Highlights archive

Digital Electrification for Marine applications

Accurate, proactive, self-organized, team-oriented, with strong communication skills and always ON duty

10/24/2018

Plain sailing with specialized ABB smart circuit breakers

Web story

In a bid to provide critically important electrical systems for ships, ORTEC turned to ABB’s space-saving breakers, built with the highest resistance to shock, temperature and humidity

Interactive Tool

09/14/2018

app4UP, another tool in your hands!

New app

Play with Ekip UP using app4UP. The new marketing tool is ready to promote the ABB Ability™ protection and solution in a digital way.

06/11/2018

ABB technology lights up iconic Russian stadium

Web story

ABB’s i-bus KNX system enables the control of new lighting at the upgraded Luzhniki Stadium.

04/19/2018

New ABB Tmax XT circuit breakers break new ground for optimized energy management solutions

Designed for extremely high performance, ease-of-use and connectivity, new SACE Tmax XT circuit breakers simplify energy management, installation and servicing.

04/18/2018

New ABB digital maintenance manager cuts electrical servicing costs and boosts reliability by up to 30 percent

Expansion of cloud-based ABB Ability™ Electrical Distribution Control System delivers optimum service intervals, easy-to-action information and greater scalability

04/17/2018

Less is more

News article

The first truly all-in-one automatic transfer switch will bring real benefits to critical power applications

03/16/2018

Give your buildings a new dimension

New Microsite

Scalable solutions for energy and asset management in buildings

03/13/2018

The Energy Internet

Climate change is driving the growth of complex digital systems

02/02/2018

Life cycle management

News article

Update for the year 2018

02/02/2018

How smarter power systems are making dynamic positioning ships more reliable

Dynamic positioning systems enable ships to maintain their position and heading automatically. ABB’s marine power solution has some clever ways to keep them up and running

01/25/2018

ABB delivers reliable power for infrastructure projects in Ecuador

Partnering with local firm I2E, ABB equips major new hospitals and financial facilities with high-performance power solutions.

01/18/2018

ABB’s Emax 2 retrofit kits giving old power plants new lease of life

Just launched in China, Megamax – Emax 2 Direct Replacement retrofit kit provides smart solution for legacy Megamax circuit breakers

01/17/2018

As IT and OT converge, cyber security drives competitiveness

As companies digitize, more and more are demanding real-time access and analysis of operational data

Year 2017

12/14/2017

Major bank makes smart investment in ABB Emax 2 to safeguard power supply

ABB’s smart circuit breaker uses fast load-shedding software strategy to keep back-up power generators working reliably for longer

12/06/2017

ABB’s Ekip UP helps fashion supplier introduce smarter power

Innovative digital unit upgrades existing power system and connects processes to the cloud-based ABB Ability™ Electrical Distribution Control System

11/21/2017

SACE Tmax PV range up to 1500V DC and 800V AC

New catalog

SACE Tmax PV range up to 1500V DC and 800V AC.
Technical catalog
Keeping ahead of the photovoltaic application trends

11/02/2017

ABB technology helps Dubai develop smart solar strategy

ABB Ability™ Electrical Distribution Control System delivers key data to shape next-generation solar power for the city

09/20/2017

ABB celebrates top suppliers at 2017 Global Supplier Day

Awards for best suppliers recognize contributions to innovation and quality advances in ABB’s Protection & Connection business.

09/15/2017

Life Cycle Management 2017-09

Update for the year 2017-09

09/04/2017

ABB pilots new digital power distribution management system at major Asian airport

News article

Advanced power system supports expansion at world’s largest low-cost airline hub in Bangkok

07/20/2017

ABB accelerates start-up ideas as “Unlock Your Ability” Challenge advances

Unlock Your Ability teams enter the Acceleration Phase.

07/20/2017

ABB Frosinone - Collaborative Robotics: more products, more work

A textbook example of how Industry 4.0 at an ABB plant in Italy has brought greater employment and production.

06/29/2017

ABB announces new molded case circuit breaker for 1500V PV system

Reduces costs and improves equipment reliability for end-users of PV industry.

05/17/2017

ABB reduces operational costs of Italian water company with energy management solution by 30 percent

Italian water utility goes digital with ABB Ability

ABB has successfully completed a pilot of the ABB Ability™ Electrical Distribution Control System with Italian public water company, Consorzio di Bonifica Veronese (CBV), significantly reducing plant maintenance time and lowering operational costs.

