ABB acquires New Zealand business to expand power electronics portfolio

ABB收購新西蘭公司，擴大電力電子業務組合

Vectek’s innovative technology helps improve power quality for industry

Vectek公司的創新技術有助于提高工業電力質量

Zurich, Switzerland, May 5, 2008 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has acquired the business of Vectek Electronics, a New Zealand company with innovative technology that improves the quality of the power supply in industrial installations, which helps to reduce downtime and increase productivity.

瑞士蘇黎世5月5日消息——領先的電力和自動化技術集團ABB公司，收購了Vectek電子公司的業務，Vectek公司是一家擁有可以改善工業裝置電源質量創新技術的新西蘭公司，幫助減少停機時間和提高生產力。

The business has 73 employees as well as a research and development center in the town of Napier, and will operate as part of ABB’s Automation Products division. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.

該公司共有73名雇員，并在納皮爾市擁有一個研發中心，它將成為ABB自動化產品部的一部分。該交易的條款沒有被披露。

“Vectek is an ideal addition to our portfolio of technologies that help customers increase power reliability, productivity and energy efficiency,” said Tom Sjoekvist, head of the Automation Products division. “ABB’s global scope will enable customers on every continent to benefit from this new technology.”

ABB自動化產品部主管Tom Sjoekvist表示：“Vectek是我們可以幫助客戶提高供電可靠性、生產力和能源效率的技術組合的一個理想補充。ABB的全球分布將可以使每個大陸上的客戶都可以受益于這一新技術。”

Modern electricity networks, while very secure from blackouts, suffer from variations in power quality that can result in very costly production shutdowns and variations in the quality of goods produced in industrial plants. Vectek’s high-power electronic converters use Active Voltage Conditioning (AVC) technology to mitigate the effect of voltage surges and sags, creating a more stable and continuous supply.

現代電力的網絡，從停電可以確保非常安全的同時，也遭受不同的電力質量而造成的代價較大的生產停產以及在工業廠房生產貨物質量的不同。Vectek公司的高功率電子轉換器使用主動電壓調節(AVC)技術，減輕電壓電涌和下陷的影響，創造一個更加穩定和持續的供電。

The product is designed for industrial, commercial and marine applications, and has already been successfully introduced in the U.S. and in a number of Asian markets. ABB’s new product unit will be managed by John Penny, formerly chief executive of Vectek.

該產品專為工業，商業和海洋應用而設計，并已成功地進入了美國和一些亞洲市場。 ABB的新產品部門將由Vectek的原首席執行官John Penny領導。

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 112,000 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112,000名雇員。