Bernecker + Rainer (B&R) / ABB
ABB invests 100 million euros at B&R headquarters
One year after announcing the takeover of B&R, the Swiss ABB Group will invest 100 million euros in Austria. The innovation and education campus being built at B&R's headquarters in Eggelsberg will create the basis for around 1,000 new high-tech jobs.
The ground-breaking ceremony for the global innovation and education campus is already planned for this summer, with commissioning scheduled for the course of 2020.
© ABBThe new research and development site will cover 35,000 m² and house a range of pioneering facilities. In addition to state-of-the-art R&D laboratories for developing and testing the latest automation technologies, from industrial control systems to machine learning and artificial intelligence, an "Automation Academy" will be used to train and familiarize customers, partners and employees with these technologies. Once completed, the Eggelsberg site will be one of ABB's largest research and development centers, according to ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer.
Ulrich Spiesshofer, CEO of ABB: "B&R has made an excellent start under the ABB umbrella and is exceeding our expectations. We are well on the way to achieving our sales target of 1 billion US dollars very soon."
© ABBUntil its acquisition by ABB in July 2017, B&R was an independent provider of product and software-based solutions for machine and factory automation. The company has since been integrated into ABB's Industrial Automation division and is managed as the global Machine & Factory Automation business unit. B&R currently employs more than 1,000 people.
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