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ABB to supply two more drive systems to Brazilian copper mine
- 11/13/08
Medium voltage ACS1000 variable speed drive systems will power two high pressure grinding rolls at the Salobo copper mine in Brazil. |
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ABB acquires Ber-Mac Electrical and Instrumentation
- 11/12/08
ABB will acquire the business of Ber-Mac Electrical and Instrumentation Ltd. of Calgary, Canada, to expand its presence and capabilities in the oil and gas sector.
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Light retrofit saves energy at ABB office
- 11/12/08
With the installation of highly energy-efficient fluorescent lights, the facility will reduce energy consumption by 25% and realize $35,300 annual savings. |
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ABB sponsors PAT seminar at NC Community College
- 11/11/08
The event was part of North Carolina Community College System’s BioNetwork Validation Academy’s 2008 Excitement Series. |
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ABB supplies electrical controls to refinery in Italy
- 11/10/08
ABB will suuply a high-voltage substation and System 800xA automation system to a refinery in Gela, Italy.
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ABB System 800xA to automate waste management in Australia
- 11/05/08
Automation solution processes municipal waste into high-grade compost and generates emissions-free electric power from waste biogas. |
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ABB to monitor and control power grid in Albania
- 11/03/08
ABB signed a $20-million contract for a SCADA system that will improve reliability by monitoring and controlling high-voltage transmission.
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ABB emissions monitoring system helps Chilean cement plant
- 10/27/08
Emissions monitoring solution uses FTIR analyzer technology and an 800xA system to help Chilean cement manufacturer Polpaico meet targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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ABB to improve efficiency of paper mills in Finland
- 10/23/08
ABB will provide all maintenance operations and improve efficiency at six pulp, paper and board mills in Finland.
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ABB Q3 net income up 26%
- 10/23/08
ABB reported increases in revenues, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), net income and cash flow in the third quarter of 2008. |
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ABB Automation & Power World
- 10/12/08
March 24-26, 2009 Orlando, FL
Event merges ABB Automation World and ABB Power World into one comprehensive users conference and exhibition.
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ABB supplies relays to Tennessee Valley Authority
- 10/09/08
ABB to supply $15 million worth of 670 Series Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) to TVA. |
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ABB's System 800xA integrates process and electrical control
- 10/07/08
System 800xA provides a platform for unified operations to increase productivity and power reliability for process manufacturing customers in all industries. |
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ABB introduces FENA-01 Ethernet and Modbus/TCP Adapter for drives
- 10/06/08
FENA-01 gives a machine or system designer the flexibility to select ABB drives independent of the BAC, PLC or HMI manufacturer |
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ABB and Saab to collaborate on civil security
- 10/06/08
Jointly developed solutions will increase security at municipal and industrial sites |
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ABB to automate steel mill in Sweden
- 10/01/08
ABB will supply electrical and automation equipment for SSAB’s steel mill in Borlänge, Sweden, including System 800xA, ACS800drive systems, motors and MNS switchgear. |
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ABB to supply power equipment to Oncor Electric Delivery
- 10/01/08
ABB won orders worth $75 million for technology to maintain the reliability of the grid in the north Texas area while lowering environmental impact.
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ABB supplies 2,000 circuit breakers in South Africa
- 09/26/08
ABB won a $75-million contract from Eskom, South Africa’s national electricity provider, to supply and install circuit breakers to strengthen the country’s electricity network.
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ABB to supply equipment for solar power plant in China
- 09/25/08
ABB will supply LDK Solar more than $36 million in electrical systems, equipment and related engineering and project management services for a new production plant in Xinyu City, China. |
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ABB to supply gearless mill drive systems to mine in Panama
- 09/22/08
ABB will supply six complete gearless mill drive systems, transformers, ringmotors, project engineering, installation, training and other related support services. |
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ABB provides HVDC transmission technology for offshore wind farms
- 09/15/08
HVDC technology will enable E.ON, Germany's biggest utility, to link the world’s largest offshore wind farm to the German power grid at minimal impact to the environment.
