ABB wins prestigious mining magazine award

Paul Moore, Editor of Mining Magazine and Jon Baird, Managing Director of CAMESE (Canadian Association or Mining Equipment and Services for Export) present the prestigious Minerals Processing Award to Dave Willick, Local Business Unit Minerals Sales Manager - NA and Michel Serres, Local Business Unit Minerals Sales Manager, ABB Switzerland, on behalf of ABB.

In recognition of the ABB 800xA control system’s excellence and outstanding contribution to the mining industry, the mining sector’s leading monthly publication, Mining Magazine, presented ABB with its prestigious Minerals Processing Award in the Ancillary and Analysis category this past October 8 at its annual Global Congress held this year in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Canada. ABB's LBU Minerals business participated at the annual Congress with a booth that showcased ABB's mining solutions.

ABB’s System 800xA provides customers with a superior way to achieve measurable productivity and profitability improvements. The system extends the scope of traditional control systems to include all automation functions in a single operations and engineering environment, thus enabling plants to perform smarter and better at substantial cost savings.

“The widespread market acceptance of System 800xA over the last five years clearly demonstrates how this advanced approach to automation has filled a real productivity need across virtually all industry sectors,” underlines Veli-Matti Reinikkala, Head of ABB’s Process Automation division.

"ABB's automation system 800xA has many advantages including seamless integration of our mining solutions. It is an honor to receive this mining and automation specific award, which demonstrates increasing use, interest and acceptance of ABB's solution in the mining industry," says Dave Willick, LBU Minerals Sales Manager for North America.