ABB opens campus for machine automation at B&R in Austria

ABB has opened a new global innovation and education campus at B&R's headquarters in Eggelsberg, Austria.

B&R is ABB's global center for machine and factory automation. The new campus is intended to create up to 1,000 additional high-tech jobs and, in addition to research laboratories for cutting-edge international research, will also include global training facilities for up to 4,000 people a year. To this end, B&R is cooperating with several universities. ABB has invested a total of 100 million euros in the expansion of the B&R headquarters.

On the new campus, innovations related to artificial intelligence, machine and factory automation will be developed, which will play an essential role in opening up new potential in the industrial production of the future - in sectors such as electronics, e-mobility, food and beverages, recycling, logistics or in agriculture. The innovations are intended to increase productivity and flexibility. This allows companies to become even more sustainable and produce closer to their end markets.

The new campus expands the total area of ​​the B&R headquarters to more than 100,000 square meters and makes the company headquarters, with around 2,400 employees, one of the largest integrated centers for production, research and training in Central Europe. At the same time, the expansion will free up space that will be used for the further expansion of production to cover the increasing demand for B&R products.

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