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ABB builds underwater power link
- 09/12/08
ABB helped build a 580-kilometer power link between Norway and The Netherlands. NorNed is the longest submarine cable link in the world, with a transmission capacity of 700 MW. |
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ABB announces Reliability Fingerprint service
- 09/05/08
Fingerprint service is a two-week assessment focused on improving site productivity, reliability practices and maintenance costs. |
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ABB to automate Holland America cruise ship
- 09/03/08
ABB will supply propulsion and System 800xA automation systems for the Eurodam, a new cruise ship being built for Holland America Line. |
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ABB opens Drives Service Hub in Wisconsin
- 08/25/08
The location in New Berlin, WI, will provide support for Low Voltage and Medium Voltage products to users in both the U.S. and Canada. |
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ARC says ABB was DCS leader in market share worldwide for 2007
ARC reports that the total worldwide market for DCS remained strong in 2007 despite global economic uncertainty, increasing by almost by 13% between 2006 and 2007, with total revenues of $15 billion. |
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ABB presents security paper at PCSF 2008
- 08/19/08
August 27, 2008 La Jolla, CA
ABB’s Kevin McGrath and Mu Dynamics' Thomas Maufer present: “When Good Traffic Goes Bad - When Is Application Traffic Too Much?” |
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ABB to provide power and automation for aluminum smelter in Iceland
- 08/14/08
ABB will supply five rectiformer systems, which convert AC to DC to operate the smelter, and SCADA systems to monitor and control power quality.
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ABB to power up the world’s biggest financial district
- 08/13/08
ABB is designing a complete power supply solution for what will be the world’s largest international financial center--Gujarat International Finance Tec-City.
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ABB integrates Iceland's utilities into a single automation system
- 08/07/08
Reykjavik Energy selected ABB to upgrade five utility systems - geothermal power plants, district heating, water and wastewater – into a single state-of-the-art 800xA automation system. |
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ABB introduces CalMaster 2 flowmeter test instruments
- 08/06/08
CalMaster 2 tests ABB MagMaster, AquaMaster and ABB MagMaster and AquaMaster electromagnetic flowmeters used in water and wastewater. |
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ABB adds Bluetooth wireless to EMAX circuit breakers
- 08/04/08
EMAX wireless communications provide information without having to install a test cord or interface with the trip unit directly. |
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ABB to supply switchgear for hydropower plant in Switzerland
- 08/01/08
ABB won an order worth $31 million from Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG (KLL) to supply power equipment for a hydro storage power plant at the Tierfehd plant in Switzerland.
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ABB extends ACS350 Machinery Drives to 30 HP
- 08/01/08
The units have coated boards, and are suitable for machinery applications in food processing, material handling, textiles, printing, rubber and plastics, and other industries.
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ABB introduces Navigator 600 Phosphate analyzer
- 07/30/08
Navigator 600 substantially reduces the amount of reagents and maintenance generally associated with phosphate analysis.
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ABB automates solar cell chemical plant
- 07/30/08
ABB’s System 800xA will control production of ultra-pure chlorosilanes at Evonik Industries' plant in Essen, Germany. |
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ABB to control smelter plant in India
- 07/30/08
ABB won orders worth $113 million from Vedanta Aluminum to provide automation and power products for a greenfield expansion of an aluminum smelter plant in Jharsuguda, India.
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ABB sells 4,000 IndustrialIT System 800xAs
- 07/29/08
Since its introduction in 2004, ABB's IndustrialIT Extended Automation System 800xA has been sold to more than 4,000 customers in a diverse range of industries. |
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ABB releases AC 700F controller for small process applications
- 07/28/08
AC 700F closes the gap between PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) and complex process control systems.
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ABB Q2 Net Income up 34%
- 07/24/08
ABB reported record orders, revenues and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the second quarter of 2008, with net income reaching $975 million. |
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ABB pressure transmitters comply with dual seal standards
- 07/21/08
2600T Series pressure transmitters are compliant with CSA and ANSI/ISA 12.27.01 Dual Seal Standards for the oil and gas market. |
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ABB appoints Joseph Hogan CEO
- 07/17/08
Hogan is currently CEO of GE Healthcare and is a member of the GE Senior Executive Council. He will join ABB on September 1, 2008.
