2008-04-30 - ABB Chief Executive Michel Demaré opened Automation World, ABB’s largest customer show, by highlighting the benefits of collaboration with customers and partners to speed up innovation and product development and to help businesses concentrate on their strengths.
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ABB Communications
Collaboration with customers, universities and other partners has become an essential business tool for ABB in a world that is marked by rapid technological and economic development, Demaré said. The Power of Collaboration is the theme of this year’s event.
A record 3,300 customers, distributors, channel partners, original equipment manufacturers and ABB employees are expected to attend the three-day trade show that runs through May 1 in Houston, Texas.
At the same time, many ABB products and services are showcased in a 40,000 sq. ft. exhibition hall. The displays include industry-specific solutions for chemicals, life sciences, marine, metals and mining, oil and gas, pulp and paper, utilities and power generation, water and wastewater.
Technology partners
ABB’s technology partners are also invited to exhibit in the hall, so that visitors can see how the company works alongside vendors.
“ABB enjoys a reputation for innovation and reliability and this has been achieved in close collaboration with you, our customers and partners,” Demaré said at the opening. “It is an approach to doing business that is woven into the very fabric of ABB.”
The electrical integration exhibit at Automation World offers a glimpse of the future and a taste of what can be accomplished today by integrating electrical equipment and ABB's powerful Extended Automation System 800xA.|
New this year is an electrical integration pavilion, which shows how the integration of electrical equipment and process automation will in the future drive productivity improvements, increased safety and lower costs, and demonstrates why ABB is considered the world's leading automation and electrical systems integrator.
The pavilion shows how ABB already delivers significant value for customers by teaming Extended Automation System 800xA with low-voltage switchgear for increased reliability and reduced maintenance costs.
System 800xA has also been teamed with Intelligent Electronic Devices such as variable-speed drives, motor controllers and low-voltage circuit breakers to enhance equipment effectiveness and improve access to vital equipment and system data.
Now in its fifth year, Automation World showcases products from ABB’s five division: Automation Products, Process Automation, Power Products, Power Systems and Robotics.
The comprehensive displays of ABB's products and systems portfolio include analytical products, electrical balance of plant, instrumentation, low voltage products and systems, motors and drives, power electronics, robotics and services.