ASEA BROWN BOVERI Opportunities in Power Sector ASEA BROWN BOVERI, the Indian subsidiary of the Swiss-Swedish engineering con-glomerate, is engaged in the manu-facture of power transmission equipment, switchgear, capacitors, communication products, motors, process automation equipment and railway locomotives and allied equipment. ABB has a 46-year history in India. Hindustan Electric Company manufacturing electrical items like motors and transformers and selling imported electrical equipment was established in 1949. In 1962, the company entered into a financial and technical collaboration with Brown Boveri and Company of Switzerland resulting in the formation of Hindustan Brown Boveri which later became Asea Brown Boveri.