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ABB GROUP COMPANIES (CONSOLIDATED) BY COUNTRY AS PER MARCH 31, 2003
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Country Interest Capital ency
Company % in 1000
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ALGERIA
ABB Electrical Service Company Spa, Hydra 60.00 108000 DZD
SpA ABB Lummus Global Algeria, Hydra 100.00 21000 DZD
SARPI - Societe Algerienne pour la realisation 50.00 420282 DZD
de projets industriels, Alger
ANGOLA
ABB Electrica SGPS, Lda., Luanda 100.00 200 USD
EAM - Empresa Angolana de Metalomecanica SARL, 75.00 200 USD
Luanda
ARGENTINA
Asea Brown Boveri S.A., Buenos Aires 100.00 10510 ARS
Modulec S.A., San Luis 100.00 800 ARS
ABB Vetco Gray Argentina S.A., Pcia. de Buenos 100.00 3 ARS
Aires
ARUBA (NL)
ABB Import & Export Services Ltd., 100.00 1 USD
Oranjestad/Aruba (NA)
AUSTRALIA
ABB Australia Pty Limited, Sydney 100.00 122436 AUD
Allco Pty Limited, Tomago, NSW 100.00 16497 AUD
Babcock Australia Pty Limited, Sydney, NSW 100.00 2500 AUD
ABB Service Pty Ltd., Sydney, NSW 100.00 17718 AUD
ABB EPT Management Ltd., Sydney, NSW 100.00 64437 AUD
ABB Financial Services Australia Ltd., Sydney 100.00 3000 AUD
ABB Group Investment Management Pty. Ltd., 100.00 9110 AUD
Sydney
ABB Group Holdings Pty. Ltd., Sydney 100.00 316200 AUD
ABB Industry Pty Ltd., Regents Park, NSW 100.00 37 AUD
ABB Administrative Services Pty. Ltd., Regents 100.00 9973 AUD
Park, NSW
ABB Group Investment LLP, Sydney 100.00 146232 AUD
ABB Net SA Pty Limited, Sydney NSW 100.00 19200 AUD
ABB Redbank Investments Pty Ltd., Sydney 100.00 6437 AUD
ABB Transmission & Distribution Ltd., Moorebank, 100.00 14914 AUD
NSW
Westralian Transformers Pty Ltd., Osborne Park, 100.00 2025 AUD
WA
ABB Vetco Gray Australia Pty Ltd., Melbourne, 100.00 383 AUD
VIC
AUSTRIA
ABB AG, Vienna 100.00 15000 EUR
ABB Building & Infrastructure Solution GmbH, 100.00 35 EUR
Wien
Kraft & Warme Gebaudesysteme GmbH, Vienna 100.00 100 EUR
ABB Montage GmbH, Innsbruck 100.00 42 EUR
BAHRAIN
ABB Automation E.C., Bahrain 100.00 500 USD
BELGIUM
Asea Brown Boveri S.A., Brussels 100.00 13290 EUR
ABB Building Systems, Zaventem 100.00 5034 EUR
Asea Brown Boveri Electro NV/SA, Zaventem 100.00 2649 EUR
Asea Brown Boveri Europe Ltd., Brussels 100.00 2500 BEF
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S.A. Helvimo N.V., Brussels 99.00 62400 BEF
Asea Brown Boveri Jumet S.A., Jumet 100.00 1487 EUR
Sirius Belgium Reassurances S.A., Liege 100.00 1246 EUR
ABB Energy Service NV, Mechelen 100.00 862 EUR
BERMUDA (GB)
Scandinavian Reinsurance Company Ltd., Bermuda 100.00 100000 USD
BOLIVIA
Asea Brown Boveri Ltda., La Paz-Bolivia 100.00 98 USD
BOTSWANA
ABB (Pty) Ltd., Gaborone 100.00 541 BWP
BRAZIL
ABB Ltda., Osasco 100.00 145682 BRL
ABB Empreendimentos LTDA, Sao Paulo 100.00 42000 BRL
ABB Participacoes Ltda., Sao Paulo 100.00 189566 BRL
Termobahia II Ltda., Bahia 100.00 3 BRL
BULGARIA
ABB Bulgaria EOOD, Sofia 100.00 10400 BGL
ABB Avangard AD, Sevlievo 100.00 118566 BGL
ABB Control EOOD, Petrich 100.00 34560 BGL
CAMEROON
Asea Brown Boveri S.A., Douala 100.00 30000 XAF
CANADA
ABB Inc., St. Laurent, Quebec 100.00 247157 CAD
ABB Bomem Inc., Quebec 100.00 18219 CAD
Combustion Engineering Technology Investment 100.00 27285 CAD
Corp., St.Laurent, Quebec
ABB International Projects Inc., St.Laurent, QC 100.00 100 CDN
ABB Offshore Systems Canada Inc., Nisku 100.00 CDN
Smartcore Systems Inc., Alberta 100.00 500 CAN
ABB Vetco Gray Canada Inc., Edmonton, Alberta 100.00 0 CAD
CHILE
Asea Brown Boveri S.A., Santiago 100.00 2959294 CLP
CHINA
ABB (China) Ltd., Beijing 100.00 120000 USD
ABB Engineering (Shanghai) Ltd., Shanghai 100.00 2000 USD
ABB Bailey Beijing Controls Co. Ltd., Beijing 51.00 6684 CNY
ABB Chongqing Transformer Company Ltd., 62.20 38647 USD
Chongqing City
ABB Distribution Transformer (Hefei) Limited, 100.00 8000 USD
Anhui
ABB Xiamen Switchgear Co. Ltd., Xiamen 66.20 5000 USD
ABB (China) Engineering Co. Ltd. Xiamen 100.00 2100 USD
ABB Huadian High Voltage Switchgear (Xiamen) 51.00 3000 USD
Company Ltd., Xiamen
ABB Holding Ltd., Hong Kong 100.00 27887 HKD
ABB Beijing Drive Systems Co. Ltd., Beijing 90.00 5000 USD
ABB LV Installation Materials Co. Ltd., Beijing 85.70 17100 USD
