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| Employee Newsletter, ABB Robotics in China |
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ABB to build the world's most advanced robotics factory in Shanghai |
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Pioneering digital technology company ABB today announced a major, new US$150 million investment in Shanghai, China to build the world's most advanced, automated and flexible robotics factory - a cutting-edge center where robots make robots. The new Kangqiao manufacturing center, near ABB's expansive China robotics campus, will combine the company's connected digital technologies, including ABB Ability™ solutions, state-of-the-art collaborative robotics and innovative artificial intelligence research to create the most sophisticated and environmentally sustainable "factory of the future." It is expected to begin operating by the end of 2020... |
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Keep up the momentum towards the annual target |
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Robotics in China, 2018 Q3 Management Communication Letter |
Dear colleagues,
The third quarter of 2018 has passed. Although the market growth has slowed down and the competition has become increasingly fierce, ABB Robotics team has achieved continuous growth in the Robotics System business thanks to its efficient teamwork, constant innovation and closer relationship with customers. However, the robot unit sales, service business and cash flow performance were below expectation, and there is still gap from the challenging annual target... |
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ABB at CIIF 2018 |
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ABB launches two new robots developed as part of its new modular portfolio design at CIIF. Using configurable building blocks and common interfaces that can be combined to bring customers a wider range and variety of robots, the new portfolio approach will lead to more tailored solutions. Just a few months after ABB revealed its groundbreaking new portfolio approach at AUTOMATICA in Munich, Germany, ABB adds the next two robot models to the broadest portfolio in the market. Per Vegard Nerseth, Managing Director of Robotics for ABB, said "One of the challenges coming from the trend towards low volume, high mix manufacturing is the need for increasingly tailored automation solutions. In the same industries, in the same companies, and sometime even in the same factories, we find that applications are becoming increasingly more unique. Our new portfolio approach is designed to give customers the flexibility needed to stay ahead of this constant change... |
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ABB sets discussion on the future of technology in motion at WEF |
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ABB presents an innovative collaborative display of industrial robots called MANUS at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, China from September 18 – 20, 2018. MANUS was created by 'the Robot Whisperer' Madeline Gannon, a leading researcher on human/robot communications. It is designed to challenge traditional views about the relationship of people and robots... |
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Flexible conveying under the customized manufacturing |
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The ABB B&R User Meeting 2018, under the theme of "Flexible Manufacturing and Cost Efficiency", will be held in Shanghai on September 6th, 2018. This is the first joint demonstration since B&R became a part of ABB in July 2017. A flexible conveyor system SuperTrak will be present among the exhibits in the joint demonstration. Combined with ABB four-axis IRB 910SC SCARA robot and six-axis IRB 120 robot... |
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MMI Planning & Engineering Institute and ABB Robotics signed a strategic cooperation agreement |
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MMI Planning & Engineering Institute and ABB Robotics officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement on Sep. 17, 2018, to jointly promote the application of ABB technologies and automation systems in the automotive industry. The strategic cooperation will focus on robot systems in painting workshops such as cleaning, painting and sealing. |
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Per Vegard's letter: 'Someday' has become 'Today' |
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We are now entering the final quarter of 2018, and what we do in the next few weeks has never been more important. This has been a good year in a softer market but in many ways we are not where we hoped to be at this point in the year... |
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Country Managing Director, China |
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On Sep. 7, 2018, ABB announced that Zhiqiang Zhang has been appointed Managing Director of ABB in China. |
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He succeeds Chunyuan Gu who has held this role in addition to his roles as Chairman of ABB China and President of the Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region. The appointment is effective October 1, 2018. Dr. Gu, a member of the ABB Executive Committee, will remain Chairman of ABB China and President of the AMEA region... |
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ABB ranks #8 on Fortune Magazine's list of companies that are "changing the world" |
