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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.

Beijer will supply operator panels and software to Alfa Laval for heat transfer, separation and fluid handling applications.

Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, TTI, Inc. is the largest distributor specialist of passive, interconnect and electromechanical components.

The new office, in Norcross Technology Park, will be headed by Howard Jetmundsen, Senior Systems Engineer for Wavestream.

Power Distribution is owned by Bertram Capital Management, a private equity investment firm.

ABB will supply propulsion and System 800xA automation systems for the Eurodam, a new cruise ship being built for Holland America Line.

FAA selected EDSA Micro to provide a power analytics electrical power infrastructure protection system for air traffic control facilities across the United States.

The Arc Flash Information Resource Center provides employers, plant managers, and safety personnel with a clear guide to arc flash safety regulations and procedures in an easy-to-follow format.

Custom cable assemblies are made with Times Microwave LMR-400 high performance low loss cable in lengths from 4 inches to over 400 feet.

ABB will supply five rectiformer systems, which convert AC to DC to operate the smelter, and SCADA systems to monitor and control power quality.

ABB is designing a complete power supply solution for what will be the world’s largest international financial center--Gujarat International Finance Tec-City.

Strikesorb modules met UL 1449 3rd Edition safety standard's intermediate current abnormal overvoltage test by successfully conducting current at 1000A for seven hours.

Emerson’s 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.

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.

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.

Could it be that high fuel prices, the weak dollar and crises in the U.S. manufacturing industry are creating opportunities? Andy Chatha of ARC Advisory Group thinks so. He says the U.S. industry has suddenly become competitive on the world market, and companies are no longer moving operations overseas. Instead, many are expanding their facilities, and he predicts a boom in automation right here in the U.S.

ABB reported record orders, revenues and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the second quarter of 2008, with net income reaching $975 million.

Booklet describes the 10 most common and costly errors that companies make when preparing product news releases.

ELKOMTECH will use Westermo time synchronization R208 Ethernet switches to equip 1700 substations within the Polish electrical distribution network supervised by PSE.

The switch selection guide provides an overview of electromechanical and solid state switches and switch drivers.