# ABB completes acquisition of B&R

ABB completed its acquisition of B&R (Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik GmbH), creating a new global business unit 'Machine & Factory Automation' and planning a new R&D center in Austria.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-05-25
- Where: Upper Austria, Austria, Austria
- Jobs: 50
- Status: completed
- Products: PLC, Industrial PCs, servo motion automation, machine and factory automation
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md) (acquirer)
- [B&R](https://endata.com/companies/1728.md) (target)
- [B&R (Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik GmbH)](https://endata.com/companies/17365.md) (target)
- [B&R Industrial Automation](https://endata.com/companies/17366.md) (target)

## Sources

- [foodengineeringmag.com](https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/96685-people-and-industry-news-may-2017), 2017-05-25: "ABB has acquired B&R, the largest independent provider focused on product- and software-based, open-architecture solutions for machine and factory automation worldwide."
- [new.abb.com](https://new.abb.com/news/detail/1797/abb-completes-acquisition-of-br), 2017-07-06: "This transaction closes ABB’s historic gap in machine and factory automation and expands our leadership in industrial automation."
- [br-automation.com](https://www.br-automation.com/en-gb/about-us/press-room/eu-competition-authorities-give-the-green-light-06-07-2017/), 2017-07-06: "We will be investing heavily in expanding our R&D infrastructure and adding production capacity."
- [controlsdrivesautomation.com](https://www.controlsdrivesautomation.com/page_869364.asp), 2017-08-14: "Following approval by EU competition authorities, the acquisition became legally effective on July 6th, 2017."

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