North China IT company allies with Siemens

Updated: 2016-12-23

An IT company based in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, will cooperate with Siemens to improve its product service, equipment maintenance and industrial security service, with a strategic agreement signed between the two companies on Dec 16.

Xichuang Xinlian Co, one of the subsidiaries of Baotou Steel and Iron Group, has expertise with automatic system integration, software development, and internet technical services, and is based in Baotou, the largest city of North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. It has become a national software development company and is now the largest IT company based in the western part of Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

Founded in 1847, Siemens AG is a German conglomerate company headquartered in Berlin and Munich, Germany. It is the largest manufacturing and electronics company in Europe with branch offices in more than 200 countries.

Siemens has long been a prominent business partner for Chinese companies. The history of Siemens in China dates back to 1872, when the company delivered the first pointer telegraph to China. The company manufactured the first steam generator and built China’s first tram line at the end of the 19th century. The company continues to provide first-class services to its customers by establishing an alliance with local IT companies in China.