ABB sells building systems business in Germany

ABB在德國出售樓宇系統業務

Sale supports strategy of focus on core power and automation technologies

本次出售遵循了集中于核心電力和自動化技術的戰略

Zurich, Switzerland, March 6, 2007 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has agreed to sell the remainder of its building systems business to the systems business WISAG Group based in Frankfurt, Germany.

瑞士蘇黎世3月6日消息——全球領先的電力和自動化技術集團ABB公司已經同意向位于德國法蘭克福的系統業務商WISAG集團出售剩下的樓宇系統業務。

The business operates in Germany under the name ABB Geb?udetechnik as a general contractor for technical building services. It also supplies electrical, heating and air-conditioning systems, as well as building and facility management services. In 2006, the company had more than 1,100 employees and revenues of $305 million.

該業務在德國以ABB Geb?udetechnik的名字進行運營，是一家提供樓宇技術服務的總承包商。它同時還提供電力、供暖和空調系統，以及樓宇和設施管理服務。在2006年，公司擁有超過1100名員工以及3億5百萬美元的營收。

“The building systems business has been part of ABB’s non-core activities since 2002,” said Michel Demaré, ABB’s chief financial officer. “This divestment and the sale of our other building system businesses in 2003 and 2004 follows the strategy of focusing on our core competence, which is power and automation technologies.”

ABB首席財務官Michel Demaré表示：“樓宇系統業務自2002年開始就已經成為ABB非核心業務的一部分，本次剝離以及在2003年和2004年相繼出售的其它樓宇系統業務遵循了我們集中于核心業務的戰略，那就是電力和自動化技術。”

ABB and WISAG have agreed not to disclose the terms of the transaction, which is subject to the customary approvals.

ABB和 WISAG同意不披露本次交易的條款，并正在等待常規審批。

The WISAG Group is one of Germany’s leading service companies, with more than 20,600 employees in 120 locations and agents in 4 European countries.

WISAG集團是德國領先的服務公司之一，在歐洲四個國家的120個辦事處和代理點共有超過2萬6百名員工。

ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 108,000 people.

ABB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108,000名雇員。

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