Overview
ABB's (originally Brown Boveri/BBC) high-power semiconductor plant in Lenzburg, Switzerland opened in 1981 producing diodes and thyristors, later adding GTOs, IGCTs and (from 1998) IGBTs; a USD 140 million plant expansion was inaugurated in 2010, making it ABB's main site for HVDC and variable-speed-drive power semiconductors. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at Fabrikstrasse 3, 5600 Lenzburg, Switzerland. It focuses on Analog / Power. This site represents an estimated investment of $0.14B. Production at this facility commenced in 1981.
Technology
About ABB Semiconductors
ABB Semiconductors is a business unit of ABB, the Swiss-Swedish industrial technology group, manufacturing high-power BiMOS and IGBT semiconductors for HVDC transmission and variable-speed drives at its Lenzburg, Switzerland plant.