Until recently Digital Industries had been the jewel in Siemens's crown, with the highest margins in the group for its controllers and factory software. But Siemens, which employs 312,000 globally ...

ZURICH, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Siemens (SIEGn.DE), opens new tab could cut up to 5,000 jobs worldwide in its struggling factory automation business, Chief Executive Roland Busch said on Thursday.

Still there were some trouble spots, like factory automation, while Germany - Siemens's home market - was "still in crisis mode", Busch said. "Companies and society are urgently awaiting clarity ...

Until recently Digital Industries had been the jewel in Siemens's crown, with the highest margins in the group for its controllers and factory software. But Siemens, which employs 312,000 globally, ...