ABB Automation Technologies |
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Howard Road
Eaton Socon
St Neots
PE19 8EU
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[t] +44 1480 475 321
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ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs around 105,000 people.
ABB has streamlined its divisional structure to focus on two core businesses: Power Technologies and Automation Technologies. The Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals division is slated for divestment. ABB Power Technologies serves electric, gas and water utilities as well as industrial and commercial customers, with a broad range of products, systems and services for power transmission, distribution and automation. ABB Automation Technologies blends a robust product and service portfolio with end-user expertise and global presence to deliver solutions for control, motion, protection, and plant integration across the full range of process and utility industries. In addition to ABB's automation activities directed at the oil and gas industries, ABB Lummus Global continues to design and supply production facilities, refineries and petrochemical plants. ABB's former Upstream business, divested in July 2004, is now part of Vetco International (www.vetco.com). |
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BP is the second major oil company to select ABB’s HVDC Light technology to supply electric power from mainland Norway to an offshore oil and gas complex in the North Sea. The solution will reduce annual operating costs by millions of dollars and cut CO2 emissions by 300,000 tons a year. |
25 March 2007 |
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An ABB automation solution for 17 printing plants will enable the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal to appear in a new, slimmer format that will save publishers Dow Jones millions of dollars in annual production costs and secure print quality. |
24 March 2007 |
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The SM500F, the world’s first field-mountable videographic data recorder, is taking the market by storm as customers all over the world recognize the benefits of on-the-spot access to critical process data in hostile environments. |
23 March 2007 |
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Australia’s power utilities are revamping their power distribution networks and placing an estimated three out of every four orders for secondary distribution switchgear with ABB. |
22 March 2007 |
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According to the U.S. Electric Power Research Institute, half of the forced outages in power plants are caused by contaminated water corroding the boiler. ABB has the answer to this problem. |
21 March 2007 |
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UniGear is the world’s leading medium-voltage switchgear, and the only one able to withstand the component-crunching effects of earthquakes, 1,500-kilogram power hammers, and the endless grind of ship vibrations. |
20 March 2007 |
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ABB will protect the island of Barbados from hurricane blackouts with underground transmission cables. Barbados lies in a hurricane belt in the Caribbean, where underground power cables by ABB will soon provide a hurricane-safe transmission grid, more space for future road work, and reliable, maintenance-free transmission for more than 40 years. |
19 March 2007 |
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ABB drive packages will power the heart of a key pumping station in the middle route of China’s enormous south-to-north water diversion project. Eight sets of ABB drive packages at the Huinanzhuang pump station near Beijing will pump water up a 60 meter slope at 60 cubic meters per second and bring safe, stable and sanitary supplies to the capital of Beijing and the surrounding region. |
18 March 2007 |
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A few days after the World Cup final ended, another band of world class players entered Berlin to take part in the fifth International Strategy Conference on Car Body Painting. |
17 March 2007 |
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ABB variable speed drives are controlling the retractable roof at a new first-of-its-kind stadium in the United States. “We wanted to have a capability that none of the manufacturers, except ABB, could guarantee,” says the designer. |
16 March 2007 |
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ABB held its first major conference in Brazil focusing on plant and factory automation, giving customers in the country a chance to take a closer look at solutions to increase productivity and save energy. |
15 March 2007 |
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ABB is the world’s leading supplier of automation, safety, electrification and telecommunications solutions for the oil and gas industry. Under the banner “Power and productivity for a better world,” ABB will present a broad range of products, technologies and capabilities that improve the performance and lower the environmental impact of oil and gas platforms and onshore processing plants worldwide. |
14 March 2007 |
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An ABB drives and motor control solution ensures round-the-clock reliability for pioneering wastewater processing technology in the United Kingdom. “We chose the ABB solution because reliability is paramount,” says the customer. |
13 March 2007 |
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ABB is a key supplier to some of the world's biggest and most technologically advanced oil and gas projects which were in the spotlight at this year's Offshore Northern Seas conference and exhibition. |
12 March 2007 |
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ABB has successfully delivered a state-of-the-art substation to secure power reliability in the central business district of Makati City, the financial capital of the Philippines. “This substation is one of the best in Asia,” says the customer’s CEO. |
11 March 2007 |
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Curiosity is what drives many visitors to the display of ABB's innovation for switchgear communications at this week's power technologies show in Paris. The waveguide, as it is known, may just look like a silvery metal tube but the simplicity is the key to its advantages. |
