Beijing, February 6, 2012 -- ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced today that its smart home products were recently named one of the "2011 Brands of the Word-of-Mouth in China's Home Market" and the "Top 10 Smart Home Brands 2011", which well demonstrate the industry's recognition of ABB's technology and market leadership in the area of smart home.
The "2011 Brands of the Word-of-Mouth in China's Home Market" were elected by jiaju.sina.com.cn and China Research Institute of Home and Building Materials Industry based on online voting by consumers, which also involved China Consumers' Association as a co-organizer. The "Top 10 Smart Home Brands 2011" award was conferred by Smart Engineering Branch of China Exploration and Design Association and Intelligent Building and City Information, a magazine house based in Beijing.
Smart home, an overwhelming trend in today's building industry, is to provide users with an efficient, comfortable, convenient and dweller-friendly living environment by optimally adapting the combination of building structure, apparatuses, services and management to the occupants' requirements. ABB, with leading technologies and abundant experience in this area, is well positioned to deliver complete solutions encompassing miniature circuit-breaker, enclosures, electrical wiring accessories, door entry and i-bus® intelligent building control system. So far, ABB's intelligent building solutions have had a vast installed base in China, ranging from high-end real estate projects to various indemnificatory housing programs.
ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 130,000 people. ABB has a full range of business activities in China, including R&D, manufacturing, sales and services, with 18,000 employees, 34 local companies, and an extensive sales and service network across 80 cities.
