Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
April 11 2017 - 10:11AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April 2017
Commission File Number 001-16429
ABB Ltd
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
P.O. Box 1831,
Affolternstrasse 44, CH-8050, Zurich, Switzerland
(Address of principal executive office)
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by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
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legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of
the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as
long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to
be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if
discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K
submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.
Indicate
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This
Form 6-K consists of the following:
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Press
release issued by ABB Ltd dated April 11, 2017 titled “ABB names Chun-Yuan
Gu President, AMEA, and Frank Duggan President, Europe”.
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ZURICH,
SWITZERLAND, APRIL 11, 2017
ABB names
Chun-Yuan Gu President, AMEA, and Frank Duggan President, Europe
ABB
China Managing Director Chun-Yuan Gu is appointed President of the Asia, Middle
East and Africa (AMEA) region; Frank Duggan succeeds Bernhard Jucker as
President of the Europe region; both will be members of the Executive Committee
ABB today announced that Chun-Yuan Gu, Managing Director of ABB
China, will become President of the AMEA region. He takes over from Frank
Duggan, who has been appointed President of Europe, succeeding Bernhard Jucker,
whose retirement was announced earlier. As members of the ABB Executive
Committee, both Chun-Yuan Gu and Frank Duggan will report to ABB CEO Ulrich
Spiesshofer. Both appointments will be effective July 1, 2017.
“China represents one third of global growth and is a very
important market for ABB. I am very pleased to welcome Chun-Yuan, a China and industrial
automation expert, to our Executive Committee. He has a proven track record of
delivering superior growth momentum and a profound knowledge of Asia and
emerging markets”, said Spiesshofer. “He will have an important role in
implementing our Next Level strategy and further accelerating our growth
momentum, for example, through our digital offering, ABB AbilityTM. Chun-Yuan
will be key to integrating our announced acquisition of B&R, an innovation
leader in machine and factory automation, in the industrial segments of
emerging markets”.
“At the same time, I would like to warmly thank Frank for his
excellent leadership in the AMEA region and his contributions to the Executive
Committee over the past years. With his extensive knowledge of ABB’s global
customers, markets and portfolio and solid track record of enhancing growth
momentum, Frank is the ideal next leader for Europe. He will continue to play a
key role in the ongoing transformation of ABB towards a more customer and
market-oriented company,” Spiesshofer added.
Chun-Yuan Gu and Frank Duggan have spent their careers at ABB.
Gu started at ABB in Sweden in 1989 and held leadership positions in R&D,
mainly in Robotics, before becoming Head of the Robotics Global R&D Center
in Shanghai in 2006. In January 2014, he assumed responsibility for ABB’s
operations in China. He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Swedish, and holds a
degree in engineering from Jiao Tong University in Shanghai and a Ph.D. in
engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Gu
will continue as Managing Director of ABB in China, in addition to his new
role, and will be based in Beijing.
Duggan succeeds Bernhard Jucker, who will retire effective June
30, 2017, as previously announced. Duggan joined ABB in Sweden in 1984, and has
held leadership positions in many of ABB’s businesses in Europe, Asia and the
Gulf. In 2011, he joined the Group Executive Committee as Head of Global
Markets and Region Manager for India, Middle East and Africa, before being appointed
President of the AMEA region in January 2015. In addition to his
responsibilities as President of the Europe region, Frank will assume the role
of Managing Director of ABB in Ireland. ABB’s current Managing Director of ABB
in Ireland, Tom O’Reilly, will retire at the end of June 2017, after a
distinguished 32-year career at ABB.
ABB
(ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering
technology leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial
automation and power grids, serving customers in utilities, industry and
transport & infrastructure globally. Continuing more than a 125-year
history of innovation, ABB today is writing the future of industrial
digitalization and driving the Energy and Fourth Industrial Revolutions. ABB
operates in more than 100 countries with about 132,000 employees.
www.abb.com
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Media Relations
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Investor Relations
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ABB Ltd
Affolternstrasse
44
8050 Zurich
Switzerland
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
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ABB LTD
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Date: April 11, 2017.
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By:
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/s/ Alanna Abrahamson - Haka
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Name:
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Alanna Abrahamson - Haka
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Title:
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Group Senior Vice President
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Head of Investor Relations
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Date: April 11,
2017.
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By:
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Name:
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Richard A. Brown
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Title:
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Group Senior Vice President
and
Chief Counsel Corporate & Finance
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