From Life Support to Lean Machine
1883 – Ludvig Fredholm establishes Elektriska Aktiebolaget (soon to become Asea) in Stockholm as a manufacturer of electrical lighting and generators. Eight years later in Baden, Switzerland, Charles E L Brown and Walter Boveri establish Brown, Boveri and Cie (BBC), which will become the first company to transmit highvoltage power. In 1901 BBC builds the first steam turbine in Europe.
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1883 – Ludvig Fredholm establishes Elektriska Aktiebolaget (soon to become... -
1987 – Asea and BBC announce they will merge under the name Asea Brown... -
2002 – ABB streamlines to focus on two core areas of business: power... -
2008 – The sale of oil and gas business Lummus Global completes its focus on... -
2009 – The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and...
