ABB showcases latest technology in Xiamen

The 2018 ABB Electricity and Automation World expo was held at Xiamen International Conventional and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, Fujian province, from Nov 14 to 15.

As the Swiss industrial conglomerate's largest top-level event in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, the expo included an opening forum, five business forums, 112 workshops for new technology, and a 6,800-square-meter exhibition area  showcasing the company's cutting-edge technologies.

At the event, ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri) launched 20 digital products, 68 non-digital products and the latest digital platforms, the former exclusively designed for the Chinese market to support local users' digital transformation in electricity, manufacturing, transport and infrastructure.

At the exhibition, a robot barista made coffee for visitors. From picking up a cup, pouring milk to making a cup of latte, the robot barista performed just like a human being.

Many other versions of ABB's industrial robots were on display.

Ulrich Spiesshofer, chief executive officer of ABB, said at the event that his company expects to help more middle and small-sized Chinese enterprises with low degrees of automation benefit from industrial automation and boost the transformation and upgrading of China's manufacturing industry.

The Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation established its first joint venture in China in the coastal city as early as 1992, and by now, it has set up eight exclusively foreign-funded or jointly funded enterprises in Xiamen, making the city one of its most important industrial bases worldwide.

Over the past 26 years, ABB has played a major part in many of the city's major construction projects, including the Xiamen Metro, the city's Gaoqi Airport and the Xiamen International Convention and Exhibition Center.

On Nov 13, ABB Xiamen Hub, the company's largest innovation and manufacturing base in the world, was put into operation. It will focus on developing and manufacturing electrical and grid products.

ABB, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, operates mainly in robotics, power, heavy electrical equipment and automation technology, ranking 341st in the Fortune 500 global list of 2018.