Schneider Electric SE[4] is a French[5][6][7]multinational company providing energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability.[8] It addresses homes,[9] buildings,[10] data centers,[11] infrastructure and industries,[12] by combining energy technologies, real-time automation, software and services.[13]
The company began in 1836 as Schneider & Cie. It was ultimately renamed Schneider Electric in May 1999.
Head officeEdit
Schneider Electric head office is in Rueil-Malmaison, France.
Schneider Electric has had its head office in the Trianon site in Rueil-Malmaison, France since 2000.[17] The current headquarters, also located in Rueil-Malmaison, previously housed Schneider subsidiary Télémécanique[18] while the parent company occupied a site in Boulogne-Billancourt.[19]
HistoryEdit
BeginningsEdit
The origin of the company is the steel and armaments factories of Schneider-Creusot[20] and other industrial concerns.[21]
20th centuryEdit
From 1981 to 1997, the company divested from steel and shipbuilding and focused mainly on electricity through strategic acquisitions.
TimelineEdit
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.
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[22] in 1988, Square D[23] in 1991 and Merlin Gerin[24] in 1992.
1999: Schneider Group acquires Lexel. In May 1999, the Schneider Group is renamed Schneider Electric.
2014: Schneider Electric advertises a cooperation with German power supplierRWE.[25]
2016: Schneider acquires the British retail brand Tower Electric.[26]
2017: Schneider Electric takes control of AVEVA Group PLC,[27] a provider of engineering and industrial software based in the UK.[28]
2019: Schneider launches Schneider Electric Exchange.[29]
2020: In February 2020, Schneider made a €1.4bn takeover bid for German company RIB Software,[30] closing the deal in July 2020.[31] In September 2020, Schneider Electric launched a new equipment that will help electricity distribution companies in Nigeria to fix grid faults.[32]
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.
Acquisitions and divestmentsEdit
Acquisition date
Company
Business
Country
Source
1988
Télémécanique
Manufacturer of electrical circuit breakers, switchgear and sensors
As of 2019, Schneider Electric operates business units: Energy Management, Industrial Automation, and Services.
Energy Management
The energy management business provides products for the management of energy in medium voltage and grid automation, low voltage and building automation, secure power and cooling applications.
Services
The Services business includes three divisions: Global Field Services, Energy and Sustainability Services, and Smart grid Services.
EcoStruxureEdit
In 2016 Schneider Electric launched the next generation of EcoStruxure – an IoT-enabled architecture.[85] The EcoStruxure platform uses Microsoft Azure.
In April 2019, the company launched Schneider Electric Exchange, an open business platform.[86]
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