sorensen, ceo of siemens healthcare north america. siemens is a company at the forefront of the intersection of medical treatment and technology. is an esteemed neuroradiologist but before he joined siemens, he was a professor of harvard medical school, codirector of the martinez center for biomedical imaging at mass. general hospital and a faculty member of the mit division of health sciences and technology. his own research and extensive political experience continue to inform the field today in work being done on stroke, cancer, and other health issues. it is and gentlemen, it's my pleasure to introduce greg sorenson. [applause] >> it was even with yellow tape. that's a little wrinkle to my remarks. i am going to share a few slides with you and thoughts, synthesizing what we have heard today and perhaps painting somewhat of a direction for the future. it's a real honor to be here with so many of my friends and colleagues from such rate institutions. this is the honor roll list. many of you are on it. in my new job, i have had a cha

what are the key areas where you see siemens needs to improve?e key areas definitely are that we need to get even closer to our customer toes create demand so that it can grow again, grow the company to its opportunities. second topic is, of course, to improve our operational excellence, which gives us at least 200 to 300 base points on margin improvement on the operating level. then we also need to make sure that our corporate core is as effective as it can be. then this company will be back where it belongs to be. >> that was the siemens ceo earlier speaking to "squawk box." continental beat expectations. third quarter sales up to 8.35 billion euros. it was 8.13 a year ago. joining us for more, wolfgang slaifr at continental in a first on cnbc interview. herr slaifr, thanks very much indeed for joining us. you've hiked your epic margin goal because costs haven't gone up quite the way you thought. i'm wondering if maybe on that front the stronger euro helped you deal with raw material costs. >> we are losing on the top line due to the exchange r

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it had ties with manufacturer siemen's, but the german firm is ending their nuclear business as the country shifts away from atomic power. so the machinery maker is aiming to foster ties with japanese businesses. they hope to partner with them and win contracts for hungarian projects. >> translator: we have some products we'd like japanese firms to see. and they have a lot to show us, too. by combining our technologies, we could build new parts for nuclear facilities. >> reporter: japanese firms are also looking to cooperate with hungarian ones in the energy sector. this is the president of a wind power company. hungarian officials are mandated to double their renewable energy output. his company owns the technology for storing electricity generated by wind power, and he sees hungary's energy policies as a business opportunity. >> translator: hungarian officials have set a high target for renewable power generation. to achieve this goal, they'll need to find a way to deal with the inconsistent output of wind power facilities. we have the solution. >> reporter: hungarian and japanese officia

the plant is owned and operated by siemens, the german-based engineering company, and it's one of 130facilities they run throughout the united states. siemens has invested more than $125 million in the united states over the past decade and invests about $1 billion every year in research here. when asked about it, they said, america produces better than anyone. the heart of our ability to produce better than anyone is our people. our workers are talented and productive. our entrepreneurs are the most determined and innovative. at the same time, we're the largest single market in the world. we have a deep infrastructure that connect this is vast market through pipelines and roads and bridges. our universities attract the best and brightest minds from around the globe. on top of that, we're experiencing an energy revolution in america. today the united states is less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in more than two decades. we produce more oil at home than we have in nearly 25 years and more natural gas than any time in history. this transformation is driving down energy costs

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the plant is owned and operated by siemens, the german-based engineering company, and it's one of 130facilities they run throughout the united states. siemens has invested more than $125 million in the united states over the past decade and invests about $1 billion every year in research here. when asked about it, they said, america produces better than anyone. the heart of our ability to produce better than anyone is our people. our workers are talented and productive. our entrepreneurs are the most determined and innovative. at the same time, we're the largest single market in the world. we have a deep infrastructure that connect this is vast market through pipelines and roads and bridges. our universities attract the best and brightest minds from around the globe. on top of that, we're experiencing an energy revolution in america. today the united states is less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in more than two decades. we produce more oil at home than we have in nearly 25 years and more natural gas than any time in history. this transformation is driving down energy costs

talking to particular companies and understanding what the needs are in a particular the companyis siemens has actually been one of our partners, and this is important because it has geographic national strategy, but it is local. if you are in an area where you want to come but make sure there is enough skill needs there, the idea you can partner with the we will work, that with the community college on the curriculum and school base you need. for us that means we are actually increasing the skill base of the country, and that will benefit you but also them in their next jobs as well. that's something we need to do, but we could use that partnership and this kind of demand training could be tailored to the needs of her region. there is nothing the president would like more then for somebody to say, i will locate here if you will help ensure i have 300 more of a particular skilled workers here. say, great, wed will take on that assignment and work with you. i think that is going to take over some of the training for the next term. >> we are so fortunate to have so many folks from state and

