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SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Schneider Electric is a French multinational company providing energy and automation
digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability. It addresses homes, buildings, data
centers, infrastructure and industries, by combining energy technologies, real-time automation,
software and services. The company has operations in over 100 countries and employs 135,000+
people. Schneider Electric is a Fortune Global 500 company, publicly traded on the Euronext
Exchange, and is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.[12] In FY2019, the
company posted revenues of €27.2 billion.
Schneider Electric is the parent company of Square D, APC and others. It is also a research
company, investing EUR10 billion in innovation and R&D for sustainable development between
2015 and 2025. The company holds 20,000 patents either active or in application worldwide and
invests 5% of its annual revenue in Research and Development. The company began in 1836 as
Schneider & Cie. It was ultimately renamed Schneider Electric in May 1999.
A. HISTORY
Beginnings
The roots of this company are in the iron, steel and armaments factories of Schneider-
Creusot and other industrial concerns.
20th Century
From 1981–1997, the company divested from steel and shipbuilding and focused mainly
on electricity through strategic acquisitions.
New Focus
Schneider Electric refocused in 2010 to include software, critical power and smart grid
applications through strategic acquisitions. In 2015, the company launched a brand strategy
called “Life Is On” which aims to showcase the business and societal value of sustainability
and efficiency.
The emergence of the digital economy created opportunities for IoT-enabled platforms, which
Schneider Electric identified as a growth opportunity. In 2016, the company launched
EcoStruxure, its IoT-enabled architecture.
Timeline
1836
Brothers Adolphe and Joseph-Eugene Schneider take over an abandoned foundry in Le
Creusot, France and, two years later, create Schneider & Cie, focusing primarily on the steel
industry. Schneider & Cie grows rapidly, specializing in the production of heavy machinery
and transportation equipment, and eventually becomes the Schneider Group, a diversified
conglomerate.
1975
The Schneider Group acquires an interest in Merlin Gerin, one of the top manufacturers of
electrical distribution equipment in France.
1981-1997
Schneider Group re-focuses on the electrical industry by divesting its nonstrategic assets and
undertakes a series of strategic acquisitions: Télémécanique[25] in 1988, Square D[26] in 1991
and Merlin Gerin[27] in 1992.
1999
Schneider Group acquires Lexel, one of Europe's largest suppliers of installation systems and
control solutions.[buzzword] In May 1999, the Schneider Group is renamed Schneider Electric to
clearly identify its expertise in the electrical field.
2010
Schneider Electric launches a €70 million venture capital fund with Alstom to
create Aster and to support innovative start-ups in the fields of energy and the environment.
The company is an ITER supplier.
2014
Schneider Electric advertises a cooperation with German power supplier RWE.[28]
2015 – 2016
Schneider Electric refocuses on IoT, sustainability and efficiency, and introduces its IoT-
enabled architecture and platform, EcoStruxure.
2017
Schneider Electric takes control of AVEVA Group PLC,[29] a provider of engineering and
industrial software based in the UK, folding industrial software assets into AVEVA's
operations.[30]
2018
Schneider's L&T Acquisition to Power ‘Make In India’ Mission[31]
2020
Schneider acquires ProLeiT AG, supplier of specialized industrial control and MES software
for the brewery (Brewmaxx), dairy, pharmaceutical, beverage and food industry
headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.[32] In September 2020, Schneider Electric
launched a new smart equipment that will help electricity distribution companies in Nigeria
to fix grid faults, restoring power after disruption within minutes.[33]
1838: "La Gironde", the first French locomotive
The Schneider logo in the 1950s
One of the first brochures for Telemecanique industrial control products. Telemecanique
was acquired by Schneider Electric in 1988.
B. HEAD OFFICE
Schneider Electric head office in Rueil-Malmaison, France.
Schneider Electric has had its head office in the Trianon site in Rueil-Malmaison, France since
2000. The current headquarters, also located in Rueil-Malmaison, previously housed
Schneider subsidiary Télémécanique] while the parent company occupied a site in Boulogne-
Billancourt. In June 2011, Schneider Electric corporate headquarters in Rueil-Malmaison was
certified as complying with the new ISO 50001 standard for energy management systems. It
was the first building in the world to earn such designation
C. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND OFFER
As of 2019, Schneider Electric operates business units: Energy Management, Industrial
Automation, and Services.
• Energy Management
The energy management business provides installation components, software and
integrated solutions for the management of energy in medium voltage and grid automation,
low voltage and building automation, secure power and cooling applications. The energy
management business includes five divisions: Power Systems, Power Products, Secure
Power, Home and Distribution, and Digital Energy. Connected technologies, software and
solutions for energy management developed by the company use advancements in
the Internet of Things(IoT), mobility, sensing, cloud, analytics, and cybersecurity to reveal
insights from energy data.
