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ABB, Ltd. provides power and automation technologies to utility and industry customers worldwide. The company operates through Power Technologies and Automation Technologies divisions. The Power Technologies division offers various products, systems, and services for power transmission, distribution, and power plant automation to electric, gas, and water utilities, as well as industrial and commercial customers. It produces and sells transformers, power systems, switchgear, breakers, capacitors, and cables for high and medium voltage applications. This division also offers medium voltage equipment, including indoor and outdoor switch disconnectors, breakers, fuses, contactors, instrument transformers, and sensors; and high voltage products, including air and gas-insulated switchgear, cables, capacitors, high-voltage circuit breakers, grounding switches, and instrument transformers. The Automation Technologies division provides products, systems, software, and services for the automation of industrial and commercial processes. It provides automation products, such as low voltage circuit breakers, switches, control products, line protection products, wiring accessories, cable systems, low and medium voltage AC drive products, and power electronics products. This division also offers process control and information management systems for various industries, including pulp and paper, minerals and mining, and chemicals and pharmaceuticals; and sells industrial robots and related equipment primarily to the automotive industry. In addition, the company designs, builds, and maintains installations for industrial, infrastructure, and commercial facilities; provides engineering, procurement, and construction project management services; and licenses process technologies to the refining, petrochemical, and polymer industries. The company sells its products primarily through wholesalers and distributors. ABB, Ltd. is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
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