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Asea Brown Boveri

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ABB Ltd.
Company typePublic (SIXCH0012221716CHF1, OMXABB, NYSEABB)
ISINCH0012221716 Edit this on Wikidata
IndustryPower technology, Industrial automation
Founded1988 through merger of ASEA (1883) of Sweden and Brown, Boveri & Cie (1891) of Switzerland
HeadquartersZürich, Switzerland
Key people
Ulrich Spiesshofer CEO
RevenueIncrease$31.8 billion USD (2009)
4,130,000,000 United States dollar (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
2,213,000,000 (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
Total assets43,262,000,000 United States dollar (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
140,000 (2014)
Websitewww.abb.com

ABB Group is a power and automation company based in Zürich, Switzerland. It is one of the world's largest engineering multinationals with operations in around 100 countries. The company has five divisions: Power Products, Power Systems, Discrete Automation & Motion, Low Voltage Products and Process Automation.