ABB Xinhui Low Voltage Switchgear Co. Ltd., 60.00 6200 USD
Xinhui (Guangdong)
ABB Xiamen Low Voltage Equipment Co. Ltd., 94.00 6200 USD
Xiamen
ABB Shanghai Motors Co. Ltd., Shanghai 75.00 11216 USD
ABB Shanghai Transformer Co. Ltd., Shanghai 51.00 7000 USD
ABB High Voltage Switchgear Co. Ltd., Beijing 60.00 11400 USD
ABB Hefei Transformer Co. Ltd., Hefei 84.29 21000 USD
ABB Xi'an Power Capacitor Company Limited, Xi'an 51.00 4500 USD
Vetco Gray Petroleum Equipment (Shanghai) Co. 60.00 1800 USD
Ltd., Shanghai
ABB Xiamen Electrical Controlgear Co. Ltd., 80.00 4300 USD
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Fujian Province
ABB Zhongshan Transformer Company Ltd., 51.00 15000 USD
Zhongshan City
COLOMBIA
Asea Brown Boveri Ltda., Bogota 99.99 485477 COP
COTE D'IVOIRE/IVORY COAST
ABB Technology SA, Abidjan 99.00 178540 XOF
CROATIA
ABB Ltd., Zagreb 100.00 2730 HRK
CZECH REPUBLIC
Entrelec Ceska Sro, Brno 100.00 8250 CZK
ABB s.r.o., Prague 100.00 100100 CZK
ABB Lummus Global s.r.o., Brno 100.00 100 CZK
DENMARK
ABB A/S, Skovlunde 100.00 241000 DKK
ABB Offshore Danmark A/S, Kolding 100.00 350 DKK
ECUADOR
Asea Brown Boveri S.A., Quito 96.87 325 USD
EGYPT
Asea Brown Boveri S.A.E., Cairo 100.00 20040 EGP
ABB Arab Contractors for Construction, 65.00 5000 EGP
Heliopolis
ABB Arab S.A.E., Cairo 80.00 40000 EGP
ABB Automation S.A.E., Heliopolis 100.00 5000 EGP
ABB Group Process Center S.A.E., Cairo 100.00 250 EGP
ABB High Voltage Co. S.A.E., Heliopolis/Cairo 100.00 5000 EGP
ABB Metals & Plastics Manufact. Co. SAE, 10th of 80.00 5000 EGP
Ramadan City
ABB Petroleum Technology, Cairo 100.00 500 USD
ABB SUSA Egypt, Maadi 100.00 50 EGP
ABB Turbochargers S.A.E., Suez 100.00 199 EGP
ABB Transformers S.A.E., El-Nozha El-Gedida 65.00 10000 EGP
EL SALVADOR
ABB S.A. de CV, San Salvador 100.00 30 SVC
ESTONIA
ABB AS, Tallinn 100.00 25985 EEK
ETHIOPIA
Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Addis Ababa 100.00 0
ABB-Midroc Industrial Services Pvt. Ltd. Co., 51.00 4600 ETB
Addis Ababa
FINLAND
ABB Oy, Helsinki 100.00 168188 EUR
ABB Credit Oy, Helsinki 100.00 1682 EUR
ABB Current Oy, Helsinki 100.00 58866 EUR
ABB East Ventures Oy, Helsinki 100.00 8412 EUR
Kanavakangas, Helsinki 100.00 101 EUR
Kiinteisto Oy Bolenraitti 10, Helsinki 100.00 25 EUR
Sahkolahteenmaki-Kiinteistot Oy, Helsinki 100.00 99 EUR
ABB Sahkorinne Kiinteisto Oy, Helsinki 100.00 1348 EUR
ABB Shipins Oy, Turku 60.00 505 EUR
Kiinteisto Oy Toijalan Hameentie 23, Helsinki 100.00 84 EUR
FRANCE
ABB S.A., Paris La Defense 100.00 38921 EUR
ABB Alternative Energies SAS, Laon 100.00 200 EUR
ABB Automation SAS, Massy 99.90 8789 EUR
ABB Business Services, Paris 100.00 40 EUR
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Cogelub, Persan 51.00 510 FRF
L'Ebenoid, Villeurbanne 100.00 1000 EUR
Entrelec Group, Lyon 100.00 19526 EUR
Helita, Persan 92.22 320 EUR
ABB Entrelec SAS, Villeurbanne 100.00 25000 EUR
Soule Materiel Electrique, Bagneres de Bigorre 92.22 13625 EUR
Soule Finance Developpement, Bagneres de Bigorre 94.00 8923 EUR
Soule Protection Surtensions, Bezons 92.22 3851 EUR
ABB Full Maintenance SAS, Persan 100.00 40 EUR
ABB Instrumentation, Massy 100.00 668 EUR
ABB Lummus Global SarL., Paris La Defense 100.00 100 EUR
ABB Manufacturing and Consumer Industries, St 100.00 253 EUR
Ouen l'Aumone
ABB Building Systems, Massy 100.00 40 EUR
ABB Process Industrie, Aix les Bains 100.00 3466 EUR
Striebel & John France S.A.R.L., Wesserling 51.00 686 EUR
ABB ITI, Nanterre Cedex 100.00 1102 EUR
ABB Spie Tableaux, Geispolsheim-Gare 75.00 1641 EUR
ABB Vetco Gray France S.A.R.L, Pau 100.00 1000 FFR
GERMANY
ABB Automatisierungsanlagen Cottbus GmbH, 100.00 12000 DEM
Cottbus
ABB Airport Technologies GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 5700 DEM
ABB AG, Mannheim 100.00 327600 DEM
ABB Automation Products GmbH, Eschborn 100.00 20750 DEM
ABB Asset Finance GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 100 DEM
ABB Stotz-Kontakt/Striebel & John Vertriebs- 75.50 511 EUR
GmbH, Sasbach
ABB Schaltanlagentechnik GmbH, Ladenburg 100.00 2500 DEM
ABB Automation Beteiligungs GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 37800 DEM
