- Five products won Most Competitive & Innovative Product and Customer Trust awards, demonstrating ABB’s innovation strength & market recognition
- Application of ABB digital solutions with AI technology in upgrading of heating facility named the Most Influential Engineering Project of 2023
- Jiang Haibo, Head of Process Automation, ABB China named Man of the Year in automation industry for outstanding performance of the business
The China Automation Industry Annual Conference 2024 (CAIAC 2024) was held in Beijing on April 11 and unveiled the annual awards of China automation industry which came out after three-month candidate recommendations, expert assessment and online voting. ABB won eight awards in five categories, including China’s Top Automation Enterprises of 2023, the Most Competitive & Innovative Products, the Most Trusted Products, the Most Influential Engineering Projects, and Man of the Year in China’s automation industry.
China’s Top Automation Enterprise of 2023: ABB (China) Limited
This is another significant industry recognition to ABB for its work to boost digital intelligence of industries in China, after winning innovation awards in five categories and ranking China’s Top 50 Automation + Digital Brands at CAIMRS held last month. In line with China’s pursuit of high quality development and energy transition, ABB with a focus on opportunies brought by AI+ and industrial digitalization, is innovating to support customers across utility, industry, transport and infrastructure sectors to improve productivity and product quality by maximizing data values, and boost industrial upgrade for sustainable growth.
Man of the Year in automation industry: Jiang Haibo, Head of Process Automation, ABB China
With more than 1,500 employees in China, ABB's Process Automation business offers a range of solutions for process, hybrid and marine industries to improve operational efficiency and safety for more sustainable and efficient development. As head of the business area in China, Jiang Haibo leads the team to continuously improve local R&D capacity, explore market potentials, and help the customers create more values with ABB's deep domain knowledge, engineering experience and state-of-the-art solutions. In 2023, he led the team to achieve a record high in businss performance despite market challenges and ongoing headwinds.
Most Competitive & Innovative Product: Sensi+ Natural Gas Analyzer
Sensi+ is a new wall-mounted analyzer that can analyze up to three contaminants (H2S, H2O, CO2) in any natural gas stream accurately and in real time. This analyzer leverages ABB's proven laser-based technology to virtually eliminate false readings and provides rapid response for reliable process control. It also includes ABB’s AnalyzerExpert™ features that provide experts with actions and insights directly from the device and enables such capabilities as built-in self-diagnostics, automated laser line-locking and health monitoring.
Most Competitive & Innovative Product: New GoFa™variants: GoFa 10 and GoFa 12
As the new variants of ABB GoFa™ cobot family, GoFa 10 and GoFa 12 are offering new possibilities for companies to leverage cobot automation for enhanced efficiency. Handling payloads of up to 10 and 12 kilograms with market-leading repeatability, the cobots can handle an expanded range of tasks in close collaboration with workers, addressing skills and labor shortages while improving safety and productivity. Offering straightforward programming and rapid integration into production environments, the new variants lower barriers to entry for first-time users, educators and SMEs.
Most Trusted Product of the Year: MNS 3.0 Digital Low-voltage Switchgear
MNS Digital switchgear is based on reliable MNS® platform for switchgear which has been evolving for over 40 years, featuring the integration of industrial Internet technology with smart sensors which enable real-time monitoring of the switchgear and load conditions. In addition to detailed event logs and fault diagnosis, it can provide early alarm of equipment faults, and achieve proactive maintenance to meet safe, reliable and continuous electricity demand. This digital solution can help users in semiconductor, data center, power generation, oil & petrochemical and other segments to greatly optimize energy efficiency, reduce power outages, and achieve sustainable operations.
Most Trusted Product of the Year: B&R X20 PLC
The Intel x86-basd X20 PLC is integrated with Real-Time Operating System(RTOS). It supports the development of complex applications in high-level languages and time-critical tasks such as motion control, CNC and robotics applications. With standard POWERLINK real-time communication, it expands the mainstream fieldbus, supports communication via OPC UA and Web technology, and offers easy IT access and remote services. Since it was launched in 2004, the X20 has experienced several upgrades in processors and is widely used in plastics, printing, packaging, pharmaceuticals, electronics and semiconductor, and renewable industries.
Most Trusted Product of the Year: ACS180
Developed by ABB China R&D team, ACS180 is a compact, robust, and adaptable variable speed drive (VSD) for applications from 0.25kW to 22 kW. With excellent performance and quality, this easy-to-use compact VSD is for worldwide OEMs and system integrators across industries like food & beverage, material processing, water treatment, textile, logistics, packaging, plastics and pharmaceuticals. The drives are designed for 50℃ ambient temperature with derating (in heavy duty) and up to 60℃ with derating, ensuring reliable operation under harsh conditions.
Most Influential Engineering Projects: project upgrade of Xinjiang Tianfu heating facility
In the digital upgrading of the heating facility at Xinjiang Tianfu Energy Co., Ltd., ABB integrates AI algorithm, big data, machine learning technologies into its solutions for the heating system including more than 300 heat exchange stations and 2 pressure isolation stations, and realize efficient energy management of devices, through real-time monitoring of operation status, equipment failure alert, etc. It also helps the customer to effectively avoid unplanned downtime and improve the maintenance efficiency of the devices, making the heating project safer, smarter and more sustainable for higher economic and environmental benefits.
Sponsored by the Chinese Association of Automation, the China Automation Industry Annual Conference (CAIAC) 2024 & the 19th China Automation Industry Event (CAIE) is one of the most influential annual gathering in China's automation industry. The awards aim to recognize the individuals, teams and enterprises that have made remarkable contributions to the development of China’s automation industry, fully demonstrate continuously innovated automation products, and thoroughly analyze the successful industry solutions and their applications.
