Siemens Drives Mexico Industrial Digitalization With “Xcelerator”

Siemens has consolidated its solution-centered business model with Siemens Xcelerator, an open and modular platform designed to accelerate the digital transformation of Mexican companies, particularly SMEs.

“To help other companies digitalize, it is important to transform ourselves first,” says Valeria Rivera, Corporate Communications and Business Development Director, Siemens Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Rivera explains that Siemens redefined its internal strategy to become a technology enabler for its clients.

In a global environment where competitiveness depends more and more on technology adoption, Siemens identified that many SMEs face structural barriers to digital transformation. Among the main challenges are limited technological infrastructure, scarcity of specialized talent, and resistance to change.

A study by Forrester, “How Siemens Reshaped Its Business Model to Accelerate Its Customers’ Digital Transformation Success,” highlights that the company shifted from a product-centered structure to one focused on integrated client solutions. 

Xcelerator Platform

According to Siemens, Xcelerator is structured on three key pillars:

1. A single access point for digital transformation, which consolidates the company’s technological offering and simplifies the integration of solutions across industrial ecosystems.

2. An open platform, enabling co-creation among clients, developers, and providers through standardized APIs and interoperability.

3. Scalability, allowing companies to gradually adopt technology as their digital maturity evolves.

The initiative’s relevance aligns with findings from the Digital Maturity Report, developed by EY Mexico, Needed Education, KIO Networks, and American Chamber Mexico. The 2025 edition of the report revealed that Mexican companies reached only 41.7% in digital maturity in the last year, below the 70% benchmark considered ideal. Although 69% of organizations have started investing in AI, 47% of executives acknowledge that progress remains slow and inconsistent.

Rivera cites these results as evidence of a gap between technological investment and effective utilization. Xcelerator addresses this challenge by integrating software, Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled hardware, and digital services within an open architecture that allows flexible adoption through as-a-service models. This approach reduces initial capital requirements while expanding access to advanced technologies such as AI, edge computing, blockchain, and augmented reality.

In Mexico, the platform has supported strategic sectors such as automotive, food and beverage, and energy by embedding digitalization from the design phase. In the automotive industry, Siemens technologies have facilitated the development of vehicles with functionality comparable to smart devices. In food and beverage, digitalization has optimized water and energy consumption, increasing process sustainability and efficiency.

The adoption of Xcelerator also aligns with Mexico’s nearshoring strategy, allowing new industrial plants built to serve North American markets to integrate digital systems from conception. According to Siemens, this trend strengthens manufacturing competitiveness and enhances the country’s position within global supply chains.

Siemens plans to showcase the capabilities of Xcelerator at Industrial Transformation Mexico (ITM) 2025, which will be held for the first time in Mexico City. The company will present applied use cases across sectors such as agriculture, transportation, electrification, and infrastructure, demonstrating how Xcelerator acts as a catalyst for technological convergence and industrial digital maturity in Mexico.