he came from the handset division of blackberry and went to siemens. and rode in as a white knight to save it. melissa: wow, that didn't work. >> the corporate jet and stuff like that he made a lot of bad decisions. >> like? >> for example, deciding which device to launch first, the bb-10 operating system was delayed and delayed and delayed. perhaps that was out of his control but the device he chose to launch that no one wanted but at least old diehards at blackberry wanted. >> only reason people myself have brac berry is because of the keyboard. >> i was told that thorsten heins himself was warned by one of the founders of the company, dude, what are you doing with this new z-10 doesn't have any keys? the keys are our whole differentiation. no, we'll go with iphone. and then it bombed. melissa: what left? what is left under the rubble here? >> you have a great recurring revenue stream of great big corporate accounts. microsoft ought to buy this company instead of nokia. melissa: but who, who, would make the devices? i hear their security is better th

. >>> months oedication and area students who wer named national finalists in the siemens competiti in, science,nd technology. andrew j and steven wang eaed top team honors and $6,000 scholarship for their research on a chemotherapy drug combination. they are now invited to prent their workt the national finals in shington, d.c., in december. they could win partf the $500,000 in scholarships that will be awarded, and i that cancer combition works, thas even better. >>> thanks so mu for makg us a part of yr morning. no 5:00 or 6:00 tonight because it is "sunday night footbal night in america" speci editioof nbc b area news follows after that. have a great weekend. use chase freedom select department ores and get 5% cash back this quarter. so y can give her an evebigger surprise. acvate your 5% cash ba athase.com/freedom chase. so you can. lowest moment of his presidency. >> i am not a perfect man and wilnot be a perfect predent. >> the obama care crisis and the white housein retreat. we fumbled the rollout on this health care. >> democrats are in revolt as the clockis ticking on the gov

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one of the companies, obviously, siemens, who has invested a lot in the united states, in particular working with community colleges. if you are in an area where you want to come, but you want to make sure that there is enough of the skill needs their, the idea that you can partner with the united states, that we will work with the community college on the curriculum and the skill base you need. for you, that helps to fill a job. for us, that means that we are actually increasing the skill base of the country and that will benefit you, but it will also benefit them and their next jobs as well. that is something that we need to do, but we could use that partnership and this kind of demand driven training that can be tailored to the particular needs of the region can be very important. i will tell you there's nothing the president would like more than for somebody to say, i will come locate here if you will help me get -- ensure that i have 300 more of a particular skill. that will define our vision of demand driven training over the next -- over the next of his second -- over the rest

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the plan is on and operated by siemens, the german based engineering company, and is one of 130 manufacturing the facilities that is run throughout the united states. investing more than $25 billion in the united states over the past decade and invests about 1 billion in research and development here annually. explaining why the company is so committed to the united states, the industry sector, put it this way. america produces better than anyone. the heart of our ability to produce better than anyone is the american people. workers are talented and productive, entrepreneurs are the most determined and innovative. the same time we are the largest single market in the world. it deep infrastructure that connects a vast and vibrant market through pipelines, ports, roads, and bridges. our universities attract and challenge the best and brightest minds from around the globe. on top of that we are experiencing an energy revolution of america. today the united states is less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in more than two decades. we produce more oil at home and we have been nearly 25 yea

. >> not to mention equipment suppliers, alcatel, lucent -- >> nokia siemens.drive telecom. in media as well, you guys are reporting on that. those fundamentals are out there. over the years you think about how wireless and wireless technology has cannibalized a lot of industries. there used to be a local phone land line business, much more significant part of at&t-verizon than it was ten years ago. video obviously, people spend more time consumer media on mobile devices. you talk about the pc ecosystem -- >> destroying lots of value but where is it accreting to? >> it's accreting to a handful of global winners. when you bring that back to consolidation, it's precisely that fundamental that will in the medium turn drive consolidation pup can't ignore the technology and you can't ignore these imbalance. now, governments have something to say about this and, you know, proceed potentially unevenly and any individual transaction you could argue might or might not happen. but in general the trend is towards -- >> do you get anything unexpected, google doing anything