ABB Strengthens Commitment to Canada
New ABB Canada headquarters opens in Montreal; wins three key digital orders from major Canadian customers
ABB today officially inaugurated its new $90 million state-of-the-art Canadian headquarters and Customer Innovation Center,
which will serve 700 employees who were previously spread across six locations in Greater Montreal. Campus Montreal houses research
and development, manufacturing, assembly and testing for ABB's energy value chain.
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“The new headquarters reaffirms ABB’s commitment to Canada as a growth market and an important customer base,” said ABB CEO
Ulrich Spiesshofer. “It strengthens our capacity to provide our leading offering to our customers and support them with the digital
transformation of their operations. We are in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and this site has been designed to
enable our workforce to unlock value for Canadian enterprises.”
Campus Montreal is the home of ABB’s Customer Innovation Center, which showcases ABB Ability, the company’s comprehensive
digital offering. By combining ABB’s deep domain expertise with network connectivity and the latest digital technologies and
innovations, ABB Ability creates powerful solutions and services that address real business problems and produce tangible business
opportunities.
“The new campus allows greater collaboration with our business partners and with the academic and research sectors,” said
Nathalie Pilon, President of ABB Canada. “The latest technology from ABB is driving energy efficiency and powering Canada’s
innovation ecosystem in so many ways. In addition to showing what ABB Ability can do, the headquarters is also home to our new ABB
North American Centre of Excellence in E-Mobility.”
The ABB North American Centre of Excellence in E-Mobility was created to share expertise with Canadian customers and
stakeholders in the field of electric-powered transportation technologies. It will support the development of environmentally
friendly, energy-efficient transport networks, including electric buses and trains, and will bring together transit operators,
power utilities and engineering experts to address challenges related to building smart cities and sustainable mobility solutions
for Canada.
In line with ABB’s vision of sustainability, the campus is expected to be LEED-certified Silver for its sustainable approach to
design, construction and operation.
This new site is an example of ABB’s broad and longstanding engagement in Canada. In parallel, the company announced a number of
major Canadian projects. Among these was an agreement to modernize 10 large seagoing ships for the Canadian Coast Guard, equipping
them with upgraded propulsion systems. When combined with ABB's Remote Diagnostic Service for maritime operations, the upgrade will
enable the Coast Guard to extend the service life of the ships by 20 years.
In another development, ABB was named the Key Technical Supplier for Nemaska Lithium’s new mine and processing plant. ABB will
provide overall project management, design and engineering for the complete electrification and automation of the production
sites.
In addition, ABB has announced that it will provide an integrated substation for an important data center operated by Hypertec
in Quebec. To meet growing demand, the new substation will increase the facility’s existing power supply from 25 to 120
kilovolts.
ABB has more than 100 years of experience in innovation in Canada and was responsible for the construction of a major portion of
the country’s power grid. ABB Canada has 4,000 employees in 55 locations and is ranked as one of Canada’s Best Employers in
2017.
ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial
automation and power grids, serving customers in utilities, industry and transport & infrastructure globally. Continuing more
than a 125-year history of innovation, ABB today is writing the future of industrial digitalization and driving the Energy and
Fourth Industrial Revolutions. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 132,000 employees. www.abb.com
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