ABB expands Indonesia footprint with high-voltage switchgear unit
Thursday, October 5 2017 - 01:17 AM WIB
Zurich-headquartered electrical equipment giant ABB on Wednesday inaugurated a new manufacturing facility for high-voltage switchgear in Tangerang, Banten Province.
The company said in a statement that this is part of ABB?s continued footprint expansion in the country including the establishment of a new factory for medium-voltage products in 2015 at the same location.
?This new unit underlines ABB?s commitment to Indonesia. It will support the country?s efforts to strengthen its power transmission infrastructure, enhance grid reliability and help meet the growing demand for electricity, benefitting millions of consumers? said Giandomenico Rivetti, head of ABB?s High Voltage Products business, a part of the country?s Power Grids division, in the statement. ?The move supports our global footprint approach and our philosophy of locating production units close to our customers.?
The 1,300 square-meter plant will manufacture a range of high-voltage switchgear and equipment such as Live Tank Circuit Breakers and Disconnectors.
With about a million high voltage switchgear installations across the world, ABB has an unparalleled track record. In a power system, switchgear controls and protects the network from system faults that may occur due to various reasons e.g. lightning strikes or short-circuits from multiple causes which could potentially lead to network failure. The new factory will deploy lean production concepts and is equipped with state of the art production and testing equipment to ensure precision assembly and testing to meet the highest quality standards.
ABB said it has supported the development of Indonesia?s power infrastructure for the past four decades and its installations include a range of electrical and automation solutions for industries such as oil and gas, pulp and paper and aluminum.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak