TECH & AI
SIEMENS’ NANJING GLOBAL LIGHTHOUSE
Siemens ' AI powered facility in Nanjing, China was named a WEF Global Lighthouse Factory in January 2026. This plant is Siemens’ fifth to be named a Lighthouse Factory following three in Germany and a fourth in Chengdu, China.
The Nanjing facility is the company’ s largest research and production centre for CNC systems, drives and electric motors outside Germany. The WEF’ s award highlights improvements in asset utilisation, worker enablement and resource management.
Cedrik Neike, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens and CEO Digital Industries, says: " We call our Nanjing facility a ' digital-native factory '. It was designed, tested and optimised entirely in the virtual world before a single brick was laid.
“ By combining our global manufacturing expertise with local insight and a digital-first mindset, we continuously optimise every part of the operation, making it one of the most efficient and flexible factories in the world.”
Alongside its Global Lighthouse Factories, Siemens creates its own technologies that support factories around the world, including Digital Twin Composer used by PepsiCo, nine specialised AI copilots and programmes like Building X and Power Intelligence.
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