ABB Announces $75 Million Investment to Boost India Operations

Global engineering and automation company ABB has announced plans to invest $75 million in India in 2026 to expand its manufacturing footprint and strengthen its research and development (R&D) capabilities. The investment highlights the company’s long-term commitment to the Indian market and its growing demand for electrification and automation technologies.

This new investment comes after the company invested $35 million in 2025, indicating ABB’s continued focus on expanding its presence in one of its fastest-growing markets.

The expansion aligns with ABB’s “local-for-local” strategy, which focuses on manufacturing products within the markets where they are sold. Currently, around 85% of ABB’s products and solutions sold in India are manufactured locally. Increasing local production helps the company improve supply efficiency and meet the growing demand from infrastructure and industrial sectors.

The investment will also strengthen ABB’s Electrification, Motion, and Automation business segments. These divisions provide advanced technologies used in industries such as energy infrastructure, transportation, and manufacturing.

A major part of the investment will be used to expand facilities across multiple locations in India. In Bengaluru, the company plans to invest about $14 million at its Nelamangala facility to expand production capacity and introduce advanced electrical protection and enclosure solutions. The company will also scale up converter manufacturing for sustainable mobility solutions, including metro and high-speed rail systems.

Another $21 million will be invested at ABB’s Peenya facility in Bengaluru. This investment will expand manufacturing capacity for low-voltage drives and specialised motors. The facility will also add an innovation laboratory, remote monitoring and diagnostics systems, and upgraded training facilities.

In Hyderabad, ABB plans to invest around $12 million in the first phase of a new engineering and R&D hub. The project will include a laboratory and office space for research teams, with future plans to build a high-power testing laboratory.

The company will also expand its manufacturing operations in Nashik with an investment of $22 million. The expansion will increase production capacity for indoor and outdoor circuit breakers and enlarge the Vacuum Interrupter factory. ABB also plans to localise 33kV gas-insulated switchgear and SF6-free technologies by 2028 at this facility.

Meanwhile, ABB will invest about $6 million in its manufacturing facility in Vadodara to expand production of slow-speed synchronous generators and induction motors. These products are widely used in industries such as metals, oil and gas, cement, and wind energy.

The company expects the expansion to create more than 300 skilled jobs across engineering, operations, and research roles.

Demand for ABB’s products in India is being driven by several long-term structural trends. These include the energy transition, renewable power development, grid modernisation, growth of data centres, and expansion of metro and high-speed rail infrastructure. All these sectors require advanced electrical and automation equipment.

India has become one of ABB’s most important markets globally. The company currently employs over 10,000 people in India and operates around 25 manufacturing and operational facilities, along with five major R&D centres.

In 2025, ABB generated more than $1.5 billion in revenue from India, accounting for about 4% of the company’s global revenue. The year 2026 also marks 76 years of ABB’s operations in India, highlighting its long-standing presence in the country.

Overall, the $75 million investment is aimed at strengthening ABB’s role in India’s fast-growing infrastructure and industrial ecosystem while supporting the country’s push toward electrification, automation, and sustainable technologies.