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ABB heading for a multi-billion acquisition in India

2017-7-19

 Citing Indian Economic Times, di.se reports that ABB has been discussing with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) a purchase of the company's electrical and automation division, offering $2.2 billion while L&T requested $2.8 billion.

According to the sources, ABB aims to strengthen the position of ABB India; however, the company did not want to confirm or reject the claims.

"We do not comment on market pressure or speculation," said ABB Global Communications Manager Saswato Das.

"India is a big and very important market for ABB and we are among the largest manufacturers of electrical equipment in the country. We invest around $100 million annually to upgrade, among other things, existing plants or build new ones," he added.

Source: di.se

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