Abu Dhabi, UAE (Jan 21, 2014) - ABB has been awarded the Zayed Future Energy Prize 2014 in recognition of its efforts to drive innovation, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Jan. 21, 2014) – ABB, the global power and automation technology group, has been awarded the Zayed Future Energy Prize 2014 in recognition of its efforts to drive innovation, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
ZURICH (Jan. 21, 2014) – ABB, a power and automation technology group, has signed a cooperation agreement with NAPA, a software house supplying solutions for ship design and operation.
ABB and NAPA will cooperate to offer the NAPA Loading Computer and the electronic NAPA Logbook. The products will be offered under ABB’s Vessel Information and Control (VICO) portfolio, as part of a complete advisory solution devised to optimize ship efficiency.
ZURICH (Dec. 6, 2013) – ABB won orders worth $180 million in 2013 to deliver complete electrical power plants and propulsion systems for six new cruise liners that include its latest-generation Azipod XO units. The orders make 2013 the best-ever year for ABB in cruise liners with the Azipod system.
ZURICH (Nov. 15, 2013) – ABB, a power and automation technology group, has won two orders in the third quarter to provide the waste heat recovery systems, each powered by a power turbine generator (PTG), for fourteen new 8,800 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) container vessels.
ZURICH (Oct. 22, 2013) – ABB is realigning responsibilities in its Group Executive Committee (EC) to put a strong focus on acquisition integration and the significantly expanded North American business portfolio.
ZURICH (Sept. 19, 2013) – ABB has won an order worth around $25 million to supply its marine propulsion system, Azipod, and complete electric power plants for two new rescue and salvage icebreakers that are under construction at Nordic Yards GmbH in Germany.
ZURICH (July 25, 2013) – ABB and Power-One, Inc., a provider of renewable energy and of energy-efficient power conversion and power management solutions, confirmed that ABB has completed its previously announced acquisition of Power-One.
NEW BERLIN, Wisc. (June 24, 2013) – The Green Parking Council (GPC) announced that it has awarded the 2013 Pioneer Award for Sustainability to Cal Lankton, Director of ABB’s EV Charging Infrastructure for ABB’s North American operations.
ZURICH (June 7, 2013) – ABB announced its intention to acquire Dynamotive Ltd to expand its service offering in low and medium voltage drives and motors. Coalville, UK–based Dynamotive designs, commissions and upgrades systems of drives, controls and motors for industrial and marine applications and automotive test rigs. Dynamotive has about 40 employees and is privately owned. Its owners will continue to work for ABB.