RIYADH: Leading Kingdom-based power and automation technology group ABB has won a contract recently to provide electrical and automation equipment and related services for a new seamless-tube mill and pipe production plant in Jubail, Eastern Province.
The plant is a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and the Saudi-based Bin Jarallah Group.
“Our expertise in the metals industry and local presence in the region were key factors in winning this important order,” head of ABB’s local process automation division Waseem Al-Marzogi said on Wednesday.
“Our reliable and energy-efficient technologies, along with our experience in project execution, will help the new plant operate effectively from the start.”
He said the company would deliver electrical infrastructure and equipment, including a 115-kilovolt gas-insulated switchgear substation, medium and low-voltage switchgear, motors and variable-speed drives.
It will also supply an automation system based on ABB’s extended automation system 800xA for order management, production scheduling, storage management, production and quality reporting, and material tracking.
In addition, it will provide engineering, installation, commissioning, operator training, and other related services for the plant.
ABB has automation and power solutions to maximize the productivity, reliability and efficiency of manufacturing processes in a range of industry sectors, including energy-intensive applications such as rolling mills.
Its technologies are also used in the reliable, high-quality power supplies on which these processes depend on.
The company’s process automation division delivers integrated solutions for control, plant optimization as well as industry-specific application knowledge and services to help process industry customers worldwide meet their critical business needs in the areas of operational profitability, capital productivity, risk management and global responsibility.