# ABB to provide automation system for GreenIron's fossil-free metal facility in Sandviken

ABB has been selected by GreenIron to provide ABB Ability System 800xA distributed control system for a first commercial facility in Sandviken, Sweden, using hydrogen-based reduction technology for fossil-free metal production.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2025-01-23
- Where: Sandviken, Sweden
- Status: announced
- Products: distributed control system, fossil-free sponge iron
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md), [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md) (supplier)
- [GreenIron](https://endata.com/companies/82519.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [new.abb.com](https://new.abb.com/news/detail/122894/greeniron-to-deploy-abb-technology-for-greater-circularity-in-metals-and-mining-industries), 2025-01-23: "ABB has been selected by GreenIron, an innovative Swedish company working in the mining and metals industries with its patented materials reduction technology, to provide automation and control system solutions for a first commercial facility in Sandviken, Sweden."

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