ABB wins $20-million service contract in U.S. 

ABB在美國贏得2千萬美元服務合同

Full-service contract is second this year with leading wood products maker

是今年與該領先的木制品制造商簽署的第二個全套服務合同

Zurich, Switzerland, September 3, 2007 -- ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a contract for $20 million by ATC Panels, Inc. to manage service activities at its Moncure facility in North Carolina. The agreement follows a similar $15-million contract awarded in March covering ATC’s site in Pembroke, Ontario. Under the five-year agreement, ABB will assume several dozen employees and responsibility for all maintenance -related actions and equipment at the plant. ABB will manage the maintenance department to contractually agreed targets for plant performance, while supporting the customer’s goals for productivity and energy efficiency.

瑞士蘇黎世9月3日消息——領先的電力和自動化技術集團ABB公司從ATC木制板公司獲得了一份2 000萬美元合同，管理后者在北卡羅萊納的Moncure工廠的服務活動    該協議是自三月份獲得的為ATC位于安大略彭布羅克工廠的價值1千5百萬美元合同以來的第二個類似合約。 根據這份五年協議，ABB將承擔該工廠幾十個員工和負責所有維修相關的事項和設備。ABB將負責管理維修部，實現合同約定的工廠績效目標，同時還支持客戶的生產力和能源效率目標。

ABB full-service agreements improve output and equipment availability with highly advanced maintenance plans, which can reduce maintenance costs by up to 20 percent.

ABB的全方位服務協議以高度先進的維修計劃，提高產量和設備可用率，從而可以減少高達20 ％ 的維修費用。

“Our full-service approach allows manufacturers to focus on their central business activities, while we supply proven tools for reducing costs, enhancing reliability and energy efficiency,” said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB’s Process Automation division.

ABB過程自動化部主管Veli-Matti Reinikkala表示：“我們提供全面服務的做法使制造商可以把重點放在其核心業務方面，同時我們供應驗證過了的工具，用于降低成本，提高可靠性和能源效率。”

ATC Panels, a unit of Aconcagua Holdings, is one of the fastest growing wood panel companies in North America, with five facilities across the U.S. and Canada. The recent contracts complement more than 125 ABB full-service relationships with customers in the process and discrete manufacturing industries around the world.

ATC木制板公司是Aconcagua控股旗下的一個公司，是北美發展最快的木制板公司之一，在美國和加拿大共有五個工廠。ABB最近在全球范圍內為過程和離散制造業超過125家上網客戶實施了全面服務業務。

ABB 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 111,000 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111,000名雇員。

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