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Project News
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ABB to revamp mine hoist for Boliden in Northern Sweden
- 04/26/12
ABB will provide mechanical and electrical equipment, and related installation services, to modernize the hoist. |
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ABB to supply electrical equipment to mine in Vietnam
- 03/07/12
ABB will supply and provide commissioning for electrical equipment, including automation and drives systems for the mine, located approximately 80km northwest of Hanoi. |
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ABB to control paper mill in South Africa
- 03/01/12
ABB will supply switchgear, MCCs, Profibus instrumentation, drives and an 800xA control system to Sappi Southern Africa. |
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ABB to supply substations in Canada
- 02/15/12
ABB will supply an indoor gas-insulated switchgear substation, an outdoor switchyard with air-insulated switchgear, and associated transmission infrastructure to Hydro One Networks, the power transmission and distribution utility of the Canadian province of Ontario. |
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ABB books $900m power transmission order in India
- 01/22/12
Utilities-me.com, December 2011 ABB wilil deliver an ultrahigh-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission system. The link will supply hydropower from mountainous northeast India to Agra in central India, 1,700 kilometers away. |
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ABB to cable world's largest offshore gas platform
- 01/10/12
ABB will supply AC subsea power cables to the world's largest offshore gas platform, Troll A, about 70 kilometers off the west coast of Norway. |
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ABB to power Facebook’s first datacenter outside the U.S.
- 12/19/11
ABB will build two high- and medium-voltage air- and gas-insulated switchgear substations that will supply power to a datacenter being built in Luleå, a coastal town in northern Sweden. |
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Matrox to supply video wall controllers to PSCo Technical Distribution
- 12/06/11
PSCo Technical Distribution will build turnkey video wall solutions that complement their existing line of high-performance displays. |
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Honeywell to power Vietnam offshore oil platforms
- 11/14/11
HPS will supply the main and backup power generators, wellhead control panel and chemical injection skid for HLJOC's H-04 wellhead platform in the Te Giac Trang (TGT) Field. |
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COOPER Crouse-Hinds delivers portable IPower solutions to 2rent
- 08/01/11
COOPER Crouse-Hinds will supply 155 power converters, 570 extension cords, 230 distribution boards and 765 single plugs for future rentals. |
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Cogeneration plant supports renewable energy generation at Queensland sugar mill
- 07/23/11
Process & Control Engineering, June 2011 ABB will and deliver a $4 million distributed control system and electrical package for Mackay Sugar’s Racecourse Mill renewable cogeneration plant in Australia. |
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Matrox supplies boards to Trenton for Video Walls
- 06/08/11
Video Walls can be used for digital signage and large-scale control rooms. |
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Metso to automate Outokumpu’s ferrochrome plant in Finland
- 05/12/11
Metso will supply an extensive electrification and automation system to Outokumpu’s new ferrochrome plant in Tornio, Finland. The equipment will be installed in several phases during 2011 and 2012. |
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ABB to ventilate world’s largest tunnel
- 04/28/11
ABB will supply switchgear, electrical equipment, 800xA control systems, sensors and other digital field devices to measure air flow and temperature, drive systems and other automation equipment. |
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OSI to Upgrade Electrical Distribution Control System in Malaysia
- 04/10/11
Open Systems International was selected by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd. (MAHB) to upgrade the Electrical Power Supply (EPS) system for the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. |
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Siemens to supply controls to Louisiana Sugar Refining
- 03/08/11
Siemens will provide electrical and control technology to the largest North American sugar refinery, a joint venture set up with Sugar Growers and Refiners, Cargill and Imperial Sugar Company. |
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ABB to provide gearless mill drives to mine in Chile
- 02/15/11
ABB won an order worth $47 million from Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), the world’s biggest copper producer, to provide gearless mill drives and electrical systems. |
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GE to supply Proficy Workflow to S3 Development
- 02/09/11
Proficy will be the foundation for an Intelligent Control Room Management solution for S3’s natural gas and hazardous liquids customers. |
