New ABB Canada headquarters opens in Montreal; wins three key digital orders from
major Canadian customers
MONTREAL, May 24, 2017 /CNW/ -- ABB today officially
inaugurated its new $90 million
state-of-the-art Canadian headquarters and Customer Innovation
Center, which will serve 700 employees who were previously spread
across six locations in Greater
Montreal. Campus Montreal
houses research and development, manufacturing, assembly and
testing for ABB's energy value chain.
"The new headquarters reaffirms ABB's commitment to Canada as a growth market and an important
customer base," said ABB CEO Ulrich
Spiesshofer. "It strengthens our capacity to provide our
leading offering to our customers and support them with the digital
transformation of their operations. We are in the midst of the
Fourth Industrial Revolution, and this site has been designed to
enable our workforce to unlock value for Canadian enterprises."
Campus Montreal is the home of
ABB's Customer Innovation Center, which showcases ABB Ability, the
company's comprehensive digital offering. By combining ABB's deep
domain expertise with network connectivity and the latest digital
technologies and innovations, ABB Ability creates powerful
solutions and services that address real business problems and
produce tangible business opportunities.
"The new campus allows greater collaboration with our business
partners and with the academic and research sectors," said
Nathalie Pilon, President of ABB
Canada. "The latest technology from ABB is driving energy
efficiency and powering Canada's
innovation ecosystem in so many ways. In addition to showing what
ABB Ability can do, the headquarters is also home to our new ABB
North American Centre of Excellence in E-Mobility."
The ABB North American Centre of Excellence in E-Mobility was
created to share expertise with Canadian customers and stakeholders
in the field of electric-powered transportation technologies. It
will support the development of environmentally friendly,
energy-efficient transport networks, including electric buses and
trains, and will bring together transit operators, power utilities
and engineering experts to address challenges related to building
smart cities and sustainable mobility solutions for Canada.
In line with ABB's vision of sustainability, the campus is
expected to be LEED-certified Silver for its sustainable approach
to design, construction and operation.
This new site is an example of ABB's broad and longstanding
engagement in Canada. In parallel,
the company announced a number of major Canadian projects. Among
these was an agreement to modernize 10 large seagoing ships for the
Canadian Coast Guard, equipping them with upgraded propulsion
systems. When combined with ABB's Remote Diagnostic Service for
maritime operations, the upgrade will enable the Coast Guard to
extend the service life of the ships by 20 years.
In another development, ABB was named the Key Technical Supplier
for Nemaska Lithium's new mine and processing plant. ABB will
provide overall project management, design and engineering for the
complete electrification and automation of the production
sites.
In addition, ABB has announced that it will provide an
integrated substation for an important data center operated by
Hypertec in Quebec. To meet
growing demand, the new substation will increase the facility's
existing power supply from 25 to 120 kilovolts.
ABB has more than 100 years of experience in innovation in
Canada and was responsible for the
construction of a major portion of the country's power grid. ABB
Canada has 4,000 employees in 55
locations and is ranked as one of Canada's Best Employers in 2017.
ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader in
electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial
automation and power grids, serving customers in utilities,
industry and transport & infrastructure globally. Continuing a
history of innovation spanning more than 125-years, ABB today is
writing the future of industrial digitalization and driving the
Energy and Fourth Industrial Revolutions. ABB operates in more than
100 countries with about 132,000 employees. www.abb.com
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