ABB
Type	Public (NYSE: ABB)
Founded	1988 through merger of Asea, Sweden and BBC, Switzerland
Headquarters	Zürich, Switzerland
Key people	Fred Kindle, CEO, President
Industry	Power technology, Industrial Automation
Revenue	US$ 22,442 million (2005)
Employees	107,000
Slogan	Power and productivity for a better world
Website	www.abb.com

ABB, formerly Asea Brown Boveri, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, operating mainly in the power and automation technology areas. It operates in around 100 countries, with about 107,000 employees. Image File history File links ABB_Asea_Brown_Boveri_logo. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by relatively few individuals. ... This article is about the stock exchange itself. ... Zürich (German:   , Zürich German: Züri , in English generally Zurich, Italian: Zurigo) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1861-1865) The majority of this article is about heads of states. ... Automation (ancient Greek: = self dictated) or Industrial Automation is the use of computers to control industrial machinery and processes, replacing human operators. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... The word multinational can refer to: A Multinational corporation A Multinational State This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Corporate redirects here. ... Zürich (German:   , Zürich German: Züri , in English generally Zurich, Italian: Zurigo) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... For more information, visit Local Automation. ...

Business sectors

ABB is active in many sectors:

Power products

The division incorporates ABB's manufacturing network for transformers, switchgear, circuit breakers, cables and associated equipment. Power Products are the key components to transmit and distribute electricity. It also offers all the services needed to ensure products' performance and extend their lifespan. The division is subdivided into three business units - High Voltage Products, Medium Voltage Products and Transformers. Three-phase pole-mounted step-down transformer. ... The term switchgear, commonly used in association with the electric power system, or grid, refers to the combination of electrical disconnects and/or circuit breakers meant to isolate equipment in or near an electrical substation. ... A circuit breaker is a piece of equipment which is designed to protect an electrical apparatus from damage caused by overload or short circuit. ... A cable is two or more wires or optical fibers bound together, typically in a common protective jacket or sheath. ...

Power systems

Power Systems offers turnkey systems and services for power transmission and distribution grids, and for power plants. Electrical substations and substation automation systems are key areas. Additional highlights include flexible alternating current transmission systems (FACTS), high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems and network management systems. In power generation, Power Systems offers the instrumentation, control and electrification of power plants. The division is subdivided into four business units - Grid Systems, Substations, Network Management and Power Generation. A turnkey or a turnkey project is a project in which a separate entity is responsible for setting up a plant or equipment (e. ... Transmission is the following: Generally, transmission is the act of passing something on. ... Look up distribution in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Grid System: Commonly called grids, consists of the theory of layout of a page using a grid of different sized and shaped rectangles to align items to. ... A power station (also power plant) is a facility for the generation of electric power. ... A 115 kV to 41. ...

Automation products

It provides products to improve customers' productivity, including drives, electric motors and generators, low voltage products, instrumentation and analytical, and power electronics. The customer profile of this division includes a wide range of industry and utility operations, plus commercial and residential buildings. Electric motors of various sizes. ... ... Instrumentation is defined as the art and science of measurement and control. Instrumentation can be used to refer to the field in which Instrument technicians and engineers work, or it can refer to the available methods of measurement and control and the instruments which facilitate this. ... Analytic philosophy is the dominant philosophical movement of English-speaking countries. ... Power electronics is the technology associated with the efficient conversion, control and conditioning of electric power by static means from its available input form into the desired electrical output form. ...

Process automation

The main focus of this ABB business is to provide customers with integrated solutions for control, plant optimization, and industry-specific application knowledge. The industries served include oil and gas, power, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, metals and minerals, marine and turbocharging. Natural olive oil Synthetic motor oil Oil, in a general sense, is a chemical compound that is not miscible with water, and is in a liquid state at ambient temperatures. ... A gas is one of the four major phases of matter (after solid and liquid, and followed by plasma, that subsequently appear as a solid material is subjected to increasingly higher temperatures. ... For delivered electrical power, see Electrical power industry. ... Chemical tanks in Lillebonne, France Chemical industry includes those industries involved in the production of petrochemicals, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, paints, oleochemicals etc. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ... Pulp can refer to: Soft shapeless substances in general. ... For alternative meanings see metal (disambiguation). ... Minerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. ... Marine is an umbrella term for things relating to the ocean, as with marine biology, marine geology, and as a term for a navy, etc. ... Turbocharger Cut-away A turbocharger is a device used in internal-combustion engines to increase the power output of the engine by increasing the mass of oxygen and fuel entering the engine. ...

Robotics

ABB has one of the world's largest installed bases of industrial robots also providing robot software, peripheral equipment and modular manufacturing cells for tasks such as assembly, painting and finishing, and machine tending. Key markets include automotive, foundry, packaging, material handling and consumer industries. A strong solutions focus leverages thousands of successful applications for manufacturers worldwide. For other uses, see Robot (disambiguation). ...

ABB Lummus

In addition to ABB's automation activities directed at the oil and gas industries, ABB Lummus Global continues to design and supply production facilities, refineries and petrochemical plants. Combustion Engineering was a leading firm in the development of power systems in the United States in the late 20th century. ...

Telecommunications

In Australia, ABB plays a major role in the installation and maintenance of the country's copper-wire telephone network or 'local loop' (owned by Telstra). Telstra Corporation (ASX: TLS, NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications company under private ownership, holding a dominant position in landline telephone services, large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access and Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite and ADSL services...

History

• ABB resulted from the 1988 merger of Swedish and Swiss corporations ASEA and BBC Brown Boveri (Brown, Boveri & Cie), the latter had absorbed the Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon in 1967.
• In 1987 the corporation had 170,000 employees.
• In 1999 ABB Purchased ELSAG BAILEY (which included Bailey Controls, Hartmann & Braun, and Fischer & Porter)
• In 2000 the company sign a contract for the delivery of equipment and services for North Korean nuclear powerplants. ^[1]

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External references

• de:Brown, Boveri & Cie
• de:Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon

History of leadership

Fred Kindle assumed the role of President and CEO on January 1, 2005. Kindle's most recently served as CEO of Sulzer Ltd. in 2004. Kindle received an engineering degree from ETH Zürich, and received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Illinois, U.S. Sulzer Ltd. ... ETH Zurich (from its German name Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETHZ) is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, also known as The Kellogg School or simply Kellogg, is considered one of the worlds leading graduate business schools. ... It has been suggested that Freshman urban program be merged into this article or section. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...

Former CEOs:

• September 2002 - December 2004: Jürgen Dormann
• January 2001 - September 2002: Jörgen Centermann
• January 1997 - December 2000: Göran Lindahl
• 1987-1996: Percy Barnevik

Former board members: Percy Barnevik, (born 1941) Swedish industry leader. ...

• Peter Sutherland
• Donald Rumsfeld

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Reference

1. ^ Randeep Ramesh. "The two faces of Rumsfeld", The Guardian, May 9, 2003.

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External links

• Official website

See also

• Investor AB
• Stromberg (company)
• Voltimum

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