Swiss power and automation machinery group ABB launched a global transformer R&D center in Chongqing yesterday. The design center will Manufacture transformer products for Chinese clients of its biggest transformer auxiliary ABB Chongqing Transformer Co Ltd, and will also support ABB groups in other countries."The design center is transforming ABB Chongqing Transformer into a fully fledged global transformer hub, combining design, manufacturing and engineering overhauls and insulation material supply," Brice Koch, president of ABB North Asia and chairman and president of ABB China, Expressed.

Koch added the new center will provide ABB an efficiency boost up. "It will serve ABB's expertise closer to our customers," he said.