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ABB has been driving industrial change for more than a century as a global pioneering technology leader. In 2018, we continued working with customers and our partners, building further on deep domain knowledge across all industries with our proven leadership in distributed control systems (DCS) and other automation products.

From offering advanced solutions through product upgrades to ensuring better lifecycle management of control systems with the Automation Sentinel program, here are the milestones achieved in 2018.

Success stories
Partnerships & awards
Product updates
Expert articles
Local support

Most popular in 2018

Top 5 articles

Top 5 case studies

Top 5 videos

Highlights of 2018

World’s first commercial modular enabled process automation solution
Automation Sentinel - Control System Life Cycle Management Program
Control Technologies expands digital presence in Singapore
All-in-one automation system for Ericsson’s global data center
Validated, integrated and seamless solution from shop floor to ERP for Life Sciences

Customer success stories

Powering Singapore's Digital Economy at DODID Data Center with comprehensive electrification and automation package
Flexible and efficient mammalion cell fermentation production at fully automated plant at Gedeon Richter, Hungary
Digitalization and energy-optimization in factory - Big Data utilized to optimize yeast production at Danish Danske Gærfabrikker
Byworth Boilers in the UK made the digital leap by adopting ABB Freelance DCS for steam-boilers
Integrated process and power control for the largest copper producer in Kazakhstan to double the capacity of its sulphide ore processing plant
ABB Ability digital solutions streamline production, and control power and raw material consumption at Czech Republic’s biggest potato starch producer
ABB Ability Data Center Automation for Alticom in Netherlands remotely monitors and controls the cooling and energy use
Multi-national gas supplier thwarts cyber attackers with ABB System 800xA v6 and ABB Security Update Service
Moving towards Pharma 4.0 at GE Healthcare by saving 40%-70% of the engineering efforts
Modularization of process automation with plug and produce capabilities increase automation efficiency at Bayer AG
Umeå Energi consolidates Siemens PLCs into ABB Ability™ System 800xA reducing engineering time by 50%
ABB Ability™ based technologies to ensure reliability for world’s third largest sugar producer
ABB is driving digital innovation through university collaboration with the Imperial College London
ABB committed to Egypt’s energy and industrial future
ABB inaugurates advanced innovation and manufacturing hub in Xiamen
ABB Technology Ventures invests in Stellapps- Indian food industry startup

Acquisitions, awards and partnerships

Fortune Names ABB among Top 10 Companies in “Change the World” List
ABB receives Frost & Sullivan 2017 Best Practices Award for distributed control system innovation
Semiconductors production factory in Lenzburg wins digitalization award at «Factory of the Year»
ABB and Nobel Media announce international partnership making ABB one of a select group of Nobel International Partners
ARC Advisory Group, an industry analyst ranks ABB #1 for Distributed Control Systems globally

Product & service updates

ABB unveils latest upgrade to Freelance for process industries at SPS IPC Drives

Care agreements to maximize asset value and optimize maintenance cost

Edge technology: New application coming soon to will help customers work smarter

The future of automation project execution is now

New MES / DCS integration solution for pharmaceutical and biotech industries

Advanced Digital Services for Control Systems to ensure efficient operation and increasing the ROI

New version of ABB Ability Manufacturing Operations Management - Process and Production Intelligence

New version of ABB Ability Field Information
Manager (FIM), the first FDI-based software
for device management

Expert articles

Blockchain: the future of food traceability? Views from ABB

How to manage compliance in food production

Sadara: Lessons Learned-How to stay on budget with large, complex projects

How ABB masters all the parts in the orchestra of making Modular Automation part of everyday life

Technologies such as micro-modular and cloud promise to transform the data center industry of the future

What eggs can teach about the importance of traceability processes

Advanced Process Control and Analytics: new tools revolutionize data analysis

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