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ABB LLC is the Russian division of ABB Group, a manufacturer of solutions in the fields of electrical equipment, robotics and motion mechanisms, industrial automation and electrical networks.

ABB has been operating in Russia since 1893.

2020 data

History

2022: Termination of new sales in Russia and losses of $57 million due to this

July 21, 2022, ABB- SwedishSwiss a manufacturer of solutions in the field of electrical equipment, robotics traffic mechanisms, industrial automation and power grids, announced its withdrawal from the Russian market. The decision is connected with the ongoing conflict on (To Ukraine there is a Russian military special operation) and the subsequent international sanctions, follows from the message of^[1]

ABB estimated the financial consequences of leaving for the second quarter of 2022 at $57 million, of which $23 million will affect cash flow in the third quarter.

Shortly after the start of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, ABB stopped accepting new orders in Russia. At the same time, she continued to fulfill a small amount of obligations under existing contracts with customers, while complying with the imposed sanctions, they say in ABB. At the end of April 2022, the group announced that in the summer they could decide on a complete withdrawal from Russia.

Most ABB employees in Russia have been on vacation since March

In several ABB partner companies, in particular, in the robotics business, in June, TAdviser was told that at that time its office in Russia continued to work, but she really did not accept and did not sell new orders for placement in the country, including products that are already in the local warehouse. One of the companies said that ABB fulfills its obligations under contracts concluded "before a certain date": "equipment is brought on them." Read more here.

In Russia, ABB enterprises employ about 750 people, since March most of them have been on vacation. The company assures that they will do everything possible to support employees. How exactly is not specified.

The ABB report also says that it has two production sites in the country located in the Moscow region and Lipetsk. Among the equipment produced on them are complete switchgears and circuit breakers.

It also says that in Russia ABB has "several service centers." The company's website states that its network of engineering, service and training centers in Russia "stretched from Kaliningrad to Sakhalin."

According to the database of legal entities Kontur.Focus, "the parent company ABB in Russia - ABB LLC - in 2021 received revenue of 23.3 billion rubles with an increase of 2% compared to the previous year and a net profit of 1.1 billion rubles. Another 1 billion rubles of revenue was brought to her by the subsidiary Lipetsk LLC ABB Electrical Equipment.

Before ABB stopped accepting new orders, Russia accounted for approximately 1-2% of the ABB group's annual revenue, the company said in a statement.

In Russia, 4 areas of ABB business were presented: electrical equipment, electric drive, process automation, robotics and discrete automation. The company has strong positions in the power, food, chemical, petrochemical industries, telecom. Its solutions are also in demand in the fields of mechanical engineering and metallurgy^[2].

Importantly, along with Schneider Electric and Siemens, ABB is one of the world's leading manufacturers of programmable logic controllers - computing devices designed for automated control of production processes, such as assembly lines. A denial of service could potentially cause safety issues for the systems in operation.

2021: Olga Vetokhina appointed president of ABB in Russia instead of Irina Kozlova

Ru­kovo­dite­lem kom­pa­nii ABB naz­na­chena in Russia Ol­ga Ve­tokhi­na. It entered into dol­zhnost on ap­re­lya 1 go­da 2021. Irina Kozlova, who served as president of ABB in Russia, left the company and will continue her career outside of it. Read more here.

2019

• 1,100 employees
• 30 Sales and Service Offices
• 7 production sites
• 7 training centers

Cooperation with KAMAZ to develop infrastructure for electric buses

On June 10, 2019, ABB announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with PJSC KamAZ in order to develop infrastructure for electric buses in Russia. The document was signed by ABB President in Russia Irina Kozlova and KAMAZ Director General Sergei Kogogin. Read more here.

Opening of the Marine Service Center in Murmansk

On May 28, 2019, ABB announced the opening of another Marine Service Center in Murmansk to support the Arctic fleet.

The opened Marine Service Center will provide high-quality support for vessels equipped with ABV systems. Modern technologies and material base will expand the range of services and improve the quality of service.

Juha Koskela comments:

The opening of a service center in Murmansk is an important stage for our business development in Russia. We have done a great job and are ready to offer the customer first-class service. Another point, Murmansk, will appear on the map of the global network of ABV centers that provide round-the-clock support for ships throughout the entire service life.

The AVV Marine Service Center, with a total area of ​ ​ 2000 m2, is located in the largest city beyond the Arctic Circle. The center has testing areas for electrical equipment and mechanisms, a workshop equipped with lifting facilities, as well as storage facilities for storing spare parts for electrical systems and Azipod propulsion systems.

Sergey Shevchuk noted:

The service center in Murmansk will start working with a staff of 20 people, including 12 field engineers, and over time the staff will expand. Our field engineers are also in other locations. Even taking into account the growth of the fleet, we have everything necessary for the quality service of our customers. We are always in touch and ready for operational work.

