It said it had not been affected in the first quarter by the global shortage of semiconductor chips, although it was seeing tighter supplies like many other technical firms.
The engineering company also reported first quarter orders rising 1% to $7.75 billion, while its operational profit margin (EBITA) increased to 13.5% from 10.2% a year earlier.
Chief Executive Bjorn Rosengren said last month that ABB would exit the business towards the end of 2021, adding that the business generates around 75% of its sales form services, which made it very resilient.
People familiar with the matter have said that the turbocharger business could raise fetch a price tag of $1.5 to $2 billion.
More companies in pharmaceuticals, logistics, electronics and food and beverage manufacturing want to use robots, ABB said, with investment set to increase as companies emerge from lockdowns.
Customers want to be independent of these fluctuations in future.