Busch-Jaeger Elektro GmbH, Mannheim/Ludenscheid 100.00 3000 DEM
ABB Bauprojektmanagement GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 50 EUR
ABB Beteiligungen GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 125200 DEM
ABB Beteiligungs- und Verwaltungsges. mbH, 100.00 120000 DEM
Mannheim
ABB Calor Emag Hochspannung GmbH, Hanau 100.00 100 EUR
ABB Calor Emag Mittelspannung GmbH, Ratingen 100.00 28751 DEM
ABB Engineering and Consulting GmbH, Wiesbaden 100.00 0 DEM
EDR Energiedienstleistungsges. Ratingen mbH, 100.00 50 DEM
Freiburg
Entrelec Fanal GmbH & CO KG, Wuppertal 100.00 50 DEM
Entrelec Schiele Fanal GmbH, Koln 100.00 1050 DEM
Entrelec Schiele Industriewerke GmbH & CO KG, 100.00 4000 DEM
Hornberg
Entrelec SIW GmbH, Hornberg 100.00 50 DEM
ABB Equity Ventures GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 50 DEM
ABB Finanzierungs- und Verwaltungs GmbH, 100.00 50 EUR
Mannheim
ABB Flakt GmbH, Butzbach 100.00 51292 DEM
ABB Grundbesitz GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 10000 DEM
ABB Grundbesitz Berlin GmbH & Co. Objekte Berlin 100.00 DEM
OHG, Berlin
ABB Group Services Center GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 2560 DEM
ABB Gebaudetechnik AG, Mannheim 100.00 12315 DEM
ABB Grundbesitz-Verwaltung-GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 50 DEM
Hartmann & Braun GmbH & Co. KG, Eschborn 100.00 6080 DEM
ABB Isolrohr GmbH, Fulda 100.00 5000 DEM
JLEC Holdings GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 50 DEM
JLEC Power Ventures GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 50 DEM
ABB Energiekabel GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 20503 EUR
Key2Automation GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 25 EUR
Komposit-Risikoberatungs- und 100.00 50 DEM
Versicherungsvermittlungs-GmbH, Heidelberg
ABB Logistics Center Europe GmbH, Menden 100.00 50 DEM
Asea Brown Boveri AG & Co. Leasing KG, Mannheim 100.00 2 DEM
ABB Lummus Global GmbH, Wiesbaden 100.00 0 DEM
ABB Manufacturing & Consumer Industries GmbH, 100.00 7200 DEM
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Friedberg
ABB New Ventures GmbH, Essen 100.00 50 DEM
ABB Patent GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 50 DEM
ABB Process Industries GmbH, Eschborn 100.00 16000 EUR
Pucaro Elektro-Isolierstoffe GmbH, Roigheim 100.00 4500 DEM
ABB Service GmbH, Bobingen 100.00 50 DEM
Skyva International GmbH, Laudenburg 99.97 300 DEM
Sirius Ruckversicherungsservice GmbH, Hamburg 100.00 51 EUR
ABB Stotz-Kontakt GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 6800 EUR
Striebel & John GmbH & Co. KG, Sasbach- 51.00 2000 DEM
Obersasbach
Striebel Vermogensverwaltungs-GmbH, Sasbach- 51.00 50 DEM
Obersasbach
ABB Training Center Berlin GmbH, Berlin 100.00 18000 DEM
ABB Training Center Rhein-Neckar GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 50 DEM
ABB Technologie GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 25 DEM
ABB Transformatoren GmbH, Bad Honnef 100.00 16300 DEM
ABB Treasury Services GmbH, Frankfurt 100.00 100 DEM
ABB Utilities GmbH, Mannheim 100.00
ABB Wirtschaftsbetriebe GmbH, Mannheim 100.00 500 DEM
GREECE
Asea Brown Boveri S.A., Metamorphossis Attica 100.00 285740 GRD
SAE Hellas A.E., Societa Anonima Tecnica 100.00 1000 EUR
Elettrificazione, Athens
ABB Trade S.A., Metamorphossis Attica 99.90 20000 GRD
Wind Park of Rhodes SA, Rhodes 80.00 30000 GDR
WRE Hellas SA, Athens 100.00 477000 GDR
HONG KONG
ABB (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong 100.00 20000 HKD
ABB Asia Pacific Ltd., Hong Kong 100.00 4249 HKD
ABB Asia Pacific Services Ltd., Hong Kong 100.00 1000 HKD
ABB Supply Services Ltd., Hong Kong 100.00 300 HKD
HUNGARY
ABB Engineering Trading and Service Ltd., 100.00 178700 HUF
Budapest
ABB Pacont Kft., Budapest 100.00 725480 HUF
ABB Szerviz Kft., Budapest 100.00 329790 HUF
INDIA
Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Mumbai 52.11 423817 INR
ABB Holdings (South Asia) Ltd., Bangalore 100.00 205930 INR
ABB Industrial IT Development Center Limited, 100.00 4500 INR
Bangalore
INDONESIA
PT ABB Bailey, Jakarta 100.00 1000 USD
PT ABB Batam 100.00 520511 IDR
PT ABB Installation Materials, Jakarta 95.00 3655000 IDR
