NORCROSS, Ga., March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Dematic
Electronic Assembly Systems, Inc. (EAS) sponsored the Atlanta International
School's (AIS's) International House of Technology (IHOT) in the FIRST (For
Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Regional
Championship Competition held March 19 - 20, 2004 at the Gwinnett Civic and
Cultural Center in Duluth, GA.
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FIRST is an international program designed to inspire interest in the
sciences and challenge middle school and high school students to use their
creativity, knowledge, and leadership skills to build robots to compete with
other robots. Siemens Dematic supported the team by providing a facility,
tooling and funds necessary to complete their project. The competition is
designed to foster students' interest in science and technology and to help
them apply classroom lessons to real-world situations. The partnerships
developed between schools, businesses and universities promote an exchange of
resources and talent, and expose students to new career choices.
The IHOT team was successful at the tournament and won the Rookie All Star
Award. With this award, the team is now eligible to advance to the National
Competition to be held in the Georgia Dome on April 18, 2004.
For more information about FIRST, visit: http://www.usfirst.org
About Siemens
Siemens Dematic AG is the world's leading supplier of logistics and
factory automation systems. As a systems integrator, Siemens Dematic supplies
a full range of products and services, from individual products and systems to
complete turnkey facilities as a general contractor. It consists of four
business units: Electronics Assembly Systems, Distribution and Industry,
Airport Logistics, and Postal Automation. The company, with approximately
10,000 employees worldwide has a business volume of around 2.6 billion Euro or
$3.4 billion dollars. For more information: http://www.siemens-dematic.us
Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) is a leading global electronics and engineering
company with reported worldwide sales of $80.5 billion in fiscal 2003. With
its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales
of $16.6 billion and employs 65,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto
Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States.
With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ
417,000 people in 192 countries. For more information on Siemens in the U.S.:
http://www.usa.siemens.com
SOURCE Siemens Dematic Electronic Assembly Systems, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Karen McGee of Siemens, +1-770-797-3425,
karen.mcgee@siemens.com
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