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ABB’s power electronics team based in Napier, New Zealand is helping Carter Holt Harvey achieve greater productivity by protecting their industrial load from voltage disturbance for their microwave generators during production at their Marsden Point LVL Plant.

Zurich, Switzerland, November 4, 2011 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, expects to grow faster than its markets over the period 2011 to 2015 by focusing on sectors where its combined power and automation portfolio offers competitive advantages, increasing market penetration in both emerging and mature economies, and becoming more responsive to changing customer needs and

ABB’s product portfolio and tailored engineering solution capability has been showcased in the recently commissioned Te Mihi steamfield reinjection pump station for Contact Energy.

ABB has recently been awarded a Period Supply Agreement (frame contract) for Disconnecting Circuit Breakers (DCB) from Transpower, owner and operator of New Zealand’s high voltage electricity transmission grid.

Haden & Custance, a leading New Zealand robotics integrator, helped paint manufacturer Dulux get back into production quickly, providing six new ABB robot systems in an unprecedented time, following the Queensland floods in early 2011.

ABB was quick to the rescue when DB Breweries phoned for urgent assistance with fixing one of their ABB robots, which was packing special edition Rugby World Cup-themed Heineken cans for the tournament which was kicking off the next day.

A high level of safety performance and culture of openness were key to success for ABB's Power Systems - substation service team based in Christchurch, who was awarded the Best Safety & Health Performance (Team) award at the inaugural Transpower STAR awards in Wellington on 10th August.

ABB was proud to be the principal sponsor for the recent IEEE Region 10 Student, Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) and Women in Engineering (WIE) Congress (R10SC) held in Auckland from 7 – 10 July 2011.

Zurich, Switzerland, July 21, 2011 - ABB reported a 43-percent increase in second-quarter net income to $893 million amid strong industrial growth, higher earnings in the Power Systems division and the contribution from recent acquisitions, especially Baldor Electric.Revenues rose 17 percent and orders increased 18 percent from the second quarter of last year, with growth in both mature and

Zurich, Switzerland, and Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA, Nov. 30, 2010 - ABB (NYSE: ABB), the leading power and automation technology group, and Baldor Electric Company (NYSE: BEZ), a North American leader in industrial motors, have agreed that ABB will acquire Baldor in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4.2 billion, including $1.1 billion of net debt.Under the terms of the definitive