ABB Profile & Fundamentals

ABB Ltd provides electrification, motion, and automation solutions and products for customers in utilities, industry and transport, and infrastructure in Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates through Electrification, Motion, and Automation segments. Its Electrification segment offers renewable power solutions, modular substation packages, distribution automation products, switchboards and panelboards, switchgears, UPS solutions, circuit breakers, measuring and sensing devices, control products, wiring accessories, enclosures and cabling systems, and intelligent home and building solutions. The company's Motion segment designs, manufactures, and sells drives, motors, generators, and traction converters that are driving the low-carbon future for industries, cities, infrastructure, and transportation. The company's Automation segment offers industry-specific, integrated automation, electrification and digital solutions, as well as lifecycle services for the process, hybrid and marine industries. This segment also provides control technologies; process, machine and factory automation; industrial software; advanced analytics; sensing and measurement technology; and marine propulsion systems; services such as remote monitoring, preventive maintenance, asset performance management, emission monitoring and cybersecurity. It serves oil, gas, renewables, chemicals, mining, metals, cement, pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, battery manufacturing, food and beverage, space, power generation, water, marine, and ports industries. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.