ABB has initiated a proposal in the upcoming Annual General Meeting 2026 to decide on a 100% spin-off of its Robotics Division. The intention is for the business to start trading as a separately listed company during the 2nd quarter 2026.
The board believes listing ABB Robotics as a separate company will optimize both companies’ ability to create customer value, grow and attract talent. Both companies will benefit from a more focused governance and capital allocation. ABB will continue to focus on its long-term strategy, building on its global leading positions in electrification and automation.
ABB Robotics is a technology leader and provides intelligent automation solutions to help its global customer base achieve improved productivity, flexibility and simplicity to solve operational challenges including labor shortages and the need to operate more sustainably. Customer value is created through the differentiated offering of the broadest robotics platforms, including Autonomous Mobile Robots, software and AI combined with proven domain expertise to a broad range of traditional and new industry segments. More than 80% of the offering is software/AI enabled.
ABB Robotics is a leader in its industry, and has achieved double-digit margins in each quarter since 2019. There are limited business and technology synergies between the ABB Robotics business and the remainder of ABB divisions, with different demand and market characteristics.
ABB is confident that the spinoff will support value creation in both the ABB Group and in the separately listed pure play robotics business.
The company will be listed with a strong capital structure, is well invested with a solid cash flow profile and operates through its local-for-local set-up with regional manufacturing hubs in Europe (Sweden), Asia (China) and the Americas (US).
The ABB Robotics Division has approximately 7,000 employees with sales revenue of US$2.3 billion in 2024, accounting for 7% of ABB Group’s revenue.
