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Denise Molina
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ABB Buys GE's Fixer-Upper; Industrial Solutions No Bargain but Strategically Important

In some ways, ABB has bought a fixer-upper in General Electric's industrial solutions business, and not at a trough price, as we would have liked, but at a midcycle multiple for a business that, while strategically important, will take some time to turn around. The $2.6 billion acquisition announced Sept. 25 will fold GE’s industrial solutions business into ABB’s electrification products division and is important because it tilts ABB’s North American offering toward solutions rather than product...
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Denise Molina

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