ABB has completed the divestment of its UK technical engineering consultancy business, part of its Energy Industries division, to TÜV Rheinland, following a strategic portfolio review. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
ABB’s consultancy business, which complements TÜV Rheinland’s existing risk, safety and integrity management services, has been integrated into the Industrial Services and Cybersecurity business of TÜV Rheinland in the UK.
ABB’s UK technical engineering consultancy, including a network of subcontractors and associates, has around 160 people operating from two main sites in northeast and northwest England. A specialist team of technical experts helps global energy customers improve process safety, equipment and asset integrity as well as technical design for new and existing industrial plants.
ABB’s Process Automation business automates, electrifies and digitalizes industrial operations that address a wide range of essential needs – from supplying energy, water and materials, to producing goods and transporting them to market. With its ~20,000 employees, leading technology and service expertise, ABB Process Automation helps customers in process, hybrid and maritime industries improve performance and safety of operations, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future.
The highly qualified experts of TÜV Rheinland test technical systems and products around the world, support innovations in technology and business, train people in numerous professions and certify management systems according to international standards. In doing so, the independent experts generate trust in products as well as processes across global value-adding chains and the flow of commodities. Since 2006, TÜV Rheinland has been a member of the United Nations Global Compact to promote sustainability and combat corruption.
