ABB wins aluminum project in Canada

ABB贏得加拿大煉鋁廠項目

Power and automation to improve overall productivity and energy efficiency

電力和自動化技術提高整體工廠的生產效率和能源效率

Houston, TX, March 30, 2010 --- ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from Aluminerie Alouette to deliver power and automation solutions and engineering services for its smelter in Quebec, Canada. ABB’s solutions will provide greater operational flexibility and productivity on both pot lines, and improved overall energy efficiency for the smelter. The order was booked in the first quarter of 2010.

休斯頓3月30日消息——全球領先的電力和自動化技術集團ABB贏得了Aluminerie Alouette公司的訂單，為后者在加拿大魁北克的冶煉廠交付電力和自動化解決方案，以及工程服務。ABB的解決方案將為兩條電解電池槽提供更好的運作靈活性和生產力，并改善冶煉廠的整體能源效率。該訂單是在2010年下達的。

Aluminerie Alouette is the largest aluminum smelter in the Americas and the fifth largest in the world. It produces about 575,000 metric tons of primary aluminum ingots per year.

Aluminerie Alouette是美洲最大的鋁冶煉廠，并在世界排名第五位，其年產約575,000公噸原鋁鋁錠。

ABB will supply a turnkey rectifier / transformer package that includes a DC bus system, integration with existing controls/Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, as well as engineering, installation and commissioning services. The project will be executed by ABB's Aluminium Execution Center based in Montreal, Canada.

ABB將提供一個交鑰匙整流器/變壓器組合包，其中包括一個直流母線系統，集成現有的控制/監控和數據采集（SCADA）系統，以及工程設計、安裝和調試服務。該項目將由總部設在加拿大蒙特利爾的ABB鋁執行中心執行。

The new rectifier system is scheduled to be fully operational in August 2011.

該新整流系統預計將在2011年8月開始全面運作。

"This order reflects Aluminerie Alouette's confidence in our integrated solutions for control, plant optimization, and application know-how," said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB’s Process Automation division. "Our goal is to help Alouette increase productivity and energy efficiencies while reducing overall costs."

ABB過程自動化部主管Veli-Matti Reinikkala表示：“這個訂單反映了Aluminerie Alouette對我們的控制、工廠優化以及應用專門知識綜合解決方案的信心。我們的目標是幫助Alouette提高生產力和能源效率，同時降低整體成本。”

ABB's Aluminum Execution Center is strategically located in Montreal to serve its North American customers. Its turnkey solutions include integrated strategies, engineering, supply, construction, management, and service.

ABB鋁執行中心戰略性地設在蒙特利爾，服務其北美客戶。它的交鑰匙解決方案包括綜合戰略、工程、供應、建設、管理以及服務。

The Aluminerie Alouette consortium comprises five shareholders: Rio Tinto Alcan, Canada (40%), Austria Metall, Austria (20%), Hydro Aluminium, Norway (20%), la Société générale de financement du Québec (13.33%) et Marubeni, Japan (6.67%).

Aluminerie Alouette集團由五家股東構成：力拓加拿大鋁業公司（40%），奧地利Metall公司（20%），挪威Hydro鋁業公司（20%），魁北克融資總公司（13.33%）以及日本丸紅（6.67%）。

ABB’s Process Automation division delivers integrated automation solutions for control, plant optimization, and industry-specific application knowledge and services to help process industry customers worldwide meet their critical business needs in the areas of operational profitability, capital productivity, risk management and global responsibility. These industries include oil and gas, power, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, metals, minerals, cement, marine and turbocharging.

ABB過程自動化部為控制、工廠優化提供整合解決方案，以及特定行業的應用知識和服務，幫助全球的過程工業客戶滿足其在業務盈利能力、資本生產率、風險管理和全球責任領域的關鍵業務需要。這些行業包括石油和天然氣、電力、化工和制藥、紙漿和造紙、金屬、采礦、海洋以及渦輪增壓。

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 117,000 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11萬7千名雇員。