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• Breaking records in power generation

  2012-04-24: ABB has delivered in record time a new Symphony plant automation system for a 500 MW supercritical unit at South Korea’s largest thermal power plant, enabling the unit to start production 11 days ahead of schedule. The unit holds the world record for running without unscheduled downtime.

• 3,000 fans with CO₂ sensors keep students cool

  2012-03-26: Using 1,000 sensors, over 3,000 fans and a ventilation system that is activated only when the amount of carbon dioxide in the room reaches a certain level, a Swedish university library has reduced electricity and heating costs by up to $220,000 a year.

• ABB helps turn electronic scrap into gold

  2012-03-19: ABB power and automation technologies are helping metals company Boliden create the world’s largest electronic scrap recycling facility – recovering copper and precious metals from electronic scrap using only a fraction of the energy required to extract metals from ore.

• Chocolate maker uses ABB drive care contract to keep production running

  2012-03-12: The Italian subsidiary of the Swiss premium chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli produced about 21,000 metric tons of finished chocolate products in its Northern Italian factory in 2011 using ABB's motors and drives.

• Making the big energy catch

  2012-02-27: An ABB industrial drive has reduced the 24/7 energy consumption of a plastic injection molding machine by 70 percent for a Danish manufacturer of fishing net floats. "We were amazed by the size of the savings and the short 70-day payback period on our investment," said the customer.

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