An EU-funded project has enabled the independent public healthcare establishment in the town of Aleksandrów Łódzki – located in the Łódzkie region of central Poland – to build a modern outpatient clinic The facility has been fitted out with essential medical and rehabilitation equipment and adapted to the needs of people with disabilities The project has responded to identified regional needs and improved the quality and availability of medical services for the inhabitants of the community of Aleksandrów Łódzki The project entailed the purchase of the building in which the new clinic is housed the performance of the necessary construction and finishing works and installation of infrastructure the medical equipment and furnishings were bought and installed In excess of 18 000 inhabitants of Aleksandrów Łódzki and of Zgierz county – of which Aleksandrów Łódzki is one of the largest towns – are expected to be able to access the improved healthcare services Construction of the outpatient clinic is an extension of the activities carried out under an existing contract between the independent public healthcare establishment of Aleksandrów Łódzki and Poland’s national healthcare fund The building contains new premises for two earlier existing clinics for ambulatory care – medical care provided on an outpatient basis treatment and intervention – run by the public healthcare establishment healthcare services at the new facility include cardiovascular examinations high-quality rehabilitation treatment and specialist services offered by the children’s mental health centre The improved levels of service and infrastructure resulting from the development of the facility will widen access to comprehensive long-term and specialist care for patients while creating conditions for effective physical occupational and social rehabilitation of people with disabilities An indirect benefit of the project is its contribution to the implementation of EU policies and the achievement of EU goals in the field of health Higher care standards will help improve health among local residents The knock-on effects include fewer people taking early retirement reductions in the local unemployment rate and better quality of life for elderly people due to them remaining healthy and mentally and physically active for longer as well as addressing the needs of patients in Aleksandrów Łódzki and their carers and families the new clinic will ensure additional professional support for the medical managerial and administrative staff of the town’s public healthcare establishment Total investment for the project “Building and equipping a modern outpatient clinic of the independent public healthcare establishment (SP ZOZ) in Aleksandrów Łódzki” is EUR 885 000 with the EU’s European Regional Development Fund contributing EUR 453 000 through the “Łódzkie Voivodeship” Operational Programme for the 2014-2020 programming period The investment falls under the priority “Social inclusion” obsługiwany przez Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Łódzkiego Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej w Aleksandrowie Łódzkim one country is spotlighted at the world's biggest trade fair for industrial technology This week Poland is being featured as the show’s official Partner Country Polish industry is achieving impressive innovation and growth presenting a range of opportunities for businesses and investors all around the world ABB Poland has been at the forefront helping to drive this achievement From the beginning of its operations 25 years ago ABB Poland has strengthened ABB’s European and global footprint moving to the next level of quality and technology both within and beyond the country’s borders The list of ground breaking projects driven by ABB Poland is impressive Improving energy security together with increasing total installed power and modernizing the rail sector throughout the country were made possible by ABB Poland Operating 11 factories and 25 branch offices ABB Poland is a leading company in the local power and automation sector It has also becomes a significant hub in ABB’s global supply chain exporting cutting edge technologies and specialized business services worldwide These tasks are being facilitated by increasingly growing competencies on the local level and continually developed production and research facilities ABB production facilities around the country contribute to a balanced business model and sustainable growth with ABB spending over $25 million annually on investments in the country One of ABB’s largest and most modern production centers in Europe is located in the center of Poland world-class production and design center manufactures state-of-the art energy efficient products for the utilities industry and transport & infrastructure sectors such as high efficiency low voltage electric motors as well as sophisticated traction systems and converters for clean rail transport and wind power applications The center in Lodz includes a feeder factory manufacturing a range of components to serve its transformer units in Europe; a power transformers factory mainly for Central and Eastern Europe; a distribution transformers factory for the European market; and a facility that delivers prefabricated insulation kits and elements to its power transformer factories in Europe helping them to reduce cycle times and lower costs the facility in Przasnysz is one of the main ABB Medium Voltage factories located in Europe manufacturing medium and high voltage apparatus used in many new industry segments such as renewable energy and data centers The Wroclaw facility exports low voltage switchgears throughout Europe It also delivers complete automation solutions and creates software for power utilities The research and development teams in all of the country’s factories continually improve products and adapt offerings to specific customer requirements developed a breakthrough solution for reducing noise level in transformers which is a fundamental issue in terms of sustainability Researchers and engineers consistently search for and implement innovative products systems and services to provide utility and industry customers with high efficiency save energy and lower environmental impact Products made by ABB Poland are exported to dozens of countries around the world often becoming part of crucial investments for local communities traction solutions from Aleksandrow Lodzki ensure comfort for passengers of rail connections in Turkey Australia and Malaysia; transformers from Lodz are providing reliable power supplies in Africa; fuses manufactured in Przasnysz are helping to expand electricity networks in Vietnam ABB Poland makes a significant contribution as the center of expertise for digitization within ABB At the Corporate Research Center (CRC) in Krakow researchers from eight countries conduct interdisciplinary work in 26 labs implementing concepts to promote industrial digitization and enable value creation Working with scientists from other ABB research centers they brought the company’s low-voltage motor remote monitoring smart sensor to the state of market readiness DriveMonitor for medium voltage drives and ENVILINE™ ERS ABB in Poland has developed a proven record in the IT market. IS teams in Krakow – developers, analysts, project managers, databank designers and web developers – are globally recognized as a R&D software center within ABB, offering best in class solutions for the electricity market and process automation industries worldwide. Software Development Center (PLSDC) offers software systems that support all focus industries in process and power automation areas like