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PREMO to supply Current Transducers to Eaton
- 01/27/11
The contract is worth up to 1 million Euros annually. |
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Building world’s largest smart grid
- 01/16/11
International Power Engineer, January 2011 Landis+Gyr has been selected by the State Grid Corporation of China to supply over 10,000 commercial and industrial advanced electricity meters for upcoming deployment in six provinces. |
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Intertec to supply enclosures for offshore gas project
- 01/04/11
Intertec is supplying 160 Diabox 87 pre-assembled electrically heated instrumentation enclosures for the Deep Panuke offshore gas project in the Atlantic, 250 km southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
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ABB to control steel mill in India
- 12/09/10
ABB will supply a System 800xA integrated with drives, motors, and other electrical equipment to maximize productivity and equipment reliability in the Rourkela Steel plant in India. |
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ABB to supply gearless mill drive to Minera Escondida
- 10/12/10
ABB will supply an entire 15.7 megawatt GMD system for a 26 ft ball mill, including transformers, ring motor and a complete electrical room. |
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HPI to revamp turbine control panels at Kinder Morgan
- 08/18/10
The project requires the relocation of control panels and rewiring of entire skids for two Pratt & Whitney GG3s at the compressor stations. |
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ABB to control three solar power plants in Italy
- 07/06/10
ABB will supply transformers, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, protection devices and control systems for three photovoltaic (PV) solar power plants in western Sicily. |
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ABB to power aluminum project in Canada
- 03/30/10
ABB will supply a turnkey rectifier/transformer package that includes a DC bus system for Aluminerie Alouette's smelter in Quebec, Canada. |
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ABB to control solar power plant in Spain
- 03/11/10
ABB will supply substations, power and automation equipment to a 13 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power plant in northern Spain. |
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ABB to automate mill and pipe production plant in Saudi Arabia
- 01/06/10
ABB will supply a System 800xA control system, plus a switchgear substation, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, motors and variable-speed drives. |
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ABB to control electrical equipment on UAE oil pipeline
- 11/04/09
ABB will supply switchgear, ring main units, capacitor banks and resistors, protection panels, fault monitoring systems and substation control and monitoring systems based on System 800xA. |
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Honeywell to control printing of the Wall Street Journal
- 10/08/09
Honeywell will upgrade printing press controls at NYP, printer of the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal. |
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Matrox to supply display walls to AVI-SPL Control Room Group
- 09/17/09
AVI-SPLs Control Room Group will use Matrox technology to deploy advanced display controllers for large-scale visualization display wall installations running mission critical applications. |
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ABB to supply System 800xA for new power station in New York
- 05/12/09
The order includes operator consoles, AC800M Controllers, System 800xA and S800 I/O with HART. |
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ABB to control iron ore pellet plant in Oman
- 02/23/09
ABB will supply System 800xA for process control and system integration, a production management system, drives, motors, and power equipment. |
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GE to reduce energy and water usage at its data center
- 02/02/09
GE is updating the data center with 30 products from nine different GE businesses, including power quality, chilled water, electrical, security and IT services equipment. |
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Yokogawa to control Australias largest gas-fired power station
- 02/01/09
Yokogawa will supply CENTUM VP control system, ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System, Exaquantum Plant Information Management System, and a variety of transmitters. |
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Siemens to automate vacuum tank degassing facility for SSAB
- 01/28/09
Equipment includes an HMI system, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), panels for the control rooms and operation stations for motors and pumps. |
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ABB to automate seamless pipe mill in Brazil
- 11/24/08
ABB will provide engineering, project management, drives, motors, electrical equipment and automation based on System 800xA to a new seamless steel tube and pipe production plant for VSB. |
