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ABB Wins Automation and Power Contract for Podilsky Cement Plant Expansion in Ukraine
Electrical and automation solution will improve productivity while decreasing environmental emissions Baden, Switzerland, August 20, 2009 - ABB Switzerland Ltd announced that it has won an order from international building materials group CRH to deliver electrical and automation equipment for Podilsky Cement's new production line no. 7. The order was booked in June 2009. Once the project is...
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ABB System 800xA Helps Turn Food Waste into Fuel
Small bioethanol plants in Finland are using local food waste to make a low-carbon gasoline and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. ABB's Extended Automation System 800xA is making it possible. Zurich, Switzerland, August 19, 2009 --St1 Biofuels Oy in Finland is the only bioethanol producer in the world making biofuel from food waste. The originators of the process say the...
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ABB Boosts Energy Efficiency at Aluminum Smelters in Oman and Qatar by 18%
Recent ABB advances in high power conversion technology have increased the energy efficiency of aluminum smelters by a massive 18 percent at two record-breaking installations in the Middle East. Zurich, Switzerland, August 17, 2009 --The high power converters (also known as rectiformers) are the biggest and most powerful ever built and are part of extensive ABB power and automation solutions for...
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ABB Analyzers Bring Speed and Precision to Gasoline Blending for Bahrain Petroleum
A uniquely fast and precise ABB gasoline blending solution is helping oil refineries all over the world save millions of dollars a year by improving blending accuracy and avoiding product losses. A recent case in point is a major oil refinery in the Persian Gulf. Zurich, Switzerland, August 13, 2009 --The ABB FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy) analyzer is at the heart of a new blend...
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How Quality Counts? Personnel Who Build ABB Drives Visit Customer Site, and See How Their Work Helps Save Lives
(This, the second visit by assemblers to end users, includes seeing how Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee uses drives to control critical environments) MILWAUKEE, WI, July 17, 2009 - If you have ever wanted to appreciate why quality and fast order fulfillment are crucial to end users, you would have enjoyed being part of the visit ABB personnel working in the New Berlin factory made...
Read More »ABB to Deliver Integrated Network Management Solution for Malta
SCADA to facilitate real-time control and enable Smart Grid operation Zurich, Switzerland, August 7, 2009 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order for a network management system that will help monitor and control Malta's electricity supply network and provide a foundation for the evolution of a smart grid. ABB will implement an integrated Network Manager SCADA...
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ABB Instrument Transformers Support Progress Energy Smart Grid Project
Cary, North Carolina, August 5, 2009 - Progress Energy has selected ABB's HCEP medium voltage instrument transformers for their Smart Grid implementation plans, confirming the utility's focus on high-quality solutions for the future evolution of the US power grid. Since its introduction in 2006, ABB's HCEP outdoor medium voltage instrument transformer has become recognized as the most advanced...
Read More »ABB Wins $540-Million Order in Brazil for World's Longest Power Transmission Link
HVDC technology to minimize transmission losses across 2,500 km power link Zurich, Switzerland, July 29, 2009 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth over $540 million from the Abengoa Group to deliver the key technology for the world's longest power transmission link to be constructed in Brazil. The power highway will link two new hydropower plants in the...
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ABB Enhances Process Analyzer Series with Green House Gas Monitoring Capabilities
AO2000 Series Continuous Gas Analyzer Upgrades enable monitoring for CO2 Houston, TX, July 30, 2009 --ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, announced upgrade solutions for the popular Advance Optima AO2000 Series Continuous Gas Analyzers (CGA), which expand monitoring capability to include CO2 green house gas emissions measurement to address expected US EPA environmental...
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ABB Wins $19 Million Automation Lifecycle Support Contract in South Pacific
Three-year contract for Vale Inco's New Caledonia nickel and cobalt plant Houston, TX, July 16, 2009 - ABB, the world's leading power and automation technology group announced it was recently awarded a three-year service contract worth approximately $19 million, by Vale Inco Nouvelle Caledonie. Under this contract, awarded during the second quarter of 2009, ABB will provide onsite process control...
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