Factories where the future of automotive batteries will be built are now up. All over the World, And ABB is to develop and production lines.

- Our next major growth engine, "says Anders Nylander, global head of the ABB Robotics Products.

During the first quarter sold ABB Robotics only one third as much robots as last year.

Yet claims Anders Nylander to the economic crisis in the world is beneficial to ABB Robotics'.

- We were not there for us 8-10 years ago when we built up the production means to produce flat screens for TVs. The mistake we do not. We are now developing more new systems and products than ever before, taking more market share from our competitors than ever before, "he says.

The big Japanese and German competitors have lost far more in sales than the Swedish-Swiss firm - on average about 50 percent, and Japanese manufacturers up to 60 percent, according to statistics from the UN organization International Federation of Robotics.

- We will see a lot of bankruptcies and takeovers, the consolidation of the robot industry. Unlike our competitors, we have an entire group behind us, the security of the mother who gives us the charter and resources to make aggressive bets in the recession.

This investment is primarily about an industry - batteries for electric and hybrid cars.

- The industry will grow enormously in a few years, the entire robot industry's main growth engine. Battery manufacturing requires flexible automation equipment and a lot of robots, "says Anders Nylander.

Battery Manufacturers in Sweden, Germany, Europe, USA, China, Japan, indeed the whole of Asia is now the center of the step from prototype manufacturing to large-scale mass production. It outlines new factories all over the world. And built.

- And this time we are having. We are stepping in the battery industry, establish relationships, adapt our products are with and build up production.