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ABB opens Digital Solutions Centre to help accelerate digital transformation

This morning ABB unveiled its brand new South African Digital Solutions Centre at its Longmeadow facility in Johannesburg.

The centre will allow customers in the energy, mining and transportation sectors to co-develop solutions that take advantage of the opportunities offered by digitalisation.

The new centre is the only one of its kind in Africa and represents a significant commitment to South Africa and the wider region as growth markets and an important customer base,” said local division manager for ABB South Africa’s Process Industries division, John Manuell.

Most industries and sectors are going through a rapid transformation that is being enabled by digital technologies. The South African Digital Solutions Centre strengthens our capacity to serve and support customers with technologies and capabilities that are key to the digital transformation of their operations,” the manager adds.

The Digital Solutions Centre boasts something ABB calls the Control Room of the future. Here, customers can design a control room and then experience what that room would both look like and how it would function before the foundations have been laid, using virtual reality.

Remote support is also a focus of the centre with customers able to connect remotely with ABB experts.

This will help businesses save on maintenance costs, reduce downtime and increase safety in their operations. Remote access platform services allow experts to access plant data remotely to analyse equipment and plant behaviour and recommend corrective actions,” ABB explains.

The centre may also prove to be useful for the local mining sector.

“The digital solutions presented at the centre are embedded under the ABB Ability MineOptimize portfolio, which provides mine operators with a suite of digitally connected solutions, products and collaborative services, to unify and optimize the lifecycle of a mine and ensure that the right people have the right information at the right time,” the firm said in a press release.

From now until 8th October the centre will host webinars and virtual workshops. While there will be on-site visits, they will be limited so as to comply with COVID-19 safety protocols.

You can find more information about this webinars and workshops at this link.

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