# ABB wins control system modernization contract for Arauco pulp mill in Chile

ABB has been contracted by Arauco to modernize the distributed control system at its Licancel Cellulose Plant in Chile, upgrading to ABB Ability System 800xA version 6.1 and migrating from older DCS Infi 90 systems.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-04-21
- Where: Licantén district, Maule region, Chile
- Status: announced
- Products: distributed control system, process communication units
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md) (supplier)
- [Arauco](https://endata.com/companies/12491.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [new.abb.com](https://new.abb.com/news/detail/77122/abb-secures-control-system-modernization-contract-for-wood-pulp-mill-in-chile), 2021-04-21: "This modernization marks a departure from technologies that have been in place since the 1990s."

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