Following SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics business, the global industrial robot landscape has shifted from a European-Japanese balance to dominance by Japanese firms and China's Midea Group.

ABB (ABBNY) delivered strong Q3’25 results with 11% revenue growth and a 4% EBITDA margin expansion, driven by electrification and data center demand. ABB is well-positioned for a multi-year upcycle, ...

ABB CEO Morten Wierod tells CNBC’s Europe Early Edition why he supports SoftBank’s vision for ABB’s robotics business, following the announcement of a $5.4 billion sale to the Japanese tech group.

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 ...

Japanese investment group SoftBank said it’s paying $5.38 billion for the robotics division of Swiss-Swedish engineering company ABB to advance a bet on what it calls artificial super intelligence.

The transaction is the latest in a series of investments and acquisitions relating to the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure. Morrison Foerster has advised longtime client SoftBank ...

Tokyo-listed shares of SoftBank Group (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) jumped as much as 13% after the Japanese giant agreed to acquire Swiss engineering firm ABB‘s (OTC:ABBNY) Robotics unit in a deal valued ...

Japan's SoftBank Group (SBG) and Swiss heavy electrical firm ABB have signed an agreement for SoftBank to acquire ABB's robotics business for US$5.375 billion. According to reports from Nikkei and ...

SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire ABB Ltd.’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, reflecting billionaire Masayoshi Son’s growing bets on emerging technology in ...

ABB’s is the world’s among the world’s largest developers of industrial robots, with robots of multiple sizes and functions, autonomous mobile robots, programming software, and robotic applications.

ZURICH/TOKYO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB (ABBN.S), opens new tab in a $5.4 billion deal, as the ...

Japanese investing conglomerate SoftBank Group is buying a robotics company as the financial behemoth says physical AI is its next frontier. SoftBank announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Zurich ...