ABB宣布已签署协议，将其英国技术工程咨询业务剥离给德国莱茵TÜV，该业务是ABB能源工业部门的技术工程咨询部分。该交易预计将在2023年第二季度完成，交易的财务条款没有披露。
ABB的英国技术工程咨询公司，包括分包商和联营公司的网络，有大约160人，在英格兰东北部和西北部的两个主要地点运营。一支的技术专家团队帮助全球能源客户提高工艺安全、设备和资产的完整性，以及为新的和现有的工业工厂进行技术设计。
ABB能源工业英国公司负责人Troy Stewart表示，我们的技术工程咨询业务为客户带来的价值得到了高度认可，在能源转型的过程中，在强劲行业顺风的推动下，我们有很大的发展机会。这次剥离是在对我们的投资组合进行了两年的战略审查之后进行的，旨在加速业务的持续增长。莱茵TÜV是技术工程咨询业务的一个很好选择，在这里它可以实现令人兴奋的增长机会并创造客户价值。
莱茵TÜV英国公司总经理Gareth Book表示，在我们看到对可持续发展、脱碳和业务连续性的需求不断增加的时候，我们期待创造增长、稳定和机会。ABB的英国技术工程咨询业务将补充莱茵TÜV现有的风险、安全和完整性管理服务。我们的目标是在ABB和莱茵TÜV过去20年在英国建立的长期客户关系和信任的基础上，更上一层楼。
ABB的技术工程咨询业务将被整合到莱茵TÜV在英国的工业服务和网络安全业务。合并后的业务将创建一个可扩展的、基础广泛的技术工程提供商，为高危行业提供全方位服务，支持客户的能源转型以及能源安全。
以下为英文新闻稿：
ABB to divest UK technical engineering consultancy business to TÜV Rheinland
ABB announced it has signed an agreement to divest its UK technical engineering consultancy business, a technical engineering consultancy part of its Energy Industries division, to TÜV Rheinland. The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2023. The financial terms of the transaction will not be disclosed.
ABB’s UK technical engineering consultancy including a network of subcontractors and associates has around 160 people operating from two main sites in the northeast and the northwest of England. A specialist team of technical experts helps global energy customers improve process safety, equipment and asset integrity as well as technical design for new and existing industrial plants.
“Our technical engineering consultancy business is highly recognized for the value it brings to customers, and has significant opportunity for growth, enabled by strong industry tailwinds as we navigate the energy transition,” said Troy Stewart, Head of ABB Energy Industries UK. “This divestment follows a two-year strategic review of our portfolio and aims to accelerate the continued growth of the business. TÜV Rheinland is an excellent new home for the technical engineering consultancy business, where it can realize its exciting growth opportunity and create customer value.”
“We look forward to creating growth, stability and opportunity at a time where we are seeing increased demand for sustainability, decarbonization and business continuity,” said Gareth Book, Managing Director TÜV Rheinland UK. “ABB’s UK technical engineering consultancy will complement the existing risk, safety and integrity management services provided by TÜV Rheinland. Our aim is to build upon the long-standing customer relationships and trust that ABB and TÜV Rheinland have established in the UK over the last two decades.”
ABB’s technical engineering consultancy will be integrated into the Industrial Services and Cybersecurity business of TÜV Rheinland in the UK. The combined business will create a scalable, broad-based technical engineering provider delivering a full-service offer to the high hazard industries, supporting customers in the energy transition and energy security.