EU competition authorities give the green light
Find out more about B&R and our pursuit of "Perfection in Automation": It's official: B&R now ABB's center for machine and factory automation B&R is now ABB's global center for machine and factory automation [...] increasing demand for B&R's advanced solutions, ABB is investing in a new R&D center at B&R headquarters in Eggelsberg as well as expanded production capacity a few kilometers away in Gilgenberg. Additionally [...] automation. Following approval by EU competition authorities, the acquisition of B&R by ABB became legally effective on July 6, 2017. B&R will operate as an independent business unit within the ABB Group's Industrial