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Cannock Chase Benefits from Electrium Community Support

16 November 2011

Left to Right; Back Row; Sharon Southam, Carolyn Mansell-Ward, Sue Panton, Lisa Standley. Front Row; Alistair Eaton, Michael Baxter, Andy Lowe, Tony Vaughan

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Eight Electrium employees last month swapped the office for the outdoors as they erected six new benches on RAF Hednesford Trails near Cannock Chase as part of a continued commitment to corporate social responsibility. Electrium Sales Ltd (which is wholly owned by Siemens plc) has its head office at Lakeside Plaza, Cannock.

Alistair Eaton, Export Strategy Manager for Electrium, and his team were building on the efforts of colleagues who began the challenge by erecting four benches in July.

During the challenge, which forms part of Siemens Caring Hands programme for corporate citizenship activities and was undertaken with the support of Business in the Community, the Electrium team gave the former RAF base a makeover by cutting bramble, clearing logs and footpaths. They then went on to build and construct six benches to ensure that walkers can continue to enjoy the conservation and recreation area, which previously suffered from a lack of seating.

Alistair Eaton, Export Strategy Manager for Electrium and Team Leader, said: “It was great to give a little back to the local community in Cannock where our office is based. Local residents gave us positive feedback throughout the day and let us know how appreciative they were for the extra seating.

I am very proud of the whole team who worked very hard on the day so that residents can continue to benefit from using the area.”

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Electrium is one of the leading vendors of British Standards wiring accessories, circuit protection systems and switches and sockets, with brands Crabtree, Wylex and Volex, and has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens since January 2006. With sites in Cannock (Staffordshire), Hindley Green (Lancashire) and Wythenshawe (Greater Manchester). Electrium offers a complete range of low voltage installation products from a simple light switch to the main switchgear in an industrial installation.Specified worldwide, Electrium’s products are designed to satisfy the needs of specifiers, wholesalers, contractors and end-users in domestic, commercial and industrial markets alike, and are installed in many of the world’s most prestigious buildings.

The Siemens Low and Medium Voltage Division serves the entire product, system, and solution business for the power distribution infrastructure of public utilities, municipal utilities, and industrial facilities. The Division is responsible for providing reliable power supply equipment for conventional and regenerative power plants as well as intelligent, compact switching stations for distribution networks in metropolitan and rural areas. In addition, the Division supplies energy-efficient solutions for the integration of renewable energy and energy storage in the grid.For more information, visit http://www.siemens.co.uk/low-voltage

About Siemens in the UK
Siemens was established in the United Kingdom 167 years ago and now employs 16,915 people in the UK. Last year’s revenues were £4.2 billion. As a leading global engineering and technology services company, Siemens provides innovative solutions to help tackle the world’s major challenges, across the key sectors of energy, industry and healthcare. Siemens has offices and factories throughout the UK, with its headquarters in Frimley, Surrey. The company’s global headquarters is in Munich, Germany. For more information, visit www.siemens.co.uk

Caring Hands is the Siemens programme for corporate citizenship activities and is used across the world. Different countries place different emphasis on the programme and in the UK we concentrate on the communities close to our sites. Support comes in many forms, donations of cash from the site or business, employee fund raising, donations in kind such as products, equipment and advice, and employee volunteering time.

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For further information, images or interviews, please contact:
Katie Allsopp on 0121 713 3769 / katie.allsopp@europe.mccann.com
Laura Westcott on 0121 713 3768 / laura.westcott@europe.mccann.com

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