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The new center integrates all of ABB's activities in the southeastern coastal cities to create a state-of-the-art professional and technical campus The center is ABB's largest innovation and manufacturing site, covering an area of 425,000 square meters The company has 3,500 employees and a wide range of businesses This is a powerful symbol of ABB's continued commitment to China. Since 1992, ABB has invested more than $2.4 billion in China United States November 13, 2018 at 07:50 a.m. ET Xiamen, China – (Business Telecommunications)—Leading technology leader ABB today unveiled its new ABB Hub in Xiamen at the Torch Hi-Tech Industrial Park in Hong Kong. The new website integrates the entire value chain of all ABB activities, including R&D, engineering, manufacturing, sales and service, as well as supply chain management and corporate functions. The construction and equipping of the latest eco-friendly materials and systems, including ABB's record-breaking fast charging stations for electric vehicles, sets a new standard for sustainability.
"Xiamen has long been one of ABB's most important industrial sites in China and around the world" "The Xiamen hub is one of ABB's largest and most advanced manufacturing sites, demonstrating the potential of Industry 4.0 on our own site." It aims to provide our customers with state-of-the-art solutions and services in the Chinese Belt-and-Road initiative that companies are active in China," said Ulrich Spiesshofer, CEO of ABB. "With all of our activities in one central hub, we are ideally positioned to support China's reform agenda and help Xiamen and the surrounding region establish leadership in advanced industries." The ABB Center in Xiamen will focus primarily on the development and manufacturing of products and solutions for ABB's electrification products and power grids divisions. It is one of ABB's largest R&D centers for low-voltage electrical systems and is home to the 1200 kV ultra-high voltage testing laboratory, the highest voltage level in China. The site also features ABB's first digitally connected remote service center in China. ABB has been leading in capabilities since its launch, and last year's figures have doubled the size of ™ its business in China. Pei Jinjia, Secretary of the CPC Xiamen Municipal Party Committee, China, and other government representatives, ABB customers from the utilities, industrial, transportation and infrastructure sectors, ABB Group and local management attended the inauguration ceremony. In appreciation of Xiamen's central role in ABB's business in China, ABB will host a major customer event at the Xiamen International Convention and Exhibition Center this week. Called ABB Customer World, the event will attract more than 6,000 employees and showcase the company's power grids, electrification products, industrial automation, industrial robotics and motion divisions. "Xiamen has long been one of ABB's most important industrial bases in China and the world," said Gu Chunyuan, President of ABB Asia, Middle East and Africa. "We established our first joint venture in China 26 years ago and played a key role in ABB's development in China. At present, we have 18,000 employees in more than 140 cities in China, of which more than 2,000 are engaged in R&D. ” The new center is one of many significant new investments ABB has made in China. In October, the company announced a $150 million investment in a new "factory of the future" for industrial robots in Shanghai. In May this year, the company opened a new industrial robot application center in Chongqing, which is the company's fourth industrial robot application center in China. In December 2017, the company established the ABB Shenzhen New Energy Technology Center to develop solar and electric vehicle charging solutions for global use. Since 1992, ABB has invested more than $2.4 billion in China. ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a leading technology leader in power grids, electrification products, industrial automation, industrial robotics and motion, serving customers in the utilities, industrial and transportation infrastructure sectors worldwide. Continuing its more than 130-year history of innovation, ABB is today writing the future of industrial digitalization with two clear value propositions: power from any power plant to any plug, and automated industry from natural resources to finished products. As a top partner of ABB Formula E (all-electric FIA car), ABB is pushing the boundaries of E-mobility and contributing to a sustainable future. ABB operates in more than 100 countries and employs approximately 147,000 people
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