# ABB opens global innovation and training campus at B&R in Austria

ABB opened a new global innovation and training campus at B&R's headquarters in Eggelsberg, Austria, with a EUR 100 million investment, creating up to 1,000 additional high-tech jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-07-11
- Where: Eggelsberg, Austria, Austria
- Value: $102.0M (100.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 1,000
- Starts operating: 11 Jul 2022
- Status: completed
- Products: machine and factory automation, AI and software solutions
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md)
- [B&R](https://endata.com/companies/1728.md) (partner)
- [B&R Industrial Automation](https://endata.com/companies/17366.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [br-automation.com](https://www.br-automation.com/en/about-us/press-room/abb-opens-global-innovation-and-training-campus-for-machine-automation-at-br-in-austria-11-07-2022/), 2022-07-11: "Innovation has been in ABB’s DNA for more than 130 years and our division, B&R, is a true innovation hot-spot for the transformation towards more automated manufacturing."
- [new.abb.com](https://new.abb.com/news/detail/93051/abb-opens-global-innovation-and-training-campus-for-machine-automation-at-br-in-austria), 2022-07-11: "The new campus will create up to 1,000 additional high-tech jobs and includes world-class research and development laboratories, as well as global training facilities for up to 4,000 people per year in collaboration with universities."
- [roboticsandautomationnews.com](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2022/08/01/abb-opens-100-million-global-innovation-and-training-campus-for-machine-automation-at-br-in-austria/53744/), 2022-08-01: "The official opening of this campus is a proud moment for our ABB as we create highly-skilled jobs while shaping the machines and factories of the future together with our customers."
- [mechatronicscanada.ca](https://www.mechatronicscanada.ca/changing-scenes/abb-opens-global-innovation-and-training-campus-for-machine-automation-at-b-r-in-austria/), 2022-08-09: "The official opening of this campus is a proud moment for our ABB as we create highly skilled jobs while shaping the machines and factories of the future together with our customers."

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