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    ABB opens office in Myanmar after an absence of 20 years

    Supporting Myanmar’s rapidly growing electricity, industry and infrastructure sectors with power and automation technologyZurich, Switzerland, September 25, 2014, ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today inaugurated its first new office in Yangon, Myanmar, after an absence of 20 years. Having a local presence in the country will allow the company to better serve local customers, improve service capabilities, and expand its activities. The office will allow ABB to make its full portfolio of power and automation solutions available to customers in Myanmar, and will be

    ABB acquires French software company Newron System

    Transaction is in line with ABB’s expansion strategy in automation solutions for buildingsZurich, Switzerland, 5. August, 2013 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has acquired French software company Newron System S.A. to expand its market reach and offering for channel partners in automation solutions for buildings. The parties agreed not to disclose the terms of the transaction. Toulouse-based Newron System, whose annual sales are less than $10 million, develops software for building-automation solutions and sells it via high-end distributors and installers. The

    ABB electric drives save a record 310 million megawatt hours in 2011

    Energy savings equivalent to the output of 31 nuclear power station blocksZurich, Switzerland, June 11, 2012 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has released its annual estimate of the savings achieved by its installed base of drives. About 310 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of electric power was saved by ABB drives in 2011, an increase of 19 percent compared with the previous year. Electric drives are used to regulate the speed and power consumption of electric motors. Industrial electric motors account for about 25 percent of all the electricity consumed worldwide.

    ABB wins long-term service contract from Carnival to improve energy efficiency

    Long-term Azipod maintenance agreement for 20 ships will improve their energy efficiency by 2.5 to 4 percent, cutting costs by as much as $1 million a year per shipZurich, Switzerland, April 11, 2012 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a long-term service contract from Carnival Corporation to maintain and upgrade ABB’s Azipod equipment over the next 15 years for 20 ships in their fleet, cutting costs by as much as $1 million a year per ship. Carnival is the world’s largest cruise ship operator and has 20 cruise vessels with Azipod propulsion systems. ABB’s

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