Partnering with US industries for more than 100 years

On land and at sea, investing in our own factories, supporting start-ups or collaborating with dynamic partners – ABB has been deeply involved with supporting US industries for more than a century.

Since 2010, we have invested more than $14bn in the US – our largest market – to support our role in enabling US industries to outrun – leaner and cleaner – across multiple sectors. 

Last month we announced an investment of $120m in two of our US sites, to help meet demand from customers in key growth industries such as data centers, buildings and utilities. And our technologies are helping to support improvements or upgrades in US infrastructure. 
 

Over the past three years, in fact, we have invested more than $500m in the US – the largest single investment being our new $100m campus in New Berlin, Wisconsin, which opened in October 2024 and employs more than 700 people. 

These colleagues are part of our 17,000-strong US workforce, located across almost 40 manufacturing, distribution and operations sites in 20 states. Our strong presence exemplifies ABB’s ‘local-for-local’ strategy of being self-sufficient in the US, while keeping industries running  consistently at high performance, to become more productive, efficient and sustainable.

The need to reduce and avoid emissions is driving strong demand for our electrification solutions in the power, industrial, transport and building sectors, while labor shortages, rising demand for locally manufactured goods and the need for more resilient supply chains are creating new markets for our electrification, motion, robotics and automation solutions.

In sum, we are serving key customers and sectors of the US economy across industries that power, protect, make, move and connect us.

Helping industries that power us 

Helping industries that protect us

From water and waste management to buildings and infrastructure, to hospitals and pharmaceuticals, we help the industries that sustain our cities and homes and keep us alive and healthy.

Helping industries that make for us 

Industries face increasing pressure to become more productive, efficient and sustainable in response to competition, labor shortages and climate concerns. In process industries, gas and steam turbines are being replaced by electric drivetrains, while in manufacturing and advanced industries like healthcare, demand for automation and robotics solutions is rising.

With our portfolio of high-efficiency electric motors and drives, as well as advanced automation and robotics solutions, we are playing a leading role in electrifying and advancing US industry. 

Helping industries that move and connect us

Transport accounts for the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions in the US – over 28 percent¹. To help decarbonize this vital sector, we are supporting the transition to electric mobility with charging solutions for electric vehicles, as well as electric powertrains for buses, trucks, trains and marine vessels. We are in line to lead the US market with several new-build vessels with electric powertrains and propulsion systems.

Ahead of this month’s ABB Formula E Miami E-Prix, we’re focusing on some of the key US industrial sectors in which ABB is playing a leading role. With our continuing investments and leading technologies, we are helping our customers in the United States improve their performance and become more productive, efficient and sustainable. 

Footnotes

1. Environmental Protection Agency

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