Our businesses

ABB’s operations are organized into four global divisions, which in turn are made up of specific business units focused on particular industries and product categories. Click the links below for brief descriptions of the divisions.

Electrification Products

Offering

Products and solutions suitable for multiple electrical applications from residential home automation to industrial buildings, including low-voltage circuit breakers, switches, control products, wiring accessories, enclosures and cable systems designed to ensure safety and reliability.

Customers

Distributors, installers, panel builders, OEMs, system integrators, contractors, architects and end users.

Key fact

ABB ships over 1 million products to customers worldwide every day.

Robotics and Motion

Offering

Motors, generators, drives, mechanical power transmission, robotics, wind converters, solar inverters, voltage regulators, rectifiers, UPS systems, excitation systems, traction converters, fast DC chargers.

Customers

Manufacturers, OEMs in a variety of industries and utilities, process industry end users and transportation and infrastructure operators.

Key fact

ABB is the world’s largest supplier of industrial electric motors and drives.

Industrial Automation

Offering

Products, systems and services designed to optimize the productivity of industrial processes. Solutions include turnkey engineering, control systems, measurement products, life cycle services, outsourced maintenance and industry specific products (eg, electric propulsion for ships, mine hoists, turbochargers and pulp testing equipment).

Customers

Process industries such as oil and gas, petrochemicals, mining, metals production, marine, pulp and paper, and cement.

Key fact

ABB delivered the world’s first power-from-shore solution for an offshore rig.

Power Grids

Power Grids
Offering

Power Grids offers power and automation products, systems and service solutions across the generation, transmission and distribution value chain. Its offering includes transformers, high-voltage products, power transmission systems, and grid integration and automation solutions – to enable a stronger, smarter and greener grid.

Customers

Power generation, transmission, distribution and other utilities; industries across the spectrum, transportation and infrastructure customers, and commercial enterprises.

Key fact

ABB pioneered HVDC technology more than 60 years ago and is uniquely positioned in the industry with in-house manufacturing capability for all key HVDC components. ABB is the world’s largest supplier of transformers pushing the voltage record levels and is also a leader in high-voltage products and substation solutions.

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