Sorocaba (Brazil): ABB awarded $30 million contract

ABB received an order from Brazil worth $30 mn to supply three industrial substations, including the largest turnkey substation ever for an industrial customer in the country. The contract, by aluminium producer Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA), will sharply increase production at a CBA smelter in the state of Sao Paulo. The 750 MVA substation will provide power for an additional furnace room, so that CBA can increase its primary aluminium production to 460ktpy. ABB is already supplying CBA with a 230kV substation and rectifiers for another furnace room that is due to commence operation in May 2005. (The Engineer Online - 04/25/05)