ABB strengthens its leading market position in low-voltage motors, IHS reports

IHS報告顯示ABB鞏固其低電壓電機市場領先地位

Legislation demanding higher efficiency of motors drives market growth

立法要求效率更高的電機驅動市場增長

Zurich, Switzerland, July 22, 2013 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, strengthens its market leader position in low-voltage motors and continues to grow faster than the market, according to the latest report from information and analytics provider IHS, entitled “The World Market for Low Voltage Motors 2013 Edition.”

瑞士蘇黎世7月22日消息——根據資訊和分析機構HIS最新一份名為《2013版低壓電機全球市場》的報告，全球領先的電力和自動化技術集團ABB，鞏固了起在低壓電機的市場領導地位，并繼續實現比市場速度增長更快。

IHS expects that the market for low-voltage motors will grow to more than $23 billion by 2017, driven by regulatory requirements that stipulate higher motor efficiencies. In 2012 the market size was $14.6 billion, with more than 48 million units shipped, and ABB's market share rose 1 percentage point to 14 percent, according to IHS.

HIS預計低壓電機市場到2017年將超過230億美元，主要是因為監管要求對更高的電機效率作了規定。根據HIS的報告，2012年低壓電機市場規模為146億美元，出貨量超過4800萬臺，而ABB的市場份額上升1個百分點至14%。

Since the acquisition of Baldor in 2011, when it became market leader, ABB has improved its market position by continuous investments in the development of high-efficiency motors and improvements in customer service. Over the last two years ABB increased its sales of low-voltage motors by more than 26 percent.

在2011年收購葆德電氣使得ABB成為市場的領導者，而通過對高效電機開發的持續投資和改善客戶服務，進一步加強了其市場地位。在過去的兩年中，ABB低壓電機的銷售額增加了26％以上。

“The strengthening of our market position reflects the successful integration of Baldor in our total offering,” says Ulrich Spiesshofer, head of ABB’s Discrete Automation and Motion division. “We are now realizing the synergies that were created by this deal.”

ABB離散自動化與運動控制部負責人史畢福表示：“我的市場地位的進一步加強，充分反映了葆德電氣已經成功整合到了我們的整體業務當中。現在，我們實現了這筆交易所帶來的協同效應。”

Recently ABB introduced so-called synchronous reluctance motors that can achieve IE4 levels of efficiency without the use of permanent magnets. Compared with an IE2 motor, the energy losses are reduced by up to 40 percent.

ABB最近引入了所謂的磁阻同步電機，可以不使用永磁而實現IE4的效率水平。與IE2電機相比，減少能量損失高達40％。

“ABB has a strong value proposition and I am happy to see that so many customers appreciate that. These recent findings by IHS motivate us to press ahead with reducing cost of ownership through customer service and innovation,” says Robert Larsson, manager of ABB’s business unit Motors and Generators.

ABB電機及發電機業務單元經理Robert Larsson表示：“ABB擁有強有力的價值主張，我很高興看到有這么多的客戶對此表示贊賞。HIS的這些最近調查結果，激勵著我們繼續前進，通過客戶服務和創新，降低電機的擁有成本。”

ABB 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 145,000 people.

ABB是全球領先的電力和自動化技術企業，致力于幫助電力、公共事業和工業客戶提高業績，同時降低對環境的影響。ABB集團業務遍布全球100多個國家，擁有大約14.5萬名員工。