ABB Inc. plans to move to 16-acre Highland Hills site

After years of on-again, off-again searching, Zurich-based ABB Inc. is moving closer to moving its instrumentation and analytics unit to Highland Hills from its legacy 50-year-old home in Wickliffe. The proposed ABB building is much smaller than the 500,000-square-foot complex ABB currently occupies at 29801 Euclid Ave. When the former Bailey Controls moved its meter and related mechanical controls unit to the site from Cleveland in 1955, the Wickliffe property also was used for manufacturing. Over the years, the group became a process control maker and servicer for industrial, health care and other concerns around the globe.