The Siemens Acquisition

In 1998, 55 years after Westinghouse built its first gas turbine engine for the U.S. Navy, Siemens AG of Germany acquired the Power Generation Business Unit (then part of CBS Corporation) and the Westinghouse gas turbine business was integrated into that of Siemens. For the first five years after the acquisition, the Orlando operation was called Siemens Westinghouse, temporarily continuing presence of the Westinghouse name. That ended in 2003, when the only name seen at the Orlando office at The Quadrangle is that of Siemens.

For a while, both Siemens and Westinghouse gas turbine models were offered in the 60Hz markets worldwide, while the 50Hz markets were served by existing Siemens products. After some time, it was decided that the Westinghouse designs would be the primary basis of the Siemens offerings for all 60Hz markets—most of the Americas, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia—served by Siemens-Westinghouse staff in Orlando, would be the Westinghouse designs, such as the W501F\SGT6-5000F. The 50Hz markets—covering Europe, Africa, most of Asia and part of South America—was served by Siemens in Germany. As Siemens developed new gas turbine products with more advanced technology, the new optimized offerings incorporated features of both Westinghouse and Siemens technology and design traditions.

The rest is history.