2026-07-16 15:01 utc · perspectivemedia.com
ABB buys Rotork, discovers it already owns a finance department
The Swiss giant snaps up the UK automation firm for £4.1bn and promises to run it separately, except for the back office bits that turn out to be redundant. Compelling strategic fit, unfortunate human overlap.
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