# Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational corporation that specializes in digital automation and energy management.
Registered as a Societas Europaea, 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. In fiscal year 2024, the company posted revenues of €38.15 billion.
Schneider Electric is the parent company of Square D, APC, AVEVA and others. It is also a research company.

## History
### 1836–1963

In 1836, brothers Adolphe and Joseph-Eugene Schneider took over an iron foundry in Le Creusot, France. Two years later, they founded Schneider-Creusot, the company that would eventually become Schneider Electric. Initially, Schneider-Creusot specialized in the production of steel, heavy machinery, and transportation equipment. In 1871, following France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, the company significantly developed its capacity for weapons manufacturing. Over the first half of the 20th century, Schneider-Creusot continued to grow, establishing manufacturing sites in France and abroad, including in pre-Soviet Russia and Czechoslovakia.

### 1963–1999

In the 1960s, following the death of Charles Schneider, Schneider-Creusot was absorbed by Belgium's Empain group, which merged Schneider-Creusot with its corporate structures to form Empain-Schneider. In 1981, the Empain family sold its controlling stake to Paribas. In the 1980s and 1990s, the company, once again operating under the Schneider name, divested from steel and shipbuilding and, through strategic acquisitions, began to focus on the electricity sector. These acquisitions included Télémécanique in 1988, Square D in 1991, and Merlin Gerin [fr] in 1992.

### 1999–present

In January 1999, Schneider acquired the Scandinavian switch-maker Lexel. Later that year, the company renamed itself Schneider Electric, to reflect its focus on the electricity sector. In 2000, Schneider Electric acquired the French controls-maker Crouzet Automatismes from Thomson-CSF and the Swiss motion control specialist SIG Positec from SIG Group.
In October 2006, Schneider Electric announced that it would acquire the data center equipment manufacturer American Power Conversion for $6.1 billion. The following February, the move was finalized following its approval by the European Commission. In June 2010, Schneider and the rolling stock manufacturer Alstom jointly purchased Areva's transmission and distribution businesses in a transaction totaling $2.73 billion.
In 2016, Schneider acquired Tower Electric, a British company that manufactured fixings and fastenings for construction and electrical firms. In 2017, Schneider Electric became the majority shareholder of Aveva, a provider of engineering and industrial software based in the UK. The next year, it acquired the Indian multinational Larsen & Toubro's electrical and automatic business in a cash deal for ₹140 billion (US$1.6 billion).
In February 2020, Schneider made a €1.4 billion takeover bid for German company RIB Software, closing the deal in July 2020. Also in 2020, Schneider Electric acquired ProLeiT AG, a supplier of industrial control and MES software.
In January 2023, Schneider Electric's acquisition of Aveva was finalized.
In November 2023, Schneider Electric finalized its acquisition of EcoAct, a company devoted to climate consulting and net-zero solutions.
After 18 months in office, CEO Peter Herweck was removed by the board of directors and replaced with Olivier Blum in early November 2024.
* 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.

## Notable acquisitions

| Acquisition date | Company | Business | Country |
| 1988 | Télémécanique | Manufacturer of electrical circuit breakers, switchgear, and sensors | France |
| 1991 | Square D | Manufacturer of electrical circuit breakers, switchgear, and transformers | USA |
| 1992 | Merlin Gerin | Manufacturer of electrical circuit breakers and transformers | France |
| 1997 | Modicon | Manufacturer of programmable logic controllers (PLC) | USA |
| 2001 | PDL | Domestic and industrial electrical hardware | New Zealand |
| June 2003 | TAC | Building automation and control | Sweden |
| March 2004 | Kavlico | Pressure sensors | USA |
| 2004 | Clipsal | Wiring | Australia |
| June 2005 | Juno Lighting | Lighting | USA |
| July 2005 | BEI Technologies | Customized sensors | USA |
| 2006 | Merten | Ultra terminal | Germany |
| 2006 | Citect | SCADA system and MES automation software | Australia |
| February 2007 | American Power Conversion | Power backup and protection and electrical distribution | USA |
| July 2009 | Meher Capacitors | Power factor correction | India |
| March 2010 | Zicom Security Systems | Security systems | India |
| April 2010 | SCADAgroup | SCADA and control systems | Australia |
| December 2010 | Areva T&D | Transmission & distribution | Europe |
| March 2011 | Summit Energy | Energy management | USA |
| April 2011 | Digilink | Network connectivity products | India |
| May 2011 | APW President Systems | Enclosure systems | India |
| May 2011 | Luminous | Power inverters | India |
| June 2011 | Telvent | Real-time information management systems | Spain |
| December 2011 | Viridity | Data center management software | USA |
| September 2012 | SolveIT Software | Planning and scheduling software | Australia |
| January 2014 | Invensys | Multinational engineering and information technology company | UK |
| January 2014 | Foxboro | Control systems | USA |
| July 2017 | ASCO | Transfer switches, power control systems, and industrial control products | USA |
| September 2017 (60% controlling stake) | Aveva Group | Information-technology/consulting group | UK |
| January 2023 (remaining shares) | Aveva Group | Information-technology/consulting group | UK |
| November 2020 | ETAP | Electrical power systems software | USA |
| 2020 | RIB Software | AEC software | USA |
| 2020 | OSISoft | Industrial data software | USA |
| 2020 | Lauritz Knudsen E&A (Larsen & Toubro E&A) | Electrical and automation technology | India |
| January 2022 | Zeigo | Climate-tech platform | UK |
| June 2022 | EV Connect | Electric vehicle charging platform | USA |
| 2022 | EnergySage | Marketplace for solar panels | USA |
| 2022 | AutoGrid | Distributed energy resource management | USA |
| November 2023 | EcoAct | Climate consultancy and Nature-Based Solutions | France |