ABB opens its new Machinery Automation Global Innovation and Training campus in B&R, Austria, one of the largest integrated production, research and development and training sites in central Europe.
ABB opens its new Machinery Automation Global Innovation and Training campus in B&R, Austria, one of the largest integrated production, research and development and training sites in central Europe.
The new campus is ABB's global research and development center for machine and factory automation, artificial intelligence and software solutions. The Global Innovation Center significantly expands its links with machinery manufacturers, manufacturers, start-ups, research and educational institutions.
ABB has opened a new global innovation and training campus at its B&R headquarters in Eggelsberg, Austria, its global center for machinery and factory automation. The new campus will create up to 1,000 additional high-tech jobs, contain world-class research and development laboratories, and a global training facility in partnership with the university that can train up to 4,000 people a year. ABB invested 100 million euros to expand its B&R headquarters.
Innovation in the park revolves around artificial intelligence, machinery and factory automation, and will play an important role in unlocking the potential of future industrial production - in the fields of electronics, e-mobility, food and beverage, environmental protection, logistics, agriculture and more. They will increase productivity and flexibility, help customers become more sustainable and bring production closer to their end markets.
"Innovation has been in ABB's DNA for more than 130 years, and B&R, a member of our group, is a true innovation hub for the transition to more automated smart manufacturing. The official opening of the campus is a proud moment for ABB as we create many high-tech jobs and work with our customers to create a better future for our machines and plants."
01 Integrated production, R&D and training center in Central Europe
The new campus expands the total area of B&R's headquarters to more than 100,000 square meters, making B&R one of the largest integrated production, research and development and training sites in central Europe, currently employing around 2,400 people. The expansion will also make room for additional capacity expansion to meet the growing demand for B&R products.
"This is the decade of the transition to robotics and automation, as our customers deal with global labor and supply shortages, consumers accelerate their demand for personalized products, and businesses need to operate more sustainably." ABB's new campus will serve as a customer collaboration hub where we work with customers around the world to help them address these trends and support B&R as the partner of choice for the world's most ambitious industrial automation projects."
ABB research shows that in Europe and the United States, 8 out of 10 companies plan to further automate, and 7 out of 10 plan to reshape their production. The size of the global potential market for machinery and factory automation is currently estimated to increase from $20 billion per year to $31 billion per year by 2030.
ABB acquired B&R in 2017, becoming the only company able to provide industrial automation customers with fully integrated hardware and software solutions around control, drive, robotics, sensor analytics and electrification.
02 Open innovation and education center for joint development and training
The ABB Innovation and Training Campus will serve as an open innovation hub where B&R will work closely with international customers, companies and start-ups from across the region, as well as research and educational institutions, to develop automation solutions and nurture the talent needed for the factories of the future.
