ABB wins $20-million service contract in U.S. 

ABB在美国赢得2千万美元服务合同

Full-service contract is second this year with leading wood products maker

是今年与该领先的木制品制造商签署的第二个全套服务合同

Zurich, Switzerland, September 3, 2007 -- ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a contract for $20 million by ATC Panels, Inc. to manage service activities at its Moncure facility in North Carolina. The agreement follows a similar $15-million contract awarded in March covering ATC’s site in Pembroke, Ontario. Under the five-year agreement, ABB will assume several dozen employees and responsibility for all maintenance -related actions and equipment at the plant. ABB will manage the maintenance department to contractually agreed targets for plant performance, while supporting the customer’s goals for productivity and energy efficiency.

瑞士苏黎世9月3日消息——领先的电力和自动化技术集团ABB公司从ATC木制板公司获得了一份2 000万美元合同，管理后者在北卡罗莱纳的Moncure工厂的服务活动    该协议是自三月份获得的为ATC位于安大略彭布罗克工厂的价值1千5百万美元合同以来的第二个类似合约。 根据这份五年协议，ABB将承担该工厂几十个员工和负责所有维修相关的事项和设备。ABB将负责管理维修部，实现合同约定的工厂绩效目标，同时还支持客户的生产力和能源效率目标。

ABB full-service agreements improve output and equipment availability with highly advanced maintenance plans, which can reduce maintenance costs by up to 20 percent.

ABB的全方位服务协议以高度先进的维修计划，提高产量和设备可用率，从而可以减少高达20 ％ 的维修费用。

“Our full-service approach allows manufacturers to focus on their central business activities, while we supply proven tools for reducing costs, enhancing reliability and energy efficiency,” said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB’s Process Automation division.

ABB过程自动化部主管Veli-Matti Reinikkala表示：“我们提供全面服务的做法使制造商可以把重点放在其核心业务方面，同时我们供应验证过了的工具，用于降低成本，提高可靠性和能源效率。”

ATC Panels, a unit of Aconcagua Holdings, is one of the fastest growing wood panel companies in North America, with five facilities across the U.S. and Canada. The recent contracts complement more than 125 ABB full-service relationships with customers in the process and discrete manufacturing industries around the world.

ATC木制板公司是Aconcagua控股旗下的一个公司，是北美发展最快的木制板公司之一，在美国和加拿大共有五个工厂。ABB最近在全球范围内为过程和离散制造业超过125家上网客户实施了全面服务业务。

ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 111,000 people.

ABB是电力和自动化技术领域的全球领导厂商，致力于为工业和电力行业客户提供解决方案，以帮助客户提高生产效率，同时降低对环境的不良影响。ABB集团的业务遍布全球100多个国家，拥有大约111,000名雇员。

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