ELIP Partner Newsletter Q3 | ABB Electrification Business

T&B means Together & Better

Thomas & Betts has a 100+ year history of manufacturing some of the most recognized and trusted brands in the electrical industry, but we couldn’t achieve success without you. That’s why you’ll begin seeing our new tagline, Together & Better, showing our unwavering commitment to growing jointly with our distribution channel.

It’s this reciprocal partnership that helps us both succeed – bringing our trusted brand names like Carlon®, Ty-Rap®, Steel City® and T&B Liquidtight Systems® to the market through your local networks. In 2023, we invested in new warehouses, supply chain capacity, and introduced innovative products to ensure you can stock and sell more than 38 brands from one vendor. We appreciate your continued support, and we believe that Together, we’re Better.

NAM Transformation: empower is live and operational!

Thank you for being a part of this journey as we transition from T&B Access to ABB empower. We are now successfully taking orders and making shipments! This is all possible because of your dedication and effort through the past several months participating in training and testing, and working closely with our team. We are excited to bring the ABB empower experience to you and are committed to providing a continued level of support to make this transition successful. There are many communication resources and tools which we encourage you to explore.

Grand Opening: Robert M. Thomas Innovation Center

We are happy to announce the opening of our new $3-million Robert M. Thomas Innovation Center in Memphis, Tennessee. This space is dedicated to accelerate development of next generation electrification solutions to better serve you and your customers’ needs. In the 16,000-square-foot center, we bring together research and development, engineers and product and training specialists to collaborate with each other and customers on the design and testing of electrical products for a broad range of industries and environments.

NEW: T&B Fittings® Stainless Dome Drain

Food and Beverage product portfolio expansion

Made of 316 stainless steel for hygiene and corrosion resistance, the NSF-certified T&B® Fittings drain fitting features slotted threads for easy draining and an optional screen to prevent clogging. The drain fitting is UL Type 4X listed and IP56 rated, making it suitable for washdown environments. This is ideal in the Food & Beverage industry. It is available for order now and pairs well with the new T&B Fittings cylinder hub.

Introducing the ABB CPS Selection Tool

Find the Right Cable Protection Solution

Now you can easily select UL 508A Section 19.0 compliant cable protection products, including T&B Liquidtight Systems® fittings, conduits, cord connectors and accessories, that match the ingress ratings of your industrial enclosures. This is an easy-to-use online selector that matches UL, CSA, NEMA and IEC IP ratings to cable protection solutions, helping to ensure reliable, long-life ingress protection and easier spec’ing.

E-Mobility Brochure

Our solutions for a safer and smarter flow of electricity

Emission-free public transportation, such as electric buses and light rail, improve local air quality and reduce noise pollution. But transitioning to an electric vehicle fleet can present new challenges, especially regarding choosing the right infrastructure to support the fleet’s operational needs. ABB can help address these challenges with smart technologies that are quickly deployable and help to support continuous operations.

Have you scheduled a Preventative Maintenance Walkthrough?

Take advantage of this valuable assessment from ABB, at no cost to you or your customers

The ABB preventative maintenance walk-through is a no-cost service that helps food and beverage processors find and address existing and potential electrical issues. After assessing your customers’ facilities’ electrical systems concerns, ABB provides a customized proposal of solutions that can help their plant increase personnel safety, potentially cut electrical system changeover/downtime by 40-50%, increase overall equipment effectiveness, and possibly extend electrical system service life by up to 300%, offering overall improvement in sustainability and revenue.

Have a customer interested in a walkthrough?

Our Mobile Solutions Trucks Are Ready For A Visit

Our fleet of three trucks across the nation can be scheduled for a demonstration at your customers' facilities

Our mobile solutions truck provides on-site solutions for your training and application demo needs. One of our three experienced Technical Sales Support Specialists will provide on-site training and troubleshooting and present hands-on product demonstrations to your team and your customers.