ABB wins $100 million contract with TVA

ABB贏得TVA 價值一億美元合同

Biggest U.S. utility signs five-year agreement for transformers, services

與美國最大的發電廠簽署了五年的變壓器和服務協議

Zurich, Switzerland, May 22, 2006 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, said today it has signed a five-year accord worth more than $100 million to provide the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) with transformers and services.

瑞士蘇黎世5月22日消息—領先的電力和自動化技術集團ABB公司今天宣布與田納西流域管理局（TVA）簽署了一份價值超過一億美元的五年協議，為TVA提供變壓器及其服務。

ABB will supply the TVA, which is the largest power utility in the U.S. by revenue, with all transformers rated 230 kilovolts (kV) and above. The TVA also has an option to renew the contract for an additional five years.

ABB將為TVA這個美國年收入最大的發電廠提供額定功率230KV及以上的變壓器。TVA還擁有續簽另外五年合約的選擇權。

“This contract is really an extension of the excellent relationship we’ve had with TVA over the years,” said Bernhard Jucker, head of ABB’s Power Products division. “We’re as familiar with their procedures and internal processes as we are with the equipment in their system.”

ABB電力產品部主管Bernhard Jucker表示：“這份合同是我們在過去幾年里與TVA建立的良好關系的一個延伸。我們為他們的系統提供設備，所以我們對他們的程序和內部過程非常了解。”

ABB’s long history with the TVA dates back to the utility’s founding. ABB owns the technical drawings to 75 percent of the equipment in the TVA high-voltage system, and even operates a service center in Nashville that deals almost exclusively with TVA equipment.

ABB與TVA悠久的合作歷史可以追溯到發電廠的建立之時。ABB為TVA的高壓系統中的75%的設備提供技術規劃，甚至還在納什維爾建立了一個服務中心，業務幾乎全部是為TVA的設備提供服務的。

ABB has won orders worth more than $50 million annually from the TVA in the past seven years, including a similar contract signed in 1999 and a five-year accord reached in 2002 that covers extra-high-voltage transformers up to 735kV.

ABB在過去的七年間每年都獲得TVA價值超過五千萬美元的訂單，包括一個1999年簽署的類似合同以及一份年限到2002年的功率高達735KV的超高壓變壓器合同。

The latest agreement gives TVA reserved production slots at several ABB transformer factories around the world, assuring consistent quality and the fastest delivery time in the industry. It also includes outfitting new and existing TVA transformers with ABB’s TEC (transformer electronic control) monitoring system to support asset management and life extension efforts.

該最新的協議使得TVA可以從ABB在全世界的幾個變壓器工廠預訂產品，從而確保了產品質量和業界最快的交付時間。它同樣包含為新的和現有的TVA變壓器配備ABB的TEC（變壓器電子控制）監測系統，以支持資產管理和延長產品使用壽命。

Service is also a key component of this agreement. ABB’s Nashville service center provides TVA with immediate access to experts on everything from transformers to high voltage circuit breakers, medium and low-voltage switchgear, and distribution protection and control systems.

服務同樣也是該協議的一個重要組成部分。ABB的納什維爾服務中心為TVA提供即時的專家服務，從變壓器到高壓電路斷路器、中低壓開關設備、輸電保護以及控制系統的一切服務。

ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 105,000 people.

ABB集團是電力和自動化技術領域的全球領導廠商，致力于為工業和電力行業客戶提供解決方案，以幫助客戶提高生產效率，同時降低對環境的不良影響。ABB集團的業務遍布全球100多個國家，擁有大約105,000名雇員。

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