ABB (Arcia Brown Boveri) Group Company is composed of Asea (Arcia) and Brown, which were originally headquartered in Sweden. Boveri &; Co., Ltd. (BBC), two famous electrical appliance companies with a history of one hundred years, merged with 1988.
ABB Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and its low-voltage AC drive R&D center is located in Helsinki, Finland. Medium voltage AC drive research and development center is located in Switzerland; The research and development center of DC drive and traditional low-voltage electrical appliances is located in Frankfurt, Germany.
Before the establishment of ABB Group, both ASEA and BBC were world-famous large producers of power and automation technology and equipment. It is also one of the earliest enterprises engaged in R&D and industrial robot manufacturing in the world. Its cumulative sales volume has exceeded 200,000 units, with complete product specifications and large output. It is a world-famous manufacturer of industrial robots and a major supplier of industrial robots in China.
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ABB predecessor
Harcia Company (ASEA)
ASEA company was established in 1890. By Elektriska Aktiebolaget (a lighting appliance manufacturer in Stockholm) and Wenstr? Ms& Granstel? Ms Elektriska Kraftbolag was merged and formed.
Allm？ NNA· Svenska Company, later referred to as Harcia Company (ASEA).
In the early days, ASEA mainly focused on lighting appliances, motors and transformers. 1893, ASEA built the first three-phase transmission system in Sweden, just four years after the invention of the three-phase system. 1926, ASEA provided locomotives and converters for the newly-built Stockholm-Gothenburg railway.
1932, ASEA built the world's largest self-cooled transformer with rated current of 2500 kva. 1942, when China was still in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, ASEA developed and manufactured the world's first 120KVA/220KV transformer in Sklodomo. 1954 to build the world's first 100 kv HVDC transmission line and other major products and projects;
1963, by introducing the improved thyristor, ASEA can continuously handle more current than the existing equipment, and achieved a major technological breakthrough. 1969, ASEA developed the world's first spraying robot and began to enter the field of industrial robot research and development. 1978, ASEA invented and launched the first batch of industrial robots in the world.
Brown Bovary (BBC)
BBC Company was founded in 189 1, and became the first supplier of high-voltage transmission equipment in the world in the same year. 190 1 year, the first batch of main products such as steam turbines in Europe were successfully developed. 1933, BBC obtained the patent of turbine welded rotor, that is, the rotor is welded by multiple disks. 1939 BBC built the first gas turbine for power generation.
1943, the BBC built the first 1 10kV high-speed air blowing circuit breaker. 1969, BBC developed the world's first gearless cement transmission. 1984 The first (* * * nine) BBC generators were installed at the world's largest hydropower station in Itaipu, South America.
At that time, BBC was a world-famous manufacturer of low-voltage electrical appliances and electrical transmission equipment, and its products were distributed in industry and commerce, civil building distribution, various automation equipment and large-scale infrastructure projects. Before the merger, 1986, BBC had 97,000 employees, with an operating income of $8.5 billion and a profit of $654.38+32 million.
1988, ASEA and BBC merged to form ABB company, which has a wider business scope and is one of the leading manufacturers in the field of electric power and automation technology in the world. After the merger, ABB divided its business into four departments, namely, power grid department, electrical products department, industrial automation department and robot and motion control department.
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