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Peter Morsbach,CEO Hoglund (L) and Rune Braastad,President ABBs Marine and Ports division

ABB announces plans to buy marine automation firm

2026-06-29T16:07:00+01:00

Swiss industrial technology company ABB will buy the Norwegian marine automation firm Høglund in a move designed to ‘complement ABB’s existing automation offering to marine customers and support further growth in markets across a wide range of vessel segments’.