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ABB to acquire Kuhlman Electric Corporation
- 07/16/08
Kuhlman Electric manufactures a wide range of high-quality transformers for the industrial and electric utility sectors.
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ABB Instrumentation releases HART temperature transmitters
- 07/14/08
The TTH300 (head mounted) and TTF300 (field mounted) transmitters offer user-friendly sensor calibration and redundancy for two Platinum 100 resistance thermometers with 3-wire connections. |
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ABB supplies power equipment to steel mill in Turkey
- 07/11/08
ABB won a $28-million contract for equipment to provide a new steel plant in Turkey with the reliable power supply needed to ensure high-quality production.
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ABB to supply controls for eight Petrobras refineries
- 07/09/08
ABB signed a $61-million agreement with Petrobras to supply process automation systems and services to eight oil refineries in Brazil over the next five years.
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Flowmeter stabilizes control of process slurry
- 07/07/08
By ABB Instrumentation
Replacing a faulty magmeter with an AC magnetic flowmeter eliminated erratic flow signals and improved control of catalyst slurry flow.
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ABB to supply electrical systems for combined cycle power plant in Qatar
- 06/27/08
ABB won a $233-million contract from Hyundai Engineering and Construction of Korea to supply power systems for a natural gas and steam turbine power plant, to be built in Qatar. |
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ABB supplies controls for 1000 Intersolar solar trackers
- 06/26/08
ABB's PLCs will control ABB variable speed drives, which orientate the photovoltaic modules across two axes to achieve maximum exposure to the sun throughout the day. |
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Orders quadruple for ABB drive systems in mining
- 06/23/08
Orders for ABB motor and drive systems that enable mines to grind vast amounts of minerals and ore are at record levels as the mining industry seeks to boost production to meet the global boom in demand.
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ABB expands services and automation for Alberta's oil sands
- 06/20/08
In just two and a half years, the ABB office in Calgary, Canada, has swelled from 45 to more than 200 employees, and it is still hiring. |
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ABB holds Low-Voltage Roadshow
- 06/18/08
The show was held on June 12 in Cincinnati. The next show is in Anaheim, CA. |
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ABB supplies Expert Optimizer software to Dyckerhoff cement plant
- 06/12/08
Dyckerhoff selected ABB's Expert Optimizer Collaborative Production Management software to optimize the raw mills, raw mix, kilns and cement mills at their Göllheim plant. |
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ABB commissions gearless mill drive system in Peru
- 06/09/08
ABB successfully completed commissioning of a 16.5 MW gearless mill drive (GMD) system for a 32 ft SAG (semiautogenous) mill at Minera Yanacocha. |
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ABB supplies substation for Capital Wind Farm in Australia
- 06/09/08
ABB will supply a 330kV electrical substation and power line works for the Capital Wind Farm Project 50km north of Canberra, Australia.
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ABB upgrades Reliance Chemical facility live
- 06/05/08
The project involved an on-line evolution from a 1988 control system to an 800xA DCS while maintaining the plant's existing process control philosophy.
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Jura Cement uses ABB’s Expert Optimizer
- 06/05/08
Expert Optimizer 5.0 is successfully applying Model Predictive Control to Jura Cement’s vertical raw mill and cement ball mill in Wildegg, Switzerland. |
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ABB wins $74-million power order in India
- 06/03/08
ABB will provide systems to manage all the plant’s electrical equipment as well as gas-insulated switchgear and generator transformers. |
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ABB announces ACS800-77LC frequency converter for wind generators
- 06/02/08
ACS800-77LC transfers AC power from the turbine generator to the utility or transmission switchgear. |
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ABB to provide System 800xA for five hydro power sites in New Zealand
- 05/29/08
ABB won a contract valued at $9.8 million from Genesis Energy to design, construct and commission a control system upgrade for five of their hydro power sites.
