Siemens & Capgemini: Powering a New Era of Manufacturing

Siemens and Capgemini are expanding their strategic partnership, with the aim of jointly creating AI-native digital tools across engineering, manufacturing and industrial operations.

Instead of applying AI as an add-on, the companies are laser-focused on embedding AI into these tools from the start – supporting productivity, improving time-to-market, enhancing quality and powering sustainability progress. Their focus spans 16 specific capabilities aimed at delivering measurable outcomes for industrial clients.

The alliance builds on Siemens’ industrial software, automation systems, electrification and sustainability offerings, combined with Capgemini’s engineering, transformation and domain expertise.

Together, the firms are set to apply these technologies and insights to key industries including aerospace, automotive and life sciences, as well as emerging areas such as hydrogen and water or wastewater.

AI-native solutions reshape industrial systems

The joint initiative tackles persistent client challenges such as the disconnect between information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT). This gap is now addressable through the adoption of industrial AI, digital twin technologies and next-generation automation.

Digital twins are virtual replicas of physical systems that allow businesses to model, monitor and optimise their operations. Siemens and Capgemini use these digital models alongside orchestrated AI agents to connect traditionally siloed areas like engineering and manufacturing.

Cedrik Neike, CEO of Siemens Digital Industries and Member of the Managing Board at Siemens, describes the roles of each partner: “For our customers Capgemini is like a compass – deeply familiar with our customers’ challenges and ambitions. Siemens provides the engine: technologies like industrial AI, digital twins and automation.

"Together, we guide our customers through their digital transformation with speed, precision and a clear course toward the future."

Capgemini Group CEO Aiman Ezzat says the collaboration aims to help clients "navigate complexity and realise tangible business impact".

He continues: "As a leader in bridging the gap between the physical and digital worlds, we enable clients to transform their engineering and manufacturing operations at speed.

"This strengthened partnership underscores a shared commitment to delivering industrial AI and future-ready intelligent manufacturing, creating new value for industries."

Real-world results with Airbus, Sanofi and GravitHy

Three active client programmes show how Siemens and Capgemini are applying these technologies on the ground.

At Airbus, both companies are helping decarbonise four industrial sites across the US and UK.

Siemens technologies are being used to help the aerospace giant reach its aim of cutting energy use by 20% and reducing Scope 1 and 2 stationary emissions – which relate to direct emissions from owned sources and indirect emissions from purchased electricity – by 85% globally by 2030.

Digital models of the energy systems, known as energy system twins, simulate different options and determine the most efficient decarbonisation roadmap for each location. Capgemini contributes consulting support, project management and strategic planning.

For pharmaceutical manufacturer Sanofi, Siemens and Capgemini are supporting the company's global digital transformation by rolling out Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) across multiple sites. MES are software tools that manage, track and document production processes in real time.

In this case, the MES programme is powered by generative AI. The implementation replaces manual paper-based batch records with digital ones. According to Siemens and Capgemini, the switch cuts record review times by 70%, reduces deviations (discrepancies in the production process) by 80% and improves compliance and quality control.

Meanwhile, Siemens and Capgemini are digitalising operations at GravitHy, a French iron company focused on green steel. This includes improving efficiency, increasing flexibility and supporting the company’s shift to greener production. The project targets a reduction in hydrogen production costs by up to 10% – a key step as the firm transitions towards clean energy.

A scalable model for global industries

The collaboration between Siemens and Capgemini spans nearly 20 years, already supporting more than 100 clients across 20 countries.

As this new phase begins, Capgemini plans to increase its number of certified professionals across technologies, sectors and geographies to extend its delivery capacity around Siemens platforms.

The partners are seeking to support digital transformation journeys in complex industrial settings, offering integrated systems powered by AI from day one. These AI-native systems aim to improve operational processes across sectors, reduce environmental impact, and set new standards for industrial performance.

By combining Siemens' deep technological stack with Capgemini’s transformation capabilities, the partnership is set to help clients streamline operations, cut emissions and embrace future-ready manufacturing – without waiting for the future to arrive.