ABB has released the 38 kV R-MAG outdoor vacuum circuit breaker. First introduced in 2002 for 15 kV and 27 kV applications, the R-MAG breaker uses a magnetic actuator design that has only one moving ...

ABB had considered other targets in industrial automation, including U.S. firm Rockwell Automation , before deciding on B&R, according to a person familiar with the matter.

ABB’s revenues fell 5 per cent last year to $33.8bn. Pre-tax operating profits were flat at $4.2bn. Josef Rainer, co-founder of B&R, said: ...