{"id":105210,"date":"2026-07-19T07:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T07:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/105210\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T07:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T07:59:16","slug":"abbs-5-bln-deal-punctures-bargain-britain-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/105210\/","title":{"rendered":"ABB’s $5 bln deal punctures bargain-Britain myth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The logo of Swiss power technology and automation group ABB is seen at the Swiss Economic Forum (SEF) conference in Interlaken, Switzerland May 24, 2019. REUTERS\/Arnd Wiegmann\/File Photo<\/p>\n

LONDON, July 16 (Reuters Breakingviews) – The $180 bln Swiss engineering \u200cgroup is paying a 73% premium for Rotork, which sells valves and other industrial kit. \u200bThe deal has a strategic logic \u200bfor ABB boss Morten Wierod, but its \u2060returns look low. Amid a wave \u200bof UK takeovers, some boards can at \u200bleast extract a punchy price.<\/p>\n

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Liam Proud is a Breakingviews Associate Editor, based in London. He focuses on banking, finance, private equity and deals. He joined Breakingviews in 2016 and previously covered technology, media, telecoms and the car industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The logo of Swiss power technology and automation group ABB is seen at the Swiss Economic Forum (SEF)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[130],"tags":[232,51599,15510,26126,4967,31466,26127,26129,51597,51600,51617,26130,15523,15524,51598,15513,46742,31467,2082,10873,15525,26132,51601,21535,51615,51602,51603,51604,51605,51606,26134,51607,51608,51609,51610,15476,31471,51616,51627,51625,51643,51621,51620,51647,51641,51632,51619,51642,51633,51631,51624,51636,51630,51639,51640,51645,51637,51644,51626,51622,51623,51646,51628,51635,51634,51638,51618,51629,21530,15521,32528,31483,18230,15526,10872,51611,51612,51613,51614],"class_list":["post-105210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-abb","tag-abb","tag-anlins","tag-bact","tag-bisv","tag-biz","tag-bmat","tag-bnk","tag-bnks","tag-brv","tag-brvbv","tag-brvf","tag-bsvc","tag-ceeu","tag-ch","tag-clm","tag-cmpny","tag-dbt","tag-deal1","tag-emea","tag-europ","tag-fin","tag-fins","tag-flupow","tag-gb","tag-graphc","tag-hele","tag-hele1","tag-indg","tag-indm","tag-inds","tag-invbis","tag-invbnk","tag-invbr","tag-mach","tag-mevn","tag-mine","tag-mrg","tag-mtgfx","tag-n2bact","tag-n2bisv","tag-n2bmat","tag-n2bnks","tag-n2bsvc","tag-n2ceeu","tag-n2ch","tag-n2cmpny","tag-n2dbt","tag-n2deal1","tag-n2emea","tag-n2europ","tag-n2fins","tag-n2flupow","tag-n2gb","tag-n2hele","tag-n2hele1","tag-n2indg","tag-n2indm","tag-n2inds","tag-n2invbis","tag-n2invbnk","tag-n2invbr","tag-n2mach","tag-n2mevn","tag-n2mine","tag-n2mrg","tag-n2publ","tag-n2stx","tag-n2weu","tag-news1","tag-publ","tag-rep","tag-stx","tag-topcmb","tag-topnws","tag-weu","tag-xdnp","tag-xpco","tag-xpmf","tag-xrnp"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}