10 March 2007 |
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Like the fuses in your home, substation automation devices are small but play a crucial role in protecting the whole electricity network and guaranteeing a reliable supply. At the Cigré power technology show in Paris, ABB has showed why it's at the forefront of a revolution in substation automation. |
09 March 2007 |
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ABB's cable factory in Sweden is reaping the benefits of demand for the company's power transmission technologies that strengthen grid reliability and use energy more efficiently. |
08 March 2007 |
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The Philippines and Indonesia are two of the largest producers of geothermal energy in the world. Both countries have selected ABB distributed control systems to ensure that new geothermal power plants operate efficiently and economically. |
07 March 2007 |
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A new energy centre for a Heinz factory will be 14 percent more efficient thanks to help from ABB drives. The energy centre has four boilers and replaces the existing boiler plant, which is now at the end of its operational life. Each boiler has two gas-fired burners supplied by Hamworthy Combustion, fitted with fans to push air into the flame. |
06 March 2007 |
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ABB technology has helped Italian students develop a unique, hand-shaped keyboard that lets deaf and blind people send electronic messages that can be read on a computer display. Within a year, the keyboard will be equipped to accept and display return messages as well. |
05 March 2007 |
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Asia’s largest airport opened on September 28, powered and automated by an extensive range of ABB products, including an energy-efficient intelligent installation system that controls and monitors every single light in the world’s largest airport terminal. |
04 March 2007 |
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Demand for drilling vessels is booming world-wide as oil companies search for new fields in ever-deeper waters. Of 24 new rigs and drill ships ordered in the past year, more than half will be equipped with ABB electrical, thruster and drives systems. |
04 March 2007 |
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A simple breath test using ABB analyzer technology can flag a potentially destructive but readily treatable stomach irritant before it turns into an ulcer, or worse. |
03 March 2007 |
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China invests more money in renewable energy than any other country, and a significant amount is being spent to develop wind power. If present trends continue, China could become the world’s biggest wind power market by 2020, with help from ABB. |
03 March 2007 |
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The Singapore government is constructing a 350-meter tidal barrier to create a giant freshwater reservoir in the heart of downtown Singapore. Powerful, energy-efficient ABB motors will help keep the water level stable and protect the city from flooding. |
02 March 2007 |
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ABB has delivered a giant three-limbed transformer for a nuclear power plant in Sweden that is frequently subject to blackout-inducing solar flares. “We wanted a transformer that would be immune to solar storms,” says the customer. |
02 March 2007 |
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ABB robots will soon help stroke patients overcome paralysis by standing in for busy physiotherapists. Stroke often results in permanent paralysis to one side of the body with 80 percent of survivors facing significant impairment and one in three requiring daily assistance. |
01 March 2007 |
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Italy has one of the biggest power deficits in the world but faces strong public opposition to the building of new power plants. What to do? ABB is helping Terna, the transmission grid operator, to bridge the capacity gap with a sophisticated and sustainable solution. |
01 March 2007 |
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A $32-million, state-of-the-art ABB switching station is providing high-quality power for Palm Jumeirah, the first of three luxury man-made islands off the coast of Dubai which have been described as the “eighth wonder of the world.” |
28 February 2007 |
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Imagine a building that is twice as high as the Empire State building and you will have a measure of the Burj Dubai tower, a glass and steel skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates that will soon be the world’s tallest building. |
28 February 2007 |
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Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, has selected ABB to integrate numerous isolated automation systems at its Andina underground mine in Chile into a single, ABB-managed platform. The benefits are “countless” says the customer. |
27 February 2007 |
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ABB has officially opened the world's first installation for testing the technology of energy-efficient power superhighways. The testing facility in Ludvika, Sweden will allow long-term testing of direct current rated at 800 kilovolts, marking another first for ABB, which pioneered high-voltage direct current systems more than 50 years ago. The last voltage increase in HVDC systems occurred 20 years ago when ABB built a transmission line rated at 600 kV for Brazil's Itaipu hydroelectric power plant, a world record. |
27 February 2007 |
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BP is the second major oil company to select ABB’s HVDC Light technology to supply electric power from mainland Norway to an offshore oil and gas complex in the North Sea. The solution will reduce annual operating costs by millions of dollars and cut CO2 emissions by 300,000 tons a year. |
26 February 2007 |