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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 Africas national electricity provider, to supply and install circuit breakers to strengthen the countrys 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 provides HVDC transmission technology for offshore wind farms
- 09/15/08
HVDC technology will enable E.ON, Germany's biggest utility, to link the worlds 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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Beijer Electronics to supply panels to Alfa Laval
- 09/08/08
Beijer will supply operator panels and software to Alfa Laval for heat transfer, separation and fluid handling applications. |
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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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EDSA to protect FAA power infrastructure
- 08/28/08
FAA selected EDSA Micro to provide a power analytics electrical power infrastructure protection system for air traffic control facilities across the United States. |
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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 worlds biggest financial district
- 08/13/08
ABB is designing a complete power supply solution for what will be the worlds largest international financial center--Gujarat International Finance Tec-City. |
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Emerson to automate coal-fired power plant in Indonesia
- 08/05/08
Emersons PlantWeb with Ovation control system will automate critical processes and equipment at two 300-MW power generating units at the PLTU 2 Banten-Labuan power plant. |
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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 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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Westermo supplies time synchronized switches for electric power system
- 07/22/08
ELKOMTECH will use Westermo time synchronization R208 Ethernet switches to equip 1700 substations within the Polish electrical distribution network supervised by PSE. |
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Falcon Electric UPS helps North American Eagle reach 400 mph
- 07/16/08
ED Series online UPS provided backup power and frequency conversion on board the North American Eagle supersonic land speed challenger. |
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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 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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Robust panels put wind in WES sails
Control Engineering Europe, June 2008 Wind Energy Solutions (WES), manufacturer of wind power turbines, equipped its new control cabinet with operator panels from Beijer Electronics. |
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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 wins $74-million power order in India
- 06/03/08
ABB will provide systems to manage all the plants electrical equipment as well as gas-insulated switchgear and generator transformers. |
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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 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 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 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 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 supplies $15 million in rectifiers for mine in Africa
- 01/30/08
ABB will provide thyristor rectifier plants that convert AC power from the local utility to the DC power needed for the copper and cobalt refinery. |
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ABB to supply automation for pulp and paper mill in Australia
- 01/25/08
ABB will supply $50 million worth of power and automation systems for a new paperboard production line at the Visy Tumut mill in New South Wales, Australia. |
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Weigh feeder uses A-B switches, terminal blocks and drives
- 01/14/08
Schenck AccuRate gravimetric feeders use Bulletin 800 F-series switches, terminal blocks and Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 4 variable frequency drives. |
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ABB controls waste-to-energy power plant in Germany
- 01/07/08
ABB is supplying power and automation for a waste-to-energy power plant that will generate clean heat and power for one of the biggest chemical and pharmaceutical parks in Europe. |
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ABB to supply $440 million power link in China
- 12/18/07
The power superhighway running 1,240 miles from western China to the highly industrialized coastal area in the east, will have a capacity of 6,400MW. |
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ABB controls 100 MW solar power array in Spain
- 12/17/07
Andasol 1 and 2 will each generate 50 megawatts of emissions-free electricity using innovative technology that captures and concentrates sunlight in two vast solar fields of trough-shaped parabolic mirrors. |
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Emerson wins contract to provide High-Fidelity Simulators for Luminant
- 12/12/07
The simulators will be used to equip the power generators new Luminant Training Academy, which is located in Tyler, Texas, and officially opened in July 2007. |
