ABB wins $40 million in orders from Stadler Rail

ABB贏得Stadler Rail公司4,000萬美元合同

Power electronics will support advanced train systems in Europe and US

工業電子技術將在歐洲和美國支持高級列車系統

Zurich, Switzerland, August 2, 2006 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced today that it has been awarded orders totaling some $40 million for power electronics traction equipment by Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Rail AG.

瑞士蘇黎世8月2日消息——領先的電力和自動化技術集團ABB今天宣布獲得了瑞士火車制造商Stadler Rail集團總價值約為4,000萬美元的工業電子牽引設備合同。

ABB’s scope of supply includes integrated traction drive and auxiliary power supply converters together with traction transformers. The equipment will be installed in 80 multiple-unit regional trains of the FLIRT (fast, light, integrated regional train) and GTW articulated rail car series.

ABB供應的范圍包括完整的牽引驅動，輔助電源變流器連同牽引變壓器。這些設備將安裝到80列聯列FLIRT區域性列車（快速、輕便、一體式區域性列車）以及GTW接鏈式列車系列。

“This order clearly demonstrates the powerful combination of ABB’s technically advanced products and transport industry expertise,” said Tom Sjoekvist, head of ABB’s Automation Products division. “It also confirms our position as a reliable, long-term partner and supplier of choice for the makers of modern rail systems.”

ABB自動化產品部經理Tom Sjoekvist表示：“這份訂單清楚地表明ABB的高端技術產品和運輸工業技術強大地結合了起來。它同樣鞏固了我們作為一個現代鐵路系統制造商選擇的長期可靠合作伙伴和供應商的地位?！?/SPAN>

The new Stadler trains will be put into service in Switzerland, Germany, France, Hungary and the United States, with deliveries until 2008. The latest ABB orders, booked during the second quarter 2006, continue a highly-productive strategic alliance with Stadler Rail formed in 2002.

這些新的Stadler列車將服務于瑞士、德國、法國、匈牙利以及美國，到2008年將全部交付。在2006年第二季度向ABB訂的最近的訂單，繼續了在2002年與Stadler Rail 公司形成的一個高產戰略聯盟。

Further orders are expected from Stadler for trains in Algeria and Poland.

預計來自Stadler更多的訂單是為阿爾及利亞和波蘭制造的火車。

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 107,000 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107,000名雇員。

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