PT ABB Sakti Industri, Jakarta 51.00 4000 USD
PT ABB Transmission and Distribution, Jakarta 60.00 11050 USD
PT Vetco Gray Indonesia, Jakarta 100.00 5600 IDR
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
ABB (P.J.S.C.), Teheran 100.00 6444000 IRR
ABB Petroleum Equipment Industries Company 65.00 1680000 IRR
(PJSC), Tehran
IRELAND
ABB Ltd, Dublin 100.00 2871 EUR
ABB Holdings Ireland Ltd., Dublin 100.00 625 EUR
ABB Transformers Ltd., Waterford 100.00 2316 EUR
Rialto Cables & Plastics Ltd., Dublin 75.00 10 IEP
Wessel Energy Cables Ltd., Dublin 75.00 0 IEP
Wessel Cable Ltd., Longford 75.00 2401 IEP
Wessel Industries Holdings Ltd., Dublin 75.00 6400 IEP
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Wessel Industries Ltd., Dublin 75.00 689 IEP
Wessel Promotion Ltd., Dublin 75.00 61 IEP
Wessel (R&D) Ltd., Dublin 75.00 0 IEP
ISRAEL
ABB Technologies Ltd., Tirat Carmel 99.99 420 ILS
ITALY
ABB S.p.A., Milan 100.00 22000 EUR
ABB Solutions S.p.A., Milano 100.00 23242 EUR
ABB SACE S.p.A., Sesto S. Giovanni (MI) 100.00 60000 EUR
ABB Reno De Medici s.r.l. Milan 60.00 41 EUR
ABB Corporate Administration & Properties 99.99 7142 EUR
S.p.A., Milan
ABB Estense Service S.p.A., Ferrara 51.00 100 EUR
ABB Installazioni S.p.A., Milan 99.99 2068 EUR
ABB Corporate Service s.r.l., Milan 100.00 650 EUR
ABB Process Solutions & Services S.p.A., Milan 100.00 99000 ITL
ABB Trasmissione & Distribuzione S.p.A., Milan 100.00 35000 EUR
PR.ENER.CA Ceresio S.r.l., Milan 65.00 12 EUR
ABB Group Service Center srl., Milano 100.00 516 EUR
SACEM-Sarda Costruzioni e Montaggi Industriali 100.00 516 EUR
S.p.A., Milan
ABB Servomotors S.r.l., Milan 100.00 1291 EUR
ABB Process Solutions & Services SPA, Milan 100.00 8500 EUR
Telecogen s.r.l., Bussolengo 75.00 200 EUR
ABB Energy Automation S.p.A., Milan 100.00 15492 EUR
ABB Finanziaria srl, Milan 100.00 2000 EUR
Telesafe Energy S.r.l., Massa 38.25 93 EUR
ABB Vetco Gray Italia S.R.L., Milan 100.00 23700 ITL
JAPAN
ABB K.K., Tokyo 100.00 1000000 JPY
JORDAN
ABB Ltd. Jordan, Amman 100.00 350 JOD
ABB Near East Trading Ltd., Amman 95.00 30 JOD
KAZAKHSTAN
ABB Ltd., Almaty 100.00 300 USD
KENYA
Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Nairobi 100.00 15500 KES
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
ABB Ltd., Seoul 100.00 18670000 KRW
KUWAIT
ABB Engg. Technologies Co. (KSCC), Safat 49.00 100 KWD
LATVIA
ABB SIA, Riga 100.00 2506 LVL
LEBANON
ABB Electrical Co. S.A.L., Beirut 67.00 155000 LBP
LITHUANIA
ABB UAB, Vilnius 100.00 600 LTL
ABB Technika UAB, Vilna 100.00 600 LTL
LUXEMBOURG
Asea Brown Boveri (Luxembourg) S.A., Luxembourg 100.00 496 EUR
MALAYSIA
ABB Holdings Sdn. Bhd., Subang Jaya 100.00 4490 MYR
ABB Insurance Brokers (L) Bhd., Labuan 100.00 300 MYR
ABB Industrial and Building Syst. Sdn. Bhd., 100.00 3000 MYR
Subang Jaya
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ABB Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Subang Jaya 100.00 3500 MYR
ABB Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd., Subang Jaya 100.00 700 MYR
ABB Sapura Sdn.Bhd., Kuala Lumpur 49.00 500 MYR
ABB Transmission and Distribution Sdn. Bhd., 66.00 3500 MYR
Subang Jaya
MALI
Asea Brown Boveri Mali, Bamako 100.00 5000 XOF
MALTA
ABB Lummus Malta Limited, Floriana 100.00 100 EUR
MAURITIUS
Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Port Louis 51.00 3000 MUR
ABB International Holdings Ltd., Port Louis 100.00 0 USD
ABB Lummus Crest Mauritius, Port Louis 100.00
MEXICO
Asea Brown Boveri S.A. de C.V., Tlalnepantla 100.00 419096 MXN
Entrelec SA de CV, Nuevo Leon 100.00 1000 MXN
ABB Mexico S.A. de C.V., Tlalnepantla 100.00 156618 MXN
ABB Vetco Gray Mexico S.A. de C.V., Santa Clara 100.00 25800 USD
Coatitla
MOROCCO
Asea Brown Boveri S.A., Casablanca 100.00 5400 MAD
MOZAMBIQUE
ABB Tecnel Limitada, Maputo 60.00 3307500 MZM
NAMIBIA
Asea Brown Boveri (Pty) Ltd., Windhoek 100.00 3036 NAD
NETHERLANDS
ABB BV, Rotterdam 100.00 20000 NLG
ABB Building Systems B.V., Oud - Beijerland 100.00 18 EUR
ABB Holdings BV, Amsterdam 100.00 119 EUR
Corimmo Adviesgroep BV, Amsterdam 100.00 18 EUR
ABB Capital, B.V., Amsterdam 100.00 20000 NLG
Capio Finance B.V., Amsterdam 100.00 18 EUR
Lummus JSC Russia B.V. The Hague 100.00 100 NLG
