Siemens (and others) has been building the Putin's war machine since the 2000s. They caused a massive harm *before* this war started, and played a key role in making it possible. Now they must be pressured to undo the already inflicted harm rather than "put deliveries on hold"
Undoing the already caused harm, will hurt their financial interests. They have no incentive do undo it. If Russia sees any sabotage from the Germans, they will lose the Russian military industry as a customer forever. And the military consumes 85% of all machine tools in Russia
German companies have no financial incentive to undo the already caused harm. They have every reason to please the Russian military industry, to return to this market after the war. They have incentive to avoid any moves the Russian military would perceive as the backstabbing
Assuming that Siemens (and others) are for profit companies, we have every reason to believe they will be faithful to their customers and make every effort to keep the Russian military industry afloat. At the very least, they will avoid any backstabbing like turning the tools off
The only conceivable scenario under which the German for profit industrial companies may indeed choose to backstab their long term customer (= the Russian military industry) is if they would fear even more massive financial losses in case they don't do it
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