On September 9, 2020, celebrating e-mobility in collaboration with Green.TV The first World EV Day, launched by ABB and Green.TV, is a day to globally recognize the importance of e-mobility. Those who drive electric vehicles, as well as those who will drive them in the future, will be encouraged to recognize their important role in promoting the transition to sustainable road transport and a zero-emission future for all, alongside local transport authorities and businesses. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

The collaborative dual-arm robot YuMi is celebrating its fifth birthday this year, and ABB is celebrating the big story of this little robot. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB has been selected by the U.S. shipbuilding company Vigor Fab LLC as the provider of hybrid electric propulsion and energy storage systems for the new fleet of ferries in Washington State, putting the largest ferry system in the U.S. on track for zero-emission operations. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB has developed technology in collaboration with its global strategic partner Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to significantly reduce the energy consumption of high-performance supercomputers while simultaneously improving computing power and reliability. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB is expanding its proven and reliable ABB Ability Advanced Process Control solution to the metal industry. This solution accurately models process operations to enhance process stability and improve quality, production volume, and costs. It enables the easy design and implementation of Model Predictive Control (MPC) and its data analysis, achieving a high level of automation and optimization. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

The agile ABB robot IRB 1200 has accelerated cutting-edge testing systems that assist in the development of jet engines and other high-temperature system components by 30%. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB announced that it has added Crate.io as a technology partner. As part of the ABB Ability platform ecosystem that supports digital solutions, ABB will provide Crate's high-performance industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) dedicated database (CrateDB). For more details, please visit the link (our website).

Metsä Fiber, a member of the ABB and Metsä Group, has signed a binding preliminary contract for ABB Finland to provide electrification and drive technology solutions for the bioproduct plant that is planned to be built in Kemi, northern Finland. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

The new IRB 390 FlexPacker, a parallel link robot equipped with faster speeds, higher payload capacity, and flexibility, supports customized packaging, vertical packaging, high-speed and high-variability sorting, and on-demand order picking in logistics centers and e-fulfillment. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

At the novelty company, two collaborative dual-arm robots, YuMi, are used to automate the attachment of backing to 24 "PopGrips" and packaging them every minute. For more details, please visit the link (our company website).

ABB has signed a contract with ASKO, Norway's largest grocery wholesaler, and its owner NorgesGruppen to supply charging infrastructure for the company's growing fleet of electric trucks. ASKO currently operates 600 trucks daily and aims to achieve zero-emission grocery distribution by 2026. The financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB has secured orders exceeding $180 million from Swiss train manufacturer Stadler to supply cutting-edge equipment for over 160 trains and locomotives in Europe and North America. ABB's battery and traction systems will further promote decarbonization and support the transition to more sustainable e-mobility.

The vibrant port city of Hamburg in northern Germany has set an ambitious sustainability goal to halve its CO2 emissions between 1990 and 2030, largely through the development of e-mobility initiatives. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

The Swedish city of Jönköping continues to focus on transportation that does not use fossil fuels in order to achieve a more sustainable society. Following the success of a pilot project to electrify Jönköping's first electric bus route, in which ABB was involved, ABB has received an additional order for 10 charging stations for electric buses. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB has simplified the use of its popular scara robots by providing users with the ability to commission and control robots from their own PCs through RobotStudio, ABB's simulation and offline programming software. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB has developed innovative AR technology aimed at digitizing operator experience and improving operations between the field and the central control room. In Japan, this will be deployed by ABB Japan Bärel. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB, a global leader in industrial technology and electrification, has announced the supply of high-voltage compatible chargers for the Volvo LIGHTS project. ABB's charging systems can charge any electric vehicle (EV) battery at up to DC 920V, which will reduce charging times and improve the utilization of commercial vehicle fleets in this project. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB's electric propulsion, power, energy storage, control, and automation technologies will be at the core of South Asia's first tugboat capable of switching between low-emission liquefied natural gas (LNG) engines and zero-emission battery power. The tugboat, operated in the Port of Singapore, is being ordered from Jurong Marine Services, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, and is expected to be delivered from the Sembcorp Marine shipyard by the end of 2020. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB's power grid business has signed a comprehensive contract estimated at around $100 million over five years with Interconexion Electrica S.A.E.S.P. (ISA), the largest utility company in South America. ISA currently operates over 62,000 kilometers of transmission infrastructure and is also constructing over 7,000 kilometers of transmission infrastructure. The company also provides services in transportation, information, and communication. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

Recently, Tokyo Electric Power Company Energy Partner (TEPCO EP) and ABB have signed a memorandum regarding collaborative sales activities for ABB high-voltage UPS and PCS120 MV UPS. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB has expanded its CLP open-frame power supply product family to support a wider range of output voltages. With a focus on providing the power levels and options that designers, our customers, require, the output voltage has increased to a maximum of 54 volts (DC) and the power to a maximum of 550 watts. The new CLP power supplies address the challenge of space constraints that many designers face when trying to implement as many functions as possible on the board while achieving increased power. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

Through simple programming, the installation, programming, and operation of robots become easy without special training, reducing the barriers for first-time users to implement automation. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB Japan Behringer, a leader in plant automation systems, and GSE Solutions (GSE) (NASDAQ: GVP) have agreed to strategically collaborate to enable Japanese thermal power plant operators to improve plant efficiency, reduce risks, and enhance operational safety through a real-time dynamic simulation environment. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

- Achieved more than half of the sustainability goals ahead of schedule - 57% of revenue comes from an environmentally efficient portfolio - In 2020, awarded a platinum medal at the CSR certification level by EcoVadis ABB has announced its "Sustainability Report 2019," outlining the company's performance in key areas such as "cutting-edge technology," "responsible business operations," and "responsible relationships." Last year, ABB achieved or exceeded more than half of its sustainability goals ahead of schedule. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB ranked first among Swiss companies in the European Patent Office (EPO) patent applicant list for 2019. ABB's number of patent applications in 2019 was 689, representing a 21% increase from the previous year. The last time ABB held the top position was in 2014. For more details, please visit the link (our company website).

ABB has joined the Sauber Group's motorsport and automotive specialist, Sauber Engineering AG, as an official global technology partner. This partnership focuses on leveraging e-mobility and carbon-neutral development projects. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB accelerates its expansion into the fulfillment sector of distribution and e-commerce using Covariant's AI technology, which won the ABB Global Competition to find a key AI partner for the co-development of intelligent robot technology. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

ABB's PROMOD software solution has been selected as the wide-area supply and demand simulation tool for OCCTO. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

The ABB Ability smart sensor for motors was launched in 2016 and has since garnered significant interest across many industries. In 2018, ABB released the ABB Ability smart sensor for pumps, followed by versions for bearings and gears. At this year's Hannover Messe 2020, ABB is set to announce the next version of the smart sensor, suitable for use in hazardous locations for rotating equipment such as motors and pumps. This is a cost-effective condition monitoring solution for the chemical and oil & gas industries. For more details, please visit the link (our website).

Inverter-integrated motors achieve up to 16% efficiency improvement compared to conventional motors. For more details, please visit the link (our website).