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Switzerland needs more robots to keep costs down: ABB CEO

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Published Wed, Jan 27, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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FACED with some of the highest labour costs in the world in its home market, Switzerland's ABB Ltd expects companies to invest increasingly in automation and robots.

The engineering company based in Zurich is betting on growing demand for digital technology that can improve production efficiency.

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