June 20, 2012 – ABB, the power and automation technology group, has completed its acquisition of Tropos Networks Inc., a California-based company that develops and markets wireless technologies and products for distribution area communication networks.

The acquisition expands ABB’s communications systems offering for customers in the power, transportation, mining and public infrastructure sectors. It also reinforces ABB’s increased focus on the North American market and complements its global presence in utility and industrial communications, it adds.

The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 145,000 people.