Brown, Boveri & Cie
Brown, Boveri & Cie. (Brown, Boveri & Company; BBC) was a Swiss group of electrical engineering companies. It was founded in Baden bei Zürich, in 1891 by Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown and Walter Boveri who worked at the Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon. In 1970 BBC took over the Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon and in 1988 it merged with ASEA to form ABB.
Sulzer steam engine and Brown-Boveri alternator from 1901 in the Electropolis museum in Mulhouse, France | |
| Industry | Electrical engineering |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Holding Brown Boveri & Cie AG |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Defunct | 1 January 1988 (merged with ASEA to form ABB) |
| Headquarters | Switzerland |
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