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• Singapore’s used-water superhighway

  2009-07-03: One of the world’s largest and most innovative water treatment projects is the Changi water reclamation plant, opened in June by the Public Utilities Board, Singapore's national water agency. The plant at the heart of Singapore's massive deep tunnel sewerage system is powered in large part by ABB.

• ABB in 3D at Nor-Shipping

  2009-06-29: ABB’s three dimensional animations created a stir at the Nor-Shipping Exhibition in Lillestrøm, Norway in mid-June, while ABB's next generation Azipod was a featured product.

• ABB technology will help bring drinking water to millions in Algeria

  2009-06-23: An ABB solution for the world’s largest seawater desalination plant using reverse osmosis technology – currently under construction in Algeria - will boost energy efficiency and cut maintenance downtime from weeks to days compared to current industry benchmarks.

• ABB drives cut energy costs by a cool 11 percent

  2009-06-19: A food processing plant in the U.K. significantly reduced power consumption in a new refrigeration system by installing ABB drives to control motor and fan functions. The upgrade is expected to pay for itself in a little more than two years, saving the company more than $8,700 per year in energy costs.

• ABB technologies that changed the world
  Part three: the industrial robot

  2009-06-19: ABB pioneered the world’s first electrically powered industrial robot and the world’s first industrial paint robot 40 years ago • Today, there are more than 160,000 ABB robots in operation – perhaps the largest installed base in the world