The company was Incorporated on 24th December 1949, at Mumbai and was formerly known as Hinudstan Electric Company Ltd.. The main objects of the company is to manufacture transformers, electric motors, all-aluminium conductors, furnaces, extra H.T. airblast circuit breakers, panels and switchboards.

The company is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. They have served utility and industry customers for over 50 years with the complete range of engineering, products, solutions and services in areas in Automation and Power technology. They are having their operations in 14 manufacturing facilities in India and serving their customers through an extensive countrywide presence with more than 18 marketing offices, 8 service centers, 3 logistics warehouses and a network of over 800 channel partners.

The company has multiple divisions, namely, Power Products, Power Systems, Automation and Motion, Low Voltage Products and Process Automation. ABB India has a wide array of products such as Circuit Breakers, Capacitors, Disconnectors, Surge Arresters, Transformers, Cable Distribution cabinets, Fusegear,Operating Mechanisms, Filters, Energy storage modules, Enclosed Switches and Control products. The company has its registered office located in Bangalore.

The company segments includes: power systems, which offers turnkey systems and services for transmission and distributions for power grid and power plants, instrumentation, control and balance of power plants; power products, which manufactures, engineers, supplies key components to transmit and distribute electricity, and also produces transformers, high and medium voltage switchgears, circuit breakers, capacitors, distribution relays; process automation, which provides integrated solutions and served oil and gas, power, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pulps and paper, metals and minerals, marine and turbo charging industries; automation products, which provides motors, variable speed drives, low voltage products, instrumentation and power electronics; Others consists of robotics systems.