1. US Corporate Research Center (USCRC)

2. © ABB USCRC 2 Strengthening Research in U.S. US Corporate Research - A branch of ABB’s Global R&D Labs  Raleigh Location: focus on Power Technologies serving electric utility customers  Wickliffe Location: focus on Automation Technologies serving process industry customers  Windsor Location: focus on Robotics Technologies for manufacturing customers

3. © ABB USCRC 3 USCRC in U.S. Association: Automation Technologies Lab Power Technologies Lab Locations: Raleigh, NC Wickliffe, OH Windsor, CT and Auburn Hills, MI (Aligned with ABB Product Development and Operations areas) Established: Initial formation February 2002 Building to critical mass Size: approx 70 Engineers (PhD, MS degrees) Purpose: Supporting future technologies related to program areas of local and global development organizations

4. © ABB USCRC 4 Why strengthen R&D in U.S.? US is the world’s most competitive economy. US is the world’s largest market. US has large installed customer base. US attracts the world’s best talents. US provides suitable environment for starting new technology based business. US has a large number of the world class universities and other research institutions. US has been leading innovations for many years in many scientific and technology fronts.

5. © ABB USCRC 5 Why strengthen R&D in U.S.? US is the largest market for ABB and is showing a great potential for our business growing. We want to have our ABB R&D close to the market, close to our end customers, and close to leading universities. We want to attract the best talents into our research and development organization.

6. © ABB USCRC 6 How do we work? As an integral portion of ABB’s Group R&D, we share ABB’s global vision and technology strategies, but emphasize the local market needs. We work closely with our other Corporate Research Centers around the world. We are establishing close ties with the industries we serve. We are building long-term relationships with leading universities. We partner with other research institutions to create values for our industries and our society via innovation and technology advancement.

7. © ABB USCRC 7 R&D Focus of Power Technologies Electric Power Grid Reliability and Availability Transmission and Distribution Systems Solutions HVAC, HVDC, FACTs Utility Information Technologies: Monitoring, Automation, Control and Protection Grid Capacity Optimization, Asset management Energy Market Research Energy Market Operation and Monitoring Energy Market Risk Management Manufacturing technologies Operation Excellent Production technology, business process improvement

8. © ABB USCRC 8 R&D Focus of Automation Technologies Software Architecture and Processes Software Security Software Quality Testing and Process Improvement Software Technologies for System Improvement Control and Optimization Plant Modeling Advanced Process Control Asset Management Mechatronics and Robotics Easy Robot Programming Force Control Robot Learning

9. © ABB USCRC 9 Our University Partners

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