Beijing, February 18, 2013 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won in 4 award categories at the 11th annual industry event held by Gongkong, a leading portal in the China automation industry. ABB received recognition in the following award categories: business model innovation, operation innovation, innovative product, and hot news.
As an important award in China's automation industry, the annual Gongkong Automation Awards have been held for 11 consecutive years. The selection process started in October 2012 and the winners were selected through online voting from ten thousands of people and a two-month assessment by more than 10 experts from industries including oil, power, metal, and rail.
ABB has always adhered to innovation of products, technologies, and solutions to help customers increase energy efficiency and productivity. Innovation is not only the driving force of technological advances, but also an important tool for maintaining ABB's long-term competitiveness. The multiple awards won by ABB are further recognition of industry experts and customers for the company's efforts to improve technology, management, marketing, and customer services.
ABB Full Service® leading innovation on business model
In the service business, ABB has broken the traditional boundaries of after-sale service, explored new business models by relying on its state-of-the-art technologies, professional management systems, and experts within its service network, and achieved success in building the best operation model. ABB Full Service®, and its 2 models of "Full Model" and "Maintenance Management Model" which are tailored for various sectors in the Chinese market, received the Business Model Innovation Award.
ABB Full Service® offers world-class quality centered on long-term improvement of enterprise equipment performance. Customers can focus on their core businesses and leave the equipment & asset maintenance and management to ABB, their trusted service partner. ABB Full Service offers constant maintenance to improve the performance and reliability of plant equipment, helping customers reduce costs and improve productivity.
Joining hands with industry leaders in a call for new policies on energy efficiency
In September, 2012, the Chinese government issued a national compulsory standard on motor energy efficiency-GB18613-2012. Under the standard, all motors sold in the Chinese market have to achieve minimum energy efficiency requirements. Shanghai ABB Motors Company was the first to announce plans for high-efficiency motors and execute the new national standard for energy efficiency in the industry.
Shanghai ABB Motors Company later signed strategic cooperation agreements for high-efficiency motors with dozens of other industry leaders and called for more involvement of manufacturers, users, and government departments, advancing the process of high-efficiency motors in China and increasing their market share. Mr. Chai Ko-Hein, Head of Motors & Generators business unit of ABB China, and Shanghai ABB Motors Company received the Operation Innovation Award.
Innovative marketing for solutions on industrial upgrading
Last June, ABB held its annual Automation World event in Shanghai, themed "Industrial Upgrade & Services." This event packed a broad range of marketing tools including forums, technical seminars, and exhibitions of sub-industries, showcasing ABB's energy efficiency solutions, customized renewable energy solutions for wind and solar power, and other automation technologies, solutions, and new businesses.
The two-day event showcased globally leading power and automation applications and technologies in various industries such as metal, mining, petrochemical, and buildings. For its scale, topics, and multi-layered content portfolios, it won the attention and commendation of the industry and was honored with the Annual Hot News Award.
Low-voltage products plus online systems help customers quicken product selection
In August 2012, ABB officially launched its new OC series cam switch, as well as Camweb2, the world's only online customization tools. With the free online Camweb2, the system can automatically display matching product models and relevant descriptions, thus avoiding the cumbersome and complicated selection process for customers. Meanwhile, the system can automatically generate product designs and prices, greatly reducing the work of designers.
ABB OC series cam switches are widely used in high-voltage, medium-voltage, and low-voltage distribution cabinets and control cabinets in manufacturing, buildings, machinery, shipbuilding, metal, and other industries, as remote / local control, manual / automatic, and turn on / off switches. The ABB OC series cam switch won Innovative Product Award.
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 145,000 people. ABB has a full range of business activities in China, including R&D, manufacturing, sales and services, with 18,300 employees, 36 local companies, and an extensive sales and service network across 80 cities.
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