Affolternstrasse 44,
Zurich,
8050
Switzerland,
+41 43 317 71 11
www.abb.com
ABB Ltd. is an engineering company that helps customers use electrical power effectively and increase industrial productivity in a sustainable way. ABB creates and supports a range of products, systems and services that increase energy efficiency, reliability and productivity for a variety of industrial, utility, and transport and infrastructure customers. ABB Ltd. was formed in 1883 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.
| Year | ≤ '13 | '14 | '15 | '16 | '17 | '18 | T | |
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| Buy (1.6/yr) | # | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 32 |
| vol | $10.2B | $10.2B | ||||||
| Sell (0.2/yr) | # | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| vol | $1.6B | $117M | $1.7B | |||||
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| Largest |
Baldor Electric Co. $4.2B (2010-11-30) |
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Lummus Global $950M (2007-08-27) |
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According to our data here at Mergr, ABB has acquired 36 companies, including 11 in the last 5 years. A total of 10 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.
ABB’s largest acquisition to date was in 2010, when it acquired Baldor Electric for $4.2B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2007, when it sold Lummus Global to Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. for $950M. ABB has acquired in 8 different US states, and 14 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include electrical equipment (41%) and software (13%).
When analyzing the engineering sector as a whole, according to Mergr, in the last 3 years, there are 114 engineering companies that have made at least 1 acquisition, 16 have acquired at least 5 companies, and 3 have acquired more than 10 companies. The most prolific strategic engineering acquirer over the past 3 years is Stantec, with 8 acquisitions. The most prolific private equity acquirer in the engineering sector over the past 3 years is Triton Partners with 2 platform acquisitions.
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