ABB sells building systems business in Germany

ABB在德國(guó)出售樓宇系統(tǒng)業(yè)務(wù)

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(dòng)化技術(shù)的戰(zhàn)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(lǐng)先的電力和自動(dòng)化技術(shù)集團(tuán)ABB公司已經(jīng)同意向位于德國(guó)法蘭克福的系統(tǒng)業(yè)務(wù)商WISAG集團(tuán)出售剩下的樓宇系統(tǒng)業(yè)務(wù)。

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(yè)務(wù)在德國(guó)以ABB Geb?udetechnik的名字進(jìn)行運(yùn)營(yíng)，是一家提供樓宇技術(shù)服務(wù)的總承包商。它同時(shí)還提供電力、供暖和空調(diào)系統(tǒng)，以及樓宇和設(shè)施管理服務(wù)。在2006年，公司擁有超過(guò)1100名員工以及3億5百萬(wàn)美元的營(yíng)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(cái)務(wù)官M(fèi)ichel Demaré表示：“樓宇系統(tǒng)業(yè)務(wù)自2002年開(kāi)始就已經(jīng)成為ABB非核心業(yè)務(wù)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(tǒng)業(yè)務(wù)遵循了我們集中于核心業(yè)務(wù)的戰(zhàn)略，那就是電力和自動(dòng)化技術(shù)。”

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(guī)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(tuán)是德國(guó)領(lǐng)先的服務(wù)公司之一，在歐洲四個(gè)國(guó)家的120個(gè)辦事處和代理點(diǎn)共有超過(guò)2萬(wàn)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(dòng)化技術(shù)領(lǐng)域的全球領(lǐng)導(dǎo)廠商，致力于為工業(yè)和電力行業(yè)客戶提供解決方案，以幫助客戶提高生產(chǎn)效率，同時(shí)降低對(duì)環(huán)境的不良影響。ABB集團(tuán)的業(yè)務(wù)遍布全球100多個(gè)國(guó)家，擁有大約108,000名雇員。

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