05/26/2017

ABB presents digital power system advances at Nor-Shipping 2017

The solution is part of a range of digital solutions that will feature on ABB’s booth at the event.

03/14/2017

ABB Ability™ Electrical Distribution Control System US launch for cloud-based energy management

The ABB Ability™ solution delivers operating cost reduction of up to 30%

03/13/2017

ABB launches digital switchgear solutions for U.S. microgrid management

HOUSTON, TEXAS, MARCH 13, 2017 - ABB unveils innovative product portfolio for newly installed and existing switchgear at ABB Customer World 2017 event

03/13/2017

ABB showcasing smart power for intelligent data at Data Centre World

World first on stand G60 as ABB introduces innovative data center technologies

03/10/2017

Can a DJ simplify microgrid installations?

Most microgrid owners just want a smart way to control their energy mix. Here’s how Emax 2’s all-in-one innovation helps them cut through the noise.

03/07/2017

Smarter devices enable smarter data centers

Why are data center owners embracing smarter power control and distribution devices?

01/24/2017

Inauguration of ABB’s 315kW solar rooftop power plant in Dubai

Emax 2. The all-in-one innovation

The plant is located at the ABB offices at the Al Quoz industrial area and will produce electricity using solar energy.

01/20/2017

Direct Replacement type Retrofit kit Megamax / Emax 2

Video

It’s time for intelligent products to enable smart energy management in older systems.
Where air circuit breakers type Megamax were installed, a new retrofitting kit allows Emax 2 circuit breakers to take place and be up and running in a matter of minutes.

01/12/2017

Emax 2 is key to Energia Europa’s E-Power energy-saving product

news article

E-Power is a passive inductive filter that improves energy quality and efficiency. ABB’s Emax 2 is at the heart of the product.
An interview with Gabriele Paltrinieri, Marketing and Sales Manager at Energia Europa.

Year 2016

Emotional video

10/19/2016

Stop building the Brooklyn Bridge into your switchgear

How to count on a smaller, smarter breaker to cut switchboard costs.

10/03/2016

ABB to manufacture innovative low-voltage solutions in Senatobia, Mississippi

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has today opened a new advanced manufacturing facility in Senatobia, Mississippi, to produce electrical components for the US market.

09/05/2016

New ABB microgrid technology improves the efficiency of next-generation ships

events

ABB presents a new all-in-one microgrid solution for ships at the SMM in Hamburg, which takes advantage of smart circuit breakers to improve efficiency and productivity.

08/26/2016

Join us in Hamburg at SMM 2016

events

SMM, the largest international maritime exhibition, opens its doors in Hamburg from September 6 to 9 and we will be presenting the Emax 2 all-in-one solution for microgrid efficiency and productivity for next generation ships.

08/24/2016

New ABB kit makes switchgear upgrades simpler, faster and smarter

Emax 2 direct replacement retrofitting kit for Megamax circuit breakers to enable smart energy management for an older system.

07/29/2016

New Direct Replacement retrofitting kit for Megamax F1/F2 Closed Door with Emax 2

New Retrofit-kit

ABB introduce the new retrofitting kits, Direct Replacement type, for withdrawable Megamax F1/F2 Closed Door version to Emax 2 circuit breakers

07/06/2016

Data center innovation is not a monopoly

Scalability and flexibility for power protection was never so easy

07/05/2016

ABB presents its full range of products for boats and ports at Navalia 2016

news article

At the latest edition of Navalia, ABB presented its technology solutions designed to improve energy efficiency, control and performance, both for boats and port infrastructure to the Spanish and European markets

06/23/2016

ABB technology improves energy efficiency in Renault-Nissan and Daimler’s new Mexican car factory by up to 20 percent

The future of the Internet of Things, Services and People (IoTSP)

ABB will supply state-of-the-art, energy-efficient, low-voltage power distribution solutions to COMPAS (Cooperation Manufacturing Plant Aguascalientes)

Giampiero Frisio - Managing Director of ABB’s Protection and Connection business - points out the keypoints of Ekip SmartVision

05/06/2016

Seeking a smart conductor to orchestrate your microgrid?

