BB s Swdsh-Swss mltntnl lctrcl ngnrng crprtn hdqrtrd n Västrås, Swdn, nd Zürch, Swtzrlnd. t s dl-lstd cmpny n th Nsdq Nrdc xchng n Stckhlm, Swdn nd th SX Swss xchng n Zürch, Swtzrlnd. BB ws rnkd 340th n th Frtn Glbl 500 lst f 2020 nd hs bn glbl Frtn 500 cmpny fr 24 yrs.
BB ws frmd n 1988, whn Swdn's llmänn Svnsk lktrsk ktblgt (S) nd Swtzrlnd's Brwn, Bvr & C mrgd t crt s Brwn Bvr, ltr smplfd t th ntls BB. Bth cmpns wr stblshd n th lt 1800s nd grw nt mjr lctrcl qpmnt mnfctrrs, bsnss n whch BB rmns ctv. ts trdtnl cr ctvts ncld pwr gnrtn, trnsmssn nd dstrbtn; ndstrl tmtn, nd rbtcs. Btwn 1989 nd 1999, th cmpny ws ls ctv n th rllng stck mnfctrng sctr. Thrght th 1990s nd 2000s, BB cqrd hndrds f thr cmpns, ftn n cntrl nd strn rp, s wll s n s nd Nrth mrc.
n ccsn, th cmpny's prtns hv ncntrd cntrvrsy. Drng 2001, n BB ntty pldd glty fr bd rggng; th frm hs ls hd thr S Frgn Crrpt Prctcs ct brbng rsltns gnst t; n 2004, 2010 nd 2022. n rly 2002, BB nnncd ts frst-vr nnl lss, whch ws ttrbtd t sbsts-rltd ltgtn. Wthn thr yrs, th cmpny hd sccssflly rstrctrd ts prtns. Drng th 2010s, BB lrgly fcsd ts grwth strtgy n th rbtcs nd ndstrl tmtn sctrs. Bfr th sl f ts Pwr Grds dvsn t Htch n 2020, BB ws Swtzrlnd's ndstrl mplyr.