ABB Ltd. is a global provider of products and systems incorporating advanced technologies and applications of those products and systems, specializing in automation and power technologies for a broad range of industrial and commercial customers. The Company works with its customers to engineer and install networks, facilities and plants with particular emphasis on enhancing efficiency and productivity for customers that source, refine, transmit and distribute energy. The Company provides comprehensive market and product support services, as well as creative financing and risk management options, to enable its customers to buy and use its products and services. ABB Ltd. is the parent company of the ABB Group. The ABB Group is comprised of over 800 subsidiaries worldwide.