Capio Frankfurt Immo BV, Amsterdam 100.00 18 EUR
Capio Holding N.V., Amsterdam 100.00 5853 EUR
Capio Frankfurt Immo BV & Inverell Properties 100.00 13290 EUR
OHG, Amsterdam
Dungarubba Properties BV, Amsterdam 100.00 18 EUR
Elsag Bailey Hartmann & Braun Nederland BV, 100.00 1050 NLG
Delft
ABB Energie Service BV, Rotterdam 100.00 40 NLG
ABB Entrelec BV, Hengelo 100.00 25 EUR
ABB Equity BV, Amsterdam 100.00 150 EUR
ABB Equity Ventures B.V., Amsterdam 100.00 40 NLG
ABB Finance B.V., Amsterdam 100.00 40 NLG
ABB Financial Services B.V., Amsterdam 100.00 16786 NLG
ABB Power Investment (India) B.V., Amsterdam 100.00 40 NLG
Inverell Properties BV, Amsterdam 100.00 18 EUR
ABB Lummus Global B.V., The Hague 100.00 12000 NLG
ABB Lummus Heat Transfer B.V., The Hague 100.00 361 NLG
ABB Lummus Project Participations B.V., The 100.00 18 EUR
Hague
Lummus Contracting B.V., The Hague 100.00 40 NLG
Lummus Worldwide Contracting B.V. (LUWOCO), The 100.00 42 NLG
Hague
Maynard BV, Breda 100.00 47 NLG
Novolen Technology Holding, C.V., The Hague 80.00
ABB Oil & Gas Europe B.V., The Hague 100.00 23693 NLG
The Yueyang Power Holding Company B.V., 100.00 50 EUR
Amstelveen
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ABB New Ventures B.V., Amstelveen 100.00 200 EUR
ABB Energy Ventures Projects B.V., Amsterdam 100.00 40 NLG
ABB Payment Services B.V., Amstelveen 100.00 100 EUR
ABB SattLine BV, Etten-Leur 100.00 100 NLG
ABB Structured Finance Investment BV, Amstelveen 100.00 40 NLG
ABB Zantingh Energiesystemen BV, Aalsmeer 100.00 300 NLG
NEW ZEALAND
ABB Limited, Auckland 100.00 30501 NZD
ABB Maintenance Services Limited, Auckland 100.00 1 NZD
NIGERIA
ABB NG Ltd., Ikeja/Lagos 60.00 5671 NGN
ABB Electrical Systems Ltd., Lagos 90.00 56000 NGN
ABB Lummus Global (Nigeria) Ltd., Lagos 60.00 2000 NGN
ABB Oil & Gas Nigeria Ltd., Lagos 55.00 4970 NGN
ABB Lummus Global Nigeria Ltd., Nigeria 60.00 2000 NGN
ABB Powerlines Limited., Lagos 49.50 5000 NGN
Vetco Gray Nigeria Limited, Port Harcourt 60.00 337 NGN
NORWAY
ABB Holding AS, Billingstad 100.00 800000 NOK
ABB Anchor Contracting AS, Billingstad 90.10 1000 NOK
ABB Structured Finance As, Billingstad 100.00 1240000 NOK
ABB Gas Technology AS, Bergen 55.20 1494 NOK
ABB Industri og Offshore AS, Billingstad 100.00 50 NOK
J.P. Kenny AS, Forus 100.00 6629 NOK
Nordisk Eiendomsforvaltning AS, Billingstad 100.00 500000 NOK
ABB Kraft AS, Drammen 100.00 140826 NOK
Stadt Automasjon AS, Billingstad 100.00 766677 NOK
Norsk Subsea Cable AS, Drammen 51.00 1000 NOK
ABB Financial Services AS, Olso 100.00 100000 NOK
ABB Vetco Gray AS, Stavanger 100.00 500 NOK
OMAN
ABB LLC, Al Hamriya 65.00 150 OMR
PAKISTAN
ABB (Pvt) Ltd., Lahore 100.00 31966 PKR
PANAMA
ABB S.A., Panama 100.00 100 USD
Tradeinvest Centroamericana S.A., Panama 61.23 2000 USD
PAPAUA, NEW GUINEA
EPT (PNG) Pty Limited, Port Moresby 100.00 0 PGK
General Construction (New Guinea) Ltd., Port 100.00 39 PGK
Moresby
ABB Industry (PNG) Pty LTd., Regents Park, NSW 74.00 0 PGK
PERU
Asea Brown Boveri S.A., Lima 99.99 17152 PEN
PHILIPPINES
Asea Brown Boveri Inc., Paranaque, Metro Manila 100.00 123180 PHP
POLAND
ABB Sp. zo.o., Warsaw 95.98 208843 PLN
Entrelec Polzka Sp. zo.o., Leborska 100.00 900 PLN
ABB Instal Sp. zo.o., Wroclaw 100.00 34200 PLN
ABB Zamech Gazpetro Sp. zo.o., Elblag 100.00 1300 PLN
ABB Zamech Marine Sp. zo.o., Elblag 100.00 7000 PLN
PORTUGAL
ABB S.G.P.S, S.A., Amadora 100.00 4117 EUR
ABB Stotz Kontakt Electrica, Lda., Porto 100.00 700 EUR
SGIE 2000 - Consultores em Organizacao 100.00 400 EUR
Industrial S.A., Lisboa
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ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) S.A., Amadora 100.00 11477 EUR
SMM - Sociedade de Montagens Metalomecanicas 100.00 10729 EUR
S.A., Amadora
ROMANIA
ABB SRL, Bucharest 100.00 500 USD
RUSSIA
Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Moscow 100.00 333 USD
ABB Elektroizolit Bushing Ltd., Moscow 70.60 1700 USD
ABB Communications and Information Systems Ltd., 100.00 200 USD
Moscow
ABB Electroengineering Ltd., Moscow 100.00 2100 USD
ABB Elmek Ltd., Moscow 100.00 500 USD
ABB Industrial and Building Systems Ltd., Moscow 100.00 4000 USD
ABB Moskabel Ltd., Moscow 75.00 7500 USD
