Switzerland, Oct. 30 -- ABB has been awarded Maturity Level 5 (ML5) certification for their Functional Safety Management System (FSMS) by TUV Rheinland, an independent global certification institute in functional safety and cyber security. ML5 is an approach and concept applied by TUV Rheinland considering and auditing high-level KPI performances. The TUV Rheinland FSMS Certificate ML 5 is granted to the ABB Energy Industries division Safety Execution Centers (SEC) in Germany, Italy, Norway and Singapore, which provide safety support to high hazard industrial sectors.Functional safety consists of the systems and processes that automatically protect people, assets and the environment if a facility or operation moves outside safe limits. In i...