Across societies and economies, many of us take it for granted that we have reliable power at the flip of a switch, that water flows at the turn of a knob, or that goods are available at our fingertips. What we rarely think about are the sophisticated, interconnected processes, systems, technologies and operations working around the clock to enable everyday life as many of us know it.
At the heart of this seeming ‘magic’ in the background is process automation – orchestrating production and enabling safe and efficient operations of some of the most complex and vast infrastructures on our planet. For nearly 50 years, automated measurement and control of plants and processes have been central to empowering the industries that provide the basic building blocks of our everyday lives – power, water, metals, minerals, chemicals, transportation – to reliably meet our needs.
Today, fueled by economic and population growth, these industries are working hard to meet one of their greatest challenges: reducing emissions and increasing the share of low-carbon sources in their energy mix.
ABB’s integrated automation and electrical systems are essential to supporting industries on their sustainability journey, helping control production while optimizing the use of power and navigating the energy transition.
Every item we own and use tells a story of where it came from. Take our smartphones, for example, perhaps the most common device on earth with 6.3 billion in use . The metals and minerals that go into each phone need to be responsibly sourced. By automating, electrify-ing and increasingly digitalizing mines, ABB is playing a vital role to ensure working condi-tions are safe, and environmental impacts are addressed. For example, by making it possible for vehicles to be powered with electricity rather than diesel, by ventilating underground shafts to ensure fresh air where it is needed, or by optimizing production processes and en-abling autonomous operations so that machinery can be controlled reliably from a distance.
At the heart of this seeming ‘magic’ in the background is process automation – orchestrating production and enabling safe and efficient operations of some of the most complex and vast infrastructures on our planet. For nearly 50 years, automated measurement and control of plants and processes have been central to empowering the industries that provide the basic building blocks of our everyday lives – power, water, metals, minerals, chemicals, transportation – to reliably meet our needs.
Today, fueled by economic and population growth, these industries are working hard to meet one of their greatest challenges: reducing emissions and increasing the share of low-carbon sources in their energy mix.
ABB’s integrated automation and electrical systems are essential to supporting industries on their sustainability journey, helping control production while optimizing the use of power and navigating the energy transition.
Every item we own and use tells a story of where it came from. Take our smartphones, for example, perhaps the most common device on earth with 6.3 billion in use . The metals and minerals that go into each phone need to be responsibly sourced. By automating, electrify-ing and increasingly digitalizing mines, ABB is playing a vital role to ensure working condi-tions are safe, and environmental impacts are addressed. For example, by making it possible for vehicles to be powered with electricity rather than diesel, by ventilating underground shafts to ensure fresh air where it is needed, or by optimizing production processes and en-abling autonomous operations so that machinery can be controlled reliably from a distance.
At the heart of this seeming ‘magic’ in the background is process automation – orchestrating production and enabling safe and efficient operations of some of the most complex and vast infrastructures on our planet. For nearly 50 years, automated measurement and control of plants and processes have been central to empowering the industries that provide the basic building blocks of our everyday lives – power, water, metals, minerals, chemicals, transportation – to reliably meet our needs.
Today, fueled by economic and population growth, these industries are working hard to meet one of their greatest challenges: reducing emissions and increasing the share of low-carbon sources in their energy mix.
ABB’s integrated automation and electrical systems are essential to supporting industries on their sustainability journey, helping control production while optimizing the use of power and navigating the energy transition.
Every item we own and use tells a story of where it came from. Take our smartphones, for example, perhaps the most common device on earth with 6.3 billion in use . The metals and minerals that go into each phone need to be responsibly sourced. By automating, electrify-ing and increasingly digitalizing mines, ABB is playing a vital role to ensure working condi-tions are safe, and environmental impacts are addressed. For example, by making it possible for vehicles to be powered with electricity rather than diesel, by ventilating underground shafts to ensure fresh air where it is needed, or by optimizing production processes and en-abling autonomous operations so that machinery can be controlled reliably from a distance.
No matter where we live, clean water is a fundamental necessity. Bringing this vital element to people requires a vast network of reservoirs, collectors, purifiers, desalination equipment and other technologies. Automation helps control water flows, while sensing equipment detects when fresh water becomes tainted, or leakages need to be fixed. It doesn’t stop there: water is too precious to waste, and ABB’s systems help control the decontamination and neutralization of wastewater, allowing it to be reused.
From keeping our homes heated to having a warm meal on the table, natural gas is an essential resource. Safe, efficient production and transportation of gas is controlled by ABB’s integrated automation, electrical and digital systems that help the hydrocarbons industry to extract it and get it to where it’s needed, and as energy and resource efficiently as possible. Unseen leakages that are a threat to both the environment and our communities’ safety can be identified and mitigated faster and more effectively through ABB’s gas leakage detection solutions, protecting lives while ensuring regulatory compliance for producers and suppliers.
