• Cooperation in the industry and infrastructure market segments
• Optimized solution for switchgear manufacturers and electrical planners
• Siemens to join the Eplan Partner Network as a strategic partner
Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Eplan have signed a strategic partnership to strengthen collaboration in
the area of software solutions for the industry and infrastructure market segments. As part of this agreement,
Siemens’ Electrical Products business unit will join the Eplan Partner Network as a strategic partner. The
objective is to coordinate the products of both companies in a more targeted manner in order to offer
optimized solutions for switchgear manufacturers and electrical planners. Sebastian Seitz, CEO of Eplan,
and Andreas Matthé, CEO of Electrical Products at Siemens Smart Infrastructure, signed the agreement to
this effect on September 26, 2022.
“The overall goal of our collaboration is to create a plug-and-play structure for electrical planners. We want to
open our tools bidirectionally for both sides and thus simplify and accelerate workflows,” said Andreas
Matthé.
Sebastian Seitz of Eplan has also emphasized the benefits for joint customers: “In switchgear construction,
we can use Eplan Pro Panel to optimize processes and automate them to a greater extent. In addition, we
will more specifically address the growing area of power distribution and work with Siemens to create end-toend solutions for integrative, more efficient workflows.”
The industry segment comprises offerings and products for control panel building, while the infrastructure
segment includes switchgear construction for power distribution. In the industry market segment, Siemens
and Eplan will intensify the excellent cooperation that has existed for many years, for example, to provide
Eplan data across all configured Siemens products. For the infrastructure market, Eplan and Siemens have
decided to jointly optimize and automate customer processes, for instance in the Sivacon and Alpha
environment (power distribution systems) by integrating Simaris (planning tools) and the Eplan platform.
Both parties will contribute their expertise to the benefit of their joint customers to enable more efficient
workflows in switchgear construction and power distribution.
Eplan offers engineering software and services in the fields of electrical engineering, automation, and
mechatronics. The company develops one of the world’s leading software solutions for machine, switchgear,
and control panel builders. In addition, it helps customers simplify challenging engineering processes.
Siemens’ Electrical Products offers products for a safe and efficient electrical infrastructure at the low-voltage
level in buildings and industrial environments, including safety and control products, measuring and
monitoring devices, switches, and sockets. Furthermore, the business unit’s portfolio includes
communication-enabled software tools that can be used to connect power distribution products to building
and industrial automation, as well as to open cloud-based IoT systems.