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ABB’s new quick-start robotics welding package for small and midsize workshops and factories is filling a major gap in industrial manufacturing worldwide. The IRB 1410 ArcPack has been making a big impact since it was launched in AsiaPacific in January, and in global markets this spring. Known as a ''quick-start robotics package,'' it offers everything you need for basic steel welding in small or medium-sized batches in single robot stations. |
26 February 2007 |
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ABB Norway has acquired unique monitoring technology that lets oil companies calculate wear and tear on production equipment caused by sand in the oil, which can increase the value of production in a single field by hundreds of millions of dollars annually. |
02 July 2006 |
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Asset optimization, open technology and a single platform capable of meeting future expansion programs, these were EPCC's requirements for the new plant control system at its cement facility in Saudi Arabia. Rapid installation with minimal plant downtime was crucial. |
02 July 2006 |
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ABB today deplored the attack by terrorists in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, in which five ABB Lummus employees were killed and two injured at a customer petrochemical production site. |
02 July 2006 |
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ABB, said today it has received a $22 million order from GE Oil and Gas, Nuovo Pignone to provide electrical drive systems for an onshore gas processing plant that will support the Ormen Lange gas field in Norway. |
01 July 2006 |
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Shanghai recently hosted the Formula One, and while sleek, high-performance racers battle for victory, at least one winner crossed the finish line before the race even began: ABB. |
01 July 2006 |
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Malaysia-based automaker, Proton, installed 22 ABB paint robots equipped with ABB's Cartridge Bell System and recorded a 35 percent reduction in paint consumption at its new, state-of-the-art automotive plant near Kuala Lumpur. |
01 July 2006 |
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The world's largest cruise liner, Freedom of the Seas, sets off on her maiden transatlantic voyage on May 3, powered and propelled by ABB electrical and propulsion systems. |
30 June 2006 |
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ABB, said today it has been awarded two orders totaling $28 million from energy company Norsk Hydro for automation technologies to support the giant Ormen Lange gas field off the coast of Norway. |
30 June 2006 |
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ABB, said today it has received the go-ahead to proceed with the NorNed project, a high-voltage direct current transmission link connecting the power grids of Norway and The Netherlands. |
29 June 2006 |
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Severn Trent Water, the world's fourth largest privately owned water company, achieved a 65 percent energy saving with ABB drives at a U.K. wastewater treatment plant. |
29 June 2006 |
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As part of the Valhall Re-development Project, ABB will provide front-end engineering design, with options for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the High Voltage Direct Current converters including the onshore station at Lista. |
29 June 2006 |
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A comprehensive package of ABB integrated systems, automation, ventilation, lighting, signage and traffic management, has helped make the new Costanera Norte expressway in Chile the most advanced multilane expressway in the world |
28 June 2006 |
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An ABB leak management solution will help the Bangkok Metropolitan Waterworks Authority reduce annual water loss by 160 million cubic meters and save $4 million in treatment and energy costs. |
28 June 2006 |
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ABB increased production at a Holcim cement plant in Italy by an exceptional 8 percent and improved key quality indicators by between 25 and 40 percent, enabling Holcim to recoup its investment in only four months. |
28 June 2006 |
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ABB employees had just completed a project in Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java at the end of May when a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the area. They immediately began to help relieve the suffering of the homeless and injured. |
27 June 2006 |
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ABB is supplying a complete integrated power solution, including process-critical rectifiers, unique rectifier control systems and award-winning current sensors, for the biggest aluminum potline ever built. |
27 June 2006 |
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ABB is supplying the electrical infrastructure for Beetham Tower in Manchester, a 47-storey luxury apartment building and five-star Hilton Hotel that will be one of the tallest buildings of its kind in Europe. |
27 June 2006 |
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Having completed work on a Quebec wind farm, ABB says it plans to be a major player in ongoing plans to turn Canada's wind resources into useable electric power. |
26 June 2006 |
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An ABB automation solution for 17 printing plants will enable the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal to appear in a new, slimmer format that will save publishers Dow Jones millions of dollars in annual production costs and secure print quality. |
26 June 2006 |
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An ABB Network Manager solution will improve grid reliability in one of Algeria's three power distribution networks by pinpointing and isolating network faults, work that is currently done by service teams traveling in difficult mountainous terrain. |
26 June 2006 |
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Two six-axis robots are carrying out marking operations on structural steel products and are proving to be a blueprint for safety and efficiency in one of industry's harshest environments. |
13 April 2005 |