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ABB to upgrade aluminum smelter in Dubai
- 05/27/08
ABB will provide control and protection systems, as well two new ABB SCADA systems for the rectiformer station control.
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ABB announces RETA-02 PROFINET IO and Modbus/TCP adapter
- 05/22/08
RETA-02 adapter enables fast and simple connectivity of ABB drives to a PROFINET IO or Modbus/TCP network.
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ABB to supply cement plant in Honduras with Knowledge Manager
- 05/21/08
Software will monitor new kiln line at Cementos del Norte’s plant in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to optimize production and performance
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ABB analyzer helps pulp mill in Sweden
- 05/20/08
ABB's online pulp defect analyzer is helping a Södra Cell pulp mill in Sweden achieve its target of 100 percent pulp quality by detecting defects as small as 0.04 square millimeters.
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ABB to supply controls for cement plant project in Arizona
- 05/19/08
ABB to supply 800xA Extended Automation System, motors, drives, MCCs, analyzers, CEMS, switchgear, and instrumentation. |
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ABB to supply System 800xA to Swedish resin plant
- 05/14/08
ABB will supply an automation system based on System 800xA and cpmPlus to improve the operations of PA Resins' phenolic and amino resins plant in Perstorp, Sweden. |
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ABB wins $170-million contract for Baltic Sea power link
- 05/13/08
ABB will supply two HVDC (high-voltage, direct current) converter stations for the Fenno-Skan 2 power link in Sweden and Finland.
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ABB analyzer controls coagulant chemical additions at water utility
- 05/12/08
An analyzer for dissolved organic compounds monitors raw river influent and automatically controls aluminum sulfate (alum) additions at a water plant in New Jersey. |
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ABB Automation World held in Houston with record attendance
- 05/05/08
A record 3,300+ customers, distributors, channel partners, original equipment manufacturers and ABB employees attended the three-day trade show and conference that ran from April 29 through May 1 in Houston, Texas. |
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ABB releases cpmPlus Loop Performance Manager
- 05/01/08
Loop Performance Manager software collects, optimizes, tunes and monitors the performance of a control loops. |
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ABB releases cpmPlus Smart Client for System 800xA
- 05/01/08
Thin client helps process customers securely access automation systems via an Internet browser for real-time visibility into the process from any location.
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ABB first quarter net income up 87%
- 04/24/08
ABB's first-quarter net income reached $1 billion, an increase of 87 percent compared to the same quarter in 2007. |
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ABB to supply gearless mill drive systems to Rosemont Copper
- 04/21/08
Three gearless mill drive systems will be used at Rosemont's new copper mine near Tucson, Arizona, USA |
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ABB installs process control system at Jura Cement
- 04/17/08
ABB installed a System 800xA process control system at Jura Cement Fabriken in Wildegg, Switzerland. |
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ABB to control bagasse cogeneration plant at sugar mill
- 04/10/08
ABB is supplying a System 800xA for the Sri Chamundeswari cogeneration plant in Karnataka state, southern India. |
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ABB extends ACS350 drive to 25 horsepower
- 04/07/08
ACS350 general machinery drives are 7.13 in. high, 6.65 in. deep, and 10.24 in. wide, making it easy to arrange cable tunnels in straight runs. |
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ABB to upgrade smelter in Dubai
- 03/27/08
ABB won a $53-million contract from Dubai Aluminum to upgrade electrical and automation systems at the company's 480-hectare smelter complex in Dubai.
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ABB to connect German offshore wind farms to power grid
- 03/26/08
Valued at more than $400 million, the project uses ABB's HVDC Light technology, a high-voltage direct current solution that enables the transmission of large amounts of power underwater and underground.
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ABB provides Gearless Mill Drives to U.S. molybdenum project
- 03/20/08
ABB was awarded a $13 million contract to provide GMD systems and related equipment for General Moly's new Mount Hope pure molybdenum development project, in Central Nevada, USA. |
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ABB supplies electrical equipment for Dutch combined-cycle power plant
- 03/18/08
ABB won a $150-million contract to provide power systems and grid connections for a natural gas and steam-turbine (combined-cycle) power plant to be built in the Netherlands. |
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ABB to automate gas compressor project in Pakistan
- 03/17/08
ABB will provide automation and electrification systems for the Sawan Gas Field Compressor Project, located 80 km southeast of Sukkur city in Pakistan.
