ABB Installation Products has opened its new manufacturing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to meet increased demand for Elastimold cable accessories and Fisher Pierce circuit solutions.
The more than $40 million investment reinforces ABB’s focus on supporting utility projects and U.S. infrastructure improvements, where about 80% of the products will be installed. An additional $15 million was invested in equipment upgrades and automation.
The addition of ABB’s new Albuquerque facility is part of a broader strategy to increase production capacity, drive innovation and shorten supply chains, with more than $125 million invested in ABB Installation Products expansions and improvements across the U.S. in the last five years. The 90,000-square-foot greenfield facility strengthens ABB’s manufacturing footprint with inventory for electric utility, renewable energy and distribution partners across the U.S. and in some countries globally.
Energy providers face unprecedented challenges, including aging infrastructure and equipment, growing power demand, and increasing frequency of severe weather events. ABB’s expanded production capabilities bring essential electrical products closer to customers and support electric power distribution, undergrounding, grid hardening and fire mitigation projects.
The existing North Building opened in 1973 on ABB‘s 40-acre campus at in Albuquerque and has produced tens of millions of electrical products over the past 50 years.
The new South Building expands ABB's on-site operations, creating more than 150 new full-time jobs and integrating ABB robotics technology, digital equipment and areas for quality, testing and distribution, to help double production capacity. It also houses a dedicated Pioneering Innovation Center to support customer collaboration, job training and advanced research and development, while showcasing product installations.
ABB invested an additional $15 million in both buildings over the past year to add production shifts, equipment upgrades and automation technology, as well as continue to drive sustainability initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce waste and water usage.
The ABB Albuquerque campus currently employs more than 565 full-time associates and aims to add some 50 jobs in the coming months.
