ABB's SCADA-based solution monitors and controls gas flow across tea estates and select industrial customers, across six districts of upper Assam. The project was awarded by Assam Gas Company (AGCL) and will be undertaken in two phases to cover 399 tea estates and six large industrial customers. As the state utility works towards building a sustainable gas distribution system, one of the major issues AGCL faced with was the optimization of gas flow along its extensive pipeline networkensuring gas availability per pre-defined limit even to the last-mile consumer.

ABB was able to customize and deliver a state-of-the-art SCADA and telecom solution for AGCL covering74 tea estates and six big industrial consumers in the first phase of the project. This solution comprisesof three pressure regulating stations, one bi-directional metering station along AGCL's pipeline.ABB'scontrol system helps AGCL to regulate the gas flow according to the requirements of each tea estate.ABB's pressure regulation (metering, filtration and pressure-let-down) skids, ultrasonic-based metering module solution and the advanced control system, ensure gas distribution to the last mile connection while maintaining the optimum pressure along the length of the pipeline.

The SCADAvantage™ system facilitates advanced control and real-time monitoring of gas flow from aremotely located control room. It is a high-quality solution that enables safe and reliable managementof distributed assets. On the completion of Phase I, ABB has been awarded with additional contract for325 locations by Assam Gas Company Ltd.in a competitive bidding process, to be carried out over thenext four years as part of Phase II. An ERP solution integrated with SCADA shall also ensure accuratebilling for AGCL without need for physical data collections over vast remotely located areas.

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ABB India's commitment towards sustainability and eco-efficiency has been recognized with a gold certification by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) for its environmentally friendly Nashik smartfactory in India. With this recognition, ABB India's site becomes the first factory to be certified as a Green Building within the Nashik Industrial Area, which houses approximately 10,000 factories acrossvarious industries.

IGBC is a consensus-driven not-for-profit council formed with the aim of enabling an environmentallycohesive ecosystem. The IGBC Green Factory Buildings is the first rating program developed in India,exclusively for the industrial sector. This is based on globally accepted energy and environmentalprinciples and strikes a balance between known established practices and emerging concepts.

ABB India has taken various initiatives at its facility to reduce their carbon footprint through in-housesolar panel installation, energy efficiency improvement projects, and tree plantation drives. In addition,the company has also taken up various waste management initiatives to eliminate the usage of stretchfilm and reduce use of single-use plastic for packing purposes.

The factory has scored high on multiple parameters including rainwater harvesting which helped save565 m3 of rainwater per day, and reduction of indoor water usage by 47.8%. The facility has achievedoverall energy savings of 95.03% and mitigated CO2 emission by up to 345 tons per year. Apart fromthis, the natural topography & landscape, sensitivity for differently-abled, usage of natural light andefficient ventilation system, heat island effect on the roof, wastewater treatment through sewagetreatment plant, employee collaboration areas, and gym and recreational facilities were some of theimportant factors that added to the factory's overall rating.

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ABB India announced the launch of eMart, an online marketplace portal, which will offer more than 6,000 products from its Electrification Business for home and industrial buyers.

This unique B2B & B2C platform will be the first of its kind in the industry, owing to its dynamic, pricetransparent model. It aims to provide an equally fair and favorable experience to both ABB distributorsand customers, further boosting the agenda of the country's Digital India program.

ABB eMart also provides a dynamic model to empower partners to set their own competitive pricing for the products they sell on the platform, while simultaneously providing customers with a choice of thebest deals to suit their specific needs.

Customers will be able to access technical specifications as well as interactive product images for eachitem at their fingertips. They can select their best-suited option by referring to the product and sellerreviews on the portal. ABB has partnered with authorized distributors with a digital presence fromacross the country, and is enabling them to expand their reach by offering products and solutions oneMart for home as well as industrial customers.

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ABB India has opened a new facility spread over 3,600 sq.m at the ABB Nelamangala factory premises in Bengaluru. The facility willenable ABB India to deliver robotic applications and digital solutions for a variety of Indian industries, including automotive, food & beverage, electronics and other upcoming sectors. The facility houses astate-of-the-art shop floor that can run proof of concepts and factory acceptance tests for 1000 ABB robots every year, which doubles the company's capacity. This enables rapid innovation, adaption,optimisation and agile delivery of made-to-order robotics applications for Indian customers.

The facility includes a demonstration center where the latest technologies in robotic welding, gluing and material handling will be showcased and can be used to carry out joint prove-out sessions with customers. ABB will also integrate an ABB AbilityTM Connected Services team that can remotely monitor an installed base of ABB robots to conduct predictive maintenance and high uptime.

A new Customer Experience Center is being set up for customers to learn about the latest in robotics technology and applications, including ABB's dedicated robot simulation and programming software, RobotStudio. Additionally, the facility will host a paint lab where customers can run simulations of a broad range of industrial painting applications.

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