ABB's Voser battles headwinds as he pursues overhaul

Reuters

Published Jul 09, 2019 16:03

ABB's Voser battles headwinds as he pursues overhaul

ZURICH (Reuters) - ABB (S:ABBN) is pressing ahead with a review of its underperforming businesses and expects a turbulent 2019 amid a slowdown in some markets and China-U.S. trade tensions, Chairman and interim Chief Executive Peter Voser told Reuters.

The Swiss engineering company is in a "heavy-lifting phase", Voser said, completing the separation and sale of its power grids business to Hitachi, and on Tuesday announcing a deal to quit solar energy inverters.