ABB Acquires Assets of HSB Reliability Technologies, LLC.NORWALK, Conn. -- ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s , the leading power and automation technology group, said today it acquired HSB (Hue Saturation Brightness) A color space that is similar to the way an artist mixes colors by adding black and white to pure pigments. The pigments are the hues (H), measured in a circle from 0 to 359 degrees (0=red, 60=yellow, 120=green, 180=cyan, 240=blue, Reliability Technologies and HSB Reliability Systems groups for an undisclosed amount. The acquired businesses have over 70 years of reliability and maintenance consulting and implementation experience with the world's leading manufacturing companies in both the process and discrete industries. These groups were part of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, one of the world's leading equipment breakdown insurers. These groups will be integrated into ABB's service organization, effective immediately. "We look at this acquisition as a strong, strategic investment in the future of ABB, our new employees and our industrial customers," said Michael Drew Professor Michael Drew is a chemistry professor at the University of Reading. He currently holds the position of head of physical chemistry. His main area of study centres on computational chemistry. He is referenced by at least 598 papers (Web of Science). , Vice President of Global Engineering & Consulting Services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" . "With the global reach of ABB's services organization, combined with the experience and innovative reliability solutions, the opportunities to significantly improve our customers' operational and financial performance will be greater than ever." We are pleased to add these industry leaders which provide plant and equipment productivity improvement solutions through the implementation of reliability and maintenance strategies, process optimization Process optimization is the practice of making changes or adjustments to a process, to get results. Optimization is the use of specific techniques to determine the most cost effective and efficient solution to a problem or design for a process. , scorecard development, operational change management, and asset management information technologies. Our consulting and outsourcing based solutions provide greater asset availability and higher production rates while improving safety compliance and decreasing maintenance costs. "They are a perfect fit for ABB's service strategy," said Dinesh Paliwal, Head of ABB North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "This expands ABB's capabilities to improve our customers' asset effectiveness and productivity through consulting, asset class outsourcing, and full service maintenance." ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utilities and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 102,000 people. The company's North American operations North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. , headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, employs about 11,000 people in 20 manufacturing and other facilities. |
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