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U.S. ABB Unit Wins $12 Million Contract For Turbines At Indonesian Power Plant
Business Wire - October 01, 1997 08:54
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NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1997--A U.S.-based unit of ABB Inc. has won a contract worth approximately $12 million to supply four 31
megawatt steam turbines to a diesel- and coal-fired power plant being constructed in Indonesia. Fluor Daniel Inc. awarded the contract to ABB Power Generation
Inc. of Midlothian, Va.
The $1.6 billion plant will be located at the future site of a copper and gold mine on the island of Simbawa. It is being built by Fluor Daniel for Denver, Co.-based
mining company P.T. Neumont Nusa Tenggara. The plant will generate power to operate the mine. ABB will provide four steam turbines.
ABB Power Generation Inc. provides a complete range of turbine generators and services for diversified power plant applications. It is part of ABB Inc.
ABB Inc. (http://www.abb.com/americas/usa), with headquarters in Norwalk, Conn., serves customers in power generation, power transmission and distribution,
industrial and building systems, financial services, and transportation. The company and its affiliates had annual U.S. revenues of approximately $5.4 billion in 1996
and employed 22,000 people at manufacturing and other facilities in 41 states.
ABB Inc. is part of the ABB Group, the international engineering company with approximately 215,000 employees worldwide and revenues in 1996 of $35 billion.
Shares in ABB Group's parent companies, ABB AB and ABB AG, are traded, respectively, on the NASDAQ (ABBBY) and OTC (ABBGY) stock markets.
CONTACT: ABB Inc., Norwalk
William Kelly, 203-750-2246
e-mail: william.s.kelly@usabb.mail.abb.com
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