The various elements of a microgrid are like the instruments in a philharmonic orchestra and our smart circuit breaker presented at Hanover is the conductor

Innovation for competitive advantage

We have been thinking in terms of the Internet of Things, Services and People for many years, we just didn’t talk about it.

ABB innovation makes microgrid control smarter

Innovative circuit breaker makes small-scale microgrids a cost-effective option with all-in-one solution

Emax 2. Software-based solution for efficient microgrids

webpage

Emax 2 is the first smart circuit breaker enabling all-in-one solutions that integrate both standard and advanced microgrid functionalities to meet a broad range of on/off grid requirements, improving flexibility and saving costs.

Innovation for competitive advantage

conversations blog

"We have been thinking in terms of the Internet of Things, Services and People for many years, we just didn’t talk about it."

04/22/2016

ABB innovation connects low-voltage networks to the Internet of Things, Services and People

Energy cost savings across industries of up to 30% possible using new cloud-based platform

04/22/2016

Ekip SmartVision. Understanding power

Microsite

Find out more about Ekip SmartVision, the new cloud-based platform. It allows the evaluation of live data and the remote control and energy management of industrial electrical systems and buildings.

03/11/2016

ABB installs first smart, connected low-voltage network in new luxury mall

Complete low-voltage solution cuts engineering costs by 60% and project delivery time by 35% for Bangkok’s new EmQuartier mall

03/07/2016

ABB repeats winning formula to win Dumfries and Galloway Hospital switchgear contract

ABB builds on past successes to win switchgear contract for £200 million hospital that Laing O’Rourke is building for NHS Scotland

Extended Warranty Tool for Active Circuit Breakers

To extend the warranty of ABB Low Voltage Circuit Breakers, ABB extends the warranty to customers in addition to the standard warranty by:
+1 year (free of charge) and/or +3 years
on
• new equipment
• purchased products (within factory standard warranty time=12months)

02/01/2016

ABB plays a principal role in staging modernization of Basel Theater

Customer reference

To meet the demanding needs of the theater project, ABB provided its highly flexible System pro E power distribution switchboard.

Year 2015

Hard Bus Retrofill for Schneider Masterpact M with ABB SACE Emax 2 Air Circuit-breakers

New Retrofit-kit

With only few modification actions and sustainable costs, Retrofitting kits are the perfect solution to improve a low voltage switchgear

SACE Emax 2 Retrofitting kit for Emax and New Emax

New Retrofit-kit

With SACE Emax 2 retrofitting kits, ABB Low Voltage Breakers extends the product offering and gives customers the opportunity to immediately take advantage of the benefits of the Emax 2 circuit-breaker

10/13/2015

The world’s largest food fair, a smog-eating building and ABB technology

How ABB technology helped ensure that the Italian Pavillion, an air-purifying building, opened in time for the EXPO Milano 2015.

09/04/2015

ABB to cut downtime for Ecuador’s state oil company

ABB’s Emax 2 Power Circuit Breaker; Innovation for Critical Power

Petroamazonas EP turns to ABB’s Emax 2 technology to protect generators from sudden surges - and avoid time-consuming and costly shutdowns.

07/27/2015

T-Rex and Emax

Conversations

The Emax 2 breaker is an evolutionary step to help data centers avoid catastrophic events by “failing small”.

07/01/2015

SACE Emax 2 video manuals

Videos

This is a complete collection of SACE Emax 2 video manuals.
Those tutorial movies showing the main installation activities on ABB circuit breakers and their accessories.

What does 15 sqm mean for a Data Center ?

Customer case

Read the latest Emax 2 Circuit Breakers' case study

04/13/2015

ABB Emax 2 circuit breaker helps panel builders downsize switchboards by 25%

Emax 2 circuit breaker delivers space and cost savings with its unique compact design

04/13/2015

ABB Emax 2 power circuit breakers now become UL1066 certified

Press releas

ABB Emax 2, the evolution of a circuit breaker into a Power Manager, is the world’s first intelligent low voltage air circuit breaker with unique features that optimize all electrical installations

Year 2014

IEC 61850 integration with MV systems for Emax 2

Case studies

SACE Emax 2 is the only LV circuit breaker that can be integrated into an automated system of electrical substations based on the IEC 61850 standard, with no need for external interface devices.

Ekip Power Controller helps buildings manage power consumption