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2008-04-23: German Chancellor Angela Merkel was among the visitors that have been streaming into the ABB stand at the Hanover Fair to discover the innovative, energy-efficient power and automation technologies on display.
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2008-04-10: India’s sugar mills are investing in bagasse cogeneration plants and turning to ABB for complete automation and electrical balance of plant (eBOP) solutions that help generate new revenues and provide reliable carbon-neutral power and process steam at near-zero fuel cost.
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2008-03-04: An ABB technology that helps cement makers reduce their energy consumption by controlling a range of processes in their plants was picked as the “most innovative technology for electrical energy efficiency” at a global conference for the cement industry in London.
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2008-02-20: Industrial motors use about 30 percent of electricity produced in the world, but fewer than 10 percent are equipped with the most efficient speed control that exists. The result is that the motors are run at full speed and then throttled to reduce output – similar to driving a car with one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brake.
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2008-02-19: ABB’s new Dynamic Drive Chain technology for automotive press lines increases productivity by 10-30 percent, eliminates two of the most costly sources of downtime, and significantly improves product quality.