Frank Duggan, president meets Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Dr. Mohamed Shaker

Cairo, Egypt: 21 April 2015

As part of ABB's Next Level Strategy, Egypt continues to be an important market not only for its domestic consumption but also as a hub to export ABB technologies, systems and services into North and Central Africa, where reliable electricity supply is one of the cornerstones of economic development.

Frank Duggan, president, Asia, Middle East & Africa, ABB recently visited Egypt and met Dr. Mohamed Shaker, the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy to reaffirm ABB's commitment to the development of the country.

"We have a long history in the country. We are pleased to have come so far with our investments in Egypt. We recently opened two new manufacturing facilities and are also part of prestigious projects like the Grand Egyptian Museum. We recognize and appreciate Egypt's commitment to renewable power and the clear legislation drafted by the country to pave way for more usage of solar power. Our long-standing presence, strong track record and significant manufacturing base in Egypt enable us to be close to our customers and deliver reliable solutions in an efficient manner," said Duggan.

Duggan also visited the Mall of Egypt and Grand Egyptian Museum sites to appraise the progress of work. Both sites will be equipped with ABB's reliable power and automation technologies.

ABB recently opened two new manufacturing facilities producing compact substations and medium voltage switchgear to add to its current facilities in 10th of Ramadan City.

A building block has also been completely refurbished and is powered by a state of the art solar PV roof top installation(125 KW) showcasing ABB's invertors and electrification solutions used in the solar generation value chain. The solar plant will provide the necessary lighting power in the building with any over-capacity being fed directly into the national electrical grid.

This building will also house a high-tech customer showroom where ABB's extensive range of technologies, products and solutions will be on display including ABB KNX innovative applications and solutions for intelligent control system applied in the automation of residential and non-residential buildings.

Naji Jreijiri, managing director, ABB in Egypt, said: "ABB in Egypt is pro-actively demonstrating the benefits of renewable energy by having a solar installation in our own factory. We are quite optimistic for the future of the renewable energy market in Egypt, especially after the announcement of the Feed in Tariffs by the government. This shows strong commitment by the government in Egypt for renewables."

ABB has already played a significant role in harnessing wind and solar energy in Egypt, with numerous projects in this field like Al Zafarana Wind Farm and El Kureimat Solar plant south of Cairo. ABB supplied the distribution control system (DCS), MV Switchgear, Motors and Drives.

ABB in Egypt has been present since 1926, and started its manufacturing investment in 1979, and in the last couple of years has increased its investment to be able to serve Egypt's growing local market demand as well as positioning itself as the export hub for Africa, and the Middle East. ABB in Egypt has 2000 employees and operates in 5 factories spread over 100,000 square meters in 10th of Ramadan City, an export assembly factory in Nasr City free zone, a regional center and machines service workshop in 10th of Ramadan, and a regional service center for turbo-systems in Suez free zone. ABB Egypt Headquarters are based in Cairo and a branch in Alexandria City.

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ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility, industry, and transport and infrastructure customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in roughly 100 countries and employs about 140,000 people.

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