Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational corporation that specializes in digital automation and energy management. Schneider Electric is a Fortune Global company, publicly traded on the Euronext Exchange, and is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. It is also a research company. Initially, Schneider-Creusot specialized in the production of steel, heavy machinery, and transportation equipment.
In the s, 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 January , Schneider acquired the Scandinavian switch-maker Lexel. In , Schneider acquired Tower Electric, a British company that manufactured fixings and fastenings for construction and electrical firms. In January , Schneider Electric's acquisition of Aveva was finalized.
In November , Schneider Electric finalized its acquisition of EcoAct, a company devoted to climate consulting and net-zero solutions. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. French multinational digital automation and energy management company. Traded as. Operating income. Net income. History [ edit ].
Main article: Schneider-Creusot. Main article: Empain-Schneider. One of the first brochures for Telemecanique industrial control products. Telemecanique was acquired by Schneider Electric in Notable acquisitions [ edit ].
