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ENGINES REV AT FORMULA ONE RACE, WITH THE HELP OF ABB
01 July 2006 - ABB Automation Technologies
| 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. |
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. ABB has helped China host the Formula One Grand Prix for the first time this year, in the booming city of Shanghai. ABB won the contract to supply low voltage equipment for both the racetrack and neighboring buildings. "We supplied all the distribution gear up to the 400 volt level," explains Bernd Wagner, an ABB sales engineer stationed in China. The products were manufactured in Heidelberg and China. Over 5,000 panel circuit breakers, switchgear and motor contactors were used. "ABB products are being used in the lighting systems, measurement and communications systems, as well as the power supplies for the air conditioning systems and service stations," Wagner says. The F1 race in China took place on an impressive, six-kilometer-long track, the fifth-longest on the F1 circuit, which was constructed at the gates of Shanghai in a mere eighteen months.
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About: ABB Automation Technologies
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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