The open office will be part of the global network of ABB Collaborative Operations Centers. This solution will allow the engineers of the Murmansk Center to provide technical support to customers anywhere in the world in Russian.

Global network developed as part of the Electrification strategy. Digitalization. Communication "(Electric. Digital. Connected.), Includes seven (including Murmansk, eight) AVB joint work centers. Such centers allow monitoring the operation of onboard equipment, remote diagnostics, forecasting maintenance or repair, which supports the uninterrupted operation of the customer fleet.

ABB decisions are widely applied on ships cruising the Northern Sea Route. As of May 2019, more than 80 ice-class vessels in the world are equipped with an Azipod electric propulsion system with a maximum power of 45 mW. Propeller column technology allows you to overcome ice with a thickness of more than 2.1 meters and work in difficult Arctic conditions without icebreaker escort.

The Azipod Reduceless VR motor is housed in a submersible gondola and does not take up space on board. The ability of the Azipod system to rotate 360 ° provides excellent maneuverability, which is especially important when working in ice.

First Russian Engineering Center in Kaliningrad

ABB in April 2019 opened the first Engineering Centre in. Kaliningrad The centre will expand the network of existing centres, one in Bangalore, India the other in Ostrava, The Czech Republic. More than 100 engineers of the technology site will develop ABB's systems business, providing services for the Russian and global markets of the metallurgical, mining marine, petrochemical and pulp and paper industries. On average, work on such typical projects is up to 50,000 man-hours.

By attracting local professional personnel and developing relations with technical universities, ABB hired engineers with knowledge of the English language from Kaliningrad and other regions of Russia, as well as from the CIS countries. Employees have been trained at the ABB Czech Operations Centre in Ostrava and are already directly involved in ongoing projects.

To attract highly qualified professionals from all over the country, the company took advantage of the personnel relocation program, and also contributed to their receipt of a preferential mortgage. ABV receives favorable conditions for the start of its new project as an active resident of the Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad Region.

2018

Global Engineering Center in Kaliningrad

In May 2018, ABB announced the creation of an Engineering Center in Kaliningrad. The company plans to invest in Russian professional personnel and expand its competencies in Russia.

The ABB Engineering Centre in Kaliningrad, Russia will expand the network of the company's existing centres, which are located in Bengaluru, India and Ostrava, The Czech Republic. More than 100 engineers and technicians will work on projects in the system business, providing world-class service not only for Russian, but also for European and other markets for the metallurgical, mining marine, petrochemical and pulp and paper industries. On average, work on such projects can be up to 50,000 man-hours. The existing ABB centers in Ostrava and Bengaluru have been successfully implementing projects around the world for over a decade. ABB's new engineering center will begin operations during 2018.

ABB plans to attract local specialists and develop relations with technical universities in Russia to further strengthen its technical competencies. Together with leading Russian universities, the company will develop a program of engineering competencies, specializing in automation, power and programming.

"The new engineering center will make us more efficient and flexible in the development and implementation of large-scale projects both in European markets and in Russia. Irina Kozlova, head of ABB in Russia, comments. - Russia is historically famous for highly qualified engineering personnel. ABB is an attractive employer and our goal is to recruit the best resources and invest in their future development. Talent development is a key point in our strategy to promote digitalization in Russia with our ABB Ability portfolio of digital solutions. "

In 2018, ABB celebrates its 125th anniversary in Russia. The first Russian office was opened in 1893 in St. Petersburg. ABB in Russia has about 1100 highly qualified employees, 7 production and 12 service sites and more than 28 regional offices. The project portfolio last year alone includes the supply of automation systems for the tallest skyscraper in Europe in St. Petersburg, power supply systems for the main sports stadiums in Russia, as well as system solutions for the Yamal LNG project fleet. ABB investments will contribute to the sustainable growth of the company's business in the Russian market and in other regions.

New President in Russia - Irina Kozlova

On February 1, 2018, Irina Kozlova was appointed President of ABB in Russia. Her responsibilities include business development in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Central Asian countries. Read more here.

2017

As of 2017, the company in Russia has 7 production and 12 service sites (Moscow, Moscow, Khotkovo, St. Petersburg, Cheboksary, Yekaterinburg) and more than 28 regional offices - in Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Kazan, Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Ufa and other cities.

AVV plant in Khotkovo expands the line of produced high-voltage inputs

In November 2017, the next stage of the program to expand the line of produced inputs was completed at the AVV plant in Khotkovo. The first assembly took place and the acceptance tests of the high-voltage BRIT-S-90-220-1050/200 input (KH 2.9.001-AS) were passed. This input has polymer external insulation and is designed for operation in 220 kV power transformers. The new products will significantly expand the portfolio of the AVV plant in Khotkovo, since earlier a version of the 220 kV transformer input was available for customers only for porcelain external insulation.

