ABB, Ltd. provides power and automation technologies to utility and industry customers worldwide. The company's Power Products division offers transmission and distribution products and services, including high-and medium-voltage switchgear and apparatus, circuit breakers, and power and distribution transformers. ABB's Power Systems division offers network management, utility communication, transmission and distribution substations, flexible alternating current transmission systems, high-voltage direct current systems, and automation and electrical solutions for power plants; and automation, control and protection systems, and related services for power transmission and distribution networks, and power plants. The company's Automation Products division offers low-voltage switchgears, breakers, switches, control products, DIN-rail components, enclosures, wiring accessories, instrumentation, drives, motors, generators, and power electronics systems. ABB's Process Automation division offers industry-specific solutions for plant automation and electrification, energy management, process and asset management, analytical measurement, and telecommunication; field repair services, spare parts, remote monitoring, training, and upgrades; specialized solutions for turbo charging; and propulsion and electrification systems for the marine industry. It also provides services for engineering, design, consulting, compliance, validation, benchmarking, plant performance improvement, safety and hazardous operation analysis, and reliability analysis. The company's Robotics division offers robots, services, and modular manufacturing solutions for use in assembly, finishing, and machine tending; standardized manufacturing cells for machine tending, welding, cutting, painting, and finishing; and packaged systems to automobile manufacturers for press automation, paint process automation, and power train assembly. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
$24.39 (07/17/07)
