ABB India is fundamentally a technology company that makes the flow of electricity and the movement of machines smarter, safer, and more efficient. Born from a global parent with over 130 years of innovation and operating in India for more than a century, it has evolved from a supplier of heavy electrical gear into a broad-based automation partner, no longer dependent on the cycles of core industries alone. Its recurring approach is to build a deep installed base of products-from circuit breakers to giant motors-and then layer on digital software, services, and lifecycle care that keep customers coming back long after the first sale. # Business segments Four engines at different stages-a short-cycle electrical products cash cow, a high-efficiency motor and drive export powerhouse, a project-based automation systems integrator, and a small but fast-growing robotics bet-each built on the installed base and cash flows of the one before. ## 1. Electrification: the short-cycle product engine powering everything from sockets to data centers **A vast portfolio of electrical components and solutions that converts orders into revenue quickly, riding the wave of India's building and digital infrastructure boom.** - **From substation to socket** - the business provides the full chain of low- and medium-voltage products, including modular substations, switchgear, wiring accessories, circuit breakers, and solar inverters, meaning it can outfit an entire building or factory from one catalogue. - **Data centers are a single-site, multi-product opportunity** - for a hyperscale data center, ABB supplies not just the power distribution to computer racks but also the backup power, UPS, cooling-system drives, and automation, a combination that has made its solutions part of roughly half of all hyperscale data centers globally. - **Factories upgraded for speed and sustainability** - the Smart Power factory in Bengaluru was rebuilt to Industry 5.0 standards with collaborative robots and AI, lifting productivity by 40% in the same floor space, while the Nashik plant makes a gas-insulated switchgear that eliminates a potent greenhouse gas and shrinks the installation footprint by up to 25%. ## 2. Motion: the high-efficiency motor and drive jewel that leads on exports **The world's largest supplier of drives and electric motors, whose super-efficient machines save Indian industry roughly 20 terawatt-hours of electricity a year and power more than 80% of the country's metro networks.** - **Energy savings are the core value proposition** - almost half the motors ordered in 2024 were of IE3 and IE4 efficiency classes, which cut energy losses by 20% and 35% respectively compared to the legally mandated minimum, turning a regulatory push into a commercial tailwind. - **Exports built on a global product mandate** - the business manufactures motors in India for worldwide sale, including IE4 cast iron and IE3 aluminum motors launched on a global platform, which helped drive record export growth of 114% in 2021 to markets in the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. - **A drive for every job, including solar pumps** - the ACQ80 solar cabinet drive can blend DC power from solar panels with AC power from the grid, enabling cold storage facilities to cut energy costs by up to 65%, while the broader Drive Products team has delivered automation for more than 18 GW of solar plants. - **The installed base is a services annuity** - the Motion service team provides commissioning and preventive maintenance to customers in more than 22 countries, and the channel partner business crossed the INR 1,000-crore milestone, showing how the aftermarket becomes a business in its own right. ## 3. Automation: the project-based systems integrator for heavy industry **A leading supplier of distributed control systems that acts as the digital brain for oil refineries, cement plants, and pharmaceutical factories, with a backlog of INR 2,100 crores providing visibility on future work.** - **The #1 distributed control system** - the business holds the top position in the market for the central nervous system that monitors and controls entire industrial plants, with more than 90% of cement companies and 60% of oil and gas produced in India running on its systems. - **A landmark pipeline deal shows the scale** - it won a first-of-its-kind global order to build a centralized pipeline information management system for Indian Oil's cross-country network spanning over 20,000 km, combining a digital platform with cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and a 10-year service contract. - **Milestone-based execution protects margins** - because it is a project business dependent on customer timing, the company uses milestone-based billing and maintains a healthy mix of higher-margin service and systems work, which keeps profitability up even when order intake is lumpy. - **Smart instrumentation made in Bengaluru** - the first smart instrumentation factory in India uses ABB's own Manufacturing Execution System and automated welding to mass-produce pressure transmitters and electromagnetic flowmeters, shortening supply chains for local process industries. ## 4. Robotics & Discrete Automation: the small, fast-growing bet on flexible manufacturing **The only company offering a complete portfolio of robots, autonomous mobile robots, and machine automation orchestrated by software, with a footprint that already paints more than 65% of cars and equips over 60% of mobile phone factories.** - **Diversified beyond automotive** - while historically tied to car plants, the business has deliberately expanded into FMCG, electronics, and even sustainable packaging made from agro-waste, where its robots helped a machinery partner increase overall equipment effectiveness by 30%. - **PixelPaint is a technology differentiator** - Mahindra & Mahindra selected ABB's paint technology for its new EV facility, which uses a head with more than 1,000 individually controlled nozzles to apply paint with zero overspray, eliminating a wasteful and costly step in the painting process. - **A new solutions center doubles capacity** - the Nelamangala facility in Bengaluru can now run proof-of-concept tests and factory acceptance for 1,000 robots a year, with a connected services team that monitors robots remotely and predicts maintenance needs before they cause downtime. # Group structure and partners **ABB India is a locally listed subsidiary of the Swiss-Swedish ABB Group, which supplies it with technology, components, and a global R&D pipeline, while strategic partnerships extend its reach into metro trains, green steel, and 3D-printed construction.** - **Global parent, local manufacturing** - ABB India is a subsidiary of ABB Asea Brown Boveri Limited, Zurich, and sources significant raw materials, components, and traded goods from fellow ABB subsidiaries in Finland, China, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Singapore, and Sweden, while paying royalty and technology fees for the global IP it commercializes locally. - **The innovation centers are group assets, not company assets** - the ABB Innovation Center in Hyderabad and the Services Hub in Bangalore are part of separate ABB Global entities, meaning ABB India accesses their capabilities through the group network rather than owning them directly. - **Titagarh partnership puts ABB inside metro trains** - a collaboration with Titagarh Rail Systems supplies propulsion systems for metro rolling stock, with Titagarh securing a production license for traction motors and a complete transfer of technology for the train control software, embedding ABB's Motion business deep into India's urban transit build-out. - **A clean-sheet approach to divestments** - the company has surgically exited non-core businesses, including the sale of the turbocharger unit to a group affiliate and the Dodge mechanical power transmission business to an external buyer, leaving behind a portfolio concentrated on electrification and automation.