- Headquarters
- Zurich, Switzerland · Europe
- Value chain
- Equipment & machinery(Tools); also Components & subsystems
- What that means
- Builds the machines that make things: production, test and measurement equipment, machine tools, printers and lab instruments.
- Founded
- 1988
- Staff
- 110,000 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- SIX:ABBN on Google Finance
- Website
- global.abb
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Advanced Robotics
Zurich, SwitzerlandIn 1 capability
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Advanced RoboticsVery high
Robotics & Autonomous Systems · Manufacture · listed #2 of 50
ABB Robotics is one of the big-four industrial robot makers (IRB arms, GoFa/YuMi cobots); in October 2025 ABB agreed to sell the robotics division to SoftBank Group for about USD 5.4bn.
Relevance: Big-four industrial robot maker with global reach across sectors