ABB Ltd

ABB Ltd has announced that ABB India has won a Rupees 933 million (93.3 crore) order from KHD Humboldt Wedag GmbH, Germany, to provide a turnkey electrics and automation solution for a 5000 TPD (tonnes per day) capacity green-field cement plant at Katrana in Jordan. The plant is being set up by the Al Katrana Cement Company LLC, Jordan (AKCC), a group Company of Arabian Cement Co. Saudi Arabia. The project is expected to be completed by mid 2009.

The scope of the project encompasses design, engineering, supply, erection and commissioning of the complete electrics and automation systems. The package will include low and high voltage motors, electronic drives, intelligent switchgear, HT & LT capacitors and distribution transformers. ABB will also provide control and automation for the Robot Lab at the plant, being established to enable sample analysis for quality improvement.

"ABB's proven power and automation technologies will help bring significant energy efficiency, facilitate productivity and sustain quality standards at the plant", said Biplab Majumder, Country Manager ABB India, commenting on the order.

"We have worked closely with the customer as a single window , turnkey solution partner. Our focus on providing value added user-friendly technologies like lab automation including robots and expert optimiser will go a long way in increasing operational efficiency and productivity of the plant", added N Ravi, Head-Process Automation division, ABB India.