Gold Magazine June - July 2013, Issue 27 | Page 58

CYPRUS SHIPPING DIRECTORY ABB Philippos Ioulianos Sales Manager W hat kind of services do you provide to the shipping industry here? Are you alone in what you offer or is your particular sector very competitive? If so, how do you manage to stand out from your competitiors? In the New Buildings projects, we have strong competition from other turbocharging makers and it is a long and hard process to convince the owners to place our turbocharger on their vessels. We provide good benefits to the client and, in addition, our Service network is in more than 100 locations globally. Therefore, whenever the vessel is trading we have nearby an ABB Turbocharging Service Station. Regarding after sales service, we have even more competition as small workshops can 56 Gold THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT, FINANCE & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MAGAZINE OF CYPRUS Photography: Jo Michaelides ABB Turbocharging is the world’s premier supplier of turbochargers for diesel and gas engines in the 500kW plus power range. Worldwide more than 190,000 ABB turbochargers are in operation, on ships, in power stations, on locomotives and in off-highway equipment. Our Limassol ABB Turbocharging Service Station offers customer proximity and rapid response to all the service needs of ABB turbocharger end users in Cyprus. ABB Turbocharging Service in Cyprus offers turbocharger maintenance, repair and overhaul, using knowledge and technology and expertise available only to the turbocharger manufacturer.