SoftBank’s ABB Robotics Acquisition on Track, ABB China Chief Says

The significance here is less the deal itself than the confirmation that a cross-border robotics transaction is holding its original schedule, since regulatory and integration timelines in this sector have often slipped. It matters most to SoftBank's industrial automation ambitions and to ABB's China operations, where the robotics unit's local leadership is signalling continuity rather than disruption. Whether the remaining approvals and handover milestones stay on that mid-to-late 2026 path is the open question.