Editing ASEA (section)

==History==
[[File:ASEA logo pre 1933.svg|thumb|100px|right|ASEA [[swastika]] logo used from the late nineteenth century until 1933]]
ASEA was founded in 1883<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Crainer|first=Stuart|title="A.B.B., the Dancing Giant" by Kevin Barham and Claudia Heimer|url=https://www.strategy-business.com/article/9904?gko=4d18f|access-date=2020-10-09|website=strategy+business|language=en}}</ref> by Ludvig Fredholm in [[Västerås]] as a manufacturer of electrical light and generators.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=4 October 2018|title=Tämä ei enää olisi mahdollista: ASEA myi sähkötarvikkeita hakaristin voimalla|trans-title=This would no longer be possible: ASEA sold electrical supplies under the power of a swastika|url=https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/tama-ei-enaa-olisi-mahdollista-asea-myi-sahkotarvikkeita-hakaristin-voimalla/99957f0d-c533-3b19-a65c-636fcae6bcd9|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Kauppalehti|language=fi}}</ref> After merging with Wenström's & Granström's Electrical Power Company (''Wenströms & Granströms Elektriska Kraftbolag'') the name was changed to ''Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget'', literally the "General Swedish Electrical Limited Company", or ''ASEA'' for short.<ref name=":1" />

In 1987, it announced a merger with the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] company [[Brown, Boveri & Cie]] (BBC) to form [[ABB]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC-Brown, Boveri and Asea Announce Merger|url=https://apnews.com/article/9d699a81e7edcd99c39f324b1ce41a38|access-date=2020-10-09|website=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> The merge took effect on 1 January 1988.<ref>ASEA-BBC merger ''[[Modern Railways]]'' issue 472 January 1988 page 34</ref> After this merger, ABB acquired several companies, including the power transmission and distribution operations of the [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation]] and the Combustion Engineering Group.<ref name=":0" />

*1889 – the partner [[Jonas Wenström]] creates [[3-phase]]d generators, motors and transformers.
*1933 – The company removes the [[swastika]] from its logo, due to the symbol's association with [[Nazi Germany]].<ref name=":1" />
*1953 – ASEA creates the first [[Synthetic diamond|industrial diamonds]].
*1954 – [[HVDC Gotland]] project, first static high-voltage DC system
*1960s – ASEA builds nine of 12 nuclear plants in Sweden.
*1968 – ASEA's [[elevator]] business gets acquired by [[Kone]]
*1974 – [[Industrial robot]]s are introduced by ASEA
*1987 – Acquires Finnish [[Stromberg (company)|Oy Strömberg Ab]]
*1988 – Merges with [[Brown, Boveri & Cie]], Asea Cylinda laundry appliances branch bought by Finnish furniture maker [[Asko Cylinda|Asko]], renamed Asko ASEA.