ABB has signed a five-year ‘frame agreement’ with the carmaker, BMW Group, to deliver 2,100 industrial robots, according to an ABB release. Deliveries of the robots are to commence in 2010 for BMW’s operations in Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. The robots will be applied in parts handling, gluing and spot welding on car-body assembly lines for BMW’s 1-series, 3-series, X5-series and Mini models.