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A major power transmission link between Finland and Estonia was formally launched today at a signing ceremony between representatives of ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, and of Nordic Energy Link in the Estonian capital, Tallinn. |
29 March 2005 |
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ABB, guarantees power quality for industry and utility customers with its newest high speed transfer device type SUE 3000. Integrated into a high speed transfer system with ABB protection and controls as well as circuit breakers, the device safeguards critical loads in the shortest possible time, 30 milliseconds, to keep important processes running. |
28 February 2005 |
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ABB has won a $37 million contract in cooperation with the Icelandic company Orkuvirki for power electronics, power distribution and control systems to expand the Nordural primary aluminum plant in western Iceland. |
04 November 2004 |
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An ABB production monitoring system has helped the plastic pouch department at Baxter Healthcare Corporation to increase its Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) from 71.5 to 81.6%. |
02 November 2004 |
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The world's largest battery energy storage system, which uses ABB technology, has begun commercial operation in Alaska. The US$ 30 million dollar system is expected to cut power blackouts by more than 60 percent. |
22 July 2004 |
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ABB, said today that it has signed two contracts totalling US$ 21 million with Ningbo Baoxin Stainless Steel Company of China. ABB's technology will support the development of the world's largest stainless steel processing lines, and help Baoxin to more than double production. |
24 June 2004 |
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ABB, said today it has signed a contract worth $30 million with the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority for a substation and heavy-duty gas-insulated switchgear to deliver electrical power to two man-made islands dubbed the 'eighth wonder of the world.' |
23 March 2004 |
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ABB, today announced it has received an order from PIO SI 'Energyinvest' in Yerewan valued at US$ 10 million to revamp the power supply system.
The scope of the refurbishment project includes the installation of modern ABB technology in four distribution substations within the next twenty months. The project will help Armenia to meet the increasing demand for power and provide a more reliable power supply. |
04 October 2003 |
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ABB, announced today it has been awarded a contract with New York ISO to install ABB's SCADA/EMS system and enhance the market operation system to make NYISO the first energy market to meet the requirements outlined by FERC's Standard Market Design. The contract is valued at $20 million, exclusive of hardware. |
11 April 2003 |
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a turnkey Flexible AC Transmission System order, valued at US$17 million, from Powergrid Corporation of India Limited. ABB will build a fixed and thyristor-controlled series compensation scheme for PGCIL's 412-kilometer long, 400 kV double-circuit inter-regional tie line. |
17 March 2003 |
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ABB, the leading power and automatation technology group, has won a US$ 14 million order from Austin Energy, Austin, Texas, to design, manufacture and install a Static Compensator at Pedernales Substation by October, 2004. |
03 March 2003 |
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ABB, Accenture, Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corp. announced today an alliance to help manufacturers bridge the gap between plant floor operations and enterprise IT systems. The alliance aims to help manufacturers by simplifying integration, gaining greater visibility into their businesses, making informed, real-time business decisions and enhancing their financial performance. |
03 March 2003 |
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The order comprises delivery of an Operate IT control system to upgrade the existing operating system. In addition to supplying the Operate IT suite for this new project, ABB will be working with Qatar to jointly evolve the current operator platform on the existing Northfield Alpha offshore field to the same Industrial IT unique Human System Interface technology. |
28 August 2002 |
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The consortium formed by Promon Engenharia and ABB, the power and automation technology group, was awarded a Gas Insulated Substation project at the PETROBRAS REDUC Refinery (Duque de Caxias Refinery). |
14 August 2002 |
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ABB, the power and automation technology group, will deliver a substation at the Rio Polímeros gas chemical plant. The order, awarded by Consórcio Lummus Andromeda, is based on ABB's solutions for equipment from high- to low-voltage tension. |
07 August 2002 |
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Celanese Ventures and Novolen Technology Holdings have signed a contract to cooperate in the fields of metallocene synthesis and metallocene catalyst synthesis. The aim of the agreement is to develop new and improved metallocenes, co-catalysts and metallocene catalysts. |
01 August 2002 |
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PETROBRAS DISTRIBUIDORA has awarded ABB, the power and automation technology group, an order for IndustrialIT electrical systems and ControlIT terminal, management automation and control. |
12 July 2002 |
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ABB, will deliver a full range of products and services to Basell Polyolefins in Wesseling, Germany. The new plant will produce HDPE pipe grades in black, blue and orange-yellow using the Advanced Cascade Process which is the latest generation of the Hostalen Slurry technology. (Hostalen HDPE pipe grades are well established Basell brands used for water, sewage and gas distribution pressure pipe applications). |
09 June 2002 |
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ABB has announced that the SINOPEC Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Company's ethylene complex in Beijing, China has passed the performance test for the expansion project. The expanded ethylene capacity is now 710,000 metric tons per annum. |
