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ABB wins $159-million full service contract

Five-year agreement in Germany aims to increase efficiency, productivity

26 Jan 2009 - ABB has renewed an agreement worth about $159 million over the next five years to manage maintenance and increase productivity at several plants in the Werk Bobingen industrial park near Munich, Germany.
 
ABB will provide performance-based maintenance services at the site for polyester product manufacturers Johns Manville, Performance Fibers, Trevira and Teijin Monofilament. ABB will evaluate plant processes to improve efficiency of maintenance and repair operations, as well as maintain power generation and distribution facilities, and infrastructure such as fire protection and site security for the entire 80-hectacre complex.
 
This agreement was first signed in 1999, and renewed in 2003. The current contract begins in January 2009, and is one of ABB’s largest full service agreements.