ABB Ltd (SWX:ABBN) signed an agreement to acquire Power electronics business of Gamesa Electric, S.a. on December 18, 2024. The agreement includes the transfer of around 400 employees, two manufacturing plants located in Spain, as well as additional assets in the US, China, India and Australia. It does not include the generators business of Gamesa Electric.
For the period ending September 30, 2024, Power electronics business of Gamesa Electric reported total revenue of ?170 million. The transaction is subject to antitrust, regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the second half of 2025. As of March 17, 2025, the transaction obtained antitrust approval.
ABB Ltd (SWX:ABBN) completed the acquisition of Power electronics business of Gamesa Electric, S.a. on December 2, 2025. For the period ending September 30, 2025, Power electronics business of Gamesa Electric reported total revenue of ?145 million. Luis Miguel de Dios, Irene Miró, Marella Gómez-Barreda, Nuria Marés, Juan Moreno, Paula Espinosa, Ana Sánchez-Valdepeñas and Covadonga Maestro of CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo acted as legal advisor for ABB Ltd.
ABB Ltd is one of the world's leaders in the design, production and marketing of industrial equipment. Net sales break down by family of products and services as follows:
- electrical transmission and distribution products and systems (68.2%): transformers, medium-voltage electrical distribution systems (circuit breakers, switches, fuses, transducers, etc.), high-voltage electrical distribution systems (condensers, switches, etc.), and automated systems for use in electrical plants. ABB Ltd also offers turnkey installation services for transmission systems;
- automation systems (30.2%): electrical protection systems and instruments for measuring and controlling fluids, production process control systems (primarily for the oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical, marine, mining, and paper industries). The group also manufactures and markets robots and modular systems;
- other (1.6%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe (33.9%), the United States (27%), Americas (8.9%), China (13.1%), and Asia/Middle East/Africa (17.1%).
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