ABB Group is a super-large multinational electrical engineering group with a turnover of US$ 36 billion, mainly providing customers with services in the fields of power generation, power transmission and distribution, industrial and building systems, and railway transportation engineering.
ABB was founded in 1988, and is composed of ASEA in Stockholm, Sweden and BBC Brown Bofari in Baden, Switzerland. At present, ABB has more than 265,438+00,000 employees worldwide, covering more than 65,438+040 countries and regions.
ABB's strategy is to focus on global advantages and meet the needs of local customers. With the help of the Group's global scale operation, ABB gives full play to its advantages in technology development, financing, procurement, distribution and production, and helps customers obtain the maximum economic benefits through 65,438+0,000 subsidiaries and more than 5,000 flexible profit centers.
ABB is a technology-oriented company, whose goal is to maintain or gain a leading position in key business areas. In order to achieve this goal, ABB spends 8% of its annual operating income, or $2.6 billion, on large-scale technology research and development, as well as projects to continuously improve existing products and develop a new generation of products. There are 17000 scientists and engineers devoted to R&D, working in 1 1 R&D centers in Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, the United States, Finland, Japan and India.
ABB has a long history of communication with China, and provided steam boilers to China as early as 1907. Subsequently, ABB provided several steam turbines and generators for power generation. In order to actively explore economic and trade exchanges with China, ABB China headquarters was established in Hongkong on 1974, and moved to Beijing at the end of 1994. So far, ABB has established a wholly-owned investment, management and holding company in Beijing, 65,438+03 representative offices in China, distributed in Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin, Shenyang, Qingdao, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Wuhan, Chongqing, Chengdu, Xi 'an and Hong Kong, and nearly 20 joint ventures have been established and put into operation in China.
ABB has been actively involved in the construction of key projects in China since 1970s. Two 600,000 kW supercritical units in Shanghai Shidongkou No.2 Plant, three 660,000 kW boiler islands in Shenzhen Shajiao C Power Plant and the HVDC transmission project from Gezhouba Power Plant to Shanghai all represent ABB's long-term commitment to customers.
1In September, 1997, ABB was honored to be selected as a world-renowned supplier of 8 generators for the left bank power station of the Three Gorges Project, and started cross-century cooperation with the owners of the Three Gorges Power Station and the manufacturing department of China with its advanced manufacturing technology.
In the hydropower market, ABB has won credibility with its rich experience and scale. 1996, ABB hydropower received a total of 5646MVA orders, accounting for 33% of the global hydropower market share, exceeding the second largest competitor 19%. ABB has been in the leading position in the world hydropower market since 1984. From 1987 to 1996, * * sold 18840MVA, leading because of ABB's technology, transnational resources and long-term business strategy. ABB has continuously proved its ability to build complete sets, complete sets and partial power plants, such as Mrica Power Plant in Indonesia, 2400MWAtaturk Power Plant in Turkey and/Kloc-0 12600MWItaipu Power Plant in Brazil, which is the largest hydropower station in the world.
ABB produces AC and DC transmission and distribution systems and products with various specifications and different voltage levels. The company's goal is to provide customers with the best products and services, so that they can transmit more electricity in a more efficient and reliable way. ABB's business scope in the field of power transmission and distribution includes various high-voltage switches, medium-voltage equipment, distribution transformers, power transformers, transformer accessories and production equipment, network height, control and protection equipment, high-voltage DC and reactive static compensation devices, electrical systems and cables. Most of the company's transmission and distribution equipment has been produced in six joint ventures in Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Xiamen, Guangzhou and Hefei, and the company's ambitious goal of rooting in the local area is being realized.
After the completion of the Three Gorges Power Hub Project, nearly half of the electricity will be transmitted to the long-distance load center through HVDC transmission. As the most experienced supplier of HVDC system equipment in the world, ABB designs and manufactures HVDC equipment, accounting for 2/3 of the global capacity. By the end of 1996, 38 HVDC projects ABB participated in have been put into commercial operation, of which 10 lines are 500kV and above, including the 600 kV transmission project of Itaipu DC in Brazil with a transmission power of 6300MW.
ABB's newly developed integration concept provides an effective power network management and communication method, whether it is generator protection, transformer protection, line protection, fault location and recorder, substation protection and communication, motor protection or equipment testing. Its protection control system can widely meet the power system protection requirements from power generation to users.
ABB group is full of confidence in the Three Gorges Project. As the engineering leader of the World Electric Power Institute, ABB will devote itself to providing the most advanced hydro-generator design, generator circuit breakers, totally enclosed combined appliances for main transformers and power station booster stations, DC converter station equipment, and AC products with various specifications and different voltage levels, so as to share advanced technology with users in China. At the same time, ABB will do its best to ensure that the equipment and installation works provided can minimize the environmental impact within its scope of responsibility. ABB is ready to devote itself to this historic great project and create brilliant achievements for China and the world.