• Industrial Automation
The fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, represents along-term growth field for
Schneider Electric. The company develops discrete industrial and machine automation as
well as process automation products and solutions for the industrial sector, including
programmable relays, motion controllers and interface modules for simple machines to
complex process systems for smart manufacturing. The company is also a provider of
software for industrial automation and control. See AVEVA.
• Services
The Services business includes three divisions: Global Field Services, Energy
and Sustainability Services, and Smart Grid Services.
• Industries served
Schneider Electric's portfolio of offerings is aimed at a wide range of industries and end-
markets, including:
➢ Automotive industry
➢ Banking and finance industry
➢ Cement industry
➢ Commercial real estate
➢ Data centers
➢ Electric utilities
➢ Food and beverage industry
➢ Healthcare industry
➢ Hospitality industry
➢ Marine industry
➢ Mining industry
➢ Petroleum and petrochemical industry
➢ Pharmaceutical industry
➢ Water industry
• Notable offers
1. Altivar Process – the first variable speed drive with embedded services on the market
2. Easergy T300 - compact control and monitoring solution for electrical distribution systems,
winner of 2017 iF product design award
3. EcoStruxure ADMS – the world's leading advanced distribution management system
according to Gartner
4. EcoStruxure Resource Advisor – award-winning enterprise energy and sustainability
management software
5. EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert – supervisory software for power management
applications, winner of the 2017 Plant Engineering Product of the Year Grand Award
6. Galaxy VX UPS – award-winning uninterruptible power supply with lithium-ion batteries
7. Masterpact MTZ – circuit breaker enabling integration with building and energy
management systems
8. Modicon M580 ePAC – the first Ethernet programmable automation controller
9. PowerTag – the smallest wireless energy sensor[91]
10. Premset – award-winning medium-voltage switchgear
D. ECOSTRUXURE
In 2016 Schneider Electric launched the next generation of EcoStruxure – an IoT-enabled
architecture, which delivers solutions in six domains: Power, IT, Building, Machine, Plant and
Grid; for four end markets: Building, Data Center, Industry and Infrastructure. The
EcoStruxure platform uses Microsoft Azure.
E. CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Management
Schneider Electric is a European company with a board of directors. The functions of the
Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer are carried out by Jean-Pascal Tricoire, who was
appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on April 25, 2013.
F. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The Schneider Electric brand has evolved over 180 years of operations, a result of acquisitions,
divestments, and evolution of its business model to include corporate social responsibility as
a core of its brand. In 2018 and 2019, Schneider Electric was named one of the World's Most
Admired Companies (Fortune).
Schneider Electric's diversity and inclusion initiatives, and programs for empowering women
in the workplace, have received recognitions such as the Robert W. Campbell Award in 2011
and the Green Cross for Safety Medal (2011) the highest honors of the U.S. National Safety
Council. In 2015, Schneider Electric joined the UN Women HeForShe, a solidarity
movement to promote gender equality.[ Most recently, Schneider Electric received the 2019
Catalyst Award for advancing inclusive and empowering workplaces for women and was
named to the 2018 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, the second year the company has
received this distinction.
G. ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD
Schneider Electric ranks high in sustainability among global corporations, and since 2005, the
company has measured its sustainable development progress with the launch of its Planet &
Society barometer, and today, with its Schneider Sustainability Impact (SSI)report.[ The SSI
report was developed to align with United Nations (U.N.) Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).[ Every quarter, the company provides an update on their progress in a report audited
by a third party. For example, the company has generated 12% circular revenues through
its circular business models and environmental policies, which included the goal of recovering
100% of their industrial waste at 200 manufacturing sites. In another example, Schneider has
achieved 80% renewable electricity.
Schneider Electric launched the Schneider Electric Foundation to focus on reducing the
energy gap and investing in education in emerging economies, as well as increasing
sustainability awareness. The group operates under the aegis of Fondation de France. As of
2017, more than 140,000 people participated in the Foundation's training programs since
2009.
Schneider Electric's programs focused on fighting climate change and promoting
sustainability has received recognitions such as the “A” rating from CDP Climate for eight
consecutive years. In 2019, Schneider Electric was named the winner of The Circulars Award
2019 in the Multinational category by the World Economic Forum. The Circulars Award is
the premier circular economy awards program in the world. Schneider Electric has made the
Corporate Knights’ “Global 100” list of the world's most sustainable corporations for seven
straight years.
Schneider Electric is recognized as Global Compact LEAD for sustainable development. In
2018, Schneider Electric Chairman and CEO, Jean-Pascal Tricoire, was appointed to the UN
Compact Global Board. Schneider Electric is a signatory of the United Nations Global
Compact, a sustainability initiativeIn 2017, Schneider Electric joined RE100 and EP100,
global collaboratives of businesses committed to 100% renewable energy.
