ABB S.p.a. – INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DIVISION – POWER GENERATION LBU
ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in energy and automation technologies that enable utility and industrial customers to improve their performance while reducing their environmental impact. ABB Group companies operate in over 100 countries and employ approximately 150.000 employees.
Technological leadership, global presence, application knowledge and strong local skills are the qualifying elements of a complete offer of products, systems and services that allow customers to improve their activities in terms of energy efficiency, network reliability and industrial productivity.
The Group is listed on the New York (NYSE), Zurich (Virt-X) and Stockholm stock exchanges
(Stockholm Exchange).
Today the Group is present in our country with 5.857 employees in total (as of 31.12.2013) located in production units located in the north and center. In 2012, exports on revenues accounted for 63% of total sales.
ABB Italy invests 2,5% of its turnover in research and development.
Power Systems
It offers turnkey systems and services for energy transmission and distribution networks and for power plants. Substations and substation automation systems are key areas of business focus, which also include flexible alternating current transmission systems (FACTS), high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems and grid management systems. In the generation sector, Power Systems offers instrumentation, control and electrification systems for power plants.
