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20 OTTOBRE | ROMA
4T - Tech Transfer Think Tank
Lucio AZZOLA – ABB EPPC R&D Manager
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Technology
October 16, 2017 Slide 2
Technology Corporate Research
Corporate Research with locations in seven countries brings
together an international team of highly skilled scientists:
• Switching
• Materials
• Electromagnetics
• Power Electronics
• Sensors
• Mechanics
• Control
• Software
Each year we dedicate around $1.5 billion to fund research and
development activities driven by our 7,900 technologists
organized in:
• the 20 Business Units R&D centers
• seven corporate research centers.
Technology leadership as a part of Group Strategy
ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies
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Technology
October 16, 2017 Slide 3
«Protection and Connection» R&D Center - Italy Emax 2 all-in-one innovation
A leading R&D Center for Low Voltage Apparatus development.
Technology leadership as a part of Group Strategy
ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies
ABB Ability™ EDCS
the innovative cloud-computing
platform to monitor, optimize and
control the electrical system.
The smart circuit breaker that makes
microgrids simpler and more cost-
effective.
4.
Technology
October 16, 2017 Slide 4
«Protection and Connection» R&D Center - Italy Emax 2 all-in-one innovation
A leading R&D Center for Low Voltage Apparatus development.
Technology leadership as a part of Group Strategy
ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies
System&Connectivity Open
Laboratory
High Power Short Circuit Test
Laboratory
5.
Technology
October 16, 2017 Slide 5
A network of excellences to design the future University
• PoliMI - 3PhD on big data analytics and artificial intelligence:
our products are sending terabytes of data into the cloud: we
need scientific work to define how to turn them into a value for
customer
• UniGE - studies on fault tolerant architectures and AC-DC grid
The grid is more and more complex to manage: we need
algorithms to make our products more valuable for customers
• UniBg - 2PhD on Industry 4.0 and Technology trend monitoring
by textual analysis
Our world is moving fast: we need early identification of
technology trends
ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies
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