The German electronics giant Siemens has come up with an automatic shirt ironer for the home.

The German electronics and engineering company Siemens posted a smaller-than-expected second-quarter profit as a result of losses at its transportation systems and logistics units.

Siemens A.G., the West German electronics giant, said Saturday that profits for its current fiscal year would fall.

Annual sales of German electronics are expected to drop 4 percent, to $154.2 billion this year, the ZVEI industry association said.

Siemens, the German electronics and transportation giant, is introducing a tablet for medical settings.

It was developed in 1908 by the German electronics firm Telefunken.

For example, an electrical wiring box in one missile launcher carried the markings of Siemens AG, the German electronics and telecommunications equipment conglomerate.

"Monolith" was used by Grundig (a German electronics manufacturer) to name a series of its high fidelity loudspeakers.

In June 2011, Lenovo announced that it planned to acquire control of Medion, a German electronics manufacturing company.

With around 128 stores Saturn is one of the big players in German electronics retail business.