ABB Ukraine is celebrating its 25th anniversary on the Ukrainian market – a great opportunity to evaluate its achievements and announce new plans and goals.
In 25 years, much has changed in the world – technologies that once were incredible, are now considered common. ABB has ensured a round-the-world trip of the first solar powered plane named Solar Impulse and created the first collaborative industrial robot, YuMi. Most recently, ABB launched ABB Ability™, our unified, cross-industry digital capability that plays an important role in industrial internet and specialized cloud technologies. “ABB Ukraine is an integral part of this large family, and we are ready to fully bring these innovations into the country’s economy,” – says Dmytro Zhdanov, Country Manager of ABB Ukraine.
Dmytro Zhdanov, Country Manager of ABB Ukraine
“We are proud of our evolution over the past 25 years. This interesting journey has created, united and tempered our workforce, sharpened our professional skills, added confidence backed up by excellent results and a good reputation in business. We have a big family of reliable and loyal friends – our local partners who believed in us, relied on our brand, faced many challenges with us and by right share our success.”
Throughout its history, ABB Ukraine has contributed to the development of the Ukrainian economy. Roughly 30% of equipment being installed at the new facilities or used for the reconstruction of Ukrainian energy sector, are products and solutions of ABB, supplied by Swiss, German, Swedish factories with the support of ABB global Engineering Centers.
Over the past 25 years, ABB has become a recognized, competent and reliable partner, clearly perceived as a benchmark in the approach of solving challenges of the Ukrainian energy sector. On the basis of ABB solutions, a large scale reconstruction of the open switchgear at TPP №5 in Kyiv has been accomplished. As a result, the state of the art Gas Insulated Switchgear 330 kV manufactured by ABB is now in operation at this facility.
The track record of ABB also contains the contribution to the construction of Europe’s largest Dniester Pumped Storage Power Plant (Ukrgidroenergo PrAT). ABB supplied and commissioned a complete range of power equipment, from generator unit excitation systems, Gas Insulated Switchgear 330 kV to powerful generator circuit breakers.
The construction of Ukraine’s largest Botievskaya wind power plant (DTEK) was not possible without ABB as well. For this project ABB supplied a solution based on equipment 0.4 to 150 kV voltage levels.
A large scale project of rehabilitation of switching equipment at seven substations of a 750 kV voltage class (NEC “Ukrenergo”) should also be noted. The project included supply and commissioning of 130 pcs. high-voltage gas-insulated circuit breakers 110-750 kV.
ABB was also the first to contribute to the introduction of the first industrial robot in Ukraine. bringing such a solution to Ukraine eleven years ago. Since then, ABB industrial robots have been involved in a number of Ukrainian plants and facilities, such as PJSC “ZAZ”, PJSC “Henkel Bautechnik” and PJSC “Modern-Expo”.
ABB is also committed to enhance the level of education in Ukraine – throughout its activity, the company has implemented numerous projects in Ukrainian universities and institutes. In 2013, a laboratory of high and medium voltage equipment for power distribution, including a full featured process control system ABB ABility800xA, was opened on the basis of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and the equipment for the ABB Freelance control system training stand was installed at the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute. In 2014, the Laboratory of Equipment 0.4 – 10 kV was opened at the National University of Lviv Polytechnic. In 2016, on the basis of the Odesa Polytechnic University, a laboratory stand for relay protection of medium voltage was installed, and a laboratory for pumping oil and gas was opened at the Ivano-Frankivsk Nation al Technical University of Oil and Gas.
ABB Ukraine will definitely continue on its further achievements. We plan to introduce a new project department, separate robotics subdivision, new office in Odesa and are looking forward to the launch of production in Ukraine, as well as to further developments of digital technologies and solutions both in switchgear – the so-called “Digital substations” – industrial automation and robotics solutions.
“I believe in our enormous potential and see those future horizons that we have to strive for. I would like to congratulate ABB Ukraine em- ployees of all times, our partners and customers with this 25th anniversary and wish us all great success in business endeavors and initiatives!”, – concludes Dmytro Zhdanov.
About ABB
ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids, serving customers in utilities, industry and transport & infrastructure globally. Continuing a more than 125-year history of innovation, ABB today is writing the future of industrial digitalization and driving the Energy and Fourth Industrial Revolutions. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 136,000 employees. ABB has been working in Ukraine since 1992. ABB employs more than 100 people in Kyiv and its regional offices in Lviv and Zaporizhia.