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Emerson selected to install PlantWeb and Ovation at 12 new U.S. coal-fired units
- 12/11/07
Emerson Process Management announced today that over the last 18 months the company has been selected to install its PlantWeb digital plant architecture with the Ovation expert control system at 12 new U.S. coal-fired units. |
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NAS and ISS win contracts with Johnson Utilities and Tharldson Development
- 12/10/07
Intecon Controls, Inc. Announces Contract With Johnson Utilities Worth $890,000.00; Intuitive Systems Solutions, Inc. (ISS) Announces Contract With Tharldson Development for $142,000.00 |
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NAS wins automation/control contract with City of Tuscon
- 12/10/07
National Automation Services, Inc. and Intecon Controls Inc. located in Tempe Arizona announce the signing of an automation control contract for the City of Tucson to build required control and compressor panels for water wells located throughout the city. |
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DSPCon Wins Four NASA Contracts for Data Acquisition and Analysis
- 11/30/07
DSPCon will provide NASA with advanced data acquisition and analysis systems for a variety of satellite, rocket and aviation testing applications. |
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ABB wins $45 million power order in Angola
- 11/24/07
ABB won a contract from Angolas Empresa Nacional de Electricidade (ENE) to connect electrical grids in the country. |
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Northwire cable helps lift Stillwater Bridge
- 11/18/07
The highway span is raised and lowered 20 times a day, and the cable that controls it is unwound and rewound as many times. |
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ABB wins $180 million power order in Namibia
- 11/09/07
ABB won an order from the Namibian national power utility, NamPower, to connect the countrys power grid and strengthen electricity networks in southern Africa. |
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ABB to supply power plant controls in India
- 10/18/07
ABB will supply $127 million worth of power and automation solutions for two power plants that will generate electricity needed by steel mills. |
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Siemens to control diesel power station in Pakistan
- 10/14/07
Siemens will equip the Sheikhupura diesel power station in Pakistan with automation and power supply systems. |
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Emerson installs turbine control system retrofit at CPS Energy
- 09/27/07
Emerson completed a WDPF-to-Ovation migration and turbine control system retrofit at CPS Energy's J.K. Spruce Power Plant Unit 1, a 550-MW unit located at Calaveras Lake, near San Antonio. |
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Emerson installs wireless system at Milford Power
- 09/26/07
Emerson's wireless system monitors remote equipment buildings at Milford Power, a 500 MW gas-fired turbine facility in Milford, CT. |
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ABB to control pulp mill in Brazil
- 09/20/07
ABB won a contract worth $33 million to provide equipment and services for a pulp mill under construction in Brazil.The mill will be located in the Tres Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul. |
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Emerson to automate 750-MW coal-fired power plant
- 09/19/07
Emerson will apply PlantWeb digital plant architecture with an Ovation expert control system at CPS Energy's J.K. Spruce Power Plant Unit 2 in San Antonio. |
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ABB supplies power equipment for worlds largest offshore wind farm
- 09/18/07
ABB will connect the 400-megawatt (MW) Borkum-2 park to the electric grid using its HVDC Light (high-voltage direct current) transmission technology. |
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Rapid Controls develops displays for Temposonics sensors
- 09/12/07
TDD-C4 and TDD-C32 displays supply power to C-Series sensors, include cabling that is compatible, and provide engineering unit output in inches and millimeters. |
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Bell Canada and Wurldtech to secure Canadian critical infrastructure
- 09/12/07
Wurldtech and Bell will provide a comprehensive security assessment solution to protect Power and Energy, Nuclear, Telecommunications, Water and Transportation infrastructure from cyber attack. |
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Matrox EpicA multi-display technology supports Fujitsu Siemens Computers
- 09/11/07
By combining Matrox EpicA technology with Fujitsu Siemens FUTRO S400 thin clients and PCs, users gain access to larger display screen real estate. |
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ABB to provide control systems for offshore oil field in Australia
- 09/10/07
ABB is supplying integrated control and safety systems at the Vincent oilfield off the Australian coast as well as electrification for the floating production vessel. |
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Schneider provides electrical distribution and building controls in Antarctica
- 09/07/07
