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ABB Ltd. (ABB)At 11:00AM ET: 18.23  Up 0.09 (0.50%)  
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ABB Ltd.
Affolternstrasse 44
PO Box 8131
Zurich,  8050
Switzerland - Map
Phone: 41 43 317 71 11
Fax: 41 43 317 44 20
Web Site: http://www.abb.com

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Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Industrial Goods
Industry:Industrial Electrical Equipment
Full Time Employees:120,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
ABB Ltd provides power and automation technologies to utility and industry customers worldwide. The company’s Power Products division offers products and services for power transmission and distribution, which include high-and medium-voltage switchgear and apparatus, circuit breakers, power and distribution transformers, and sensors and other products. Its Power Systems division provides various systems and services for power generation, transmission, and distribution comprising substations, high-voltage power converters, and advanced cables for underground and sub-sea power transmission; and systems to automate and control power plants, electrical, and other utility networks. The company’s Automation Products division offers low-voltage switchgear, breakers, switches, control products, DIN-rail components, enclosures, wiring accessories, instrumentation, drives, motors, generators, and power electronics systems that are used as components in machinery, switchboards, distribution panels, and building and automation systems. Its Process Automation division provides process automation, plant electrification and quality control systems, analytical measurement devices, turbochargers, and marine propulsion and control systems for the automation and optimization of industrial processes. The company’s Robotics division offers robot products, systems, and service, such as manufacturing cells for machine tending, welding, cutting, painting, finishing, and packing; and engineered systems to automobile manufacturers for press automation, paint process automation, and power train assembly, as well as robotics services for product and system maintenance to system design for the automotive and manufacturing industries. ABB Ltd was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Joseph M. Hogan , 51
    Chief Exec. Officer
    $ 609.00KN/A
    Mr. Gary Steel , 57
    Head of HR and Chairman of ABB India
    $ 1.40MN/A
    Mr. Michel Demaré , 53
    Chief Financial Officer, Exec. VP and Pres of Global Markets
    $ 1.95MN/A
    Mr. Bernhard Jucker , 55
    Head of Power Products Division of ABB Ltd India
    $ 1.61MN/A
    Mr. Tom Eric Sjökvist , 62
    Head of Automation Products Division of ABB Ltd India
    $ 1.41MN/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.


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