ABB has opened a new global innovation and training campus at the headquarters of B&R in Eggelsberg, Austria, its global center for machine and factory automation. The new campus will create up to 1,000 additional high-tech jobs and includes world-class research and development laboratories, as well as global training facilities for up to 4,000 people per year in collaboration with universities. ABB invested EUR 100 million in the expansion of the B&R headquarters.
Campus innovations around artificial intelligence and machine and factory automation will play an essential role in unlocking the potential of future industrial production – in sectors such as electronics, e-mobility, food and beverage, recycling, logistics, or agriculture. They will increase productivity and flexibility, helping customers become more sustainable and produce closer to their end markets.
ABB首席执行官BjörnRosengren表示：“创新已经在ABB的DNA中使用了130多年，而我们的部门B＆R是一个真正的创新热点，用于转变更加自动化的制造。这个校园的正式开放是我们ABB的一个自豪时刻，因为我们在与客户一起创造了高技能的工作，同时塑造了未来的机器和工厂。”
新校园将B＆R总部的总面积扩大到100,000平方米，使B＆R成为中欧综合生产，研究和培训最大的地点之一，目前约有2400名员工。扩展还将释放空间，该空间将作为满足B＆R产品需求不断增长的额外生产能力。
Sami Atiya, President of ABB’s Robotics & Discrete Automation business area, added, “This is a decade of transformation towards robotics and automation as our customers respond to global labor and supply shortages, accelerating consumer demand for personalized products and the need to operate more sustainably. ABB’s new campus will serve as a customer collaboration center where we work with customers around the globe, helping them to respond to these trends and supporting B&R in becoming the partner of choice for the world’s most ambitious industrial automation projects.”
根据ABB研究，欧洲和美国的10家公司中有8家计划进一步自动化，其中10家中有7家在接近或重新生产。目前，机器和工厂自动化的全球可寻址市场量估计为200亿美元。预计将增加到310亿美元到2030年。
随着2017年B＆R的收购，ABB是唯一一家为工业自动化客户提供的公司，围绕控制，动理，机器人技术，传感以及分析和电气化的整个集成硬件和软件解决方案。
The ABB innovation and training campus will serve as an open innovation hub, where B&R will closely collaborate with international customers, companies, and start-ups from across the region, as well as research and educational institutions to co-develop automation solutions and train the talents needed for the factories of the future.
B＆R总裁JörgTheis表示：“教育将在校园中获得最高优先级。我们的自动化学院每年将为多达4,000名学生，学徒，客户的专家和员工提供灵感和培训机会。”Theis补充说，B＆R计划与高等教育机构合作在大学一级提供双重教育。
有了新的校园，B＆R还推出了新的品牌标识，在B＆R和ABB之间建立了视觉联系。“我们的新视觉设计强调了ABB对B＆R作为类别品牌的坚定承诺，并随着我们共同成长并共同努力，展示了B＆R和ABB的实力。成为大家庭的一部分为每个员工积极塑造自己的职业创造了许多新的可能性。” Theis说。
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