The Princess Elisabeth scientific research station will encounter temperatures of -40°C and be under remote control for four months of the year. |
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Matrikon supplies asset management software to PPL
- 09/06/07
Software includes Operational Insight, Alarm Manager, various OPC interfaces and Resolution Intelligent Plant Data Model to monitor equipment performance and reliability. |
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Pepperl+Fuchs supplies fieldbus for BP project in Angola
- 09/05/07
Pepperl+Fuchs will supply Fieldbus interfaces for the Greater Plutonio Deepwater offshore oil fields of Angola. |
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Emerson to supply Ovation Control System to UK Power Plant
- 08/30/07
The system provides fully coordinated boiler and turbine control at RWE npower's Fawley Power Station Unit 3 in Hampshire, UK. |
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ABB to control power network in Kenya
- 08/29/07
ABB will supply a $25M Network Manager SCADA/EMS system to Kenya Power & Lighting. |
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ABB to supply $56 million in automation for steel mill in China
- 08/23/07
ABB will provide automation equipment and electrical systems for a high-efficiency steel mill to be built by Zhangjiagang GTA Plate Co. in eastern China. |
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Perpetuum powers TI devices by harvesting vibration energy
- 08/22/07
PMG17 vibration energy-harvesting microgenerator can power TI's RF transceiver and microcontroller, paving the way for battery-free sensor operation. |
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ABB helps Stora Enso paper mill slash emissions
- 08/22/07
The Skoghall paper mill in central Sweden cut carbon dioxide emissions by about 170,000 tons a year following a two-year revamp costing 211 million euros ($290 million). |
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IPS completes control upgrade at Columbia nuclear plant
- 08/20/07
Invensys supplied a Triconex TMR (triple-modular redundant) Tricon turbomachinery control system for integrated turbine protection and reactor pressure control. |
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ABB supplies $140M in controls to smelter project in Qatar
- 08/20/07
Power and automation systems will support worlds largest aluminum plant. |
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Emerson awarded $27M contract to upgrade lignite-fired power plant
- 06/27/07
Emerson to modernize instrumentation, control and electrical subsystems at the largest lignite-fired power plant in Europe, the Belchatow Power Plant in Poland. |
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ABB to supply $62M control system for power plant in Germany
- 06/26/07
ABB will supply a System 800xA, boiler protection, instrumentation and electrical actuators, which will be integrated via a Profibus network. The system will be installed at E.ON-Kraftwerke GmbH's coal-fired plant in Germany's Rhein-Ruhr region |
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Siemens supplies controls to cement plant in Libya
- 06/22/07
Siemens received an order from German CEMAG Anlagenbau GmbH, Hameln, to supply equipment for a new kiln line in the Zliten cement plant in Libya. |
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IPS to supply automation for power plant project in India
- 06/21/07
Invensys will supply a Foxboro I/A Series DCS for a 3,600MW generating station being built in Jharsuguda district, Orissa state, India. |
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Embedded Label Printing with NiceLabel SDK
- 05/29/07
Synchronics, now Radiant Systems Retail Division, installed the NiceLabel Print Engine for embedded label printing in its CounterPoint V7 and CounterPoint SQL software products. |
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ABB wins $26-million contract in Qatar
- 05/17/07
ABB received a $26 million order as the Main Instrumentation and Main Electrical Contractor for two oil platforms being built for Maersk Oil Qatar. |
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Emerson to install Ovation control system at power plant in India
- 05/15/07
Emerson will install PlantWeb digital plant architecture and Ovation expert control system on two 300-MW coal-fired units at Amarkantak Power Plant in India. |
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Honeywell to automate coal power plant in the Netherlands
- 05/10/07
Honeywell will supply automation and control for the Nuon Magnum plant, a 1200 MW coal/biomass and natural gas power station planned in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. |
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Siemens supplies drive for gas compressor in UK
- 05/01/07
Siemens will supply a direct drive for a gas compressor to Rolls-Royce Power Generation for a power plant in Felindre, South Wales. The drive can be adjusted to different requirements with a variable speed controller. |
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Emerson to automate Coal-Fired Power Plant in Vietnam
- 04/19/07
Emerson Process Management will install PlantWeb and an Ovation expert control system in Units 1 and 2 of the new Vietnam Haiphong Power Plant. |
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Northwire collaborates with assemblers for custom cord sets
