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ABB Wins Major BC Hydro Retrofit Contract in Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, March 4, 2009 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, announced today that it has been awarded an $18 million contract by BC Hydro at the utility's G.M. Shrum (GMS) power generation station located at Hudson's Hope, British Columbia. The work is to be carried out in three stages, with the first phase to be completed by August 2009 and the balance...
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ABB Breaks New Ground on the North Sea Floor
An undersea cable will connect an ACS1000 frequency converter on an oil and gas platform off the coast of Norway to a motor and pump injecting seawater into a new oil field 31-kilometers away, and 300 meters beneath the sea. Zurich, Switzerland March 3, 2009 - An innovative, ABB-designed system that uses an underwater cable to connect a pump motor on the floor of the North Sea to a frequency...
Read More »ABB Wins Order for Penasquito HPGR Project
ACS1000 variable speed drive system will efficiently power High Pressure Grinding Rolls at the PeÃ
Read More »ABB Wins Automation Seamless Pipe Mill Order in Brazil
Automation based on System 800xA will make new plant more productive, energy efficient Houston, Texas, November 24, 2008 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won a contract to supply automation systems, equipment and services for a new seamless steel tube and pipe production plant for VSB (Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil). The new plant will have an annual...
Read More »ABB Wins $62 Million Order in Oman
Electrical and automation systems to maximize efficiency at iron ore processing plant Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 23, 2009 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth approximately $62 million from Vale to supply electrification and automation systems and related equipment for a new iron ore pellet plant in Oman. The new Vale plant, 230 kilometers northwest of...
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Thin Client Solution offers access to all 800xA systems.
IndustrialIT cpmPlus Smart Client provides secure, view-only, browser-based access to multiple plant 800xA systems from any network connection to help users harness real-time information for better decision-making. While role-based dashboard displays all information in meaningful context, solution also offers alarm and event display functionality. It also eliminates duplicate engineering effort...
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Smart Grids Make Sustainable Cities
ABB and a consortium of partners in southern Germany are trying to create a sustainable power network, integrating clean energy generated by solar panels, wind turbines, fuel cells and other sources of distributed generation, and giving grid operators real-time information about supply and demand throughout the entire power network. Zurich, Switzerland, February 20, 2009 ---ABB is a partner in an...
Read More »ABB Wins $ 63-Million Power Order in Saudi Arabia
Upgraded substations will increase capacity and strengthen power network Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 17, 2009 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $63 million from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), Saudi Arabia's national power transmission utility, to upgrade 15 substations in the country's Eastern and Central provinces. The substations are spread...
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A Chinese Wonder of the Pulp and Paper World
Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 9, 2009 -- ABB's award-winning System 800xA process automation solution for the Hunan Juntai pulp mill in China - the most advanced, most automated and biggest single pulp investment in the country - has taken pulp mill automation and process efficiency to a new level. Dubbed China's most advanced and automated paper mill and the biggest single investment in the pulp and...
Read More »Brookfield Renewable Power Selects ABB Network Manager(TM) to Manage Multi-Site Generation
ABB solution provides increased operational flexibility, reliability, security Raleigh, North Carolina, January 30, 2009 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, announced today that it has received an order for its ABB Network Manager(TM) SCADA from Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. of Gatineau, Quebec. ABB Network Manager(TM) SCADA will consolidate remote control, status and...
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