In September 2019, Schneider Electric was included on Fortune's Change the World list which
celebrates companies with daring ideas which are driven from the desire to make the world
better. Schneider was included for its commitment to driving a circular economy, making
energy-management and automation equipment that is crucial to sustainability with equipment
designed to last longer and be easily recyclable.
H. PARIS MARATHON SPONSORSHIP
Since 2013 Schneider Electric has been the official partner and the first title sponsor of
the Paris Marathon, one of the most popular long-distance annual running events in
Europe. In 2013, 37,000 runners generated electricity with their footsteps as they ran over
energy-harvesting tiles.
The Paris Marathon is known for its famed scenic landmarks along its route, including the Arc
de Triomphe, Champs Elysées and the Bois de Vincennes. The Paris Marathon, one of the
major marathons in the world, achieved a record number of participants (60,000) in
2019. The Paris Marathon also achieved 100% carbon neutrality in 2019, the first time in its
history. Gelete Burka (women's event) and Abrha Milaw (men's event) were the winners of
the 2019 Paris Marathon; both runners are from Ethiopia.
I. ACQUSITIONS
Acquisition date Company Business Country
Manufacturer of electrical circuit
1988 Télémécanique France
breakers, switchgear and sensors
Manufacturer of electrical circuit
Federal Pioneer
1990 breakers, switchgear and Canada
Limited
transformers
Manufacturer of electrical circuit
1991 Square D breakers, switchgear and USA
transformers
Manufacturer of electrical circuit
1992 Merlin Gerin France
breakers and transformers
Manufacturer of Programmable
1997 Modicon [fr] USA
Logic Controllers (PLC)
Crouzet
2000 Automation components France
Automatismes
2000 Berger - Positec Stepper / servo motors Germany
Nu-Lec
2000 Switchgear and controls Australia
Industries
Domestic and industrial electrical New
2001 PDL
hardware Zealand
Acquisition date Company Business Country
Digital
2002 Electronics HMI Japan
Corporation
2003 CDI Power Power systems automation Brazil
June 2003 TAC Building automation and control Sweden
MGE UPS
Systems (merged
December 2003 Power supplier France
with APC in
2007)
2004 Clipsal Wiring Australia
March 2004 Kavlico Pressure sensors USA
Andover
May 2004 Building automation and security USA
Controls
Power
May 2005 Energy Management Canada
Measurement
June 2005 ABS EMEA Building automation UK
June 2005 Juno Lighting Lighting USA
Acquisition date Company Business Country
BEI
July 2005 Customized sensors USA
Technologies
2006 AEM S.A. Ultra terminal Spain
2006 OVA Bargellini Ultra terminal Italy
2006 Merten Ultra terminal Germany
SCADA System and MES
2006 Citect Australia
automation software
Power backup and protection and
February 2007 APC USA
electrical distribution
October 2007 (sold
Pelco Video security USA
May 2019)
Conzerv
July 2009 Power management and monitoring India
Systems
Meher
July 2009 Power factor correction India
Capacitors
Zicom Security
March 2010 Security systems India
Systems
April 2010 SCADAgroup SCADA and control systems Australia
Acquisition date Company Business Country
December 2010 Areva T&D Transmission & distribution Europe
Andromeda
2010 Integrated control solutions[buzzword] UK
Telematics
March 2011 Summit Energy Energy management USA
April 2011 Digilink Network connectivity products India
APW President
May 2011 Enclosure systems India
Systems
May 2011 Luminous Power inverters India
Real-time information management
June 2011 Telvent Spain
systems
Viconics
June 2011 BMS products Canada
Electronics
Software for simulation and
August 2011 7-Technologies optimization of water/electricity Denmark
networks and industrial processes
December 2011 Viridity Data center management software USA
M&C Energy Energy procurement and
May 2012 UK
Group sustainability services
Acquisition date Company Business Country
SolveIT
September 2012 Planning and scheduling software Australia
Software
Elektroshield High & medium voltage power
March 2013 Russia
Samara distribution equipment
Multinational engineering and
January 2014 Invensys UK
information technology company
HVAC and Refrigeration controls
January 2014 Eliwell Italy
manufacturer
Prefabricated Modular Data Centers
January 2014 AST Modular Spain
company
Real-time performance
September 2014 InStep Software management and predictive USA
analytics software
October 2015 Juno Lighting Sells Juno USA
Transfer switches, power control
July 2017 ASCO systems, and industrial control USA
products
Information Technology/
September 2017 AVEVA Group UK
Consulting group
Acquisition date Company Business Country
Larsen &
May 2018 Electrical & Automation business India
Toubro
