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Raising product quality at steel mills

2009-11-11 - ABB technology is enabling steel manufacturer Outokumpu to produce defect-free products and avoid costly customer claims at its flagship Tornio Works steel mill in Finland.

ABB standard promises huge savings for process industries

2009-11-06 - An ABB team has played a key role in defining the new OPC standard that will enable the process analyzers and control systems of different suppliers to be interoperable. The potential cost savings for the pharmaceutical and other process industries are huge.

Helping an ancient Turkish city use water more efficiently

2009-11-05 - ABB WaterMaster flowmeters are enabling the ancient city of Konya in central Turkey to accurately measure the flow and consumption of water, which is pumped from hundreds of wells in and around the city.

Desertec partners found company to pursue clean energy goal

2009-10-30 - Inaugural meeting of Desertec industrial initiative brings carbon-neutral power supplies a step closer

Breaking ice and saving energy in the Antarctic

2009-10-26 - ABB is providing a complete power, propulsion and automation solution that will make an Argentine icebreaker more energy efficient and environmentally friendly as it works in one of the toughest and most sensitive environments on earth – the Antarctic.

Connecting renewable energy to the grid

2009-10-22 - Big cities need large amounts of electricity to function. Often, this is transported from generating sites located in remote areas hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away.

Saving energy with ABB drives

2009-10-22 - Processes driven by electric motors consume vast quantities of electricity and even small improvements can lead to dramatic savings. ABB’s installed base of low-voltage drives, which control the power consumed by electric motors, saves an equivalent of 140 million tons of CO2 each year.

Drinking water from the sea

2009-10-22 - It covers two-thirds of the earth's surface and makes up 75 percent of the human body. Water is the cradle of life, but some parts of our planet have almost none and many regions are critically short of drinking water. ABB water solutions are helping to turn that around.

Smart grid essential to combating climate change, CEO says

2009-10-21 - Cutting the emissions responsible for climate change requires much greater use of renewable energy, but these sources can only be exploited in a significant way if the power network becomes more efficient and flexible, CEO Joe Hogan said in a recent speech in New York.

Breaking records in paper mill productivity

2009-10-20 - A complete ABB power distribution and electrification solution is enabling a mega-size paper machine to break world speed and productivity records while minimizing power consumption in this, one of the world’s three most energy-intensive industries.

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