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21
Products Sales by Geographic Division Sales
(in FF billion)
2 core businesses
Medium Voltage: switchgear and equipment for HV/MV and MV/LV distribution,
from 1 to 52 kV: circuit breakers, fuse switches, overhead switchgear, outdoor
and indoor substations, and digitized protection and control/monitoring units and
systems. Transformers for power generation, transmission and distribution, from
50 to 1,700 kVA and 1 to 800 kV. Assemblies and systems for transmission and
distribution applications.
Low Voltage Power: installation equipment and systems: power and motor
control switchboards. Low voltage switchgear: power circuit breakers, molded-
case circuit breakers, switches, insulation detectors and residual current relays,
computer equipment and software, installation management, and LV/LV transfor-
mers. Prefabricated busbar trunking: lighting (25/40 A), low and medium power
and high power (16 - 5,000 A). Power factor correction and LV/HV harmonic filter
compensator systems.
Final Low Voltage: public distribution switchgear: connecting circuit breakers,
pole-top circuit breakers. Modular switchgear and installation systems: enclo-
sures, protection for circuits (circuit breakers) and people (circuit breakers with
earth-leakage protection), control/monitoring equipment. Building safety and
control systems: fire detection. Building management systems and automation
devices for commercial and residential buildings. Distributed switchgear and
consumer final low voltage installation systems: switches, sockets, and waterproof
installation systems.
Industrial Control: power protection and control: contactors, from 6 to 2,750 A,
overload relays, motor circuit breakers. Speed drives: soft starters and variable
speed drives for AC and DC motors. Human-machine interface: pushbuttons,
indicator lights, operating terminals, and safety accessories. Machine equipment:
sensors, detectors, photoelectric cells, lifting and handling accessories, identi-
fication systems. Machine enclosures and accessories: motor control centers,
enclosures, assembly accessories and connection systems. Additional automation
functions: electromechanical relays, instrument and control relays.
Automation: compact, modular and multi-functional PLC platforms; PLCs for
complex automation architectures and specific functions; remote I/Os. Numerical
controllers, axis and spindle motors and associated speed drives. Specialized
programming, operating, piloting, and supervision software and applications.
Field bus communication networks. Industrial programming and interface terminals.
95 96 97 98
15.6
17.819.9 21.3
95 96 97 98
13.113.9
15.1 15.7
High Voltage: switchgear and equipment, from 72 to 800 kV: conventional and
metal-clad substations, power transformers, circuit breakers, disconnectors, and
custom transformers for high voltage generation, transmission, and distribution.
95 96 97 98
9.8
10.7 11.2
12.4
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International Division 73%
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European Division 15%
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French Division 11%
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North American Division 1%
Note: The sales figures in the above table and on pages 29-43 include only sales from the electrical activities.
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European Division 36%
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International Division 27%
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French Division 21%
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North American Division 16%
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North American Division 44%
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European Division 25%
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French Division 16%
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International Division 15%
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European Division 39%
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North American Division 27%
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French Division 20%
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International Division 14%