000 ABB Lummus Global, Moscow 100.00 10 RUR
ABB Moselectro Ltd., Moscow 74.50 2000 USD
ABB Automation LLC, Moscow 76.20 2200 USD
ABB UETM Ltd., Ekaterinburg 51.49 5337 USD
SAUDI ARABIA
ABB Contracting Company Ltd., Riyadh 65.00 10000 SAR
ABB Electrical Industries Ltd., Riyadh 65.00 59000 SAR
ABB Automation Co. Ltd., Riyadh 65.00 10250 SAR
Electrical Materials Center, Riyadh 500 SAR
Lummus Alireza Ltd. Co., Saudi Arabia 51.00 3500 SAR
Saudi SAE Technical Construction Co. Ltd., 99.99 10000 SAR
Riyadh
ABB Service Co. Ltd., Al Khobar 65.00 2000 SAR
SENEGAL
ABB Technologies S.A., Dakar 100.00 475200 XOF
SINGAPORE
ABB Agencies Pte. Ltd., Singapore 100.00 410 SGD
Entrelec Asia, Singapore 100.00 200 SGD
ABB Holdings Pte. Ltd., Singapore 100.00 25597 SGD
ABB Industry Pte. Ltd., Singapore 100.00 6845 SGD
ABB Lummus Global Pte. Ltd., Singapore 100.00 528 SGD
ABB Offshore Systems Pte. Ltd., Singapore 100.00 894 SGD
ABB Support Pte. Ltd., Singapore 100.00 11000 SGD
ABB Treasury Center (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd., 100.00 10000 USD
Singapore
ABB Vetco Gray Pte. Ltd., Singapore 100.00 1000 SGD
SLOVAKIA
ABB s.r.o., Bratislava 100.00 9289 SKK
ABB Elektro s.r.o., Bratislava 100.00 10000 SKK
ABB Komponenty s.r.o., Kosice 100.00 40066 SKK
SLOVENIA
ABB D.o.o., Ljubljana 100.00 300 USD
SOUTH AFRICA
ABB Holdings (Pty) Ltd., Sunninghill 80.00 4050 ZAR
Desta Power Matla Holdings (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria 19.96 ZAR
Desta Power Matla (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria 29.98 22 ZAR
ABB Karebo Manufacturers (Pty), Midrand 48.00 4000 ZAR
Primkop Airport Management (Pty) Ltd., Nelspruit 90.00 4000 ZAR
ABB Powertech Transformers (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria 40.00 128 ZAR
ABB South Africa (Pty) Ltd., Sunninghill 80.00 5000 ZAR
SPAIN
Asea Brown Boveri S.A., Madrid 100.00 5543595 ESP
ABB Automation Products S.A., Barcelona 100.00 5234 EUR
ABB Sistemas Industriales S.A., San Quirze del 100.00 910000 ESP
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ABB Stotz Kontakt, S.A., Getafe 100.00 3030 EUR
ABB Transmission & Distribution Systems, Madrid 100.00 2098150 ESP
ABB Power Technology S.A., Zaragoza 100.00 2484530 ESP
SWEDEN
ABB Participation AB, Vasteras 100.00 4689565 SEK
ABB AB, Vasteras 100.00 400000 SEK
ABB Automation Technology Products AB, Vasteras 100.00 150000 SEK
CEPA Pressteknik AB, Grangesberg 100.00 5000 SEK
CEPA Industri AB, Grangesberg 100.00 125 SEK
ABB Construction AB, Vasteras 100.00 10000 SEK
ABB CSC Finance AB, Stockholm 100.00 500 SEK
ABB Building Systems AB, Vasteras 100.00 205000 SEK
Romania Invest AB, Vasteras 75.00 100 SEK
AB Cythere 61, Vasteras 100.00 100 SEK
ABB Energy Information Systems AB, Stockholm 100.00 1500 SEK
AB Electro-Invest, Vasteras 100.00 24000 SEK
ABB Industriunderhall AB, Degerfors 51.00 300 SEK
ABB Livsmedelsunderhall AB, Eskilstuna 100.00 100 SEK
Fastighets AB Malmaberg, Vasteras 100.00 250 SEK
ABB Fastighet AB, Vasteras 100.00 3000 SEK
Fastighets AB Balgen, Vasteras 100.00 100 SEK
ABB Technology FLB AB, Stockholm 100.00 40000 SEK
ABB Virkestorkar AB, Skelleftea 100.00 1000 SEK
Fastighets AB Regionen, Vasteras 100.00 100 SEK
ABB Group Services Center AB, Vasteras 100.00 11700 SEK
ABB Industriservice AB, Uppsala 91.00 1000 SEK
Fastighets AB Jonslund, Vasteras 100.00 100 SEK
Fastighets AB Isolatorn, Vasteras 100.00 100 SEK
ABB Insurance Holding Sweden AB, Stockholm 100.00 100 SEK
ABB Kumotech AB, Sundsvall 51.00 100 SEK
Fastighets AB Lothar, Vasteras 100.00 150 SEK
ABB Manufacturing & Consumer Industries AB, 100.00 5000 SEK
Vasteras
ABB Motors Central Stock Nordic AB, Vasteras 100.00 100 SEK
ABB Norden Holding AB, Stockholm 100.00 459000 SEK
Fastighets AB Sinus, Vasteras 100.00 100 SEK
Fastighets AB Orjan, Vasteras 100.00 100 SEK
ABB Industries AB, Vasteras 100.00 280000 SEK
ABB New Finance AB, Stockholm 100.00 167546 SEK
Fastighets AB Romberga, Vasteras 100.00 4000 SEK
ABB I-R Waterjet AB, Ronneby 51.00 6000 SEK
ABB Service AB, Vasteras 100.00 17000 SEK
ABB Structured Finance Investment AB, Stockholm 100.00 100 SEK
Sirius International Forsakrings AB (publ), 100.00 800000 SEK
Stockholm
Fastighets AB Solskavan, Vasteras 100.00 150 SEK
