Siemens Awarded $217.5 Million Flats Sequencing
System Subcontract from Northrop Grumman
ARLINGTON, Texas - Siemens announced that it has been awarded a
$217.5 million fixed-price contract to provide key technologies of
the Flats Sequencing Systems (FSS) contract from the Northrop
Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC).
Northrop Grumman was contracted by the U.S. Postal Service to
provide 100 FSS to further automate its flats mail stream, which
includes large envelopes, catalogs and magazines.
Siemens will provide the optical character recognition and video
coding systems (OCR/VCS), the tray staging device (TSD), and the
sorter built to Northrop Grumman Corporation’s design. Additionally,
Siemens will provide extensive logistical services and support.
A pre-production version of the system will be fielded later this
year. This version will be used by the U.S. Postal Service to
develop system operational procedures. Installation of the first FSS
production units at U.S. Postal Service facilities nationwide is
expected to begin in 2008 with the remaining FSS installations
scheduled for completion by 2010.
“The technical demands of this program require the combined
experience of both companies’ in the development of postal
automation systems as well as our proven records of performance on
U.S. Postal Service programs,” said Lukas Loeffler, vice president,
Siemens Postal Automation in the U.S. “Northrop Grumman and Siemens
entered a teaming agreement for the FSS program in 2003 and it has
been a successful partnership.”
About Siemens
Siemens Postal Automation, a division of the Siemens Industrial
Solutions and Services (I&S) Group, is a global market leader in
mail sorting, reading and coding as well as parcel and freight
handling solutions. In the U.S., Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
represents the I&S Group within Siemens AG. I&S is the systems and
solutions integrator for industrial and infrastructure facilities
and global service provider for the plant and projects business
covering planning, installation and operation across the entire life
cycle. I&S uses its own products, systems and process technologies
to enhance productivity and improve the competitiveness of companies
in metallurgy, water treatment, pulp and paper, oil and gas, marine
engineering, open-cast mining, airport logistics, postal automation,
intelligent traffic systems and industrial services. In fiscal 2006
(to September 30), I&S employed a total of 36,200 people worldwide
and achieved total sales of EUR 8.819 billion, according to U.S.
GAAP. For more information, please visit
www.sea.siemens.com or
www.industry.siemens.com.
Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and
engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $107.4
billion in fiscal 2006. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is
a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control,
Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building
Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances.
With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in
the USA has sales of $21.4 billion and employs approximately 67,000
people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens'
worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global
headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ
475,000 people in 190 countries.
