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Local manufacturing
A major asset for our customers
Local manufacturing is a policy our customers appreciate, and it is often
a decisive factor in their buying decision. Schneider Electric is truly a local
supplier; with more than 150 plants on every continent, we produce 60%
of our output outside France.
Europe
More than 80 production facilities:
The pilot plan in Meliana (Spain) employs 300 people who manufacture earth-leakage protection switches
and sub-assemblies for eight other plants throughout the world. The extremely delicate assembly process
requires an exceptionally clean environment. In the past two years, a total quality improvement plan has
yielded improvements in plant methods.
The new plant in Pisek (Czech Republic) supplies contactors, overload relays, and pushbuttons to the CIS
countries and markets worldwide. It employs 400 people.
In France,
the Dijon-Épirey plant manufactures Telemecanique motor circuit breakers for the global market.
The facility--one of our 44 manufacturing units in France--employs 490 people and operates seven days a week.
In Carros, 400 team members are involved in producing programmable logic controllers.
North America
The Asheville, North Carolina plant
produces twenty-six ranges
of Square D industrial control
components such as contactors,
starters, pushbuttons, and
sensors. The plant, which employs
600 people, is one of Schneider’s
33 production units in North
America.
Latin America
Schneider operates four plants in
Brazil: Jurubatuba and Carmo do
Rio Verde, near São Paulo, for
industrial control and automation;
Sumaré for medium and low voltage
electrical distribution; and Itajai for
high voltage equipment.
In Argentina, our new 10,000
square-meter complex in Mataderos
handles medium and low voltage
equipment manufacturing, logistics,
services, and production
of Merlin Gerin Multi 9 units
for all Mercosur countries.
Australia: Benalla
Czech Republic: Pisek
China: Beijing
Turkey: Izmir USA: Asheville