ABB Pappersunderhall AB, Vasteras 100.00 1000 SEK
ABB Halsan AB, Vasteras 100.00 6800 SEK
ABB Power Technology Products AB, Ludvika 100.00 170000 SEK
ABB TD Finance AB, Stockholm 100.00 100 SEK
Tre Kronor Kapital AB, Stockholm 100.00 100 SEK
ABB Financial Services AB, Stockholm 100.00 50000 SEK
ABB Teknikservice AB, Fagersta 100.00 2041 SEK
ABB Financial Holding AB, Vasteras 100.00 100 SEK
ABB Utilities AB, Vasteras 100.00 260000 SEK
ABB Fullservice AB, Ornskoldsvik 100.00 1200 SEK
SWITZERLAND
ABB Ltd, Zurich 100.00 3000024 CHF
ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Zurich 100.00 2380000 CHF
ABB Asia Participations AG, Zurich 100.00 750 CHF
ABB Schweiz Holding AG, Baden 100.00 200000 CHF
ABB Financial Services Ltd., Zurich 100.00 100 CHF
ABB Insurance Brokers AG, Baden 100.00 100 CHF
ABB AP Trading & Engineering AG, Zurich 100.00 100 CHF
Arnold AG, Bern 100.00 1000 CHF
ABB Automation Technologies Management Ltd., 100.00 100 CHF
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Zurich
ABB Holding AG, Zurich 100.00 1199438 CHF
Broger AG, Mullheim 100.00 200 CHF
ABB Corporate Management Services AG, Zurich 100.00 100 CHF
ABB Credit, Baden 100.00
Entrelec International Dicoesa, Belfaux 100.00 5000 CHF
ABB Energy Engineering AG, Zurich 100.00 100 CHF
ABB Export Bank, Zurich 100.00 50000 CHF
ABB MEA Participation Ltd., Zurich 100.00 1000 CHF
ABB Energie Services Schweiz, Zurich 100.00 100 CHF
ABB Energy Services International Ltd., Zurich 100.00 100 CHF
"Patelhold" Patentverwertungs- und Elektro- 100.00 400 CHF
Holding AG, Zurich
ABB Group Processes Ltd., Zurich 100.00 500 CHF
Grossenbacher Installationen AG, St. Gallen 100.00 1500 CHF
ABB Handels- und Verwaltungs AG, Zurich 100.00 1000 CHF
ABB Immobilien AG, Baden 100.00 20000 CHF
ABB Installationen AG, Volketswil 100.00 4000 CHF
ABB International Services AG, Zurich 100.00 1000 CHF
JAG Jakob Installationen AG, Biel 100.00 500 CHF
ABB KeyCom AG, Zurich 100.00 1500 CHF
Kriegel & Co. Inh. Th. Muller AG, Muttenz 100.00 600 CHF
Kriegel & Schaffner AG, Basel 100.00 150 CHF
ABB Manufacturing and Consumer Industries 100.00 100 CHF
Management Ltd., Zurich
Micafil AG, Zurich 100.00 4000 CHF
ABB New Ventures Ltd., Zurich 100.00 100 ABB
ABB Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals Management Ltd., 100.00 100 CHF
Zurich
ABB International Marketing Ltd., Zurich 100.00 1000 CHF
ABB Projects and Services Ltd., Zurich 100.00 100 CHF
ABB Power Technologies Management Ltd., Zurich 100.00 100 CHF
ABB Research Ltd., Zurich 100.00 100 CHF
ABB Secheron S.A., Satigny 99.97 22000 CHF
Skyva Switzerland AG, Haegendorf 99.97 5 CHF
ABB Elettro Impianti S.A., Lugano 100.00 500 CHF
ABB Technology Ltd., Zurich 100.00 100 CHF
ABB Turbo-Systems Holding Ltd., Baden 100.00 40000 CHF
ABB Turbo-Systems AG, Baden 100.00 10000 CHF
TAIWAN
ABB Ltd., Taipei 100.00 200000 TWD
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC
Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Dar Es Salaam 100.00 141000 TZS
ABB Berkeley Electrical Ltd., Dar es Salaam 100.00
ABB Pemacco Ltd., Dar es Salaam 100.00
ABB Tanelec Ltd., Arusha 70.00 2196591 TZS
THAILAND
ABB LIMITED, Samutprakarn 100.00 784000 THB
Asea Brown Boveri Holding Ltd., Samutprakarn 100.00 1100 THB
ABB Capacitors Ltd., Samutprakarn 100.00 20000 THB
ABB Engineering & Construction Ltd., 100.00 9500 THB
Samutprakarn
Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Samutprakarn 99.74 3500 THB
ABB Distribution Ltd., Samutprakarn 100.00 60000 THB
ABB Industry Ltd., Samutprakarn 100.00 10000 THB
ABB Power Ltd., Samutprakarn 100.00 10000 THB
Thephalai Company Ltd., Samutprakarn 100.00 100 THB
TUNISIA
ABB Maghreb Services S.A., Tunis 100.00 83 USD
TURKEY
ABB Holding A.S., Istanbul 99.95 12844 USD
ABB Elektrik Sanayi A.S., Istanbul 99.79 10568 USD
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UGANDA
ABB Ltd., Kampala 100.00 17940 UGS
UKRAINE
ABB Ltd., Kiev 100.00 500 USD
ABB Monolit, Kharkov-664 51.00 1273
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ABB Energy Automation S.p.A., Abu Dhabi 100.00
ABB Transmission & Distribution Ltd., Abu Dhabi 49.00 150 AED
ABB Industries (L.L.C), Dubai 49.00 5000 AED
UNITED KINGDOM
