ABB, a global technology leader in electrification and automation, has signed a MoU and a framework agreement with Bilfinger, a leading international industrial services provider, that will see the two jointly work to provide energy and process industries with instrumentation and digital services.  

 

The agreement aims to strengthen the offering of instrumentation and digital technologies to several industries including energy, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharma and biopharma and oil and gas. The key focus in the energy sector is on sustainable sources that drive the transition, particularly in the hydrogen and carbon capture (CCUS) market.

 

This collaboration will help address efficiency needs of customers, including work in energy transition contexts such as hydrogen and CCUS plants.

 

"At Bilfinger, globally standardized, digital services are considered an important driver of growth. Together with ABB, we share a common understanding of these solutions as strategically essential to enhancing the industry’s efficiency and sustainability," said Gerald Pilotto, Chief Products & Innovation Officer at Bilfinger. 

 

The collaboration will see the two companies combine their respective strengths. 

 

Under this, ABB will offer a broad and innovative portfolio of instrumentation and digital solutions, while Bilfinger brings comprehensive expertise in both conventional and renewable energy contexts and a portfolio that benefits process industries along the entire value chain.

 

"We look forward to addressing our customers’ operational efficiency needs with joined forces," he stated.

 

According to ABB, the agreements cover two main areas of collaboration:

 

*Maintenance and replacement orders: Bilfinger manages maintenance contracts that cover, amongst others, instrumentation upgrades, spare parts orders and replacement of equipment and pipelines. It will rely on ABB for the supply of instrumentation such as flowmeters, pressure, temperature, level and other sensors and transmitters as well as flow computers and digital services.

 

*New greenfield and brownfield projects: ABB and Bilfinger will jointly go to market to address the efficiency needs of customers supplying solutions in new projects for the energy (including hydrogen and CCUS) and process industries.

 

Amina Hamidi, Managing Director, Business Line Instrumentation, ABB Measurement & Analytics, said: "We are happy to collaborate with Bilfinger with the aim of delivering efficiency benefits to customers in target industries."

 

"It is becoming increasingly important for industries to measure end-to-end throughout their production processes. Together, we can ensure the performance of every step is optimized, helping process industries perform leaner and cleaner, and deliver efficiency gains," she added.-TradeArabia News Service