SoftBank announced in early October 2025 that it has agreed to acquire Swiss industrial giant ABB's robotics business for US$5.375 billion, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2026.

Following SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics business, the global industrial robot landscape has shifted from a ...

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Swiss engineering firm ABB reported strong third-quarter results. Revenue and orders saw significant growth. The company noted a robust market situation. US tariffs have had no material impact on ...

ZURICH, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Swiss engineering company ABB (ABBN.S), opens new tab said it is seeing strong customer demand, particularly from a surge in new data centres being built in the U.S. to ...

ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss engineering company ABB said it is seeing strong customer demand, particularly from a surge in new data centres being built in the U.S. to process artificial intelligence. ABB, ...

Earlier this year, Automation World interviewed Marc Segura, president of ABB Robotics and we asked him about the news that ABB was planning to spin off ABB Robotics as a stand-alone business. He said ...

ZURICH/TOKYO - SoftBank Group has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a $5.4 billion deal, as the Japanese investor forges ahead with a strategy to fuse robotics and ...

TOKYO -- SoftBank Group's $5.4 billion acquisition of the robotics business of Swiss industrial giant ABB represents another step in the Japanese group's pursuit of a manufacturing revolution powered ...