ABB honored with Frost & Sullivan leadership award

ABB on October 4 earned the Frost & Sullivan "Growth Excellence in Market and Product Leadership of the Year Award, for 2006 Low Voltage Drives." Technological innovation, customer service and strategic product development were contingencies Frost & Sullivan included in its evaluation, noting that ABB's global Low Voltage Drives business unit has excelled across them all.

"In the drives space, this award goes to the company that demonstrates excellence in the fields of technology and evident customer confidence, in terms of loyalty and service," said Frost & Sullivan research analyst Shibu S L. Frost & Sullivan reviews the more than 100 companies around the world offering drives, when determining the award.

When presenting the award, Shibu S L noted, "This is in recognition of ABB LV Drives for its superior expertise in creating profit-impacting solutions across all end-user verticals, which enables the company to establish itself as a global leader – with unsurpassable global market reach and presence. ABB has shown unmatched ability to pioneer technological innovation and leadership in penetrating newer markets, and displayed a superlative ability to translate its consistent quality and technology focus into a customer-winning value proposition, via providing better life-cycle value for all its products globally."

Accepting the award on behalf of ABB was Richard Hepperla, senior vice president and general manager of ABB Low Voltage Drives, North America.

"ABB is particularly pleased with the award because it is based on Frost & Sullivan's original research," he said. "That research confirms that customers value ABB's focus on quality, technology and support."

Such recognition highlights an initiative and aggressive growth strategy that has been under way for several years, noted Pekka Tiitinen, group vice president and head of ABB's global Low Voltage Drives business unit.

"In recent years, ABB has been growing rapidly in the LV drives market," he said. "This growth has taken place in all regions – both the emerging economies, and in established markets. For us, this is very important because it shows we are successful as a truly global company. We have a strong local sales organization in all the major markets, and we believe that this proximity to our customers is one of the foundations for our success. Such an award encourages us to strengthen our global approach, and to invest, further, at this local level, that brings and keeps us close to customers."

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