ABB Robotics and Mettler-Toledo join forces to accelerate global adoption of flexible lab automation

Companies will redefining the limits of robotics in laboratories to accelerate innovation and address labor shortages

02-Feb-2024 - ABB Robotics and METTLER TOLEDO have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to offer an innovative solution that seamlessly integrates ABB’s robots with LabX™, METTLER TOLEDO’s laboratory instrument management software. The combined solution will enable greater levels of efficient and ...

ABB names Björn Rosengren as CEO

13-Aug-2019 - The Board of ABB has unanimously appointed Björn Rosengren, as Chief Executive Officer. He will join ABB on February 1, 2020 and succeed CEO, Peter Voser, in this role on March 1, 2020. At that time Peter Voser will revert to his position at ABB solely as Chairman of the Board. Björn Rosengren ...

ABB-CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer steps down

ABB names Peter Voser as interim CEO

18-Apr-2019 - The Board of Directors of ABB and its CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer (55) have mutually agreed for him to step down from his role, which he has held since 2013. The Chairman of the Board, Peter Voser (61), will become interim CEO in addition to his current role, with immediate effect. An official search ...

ABB to acquire GE Industrial Solutions

Purchase price of $2.6 billion

26-Sep-2017 - ABB announced the acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions, GE’s global electrification solutions business. GE Industrial Solutions has deep customer relationships in more than 100 countries and an established installed base with strong roots in North America, ABB’s biggest market. GE Industrial ...

ABB to divest Full Service business to Nordic Capital

29-Aug-2014 - ABB announced it has signed an agreement to divest the ABB Full Service business for an undisclosed amount. The sale is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014, subject to regulatory approval. The ABB Full Service business provides fully outsourced industrial maintenance services. ABB ...

ABB wins installation order for electrification system to Norwegian platform

29-Aug-2012 - ABB has won an order from Statoil to install high voltage subsea cables to supply power to the Troll A gas platform on the western coast of Norway. The Troll A concrete deep water structure is the world’s largest natural gas production platform, 473 meters tall and weighs 1.2 million tons; it is ...

ABB wins $40 million power products order in Saudi Arabia

07-Aug-2012 - ABB has won an order worth over $40 million for high-voltage gas-insulated switchgear from the Al Toukhi Group, a leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company. The order was booked in the second quarter. ABB will supply 420 kV GIS equipment that will form an integral part of ...

ABB wins order worth over $100 million for a new gas condensate plant in Oman

27-Jul-2012 - ABB has won a contract worth over US$ 100 million to build a new gas condensate processing plant for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) in the Sultanate of Oman. The order was booked in the second quarter. The new Saih Nihayda Condensate Stabilization Plant will be located near the Saih Nihayda gas ...

ABB to invest $ 40 million in Saudi Arabia to strengthen power products footprint

18-Jul-2012 - ABB will invest around $ 40 million, to construct a new manufacturing plant for high-voltage gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) and a transformer service workshop in Saudi Arabia, to serve the growing power infrastructure needs in the region. The switchgear plant will initially manufacture 132 ...

ABB wins orders worth $80 million for one of Australia’s largest oil and gas developments

16-Jul-2012 - ABB has won orders worth around $80 million to supply power technologies and medium-voltage drive systems for the new Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project’s processing plant near Darwin, Australia. The equipment will power the plant and control the compressors that liquefy the gas. ...