ABB sets up service centre, drives' facility in Bengaluru

Power and automation technology firm ABB today said it has set up a global service centre for energy saving drives and a new facility for manufacturing drives in Bengaluru, marking its foray into this market.
ABB's remote service centre will provide 24x7 access to information and support on drives installed at customer facilities across the globe, the company said in a statement.
The new facility will manufacture digitally enabled low voltage drives--ACS560 and ACS580 series, it said.
"We are committed to innovating in country to make our global technology accessible by developing features that adapt to India's diversity for example in the device interface, this in turn allows us to tap into the geographically dispersed workforce," ABB India CEO and Managing Director Sanjeev Sharma said.

He further said, in India, 31 per cent of total electrical energy is consumed by industrial motors and drives control the speed of these motors and hence are a key component of enabling energy efficiency and improving productivity.
"Benefits of such a remote centre include faster identification of potential problems leading to increased uptime of customer assets and ultimately savings in operational costs," Sharma added.