Event Details
This is Royal Society Hawke's Branch Member only event.
ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future.
The company’s solutions optimise how things are manufactured, moved, powered and operated. By connecting its engineering and digitalisation expertise, ABB helps industries run at high performance, while becoming more efficient, productive and sustainable so they outperform. At ABB, we call this ‘Engineered to Outrun’.
The company has over 140 years of history and around 110,000 employees worldwide. ABB has been established in New Zealand for 90 years and employs around 300 people across 5 locations. It has two manufacturing facilities, located in Auckland and Napier.
The Napier site designs and manufactures power conditioning products, which are used by customers worldwide, to protect against power quality problems e.g. voltage swags, swells and outages.
Their customers include:
semiconductor/automotive/textile industries
data centres/supercomputers
shore-to-ship/marine / oil & gas industries
plastics /cable extrusio /pharmaceutical /food manufacturers.
We will be hosted by Chapter Lead Scott Styles for a presentation on the business, including latest developments, and a factory tour.
For a video clip of what you’ll see, https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ut4nq_PQopI
Please note dress code:
flat, close fitting, fully closed-in shoes
trousers
ABB will provide safety glasses and hearing protection, if required.
Please leave your mobile phone in your car.
