ABB

ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in more than 100 countries.

No. of Employees: 107,000
Pre-Tax Profit (2005): $1,742m
Turnover (2005): $22,442m
No. of UK employees: 2,323
  
Mission: "As one of the world’s leading engineering companies, we help our customers to use electrical power effectively and to increase industrial productivity in a sustainable way."

Vision: "ABB delivers attractive profitable growth by providing leading power and automation technologies to customers throughout the world. We help them to improve their performance and productivity as well as to save energy and lower environmental impact."

Strategy: "With our technology leadership, global presence, application knowledge and local expertise, we offer products, systems, solutions and services that allow our customers to improve their operations – whether they need to increase the reliability of a power grid or raise productivity in a factory."

"Our people work together seamlessly to deliver benefits for our customers. Our way of doing business is values-based, leadership-driven and performance-oriented."

"Sustainability is integral to all aspects of our business. We strive to balance economic, environmental and social objectives and integrate them into our daily business decisions to create value for all our stakeholders."