Schneider Electric, along with WEG, Klemsan, ABB, Finder, ETI, offers an extremely wide range of products in the areas of industrial equipment and motor control, power distribution and protection of electrical networks, control of electrical power systems and electrical power automation systems. These products find their application both in the arrangement of residential premises and office buildings, as well as for industry, energy and infrastructure, and the most popular are presented by here electrical equipment - automatic switches, distribution cabinets, frequency converters, contactors, process control systems, electronic relays and other automatics of well-known manufacturers.
The company was founded in the first half of the 19th century by the brothers Joseph and Adolf Schneider. Now the company has more than one hundred thousand employees with an impressive geography and currently occupies a leading position in the world market, producing low voltage electrical equipment, electrical equipment of an extremely wide range of applications.
Schneider Electric manufactures highly reliable automation devices under such brands as Merlin Gerin, Telemecanique, Square D, which are used in industry, construction, infrastructure construction of any complexity and in the power industry. In addition, Schneider Electric uses more than 5% of its profits annually to fund fundamental research and development, with the number of scientists and engineers approaching the ten thousandth mark.
All products of the company are characterized as highly reliable, and the complex solutions offered by the company, using the developments of other companies. Long service life and high reliability of Schneider Electric products with minimal installation and maintenance requirements make it possible to minimize the total cost of ownership and return on investment.
By the beginning of the XXI century, Schneider Electric focused on priority areas, which, incidentally, was the impetus for the acquisition of such companies as Telemecanique, Square D, Merlin Gerin, Lexel, APC. Now Schneider Electric is the undisputed leader in the production of uninterruptible power supplies, motion control systems, various types of sensors and sensor systems, as well as equipment for voice, data and image networks.
