I'm a father with two daughters, and I don't want them to feel that they have to go and work in China when they are older.
— Joe Kaeser
All our wealth and all our export power has also come by the fact that other nations were willing to see us. This is very important.
The best software companies in the world are the Indian companies like the Tatas, Infosys, and others.
Large conventional power plants will continue to be built, but their significance for energy supply is diminishing.
I think Europe is well advised to form a unified economic force to be on par with the U.S. and China.
Siemens is keen on all the same things the UAE is keen on.
Like Siemens, the UAE is big on innovation. It has become famous as a think tank for thought leadership in areas of interest to the world - and to Siemens.
Innovating today is about creativity; it is about the freedom to act... if you look at the big conglomerate... it's highly regulated. It's a lot of talk about... internal controls and this and that... so there's a huge mindshift change to get the best of people.
We never said the U.K. is in bad shape if it leaves the E.U.: we said the E.U. would miss a massive opportunity. Without the U.K., the E.U. may never be able to stand up against superpowers like China and the U.S.
If people don't invest into new manufacturing, renewable energy, new health-care technology - these are our revenues and our bookings.
Unfair trade practices should be regulated because they're unfair.
The time of old-fashioned conglomerates is over. They are definitely not going to survive.
It's great to have a great past and history. But it's even greater to have a good future. So the most important history is the history we make today.
Mediocrity was the dominating element of big conglomerates and, in the new digital age, digitalization goes exactly after mediocrity.
America became great through immigrants... I hope that this great country will recall what has made it great.
To these economic refugees, maybe we should tell them, 'We'll call you when we need you.'
'Make in India' is great, but 'Make It Happen in India' is even greater. Make It Happen in India is more than manufacturing. It's about training, about education, about societal development and automation and engineering.
Tariffs would mean prices going up, and customers don't want higher prices.
Germany benefits the most from the European Union because Germany is, by far, the biggest exporter into the Euro Zone, and therefore, it benefits. And one who benefits the most must take the biggest responsibility.
President el-Sisi of Egypt took over in a very complicated environment. He needed to give a new direction. It is quite a difficult job.
The individual Siemens businesses must be able to keep up with the specialists in the industry and be at least as good as their strongest competitors.
At the end of the day, dividends are not being paid with margins; dividends are paid with earnings per share.
The main task for the Middle East is geopolitical stability. The rest of the world has to help to get this region straight, and once that's been achieved, the region has a great future.
The Osram brand and the Osram company is well-established in the world. Customers like them.
Trade brings freedom and well-being for all.
The U.K. matters with or without being a member of the E.U.
If the world believes that Iran doesn't play by the rules and imposes sanctions, then we'll follow them whether we have an opinion about it or not.
China is the world's largest lighting market. That should not be ignored lightly.
Nothing has ever become better by ignoring the reality.
I'm not going to be the one who turns out the last lights of the last conglomerate. So we need to reinvent ourselves all the time.
Perhaps we Germans are a bit sensitive when it comes to walls and race.
Africa's economies are gaining ground and can develop their full potential with the right partner. Siemens wants to support their sustainable development - with solutions and projects in Africa, for Africa.
Germany has got to deal with its global responsibilities in a mature way. There has been insufficient thought to immigration law, and we need to differentiate between different kinds of migrants. There are valid refugees whose lives are at risk at home.
A number of major companies - from PepsiCo to Walmart to U.P.S. - have recognized that corporations have a responsibility to address the causes of climate change before it is too late. We do not have to wait for an international treaty or new regulations to act.
As a great employer, one of things we prize is political consistency and clear policy.
As a global company, we have abundant resources in both capable people and capacity and also competency to make a success in India.
A company that is big is never really bad but also not really good.
We understand that conglomerates have no future.
Every morning you get up, risk starts.
Like the UAE, we have been thinking of the time after hydrocarbons for a very long time.
Some in Europe take a plane, fly to Silicon Valley, visit and look and come back and say we need to do the same thing. Well you can copy others... but if you always copy others, you never get ahead.
We need constant change, technological innovation capability, and high productivity to survive in the fierce competitive environment.
Mobility will be one of the major beneficiaries of population growth in the world.
If there's more employment, people buy more.
I can imagine a future in which we give investors the opportunity to invest not just in the companies Siemens Healthineers or Siemens-Gamesa renewable energy, but also in a high-performing digital industry business.
Irrespective of our past, we need to look forward.
If you're not in the business to improve society, you shouldn't be in business.
One must not mix up prudence with gestures of servility.
Siemens is a job machine.
On the global scale, if there's a shaky Middle East, there's a shaky world.