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Fortune Magazine has selected ABB as #8 on its 2018 "Change the World" list, a global ranking of companies whose innovative work is making a significant, positive social impact around the world. Fortune – one of the world's most popular business magazines – cited ABB's groundbreaking leadership in e-mobility in naming ABB as one of only 57 companies on the list... |
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ABB and Nobel Media announce international partnership |
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ABB and Nobel Media today announced an international partnership, bringing together two respected organizations committed to the development of innovation, education and scientific research, making ABB one of a select group of Nobel International Partners. Nobel Media, an entity within the Nobel Foundation, extends the reach of the Nobel Prize to millions of people around the world through inspirational events, digital media and special exhibitions and activities related to the legacy of Alfred Nobel and the achievements of the Nobel Laureates... |
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ABB: E-mobility on track to the future |
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At the Global Future Mobility Conference 2018 (GFM 2018) unveiled in Hangzhou on Sep. 20, Dr. Chunyuan Gu, President of the ABB Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region, delivered a speech themed "E-mobility Driving into the Future". Experts from global top-level think-tanks, industrial giants, government, academic circle and research institutions shared insights on future e-mobility and smart mobility trends in the context of industrial revolution, and discussed cross-discipline integration of technologies and innovative business models... |
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ABB Ability™ Connected Services helps keep KOKI in high gear |
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As a global leader in gear systems whose customers demand just-in-time delivery, KOKI depends on reliability and uptime from its fleet of 60 robots. ABB was already supporting KOKI with service for its welding robots, and Koki decided to connect all their 60 robots to ABB Ability Connected Services. ABB can carry out condition based maintenance and inspection more effectively... |
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Modern dance premiere is a delicate collaboration between human and ABB robot |
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On Friday night, September 7, two performers took the stage together for the first time at Stockholm's Kulturhuset Stadsteatern (House of Culture & City Theatre). One of the performers was Fredrik "Benke" Rydman, the renowned artist who has choreographed a Eurovision Song Contest winner and advanced modern dance through his Bounce Streetdance Company. The other performer was a two meter (6.5 ft) tall, 900 kg (2,000 lb) industrial robot.... |
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| 2018 Q3 Robotics events |
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2018/07/16 - 07/20 Shanghai
ABB Robotics PPA Customer Day 2018 |
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2018/07/18 - 07/20 Shanghai
Diecasting 2018 |
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2018/08/15 - 08/19 Beijing
World Robot Conference 2018 |
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2018/09/19 - 09/23 Shanghai
CIIF 2018 |
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2018 Q4 Robotics events |
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2018/11/13 - 11/15 Xiamen
ABB Customer World |
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2018/12/19 - 12/21 Anji
ABB Robotics China Value Provider Awarding Ceremony 2018 |
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2018/12/23 Wuxi
ZJTV Show: Innovation Defines the Future |
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2018/11/05 - 11/10 Shanghai
China International Import Expo 2018 |
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2018/11/06 - 11/09 Shanghai
CeMAT Asia 2018 |
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2018/11/22 - 11/24 Shenzhen
C-Touch & Display Shenzhen 2018 |
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| Organizational Announcements |
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Business Development Manager, Robotics in China |
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Lilian-Jun Liu is appointed as Business Development Manager, LBU RMRO, effective November 1, 2018. In this position, Lilian will be in charge of business development for RMRO LBU, and will drive ABB Ability into local business. Lilian will be based in Shanghai and will report to Tony Wang, Marketing and Sales Director, LBU Robotics in China. Read More |
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Lead Center Manager, Press Automation, Local Product Group Robots and Applications |
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Daniel-Changsheng Song has been appointed as Lead Center Manager, Press Automation, Local Product Group Robots and Applications, effective November 1, 2018. In this position, Daniel will succeed Lilian-Jun Liu, whose new appointment is the subject of a separate announcement. Daniel will report directly to Rui Liang, Local Product Group Manager, Robots and Applications, and functionally to David Mayoral, Global Business Line Manager for Press Automation. Daniel will be based in Shanghai. Read More |
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