16 April 2002 |
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ABB Lummus Global and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (SINOPEC Corp.) have signed a cooperation agreement creating a strategic alliance to develop and market new recovery technology for ethylene plants. The collaboration merges the extensive capabilities and experiences of both companies in the area of recovery technology. |
05 February 2002 |
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In planning and completing infrastructure projects speed determines success more than ever. Configuring high voltage switchgear on the Internet, for example, can drastically speed up the planning process. ABB, the global power and automation technology group, was able to close on projects in Norway and Canada, demonstrating how, in utility companies and industrial plants, information technology is changing the way engineers work. The configurator is presented in 3D virtual reality and streaming video at www.abb.com (see 'compact solutions' under 'search this site'). |
05 November 2001 |
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ABB has won an US$ 30 million order from Golden Valley Electric Association Inc in Fairbanks, Alaska, for the supply, installation and project management of the world's largest Battery Energy Storage System. |
29 October 2001 |
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ABB presented its new gas-insulated medium-voltage switchgear at the INTERKAMA 2001 trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany. The ZX1 with modular design from the product family of the same name guarantees a constant supply of power and, in spite of its standardization, provides great scope for use in a wide variety of applications. With its low maintenance requirements, the ZX1 is also particularly economic. |
12 October 2001 |
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ABB, supplied two extra high-voltage (765 kV) power transformers to the Brazilian Utility Furnas in record time. The period between the placing of the order and the delivery was just six months. |
04 September 2001 |
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ABB, the global technology group, announced today it has launched a new focused factory called ABB Distribution Transformer (Hefei) Ltd. |
26 June 2001 |
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ABB has successfully short-circuit tested a single phase 500-kV generator transformer with 107,5 MVA. This was the highest voltage generator transformer ever to have undergone and passed such rigorous testing. The company considers this as part of its objective to make power technology products ever more efficient, safe and reliable to customer needs. |
18 June 2001 |
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ABB has announced that the SINOPEC Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Company's ethylene complex in Beijing, China has passed the performance test for the expansion project. The expanded ethylene capacity is now 710,000 metric tons per annum. |
16 April 2001 |
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ABB, the global technology group, supplied two extra high-voltage (765 kV) power transformers to the Brazilian Utility Furnas in record time. The period between the placing of the order and the delivery was just six months. Normally, delivery periods of over a year are quoted for products of this level of complexity. |
09 March 2001 |
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Global technology group ABB said today it has formed separate agreements with Nokia and Ericsson to build new-generation mobile telecommunications networks, highlighting ABB's strategy to become a major player in IT infrastructure. |
05 October 2000 |
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Global technology group ABB said today it has agreed to form a joint venture with U.S. software developer SKYVA International, a leading supplier of enabling software for collaborative commerce. ABB will pay US$ 130 million for a 53-percent stake in the venture, and will transfer software engineers into SKYVA as part of the transaction. |
05 October 2000 |
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Global technology group ABB said today it is part of a consortium selected by the State of South Australia to operate and maintain a high-voltage power transmission network in the State under a long-term lease agreement. |
20 September 2000 |
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ABB, has won a US$ 120-million order to supply the transmission system for the HVDC (high-voltage direct current) Cross-Sound Cable subsea power interconnection linking Connecticut and Long Island, New York, in the U.S. |
30 August 2000 |
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Global technology group ABB said today the world's first subsea separation system is now fully operational in an oilfield off the coast of Norway. The ABB installation for Norsk Hydro is located in 350 meters of water in the Troll field, about 60 kilometers west of Bergen, Norway, in the North Sea. |
26 June 2000 |
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ABB, the global technology group, today announced an alliance with PaperLoop.com, the on-line paper industry marketplace, to jointly develop a new kind of Web portal for the pulp and paper industry. ABB said the alliance is part of its strategy to develop new eBusiness solutions for enhanced customer value. |
14 June 2000 |
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ABB, today unveiled a new wind power technology that makes wind farms competitive with conventional large power plants. The Windformer(TM) increases power output by up to 20 percent and cuts lifetime maintenance costs in half. |
08 June 2000 |
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ABB Ltd. and Investor AB today announced the launch of b-business partners, a new European-based company with a capital base of more than Euro 1 billion. b-business partners will invest in and develop business-to-business eCommerce companies across Europe, and aims to forge closer links between 'new economy' and traditional enterprises. |
07 March 2000 |
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