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2005-10-18 - ABB has donated sixteen Freelance 800F control system licenses to the Fachhochschule Hannover (Hanover University of applied sciences). The school's Faculty of Electrical and Computer Technology will use them in its process control and automation technology lab. The software licenses are valued at about 140,000 euro.