- 04/12/07
Northwire has relationships with more than 250 assemblers to produce made-to-order assemblies of cord sets and power cords for volumes of one to 1,000 pieces or more. |
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Emerson to acquire data from wind farm network in UK
- 04/09/07
Emerson will provide a wide area data gathering system to connect 19 active wind farms to npower's corporate headquarters, operations center, and regional centers in various locations in the UK. |
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MHI to supply GTCC Power Generation System in Tasmania
- 04/05/07
The 200 MW (megawatt) LNG-fired gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation system will be built at the existing Tamar Valley Power Station site in Tasmania. It consists of a M701DA gas turbine, steam turbine, generator, heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) and other components. |
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Invensys and Apprion install wireless infrastructure at power company
- 03/27/07
Invensys Process Systems and Apprion have successfully implemented wireless applications at the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Lost Pines Power Park. LCRA recently merged these two plants under one functional management system with a layered WiMax/WiFi wireless infrastructure to help link the two plants. |
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Matrox Graphics supplies Extio remote graphics unit to ABB
- 03/14/07
Extio remote graphics units (RGUs) have been selected by ABB Automation Technologies for integration in the new ABB System 800xA Extended Operator Workplace, which provides a broad view of production processes to control room operators. |
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Emerson to be digital automation supplier for Qatargas
- 03/12/07
Emerson will engineer, project manage, install, commission, and provide long term support on automation solutions for the company's oil, gas and petrochemical facilities in Qatar. |
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Invensys to automate Aker Kvaerner LNG terminal in Louisiana
- 03/08/07
Invensys will supply Foxboro distributed control systems (DCS), Triconex safety systems and fire & gas systems, and Foxboro instrumentation to Aker Kvaerner, Inc. for a new LNG receipt terminal being built near the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. |
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ABB to provide controls for new $1 billion generating unit in Louisiana
- 02/28/07
ABB will supply burner management, boiler controls, and BOP controls for two 330 MW circulating fluidized bed boilers at Cleco Power's new $1 billion Rodemacher Power Station, a 660 MW generating unit near Boyce, LA. ABB will provide System 800xA with operator stations, Harmony Bridge controllers for monitoring and control, and PLC interfaces to the turbine controls via standard OPC technology. |
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Emerson automates 4,000-MW ultra-supercritical power plant in China
- 02/28/07
Emerson won a $7 million contract to automate the four unit, 4,000-MW, coal-fired plant in April 2005. The plant, which is owned by Huaneng Power International, is the first 1,000-MW-per-unit power plant in China, as well as the countrys first to use ultra-supercritical technologies. Two of the four units recently went on line. |
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Westermo supplies Ethernet switches to sand mine
- 02/26/07
Wedron Silica has chosen Westermo's high-security Lynx switches for a full industrial Ethernet redundancy ring that monitors and controls the entire mining facility. This network exchanges data from hydraulic high pressure mining cannons, and from cameras linked to the control center via fiber-optics help to control and adjust truck loading and sand drying rooms. |
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Kepware supplies OPC server to TriA Solutions
Kepware's KEPServerEX suite will be used to supply device connectivity for TriA Solution's A3 Core, used in power monitoring and testing management solutions in Power and Distributed Generation. |
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Emerson gas analysis contributes to power plant efficiency in South Wales
- 02/22/07
Rosemount Analytical flue gas analysis products are helping to maintain efficient operations at the major RWE npower Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant in Barry, South Wales. This npower Cogen plant supplies electricity, steam and treated process water to the adjacent Dow Corning manufacturing facility. |
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ABB wins $32-million contract in South Africa
- 02/05/07
ABB will supply all the electrical, control and fieldbus communication equipment for the project, including the incoming 132KV electrical substation, medium-voltage switchgear and protection devices, low-voltage motor control centers, variable-speed drives, low- and medium-voltage motors, sectional drives and motors for the new pulp dryer, Industrial IT Extended Automation System 800xA for control and integration, as well as the Information Management System. |
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