Control that
satisfy the specific needs of each client,
customizing services provided to clients.
Internal circuit TV, monitored alarm
systems, fleet for security house calls,
vehicle tracking and various other
options developed using cutting edge
technology connect with each other
using exclusive software applications,
offering security to clients of all sorts,
from large corporations to citizens in
their homes.
São Paulo is where the “heart” of this
complete line of security solutions is
located. More precisely, at the 24-hour
Siemens Brazil Monitoring Center, the
biggest in the country and the only one
to operate with two monitoring centers
located in different cities. With this, in
the event of an accident at one of the
centers, the monitoring continues
operating normally. Through this
equipped and empowered unit, Siemens
controls its electronic security systems
(monitored alarm) installed at more
than 50 thousand clients nationwide
(one-half being located in the São Paulo
metropolitan region). Siemens also
manages other solutions in an integrated
and optimized manner, such as biometric
identification, access control systems,
building and fire protection systems,
among others, contributing to the
tranquility, security, safety and
protection in the metropolis.
Main products and technologies:
24-hour Monitoring Center
Largest vehicle fleet for security calls
Siemens Radar (GPS/GPRS vehicle
tracking system)
Fire protection systems
Biometric identification systems (digital,
palm of hand, face or eye iris)
Video and image monitoring
intelligent analysis
Access control systems (card or chip)
Main benefits for the client:
Increased security and physical safety
Customized systems according to the
specific needs of each client
Immediate service in the event of
occurrences
Systems integration and operatinal
cost optimization
Brazil’s automotive sector is an example
of the industry’s need to excel in terms of
quality and productivity. According to
Brazil’s Automotive Industry Association
(Anfavea), from 1999 to 2006, Brazil’s
production doubled, going from 1.3
million to 2.6 million vehicles
manufactured a year.
It was with this expected growth for
the sector and the challenge of
modernizing its production that
Volkswagen planned in 1999 the
complete reformulation of its São
Bernardo do Campo plant, in a project
called PQ 24. Officially inaugurated in
1959, the unit underwent such an
intense modernization process that it was
renamed Nova Anchieta, with Siemens
being the main supplier of industrial
systems and solutions. Thanks to this
comprehensive process, the Volkswagen
plant now has a production capacity of
1,600 vehicles a day.
Siemens’ participation was intense,
starting with the complete refurbishment
of the frame wing, including expansion
of the power substations and installation
of power supply, water-cooling, lighting
and compressed air components.
Siemens also was responsible for the car
body welding system, synchronized
transportation, production management,
metallic structures and platforms of the
final assembly wing, electrical, static and
dynamic tests, cabins for light and
watertightness tests.
The result was one of the most modern
automotive plants in the world, with
Siemens’ presence throughout the entire
process, from the entry of the steel plates
to the output of vehicles on four wheels.
Besides being present in the unit’s entire
life cycle, Siemens also offers
maintenance services, with world leading
technology in industrial automation
Main products and technologies:
Expansion of power substations
Installation of distribution
transformers, panels and buses
Water-cooling, lighting and
compressed air systems
Car body welding system
Synchronized transportation systems
Electrical, static and dynamic
testing systems
Cabins for light and watertightness
tests
Main benefits for the client:
Production processes of the highest
quality
Increased vehicle production capacity
Greater efficiency in managing and
controlling the production process
Optimization of the use of resources,
raw materials and components
Totally integrated solutions from a
single supplier
Water related problems are part of an
endless debate in São Paulo. On one hand,
the metropolis faces the threats of floods
caused by summer rains, which go from
October to March. On the other, local
reservoirs frequently become vast empty
spaces, during the dry winter inflicted upon
the region.
Ensuring the supply of drinking water in
São Paulo’s metropolitan region is a
challenge for public authorities. On one
side, governments are faced with the
difficult task of balancing a complex
equation of a growing population with
limited natural resources. On the other,
certainty that the continued supply of water
can only be ensured by improving
processes.
It was with this improvement expectation
that Sabesp handed over the project and
implementation of the new Water Supply
Operation Control System (Nova SCOA) to
Chemtech, a Siemens group company that
specializes in IT services and solutions for
industries. Through Nova SCOA, Sabesp
supervises, controls, plans and manages the
entire drinking water transportation system
between treatment stations and regional
reservoirs for São Paulo’s metropolitan
region. This control is done with the data
coming from 180 remote stations
distributed throughout the Greater São
Paulo region, serving 31 municipalities and
roughly 19 million inhabitants.
The project, developed by a consortium
led by Chemtech, together with Siemens’
power transmission and distribution area,
improves the planning of operations,
increases safety of the water supply system,
allows optimizing costs and provides
managerial information with an exclusive
decision support module. With Nova SCOA,
Sabesp gained flexibility to adjust its daily
operation plans according to demand,
guaranteeing quality and protecting itself
from the risks of a water supply shortage.
An amendment to the contract has
already been made between Sabesp and the
Consortium, to expand the Nova SCOA to
other units of the company: production of
drinking water and final water distribution
network.
Main products and technologies:
SCADA Spectrum Power CC control system
XHQ System, for viewing operational
data and intelligence
SGA - Transmission Management System
(for transporting water from treatment
stations to reservoirs)
PIMS Simatic Historian, data storage
system
Watercad Software, for water supply
planning using hydraulic simulation of
scenarios.
Main benefits for the client:
State-of-the-art technological platform
based on open technologies – expansion
ease.
Greater precision and online monitoring
of water volumes sold (billing)
Total tracking of operations, events
and historical data of the process
Integration with legacy systems
Reduction in operating costs
(especially electricity)
Improved management of operational
stoppages and maintenance events