The 500,000th MNS low-voltage switchgear was successfully rolled off the production line, demonstrating the leap in the company's production capacity, expansion of market share and strengthening of technological innovation
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On October 24, 2024, ABB's smart power companies in China - Xiamen ABB Low Voltage Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd. and ABB Xinhui Low Voltage Switchgear Co., Ltd. successfully held a 30th anniversary celebration with the theme of "Leading for 30 Years, Innovation Opens the Future" in Xiamen. More than 400 people attended the event, including Wu Bin, Mayor of Xiamen Municipal People's Government, customers and partners from all over the country, ABB Group Global President and CEO Ma Teng and management, and reviewed the development of smart power over the past 30 years, and made a market outlook on future trends driven by energy transformation, accumulating energy for future sustainable development in China.
In his opening speech, ABB Group Global President of Electrical, Perry Chiang, said that over the past 30 years, ABB Electrical has gone through an important journey in China, promoted the implementation of the "In China, for China" strategy, and built a full industry chain of R&D, procurement, production and distribution. Throughout our business, ABB focuses on creating long-term value through innovative products and solutions to solve the urgent energy challenges faced by customers. We are committed to realizing the future of global electrification in a safe, smart and sustainable way, thereby accelerating energy transformation.
Wu Bin, Mayor of Xiamen Municipal People's Government, said, "Since ABB established its first joint venture in China in Xiamen in 1992, it has now developed into an important leading enterprise in Xiamen, making important contributions to Xiamen's industrial development and transformation and upgrading. The cooperation between Xiamen and ABB fully proves that Xiamen's first-class business environment, solid industrial foundation, and outstanding innovation advantages are fertile ground for corporate investment and business development, and a blessed land for innovation and entrepreneurship. At present, Xiamen is accelerating the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, accelerating the development of new quality productivity, and shaping new advantages in industrial development. We hope that ABB will continue to deepen its roots in Xiamen, seize development opportunities, and increase Strengthen innovation capabilities, launch more advanced technologies and products, and continue to grow stronger, bigger and better. "ABB's smart power business focuses on making buildings, factories and transportation smarter, renewable energy more efficient and operations more flexible through innovative technologies. It has two companies in China, ABB Xiamen Low Voltage Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd. and ABB Xinhui Low Voltage Switchgear Co., Ltd., with a total of more than 1,800 employees and nearly 250 R&D engineers. It mainly produces MNS low-voltage complete switchgear, air circuit breakers, molded case circuit breakers, dual power transfer switches, contactors for power distribution protection and control, and provides digital energy management solutions. Over the past 30 years, ABB's smart power business in China has experienced three leapfrog development stages: from introducing products to China in 1994, to setting up a local R&D center in 2008, to leading the world in local R&D and smart manufacturing, ABB Smart Power has achieved the transition from Made in China to Created in China in China in China, and is gradually moving towards Industry 5.0. Maas, President of ABB's Electrification Division's Smart Power business unit, said, "China has become the largest electricity producer and consumer, and is also at the forefront of the world in the development of smart grids and smart power distribution. In the face of the demand for energy transformation, promoting more electricity decarbonization requires innovative technologies to bring about the possibility of a zero-carbon future. ABB Smart Power has completed the innovation value chain from production to R&D in China, ensuring the safety and reliability of electricity through core product lines, and providing energy distribution solutions for data centers, industries, critical infrastructure and commercial buildings."
Shi Shijie, head of Smart Power Asia, ABB Electrification Division, said: "As the world's second largest economy, China has a super-large domestic market and perfect industrial supporting capabilities, rich talent resources, and a good business environment. This has laid a solid foundation for the steady development of ABB Smart Power's two companies in Xiamen and Xinhui. We are currently a manufacturing center, R&D center and export center, and we play an important role in the global supply chain. Looking to the future, cross-border breakthrough innovations are reshaping the electrification industry. We will respond to this change with an agile mechanism of integrated research and production, and implement our replicable and scalable solutions in China, a hotbed of innovative application scenarios, to enable high-quality and sustainable development of society."
Since 2005, Xiamen and Xinhui companies have been among the "Top 100 Chinese Electrical Industries" announced by the authoritative industry magazine "Electrical Times". In the past three decades, as an industry leader, ABB Smart Power has continuously promoted technological innovation and industry development in China. At the same time, it has continuously expanded overseas markets, with the number of export countries and regions increasing to more than 60, achieving the "introduction and going out" of business.
ABB insists on operating its business in a sustainable way, helping customers improve energy efficiency and production efficiency through electrification, digitalization and automation technologies. According to ABB's 2030 and 2050 science-based net zero targets, by 2050, net zero greenhouse gas emissions across the entire value chain will be achieved. ABB Smart Power is working towards this goal. In Xiamen and Xinhui, ABB continues to improve the energy efficiency and reduce the environmental footprint of its factories in the two places by adopting renewable energy electricity, implementing energy efficiency projects, using energy management systems, expanding park photovoltaic projects, upgrading equipment and transforming production processes, and deploying waste reduction and recycling projects. Both companies are "national green factories" of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The Xiamen factory has obtained UL's waste zero landfill platinum certification and the Xinhui factory has obtained gold certification.
During the 30th anniversary celebration, ABB welcomed the 500,000th MNS low-voltage complete switchgear off the production line in China. Over the past 30 years, MNS low-voltage switchgear has undergone several important product iterations: from the initial MNS 2.0 to MNS 3.0, the intelligent motor control center MNS iS was launched in 2006, and the MNS Digital low-voltage switchgear was launched in 2017. Each iteration represents the advancement of technology and the effective response to market demand. With its excellent performance, MNS equipment has helped many global industry customers achieve efficient, safe and sustainable power management.
From 1994 to the present, ABB Smart Power has been forging ahead in China for 30 years. Adhering to the business philosophy of "in China, for China", it provides one-stop solutions for customers in the fields of power, industry, transportation and infrastructure. Its products are widely used in projects such as Xiamen Pumped Storage Power Station, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Beijing Daxing International Airport, South-to-North Water Diversion Project, Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, Chongqing Metro, and leading large-scale Internet and financial enterprise data centers, and continue to provide safe, reliable, intelligent and efficient power distribution guarantees for thousands of industries, and compose a safe, smart and sustainable electrification future.
