ABB Robotics and B&R Automation
Expertise bundled at one location
B&R Industrie-Elektronik has relocated its German headquarters from Bad Homburg to Friedberg in Hesse, where ABB's Robotics Division in Germany is based.
With the relocation of B&R Industrie-Elektronik to Friedberg, ABB's entire robotics and factory automation division is now located at a central location in Germany. Markus Sandhöfner (left), Managing Director of B&R Industrial Electronics, and Jörg Rommelfanger, Head of ABB's Robotics Division in Germany
© ABBWith this move, both divisions, which together form ABB 's Robotics and Factory Automation business unit, are now under one roof. With the spatial merger, the two divisions aim to create stronger synergies in the future and leverage joint potential to further advance flexible automation for customers in a wide range of industries.
"Even though Friedberg and Bad Homburg are not far away from each other, the idea of bundling all our activities at one location was an obvious one. The necessary capacities were available in Friedberg, and I am very happy to have our colleagues from B&R Automation with us now," emphasizes Jörg Rommelfanger, Head of ABB's Robotics Division in Germany. With the relocation of B&R Automation, around 650 employees are working on the transformation of robotics and automation at the ABB site in Friedberg.
Together, the two divisions want to bring their innovations in robotics, machine automation, software and service to life for visitors and customers. The current technology center in Friedberg is being redesigned for this purpose. Once completed, current developments, visionary future concepts and industry-specific solutions from the divisions will be on display on around 1,000 square meters, including: collaborative applications with ABB's GoFaTM and SWIFTITM cobots, scalable and flexible robot cells for manufacturing and logistics as well as innovations in adaptive manufacturing.
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