News articles from 2008

• ABB robot at MIT adds capability

  2008-12-09 - Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) has added to its education and training capability with the addition of an ABB robot.

• ABB's employee takes Networks Trainee of the year title

  2008-10-21 - ABB's Christchurch-based electrical apprentice Jennifer Seaward was recently named Networks Trainee of the Year at the 2008 ESITO Excellence Awards.

• ABB acquires New Zealand business to expand power electronics portfolio

  2008-05-06 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has acquired the business of Vectek Electronics, a New Zealand company with innovative technology that improves the quality of the power supply in industrial installations, which helps to reduce downtime and increase productivity.

• ABB's Azipod technology aboard the Queen Victoria

  2008-02-15 - The Queen Victoria, which arrived in Auckland this morning, uses ABB's Advanced Azipod® propulsion technology which ensures safe and economic operations.

• Genesis Energy hydro power control system to be upgraded by ABB

  2008-02-04 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a contract of $9.8 million from Genesis Energy to design, construct and commission a control system upgrade for five of their hydro power sites.

• ABB's drives and control system help Contact Energy increase sustainability

  2008-01-07 - ABB played a key role in the design and process control of bringing back to life a water reinjection plant a Contact Energy's Ohaaki Geothermal Power Station.