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ABB has agreed a recommended all-cash offer of 503 pence per share for all of Rotork plc, implying an enterprise value of about $5.5 billion. The deal is expected to add about 3% to ABB's revenues and expand its automation offering.
BDG Testing & Automation, a subsidiary of Bürkert, is taking over EP Ehrler, a flow measurement and calibration specialist, from ABB as part of ABB's integration of the Födisch Group. The article gives no deal value and the announcement is dated 19 June 2026.
ABB will supply control and apparatus systems, including a distributed control system, switchgear and transformers, for Hydro Energi's pumped storage power plant under construction at Illvatn, Norway. The plant adds a net 107 GWh of yearly renewable power production; financial details were not disclosed.
ABB signed an agreement with Billerud to modernise Paper Machine 5 at its Gävle mill in Sweden with upgraded automation, quality control and drives. The project aims to improve efficiency, cyber security and resource use, with the date given as February 24, 2026.
ABB was awarded an order by Seatrium to supply electrical equipment and automation for two new FPSO vessels, P-84 and P-85, for Petrobras in Brazil's Atapu and Sépia fields.
ABB announced a $40 million investment to double the size of its Senatobia, Mississippi site to produce advanced low voltage circuit breakers. The site is expected to open in Q2 2026 and create 200 new jobs.
ABB announced an $80 million investment to replace its Selmer, Tennessee operations with a new 320,000 square-foot facility producing electrical distribution equipment. The facility is expected to add 50 jobs and open in late 2026.
ABB signed an agreement to buy Aurora Motors, a provider of vertical pump motors sold in 30 countries, to strengthen its NEMA Motors Division. Financial terms were not disclosed and closing is expected before the end of 2024.
ABB received an order from DS Smith Paper Italia to supply a sectional drives system, motors and inverters for a new containerboard machine PM3 at the Lucca Paper Mill in Porcari, Tuscany. The machine is expected to have annual capacity of 450,000 metric tons.
ABB won an order from Portsmouth International Port to supply a shore connection system for ferries and cruise ships under the port's Sea Change project. The system is due for installation in Q4 2024 and operation by Q2 2025.
ABB is constructing a $100 million, 275,000-square-foot plant and offices in New Berlin, Wisconsin, adding 100 jobs, with opening scheduled for fall 2024 as part of about $170 million US investment.
ABB agreed to acquire Siemens' low voltage NEMA motor business, announced 1 September 2022.
ABB was selected by ioneer for a significant automation engineering and equipment contract at the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada, covering process automation, power management and electrical distribution. Financial terms were not disclosed.
ABB Robotics agreed to collaborate with California-based Zume by integrating and installing more than 1,000 molded fiber manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Zume has signed a deal with ABB to supply robotic cells for its molded fiber packaging production worldwide. ABB will install more than 1,000 manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots over five years. Financial details were not disclosed.
ABB Robotics signed a framework agreement with California-based Zume to supply robotic cells for molded fiber packaging production. ABB will install more than 1,000 manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed.
ABB will acquire ASTI Mobile Robotics Group, a manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots, to expand its robotics and automation portfolio.
ABB won contracts worth $120 million from Chevron and Aker Solutions to supply the electrical power system for the Jansz-Io Compression project offshore Western Australia, expected to be operational in 2025.
ABB has won an order worth about $120 million to supply the electrical power system for Chevron's Jansz-Io Compression project offshore Australia, under contracts with Chevron Australia and Aker Solutions.
ABB has secured a contract from rail vehicle maker Stadler to supply traction converters and lithium-ion energy storage systems for 55 new NAH.SH bi-mode electric multiple units in northern Germany. The order also covers traction converters for more than 600 new BVG underground cars in Berlin.
Parker Hannifin has installed an automation cell at its Sheffield, UK site that makes cryogenic valves, costing around US$500,000. The cell combines a bar feeder, a DMG MORI CNC lathe and an ABB Flexloader robot to cut setup times.
ABB has won an order worth around $150 million to supply Azipod electric propulsion and related power technologies for five newbuild cruise ships for Fincantieri. The vessels, with 178 MW total propulsion power, will enter service between 2023 and 2026.
ABB won a contract from Damen Shipyards Group to deliver an integrated power system for the world's largest diamond recovery vessel, being built at Damen's Mangalia yard in Romania for Debmarine Namibia, a De Beers joint venture, with delivery expected in 2022. ABB's contract value was not disclosed.
Aker BP, on behalf of the Wellhead Platform Alliance, awarded PG Flow Solutions a contract to supply pump systems for the normally unmanned Hod B wellhead platform at the planned Hod field in the North Sea. The contract value was not disclosed and is subject to government approval of the development plan.
New-Indy Containerboard selected ABB to provide integrated electrical and automation systems and equipment for the rebuild of its Number 3 paper machine at the Columbia project in Catawba, South Carolina. The announcement is dated March 24, 2020.
ABB is investing $16 million to open a new Product Development Center in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
ABB is investing $39.9 million to expand its Mebane, NC manufacturing operations with an additional 200,000 square feet and 400 jobs over five years.
ABB secured a contract to supply HVDC Light converter systems connecting the Dogger Bank offshore wind project, developed by Equinor and SSE Renewables, to the UK transmission network. Aibel will deliver two offshore converter platforms. The report is dated 30 October 2019.
ABB was selected by data centre start-up DODID to deliver electrification and automation solutions for its flagship Singapore data centre. The six-month project covered transformers, switchgear and the ABB Ability Data Centre Automation suite.
ABB won a multi-million-dollar order to modernize the Shymkent oil refinery in Kazakhstan for operator PetroKazakhstan Oil Products. The digital project uses ABB Ability and aims to extend maintenance turnaround intervals to three years.
ABB received a US$79 million order from CPECC for an integrated automation, electrification and telecommunication upgrade of the Bab Onshore Field in Abu Dhabi. The report is dated 13 November 2018.
ABB was awarded a $79 million contract by China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation to provide integrated automation, electrification and telecommunications for the upgrade of Abu Dhabi's Bab Onshore Field.
ABB inaugurated an extension of its Sorocaba factory in São Paulo state, with an investment of R$20 million, to produce electrical distribution, smart grid and digital industrial energy solutions for Brazil and South America.
ABB won a multi-million-dollar order from Energy Development Corporation and its subsidiary Green Core Geothermal to upgrade six units at the Palinpinon 1 and 2 geothermal plants, including a new control system integration solution. The plants have a total capacity of about 200 MW.
ABB is placing its oil and gas turnkey projects unit into a joint venture majority owned by Saudi Arabia's Arkad Engineering & Construction. The company did not disclose financial details of the transaction, which was announced on November 6, 2017.
ABB and Thomas & Betts announced a $20.7 million expansion that consolidates R&D functions at a new location in Memphis, Tennessee, creating 90 new jobs in Shelby County.
ABB is investing in a new R&D center at B&R headquarters in Eggelsberg, expanded production capacity in Gilgenberg, and an expanded technical office in Salzburg to add 50 developers. No investment value was stated.
Power and automation group ABB agreed to acquire North American low voltage product maker Thomas & Betts in a transaction described as approximately USD 3 billion.
