ABB赢得加拿大炼铝厂项目

ABB wins aluminum project in Canada

ABB赢得加拿大炼铝厂项目

Power and automation to improve overall productivity and energy efficiency

电力和自动化技术提高整体工厂的生产效率和能源效率

Houston, TX, March 30, 2010 --- ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from Aluminerie Alouette to deliver power and automation solutions and engineering services for its smelter in Quebec, Canada. ABB’s solutions will provide greater operational flexibility and productivity on both pot lines, and improved overall energy efficiency for the smelter. The order was booked in the first quarter of 2010.

休斯顿3月30日消息——全球领先的电力和自动化技术集团ABB赢得了Aluminerie Alouette公司的订单，为后者在加拿大魁北克的冶炼厂交付电力和自动化解决方案，以及工程服务。ABB的解决方案将为两条电解电池槽提供更好的运作灵活性和生产力，并改善冶炼厂的整体能源效率。该订单是在2010年下达的。

Aluminerie Alouette is the largest aluminum smelter in the Americas and the fifth largest in the world. It produces about 575,000 metric tons of primary aluminum ingots per year.

Aluminerie Alouette是美洲最大的铝冶炼厂，并在世界排名第五位，其年产约575,000公吨原铝铝锭。

ABB will supply a turnkey rectifier / transformer package that includes a DC bus system, integration with existing controls/Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, as well as engineering, installation and commissioning services. The project will be executed by ABB's Aluminium Execution Center based in Montreal, Canada.

ABB将提供一个交钥匙整流器/变压器组合包，其中包括一个直流母线系统，集成现有的控制/监控和数据采集（SCADA）系统，以及工程设计、安装和调试服务。该项目将由总部设在加拿大蒙特利尔的ABB铝执行中心执行。

The new rectifier system is scheduled to be fully operational in August 2011.

该新整流系统预计将在2011年8月开始全面运作。

"This order reflects Aluminerie Alouette's confidence in our integrated solutions for control, plant optimization, and application know-how," said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB’s Process Automation division. "Our goal is to help Alouette increase productivity and energy efficiencies while reducing overall costs."

ABB过程自动化部主管Veli-Matti Reinikkala表示：“这个订单反映了Aluminerie Alouette对我们的控制、工厂优化以及应用专门知识综合解决方案的信心。我们的目标是帮助Alouette提高生产力和能源效率，同时降低整体成本。”

ABB's Aluminum Execution Center is strategically located in Montreal to serve its North American customers. Its turnkey solutions include integrated strategies, engineering, supply, construction, management, and service.

ABB铝执行中心战略性地设在蒙特利尔，服务其北美客户。它的交钥匙解决方案包括综合战略、工程、供应、建设、管理以及服务。

The Aluminerie Alouette consortium comprises five shareholders: Rio Tinto Alcan, Canada (40%), Austria metall, Austria (20%), Hydro Aluminium, Norway (20%), la Société générale de financement du Québec (13.33%) et Marubeni, Japan (6.67%).

Aluminerie Alouette集团由五家股东构成：力拓加拿大铝业公司（40%），奥地利metall公司（20%），挪威Hydro铝业公司（20%），魁北克融资总公司（13.33%）以及日本丸红（6.67%）。

ABB’s Process Automation division delivers integrated automation solutions for control, plant optimization, and industry-specific application knowledge and services to help process industry customers worldwide meet their critical business needs in the areas of operational profitability, capital productivity, risk management and global responsibility. These industries include oil and gas, power, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, metals, minerals, cement, marine and turbocharging.

ABB过程自动化部为控制、工厂优化提供整合解决方案，以及特定行业的应用知识和服务，帮助全球的过程工业客户满足其在业务盈利能力、资本生产率、风险管理和全球责任领域的关键业务需要。这些行业包括石油和天然气、电力、化工和制药、纸浆和造纸、金属、采矿、海洋以及涡轮增压。

ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 117,000 people.
 
ABB是电力和自动化技术领域的全球领导厂商，致力于为工业和电力行业客户提供解决方案，以帮助客户提高生产效率，同时降低对环境的不良影响。ABB集团的业务遍布全球100多个国家，拥有大约11万7千名雇员。