power generation The vast majority of nuclear power plants in US are using the software that is being developed by PLSDC Researchers and engineers through ABB Poland have made key contributions to the newly launched ABB Ability ™ the company’s industry leading portfolio of digital solutions which is being showcased at the Hannover Messe ABB Remote Diagnostic Service for Marine is an analytical and predictive approach to vessel maintenance The RDS concept was designed at the CRC in Krakow and further development is also supported by Software Development Center The significance of Poland on the global map of ABB continues to grow The Former ISDC unit (Information Systems Delivery Center) has merged to become a part of the new Global Business Services (GBS) in Krakow that is responsible for group wide ABB-internal transactional tasks including Finance When fully operational the GBS will employ a multi-lingual culturally diverse workforce of about 2,000 people will help achieve key ambitions of ABB’s Next Level strategy to make the company faster playing an important role in supporting company’s digital transformation This is another stage in the development of ABB in Poland The company has ambitious plans in terms of manufacturing continuing its long-term tradition of engineering expertise thus actively participating in both the Energy and Fourth Industrial Revolutions ABB's website uses cookies. By staying here you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn more I agree This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Security camera vision shared on Facebook by local publication Telewizja Aleksandrów Łódzki shows the Swift driving towards a roundabout at high speed. The driver failed to brake to go around the roundabout and ended up slamming into it He crashed up a small brick embankment on the side of the roundabout and soared into the air While there is no footage available that shows the Suzuki touching the ground again a single image from the local police reveals the Swift was absolutely destroyed in the wreck Watch Also: Watch Woman Launch BMW M4 Into The Air After Crashing Through Traffic Circle https://www.facebook.com/policja.lodzkie/posts/3237388786279483 it is totally unrecognizable as the front end has been crumpled and it looks like the engine is missing entirely Police say the hatchback hit a number of buildings in a cemetery before coming to a rest. Telewizja Aleksandrów Łódzki reports the car was being driven by a 41-year-old male and that local authorities had to cut him out of the vehicle to save his life Unsurprisingly police suspect the man may have been drunk as there was a strong smell of alcohol inside the car He was taken to a local hospital and has undergone a blood test to see if he was indeed driving under the influence No information has been provided about the extent of the man’s injuries but if blood tests show he was indeed intoxicated at the time of the crash he will likely be slapped with a series of offenses he likely won’t be driving for some time https://www.facebook.com/tvaleksandrow/videos/vb.1766959963561339/678185046275652/ Vehicle manufacturers and engineering companies are not passive - they are working on prototype solutions One of such projects materialized in September 2021 - the first Polish hydrogen-powered shunting locomotive built by PESA in cooperation with ABB - Polish railways are facing radical changes resulting from the "Green Deal" program implemented by the European Commission the aim of which is to reduce CO2 emissions in transport by 30% by 2030 and ultimately to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 This is a big challenge for infrastructure operators Achieving this goal without the implementation of hydrogen technology for rail transport is practically impossible - Krzysztof Zdziarski President of the Management Board of PESA Bydgoszcz SA as the implementation of hydrogen-based technologies in rail transport began in Germany But the Bydgoszcz-based company set itself two goals - to prepare a new Pesa Regio160 passenger multiple unit platform based on electric drives powered by hydrogen cells and to build a prototype of a hydrogen-powered shunting locomotive the market is already waiting for new solutions because the rolling stock plans of Polish local governments submitted to the National Reconstruction Program include 37 passenger multiple units with hydrogen cells Krzysztof Zdziarski reveals that the purchase of this type of vehicles is also included in PKP Intercity and Polregio in their rolling stock strategies the main emphasis of the entire research and development team of the company is currently focused on the project of a shunting locomotive with a hydrogen drive prepared in cooperation with PKN Orlen and Orlen Koltrans The construction of the prototype was completed and the finished vehicle was presented in September 2021 at the TRAKO Railway Fair the locomotive  starts approval tests - It is the first rail vehicle in Poland with a hydrogen drive so it can be said that we are one of the forerunners of hydrogen drives in the railway industry in the world - says Maciej Duczyński manager of the local ABB traction business in Poland who participated in the project for many months ABB is one of the technological partners of the rolling stock manufacturer from Bydgoszcz He is responsible for preparing the locomotive's energy system and more figuratively speaking - for receiving energy from the hydro-cell and directing it to the battery we were aware that the project was innovative so we must rely on reliable partners with extensive experience in their fields because we previously used ABB traction motors for trams for Gorzów Wielkopolski - explains Jacek Konop vice-president for technical affairs at PESA The whole structure is a 4-axis locomotive with 4 x 180 kW traction motors Equipped with two liquid-cooled traction converters The operation of the system is supported by an energy storage made in LTO technology with a capacity of 167.7 kWh from which the current will flow through ABB traction inverters with an auxiliary converter 3 x 400 V The vehicle uses hydrogen tanks - 175 kg and cells with a capacity of 2 x 85 kW - It is worth telling here how such a system works because many people are convinced that in such a solution hydrogen is burnt as fuel in the engine - Hydrogen is converted in hydrogen cells into electricity and batteries powers the electric motors that move the vehicle except that the electricity is not provided by traction - The scope of our work includes a traction battery and traction inverters which are not only used to power the motors but also control the current flowing from the hydrogen cells to the system supervising the energy flowing to all receivers - explains Maciej Duczyński - These types of converters are manufactured in the ABB Drives Factory in Aleksandrów Łódzki so we have extensive experience in designing and building them for the needs of various traction vehicles we used CC750 traction converters known on the market we had to adapt to the existing structure and its dimensions - says Maciej Duczyński - And because this locomotive is relatively small and the water tanks take up a lot of space there is little space left for us to develop we had a real challenge to ensure that everything was well designed The PESA SM42Dn locomotive is the first locomotive with a hydrogen propulsion prepared especially for the Polish market because the applied design solutions take into account the specific conditions of the Polish railway infrastructure the Bydgoszcz-based company is blazing the trail and by selecting the right technological partners