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2010-07-19 - An ABB solution has solved power quality problems that caused nuisance tripping and server downtime at two Accenture office complexes in India. Not only did the solution solve the problem, it reduced the energy consumption of critical devices by 20 percent.
2010-06-25 - A wireless ABB device has made it possible to retrieve valuable but inaccessible process and maintenance information that is currently stranded in millions of HART instruments, the dominant communication protocol in the process industries.
2010-06-21 - ABB Full Service® has set nine new production records at a paper mill in Finland, reduced mill maintenance costs by almost $7 million, improved the performance of three huge paper machines by up to 7 percent, and reduced the number of maintenance-related accidents by 70 percent
2010-06-17 - The largest grid-connected solar power plant in the Nordic countries, built on the roof of an ABB factory, has been powered up during an inauguration ceremony attended by Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs and dignitaries from academia, industry and business.
2010-06-09 - New ABB solar inverters* for residential and commercial buildings as well as a megawatt station for photovoltaic power plants are being introduced to the market for the first time at the Intersolar fair in Munich, Germany - the world’s largest exhibition for the solar industry.
2010-06-08 - ABB medium-voltage drives have slashed the energy consumption of two boiler feed pumps at a coal-fired power plant in Germany by 25 percent. The solution increases plant revenues by $800,000 a year and reduces annual CO2 emissions by 10,200 tons.
2010-06-02 - Packing 60,000 plastic bottles a day by hand was taking a high toll in labor costs and operator health for an Australian plastics company. A single ABB robot not only solved the problem, it increased productivity by up to 40 percent.
2010-02-26 - ABB’s Azipod® propulsion systems have had a huge impact on the operating efficiency of ships and floating vessels – reducing their energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 25 percent.
2010-02-01 - Award-winning ABB technology has improved productivity by 9 percent at a complex and energy-intensive industrial facility in Europe.
2010-01-21 - ABB has developed a revolutionary water treatment technology that cleans oily wastewater – by far the largest waste product in oil and gas production - quickly, cost-effectively and energy-efficiently, ready for discharge with zero environmental impact.