ABB Ltd., London 100.00 20000 GBP
Architron Steward Ltd., London 100.00
ABB Control Ltd., Exhall, Coventry 100.00 1500 GBP
ABB Credit Ltd., London 100.00 USD
ABB Consultancy Services Ltd., Hants 99.80 50 GBP
Durham Control Systems Ltd., London 100.00
ABB Low Voltage Systems Ltd., Sunderland 100.00 0 GBP
Durham Switchgear International Ltd., London 100.00
Durham Switchgear Ltd., London 100.00 25 GBP
Elsag Bailey Ltd., Telford 100.00 6187 GBP
ABB Equity Development Company Ltd., London 100.00 0 GBP
European Field Development Technology Ltd., 100.00 800 GBP
Sutton
Entrelec MTE, Essex 99.10 800 GBP
ABB Equity Ventures (UK) Ltd., London 100.00
ABB Equity Limited, Guernsey 100.00 10 GBP
ABB Eutech Limited, Warrington 100.00 500 GBP
ABB Eurofin Limited, Guernsey 100.00 1000 EUR
ABB Equity Ventures (Jersey) Ltd., Jersey 100.00 0 USD
ABB Treasury & Energy Services (UK) PLC, London 100.00 2000 GBP
ABB Lummus Global Ltd., Redhill 100.00 40700 GBP
ABB Holdings Ltd., London 100.00 60390 GBP
ABB International Finance Limited, Guernsey 100.00 230 USD
ABB Insurance Limited, Guernsey 100.00 4000 USD
ABB Automation Ltd., Stevenage 100.00 4000 GBP
ABB IOP Services Ltd., Surrey 100.00 1 GBP
ABB Investments Ltd., London 100.00 13 GBP
ABB Lummus Crest Ltd., Redhill 100.00 1 GBP
ABB Lutech Resources Ltd., Redhill 100.00 1 GBP
GN Novinvest Ltd., St. Helier 100.00 100 CHF
ABB Offshore Systems Ltd., Bristol 100.00 1481 GBP
ABB Real Estate, London 100.00 1000 GBP
ABB Transinvest Limited, St. Helier, Jersey 100.00 3641 CHF
ABB Vetco Gray U.K. Ltd., Aberdeen 100.00 23000 GBP
West Africa Completion Services Ltd., London 100.00 1 GBP
ABB Building Technologies, Solihull 100.00 40 GBP
William Steward (Holdings) Ltd., London 100.00 2000 GBP
William Steward International Ltd., London 100.00 100 GBP
William Steward Overseas Ltd., London 100.00
ABB Zantingh Ltd., Cheltenham 100.00 1474 GBP
UNITED STATES
Asea Brown Boveri Inc., Norwalk, CT 100.00 2 USD
ABB Barranquilla Inc., Princeton, NJ 100.00 0 USD
ABB Capital (USA) LLC, Delaware 100.00 250 USD
Combustion Engineering Inc., Norwalk, CT 100.00 1 USD
Connecticut Valley Claims, CT 100.00 1
DLI Engineering Corp., Bainbridge Island 100.00
ABB Susa/Dillingham, North Brunswick 55.00 0
ABB Equity Ventures Inc., Princeton, NJ 100.00 0
ABB Financial Services Inc., Stamford, CT 100.00 1 USD
ABB Holdings Inc., Norwalk 100.00 2 USD
ABB Investments LLC, Norwalk, CT 100.00 0
ABB Susa/Brown & Root, North Brunswick 51.00
ABB Susa/KDL, North Brunswick 51.00
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Lummus Catalyst Company, Bloomfield, NJ 100.00 0 USD
ABB Finance Inc., Stamford, CT 100.00 0 USD
ABB Lummus Global Overseas Corporation, 100.00 1 USD
Bloomfield, NJ
ABB Lummus Global Inc., Bloomfield, NJ 100.00 12400 USD
ABB Oil & Gas USA Inc., Houston, TX 100.00 190496 USD
ABB Offshore Systems Inc., Houston 100.00 1 USD
Offshore Production Systems, Inc., Houston, TX 100.00 0 USD
ABB Prospects Inc., Norwalk 100.00
ABB Susa Inc., North Brunswick, NJ 100.00 1999 USD
ABB DTC Inc., Bloomfield, NJ 100.00 0 USD
Sirius America Insurance Company, New York, NY 100.00 4200 USD
Camelot IS-2 International, Inc. D/B/A Skyva 99.97 20693988 USD
International, Medford
ABB Semiconductors Inc., Norwalk, CT 100.00 1 USD
Shared Savings Contract, Inc., Saint Louis 80.00 30 USD
ABB Susa/Cegaz, North Brunswick 62.50
ABB Susa International Inc., North Brunswick, NJ 100.00 1 USD
ABB Treasury Center USA Inc., Stamford, CT 100.00 0 USD
ABB Inc., Raleigh, NC 100.00 1 USD
ABB Vetco Gray Inc., Houston, TX 100.00 3 USD
URUGUAY
ABB CL Logistic S.A., Montevideo 100.00 125 UYU
ABBSF Trading S.A., Montevideo 100.00 12 USD
UZBEKISTAN
ABB CHTZ Closed Joint Stock Company, Chirchik 68.00 860 USD
ABB Tamir Ltd., Nurabad 51.00 2500 USD
VENEZUELA
Asea Brown Boveri S.A., Caracas 100.00 4899373 VEB
Inversiones ABB-SABA, C.A., Caracas 100.00 1400895 VEB
ABB Servicios Vetco Gray de Venezuela C.A., Las 100.00 50 VEB
Morochas
ABB Vetco Gray de Venezuela, C.A., Maracaibo 100.00 500 VEB
VIET NAM
ABB Ltd., Hanoi 100.00 12771 USD
ZAMBIA
ABB Ltd., Lusaka 100.00 100 ZMK
ZIMBABWE
ABB (Private) Ltd., Harare 100.00 1000 ZWD
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