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ABB to supply Mill Drive systems for copper mine in Brazil
- 03/10/08
ABB won an order from Vale to deliver gearless mill drive systems that will maximize productivity and energy efficiency at a new copper mine in northern Brazil.
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ABB E-Clipse Bypass earns BACnet Approval
- 03/10/08
BTL has listed the ABB E-Clipse Bypass as a BACnet Application Specific Controller (B-ASC). |
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ABB upgrades control system at poultry-powered power station
- 03/05/08
ABB is upgrading the control systems at EPRL's 38.5 MW power station in Thetford, Norfolk, UK, to include a System 800xA. |
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Cosmetic packaging gets a makeover from robots
- 03/02/08
An ABB-based robotic end of line packaging system for Cederroth handles cosmetic bottles in any orientation, in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, with and without trays.
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ABB to automate mine hoist system in Sweden
- 03/02/08
ABB will supply a System 800xA control system, motor, drive system ACS 6000 SD, installation and commissioning. |
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ABB to modernize coal mine automation in Serbia
- 02/27/08
ABB to install System 800xA, ACS800 drives, and a Freelance 800F compact control system at the coal mine in Tamnava, Serbia.
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ABB to automate fertilizer plant in Chile
- 02/26/08
ABB won a contract worth $123 million to design, construct, and provide System 800xA automation for a new fertilizer processing plant in Chile. |
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ABB to supply SCADA system to SEMCO Energy
- 02/23/08
ABB will provide a SCADAvantage Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system for the SEMCO natural gas control center in Port Huron, Michigan. |
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ABB software wins 2008 Global Fuels Award
- 02/19/08
ABB’s Expert Optimizer software won “Most innovative technology for electrical energy efficiency” award at the Global Fuels conference in London. |
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ABB to supply System 800xA to Yunnan Aluminum in China
- 02/18/08
ABB will provide a System 800xA to help expand operations and increase processing capacity by 80 percent. |
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ABB to manage maintenance operations for Huhtamaki
- 02/17/08
ABB signed a Full Service agreement with Huhtamäki Oyj to manage maintenance activities at its facility in Hameenlinna, Finland.
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Aleithe named VP and general manager for ABB LV Drives
- 02/14/08
Aleithe will be responsible for the continued growth and strategic business development of low voltage drives in the U.S. market.
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ABB reports $29.2 billion in revenue in 2007
- 02/14/08
ABB's net income increased to a record $3.8 billion in 2007 from $1.4 billion a year earlier as markets remained strong and further operational improvements were made.
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ABB CEO Fred Kindle leaves company
- 02/13/08
ABB Chief Executive Officer Fred Kindle is leaving the company due to irreconcilable differences about how to lead the company. Chief Financial Officer Michel Demaré is interim CEO.
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ABB to supply System 800xA for Australian waste processing plant
- 02/12/08
ABB will supply the complete hardware, engineering and commissioning of the control system, as well as drives, analyzers, instruments and Profibus field devices. |
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ABB to control mine hoist at Jinchuan Nickel in China
- 02/11/08
ABB will supply System 800xA control system, motors, drive system, switchgear, and measuring and unloading equipment for the new mine hoist. |
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ABB to control power substations in India
- 02/10/08
ABB won orders worth around $71 million to supply automation and a range of power products for substations in India.
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ABB to supply power and automation for Vietnam cement plant
- 02/05/08
ABB will supply $25 million of power and automation equipment to maximize productivity, monitor energy use and minimize energy consumption at a new cement plant. |
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ABB enhances Industrial IT ECS Enterprise Connectivity
- 02/02/08
Enhancements include quicker integration of systems, improved performance, redundancy, and a simplified user interface. |
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