Input is designed using the new AirRIP technology. The advantage of AirRIP design is the absence of a spring block in the input head, as well as simplification and reduction in the time of the assembly process, since in this case welding or soldering of the head module is not needed. AirRIP design implements a modular principle. The outer insulation cover is composite and, in addition to the composite insulator itself, contains a lower flange (with a test terminal connection point) and an upper one, which is part of the head module.

The main advantage of AirRIP design is a significant increase in localization.

This type of input is already in demand by customers both in Russia and abroad. In the very near future, the first batch of new inputs will be shipped to India, expanding the geography of deliveries of the Department "Transformers and Components" to the east and opening up new opportunities and prospects for domestic production.

2016

Innovation training center of ABB in Technopolice "Moscow"

In May 2016, ABB announced the opening of an innovative training center in Moscow. The center focuses on the company's core products and technologies. It is planned that more than 4 thousand specialists of the electrical market will be trained here per year.

In general, the innovation center includes an application center for robotics and 10 classrooms: a class of low-voltage complete devices (LVA); class of electrical installation products (EUI); class of start-up control equipment (PRA); class of power circuit breakers; assembly class of complete devices; building automation class; automation and drive equipment class; class of electrical machines; class of products for power supply; class of industrial automated process control systems (APCS). The classes are equipped with valid installation models, demonstration samples of equipment and technical reference literature.

In the application center of industrial robotics, engaged in technological solutions for robotic systems of electric arc and spot welding, high-precision processing of materials (laser, plasma, water cutting, coating) and machine tool maintenance, practical training is carried out to work with industrial robots ABB. Its main task is to design systems according to customer requirements, test developed solutions, carry out pre-configuration of equipment and technological process before final installation at the enterprise.

ABB robotics center presents a sample of the two-armed industrial assistant robot YuMi, which was first announced at the Hannover exhibition last year. The ABB YuMi robot is able to work together with people without threatening their safety. At the same time, he does not replace people, but works with them, the ABB emphasized. He does not have the intelligence that any human possesses, but he is capable of doing monotonous work with the precision, speed and mindfulness that is not available to humans. The double arm is made of elastic material, which, in combination with innovative force control technologies, ensures the safety of a person working in conjunction with a robot, the company said.

On the territory adjacent to the training center, a "green" ABB parking for electric vehicles is organized. Terra 53 fast charging station charges electric vehicles of all types up to 80% in 10-30 minutes.

For the sixth year in a row, ABB confirms compliance with ISO 9001 and 14001 requirements

On March 21, 2016, the supervisory audit for compliance with the requirements of international standards ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 was completed. The audit was carried out by Intersertifika-TUF LLC together with TUF Thuringen on the business processes Production, Supply and Service.

During the audit, OOO ABB has been confirming for the sixth year in a row that quality and environmental management systems are effective, the organization has created conditions for maintaining management systems in working condition, as well as created conditions for their development.

This audit was selective and took place in the following divisions:

• Central Office, Moscow;
• Branch of ABB LLC, Moscow (Kotlyakovskaya St., 3, p. 1);
• Separate subdivision of ABB LLC "Communication Systems in Power Engineering" (2nd Cable St., 2);
• Separate subdivision of ABB LLC, St. Petersburg (Turbocompressors);
• Branch of ABB LLC, Khotkovo;
• Separate division "Robotics," Moscow.

2015: ABB creates Russian robotics center in Technopolice "Moscow"

On June 25, 2015, it became known about the upcoming opening by the ABB concern of the Center for Robotics in Technopolice "Moscow."

The ABB Electrotechnical Concern plans to invest more than 50 million rubles. in the creation of a robotics center in Technopolice "Moscow."

ABB Plant, 2014

The company won the auction for a ten-year lease of 1,500 ^m2 in the Technopolice production building. The company plans to place an engineering center for industrial robotics, a training center, a demonstration room for the latest equipment and conference sites on leased space.

ABB Concern is a leading supplier of power equipment and technologies for the electric power industry, transport, infrastructure and production automation. The plant for the production of shells for low-voltage complete devices will open on June 30, 2015 in the Lipetsk Special Economic Zone.

"ABB has already installed more than 250,000 robots around the world in a wide variety of industries, and we hope that the opening of a robotics center in Moscow will contribute to the active development of Russian enterprises," said Anatoly Popov, President of ABB in Russia, Belarus and Central Asia.

In the Technopolice "Moscow" the company plans to create the first site in Russia, where the products of all divisions of the ABB will be presented: automation systems, systems for the electric power industry, low-voltage equipment.

Igor Ishchenko, CEO of Stroyexprom, stressed: "The ABB robotics center should become both a global platform for training industry specialists and a large-scale center for the development of complex solutions in the field of industrial robotization and automation. I believe that ABB services and products will be in demand by the residents of the site, and the company itself will become an important link in creating a concentration center in Technopolice for high-tech companies. "

The company intends to start construction of the Center in September 2015. ABB plans to create more than 40 jobs on the territory of Technopolice.

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