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5
We have set ambitious sustainable development
targets. Virtually all of our manufacturing and logistics
sites are certified ISO 14001, and our products
comply with the RoHS Directive. We’re also satisfied
with the results of our own program to save energy
at our production sites–it gives a good example
of what we can do for customers in this area.
We’re also as involved as ever in programs to train
young people and help them in the workforce.
Lastly, we lend support to people in disaster-stricken
areas, in cooperation with our deeply engaged local
teams. In 2006, less than two years after the tsunami,
more than 800 Indonesian and 600 Thai schoolchildren
went back to school in four of the twelve
establishments that we helped build and equip.
Let’s go back to your businesses. How is
demand changing? Do you think it will stay
this strong in the future?
We’re at the center of the markets of the future.
We serve fundamentally buoyant markets with
long-term promise. The world has huge electrification
needs, whether for renovating grids in mature
countries or developing them in emerging countries.
At the same time, automation is showing up
everywhere–in plants, offices, homes and even cars.
Demand for energy savings is booming as fossil fuel
prices soar and people the world over take welcome
notice of the need to eliminate polluting emissions
caused by excessive consumption.
Lastly, demand for ultra-pure and ultra-secure power
is growing. The quality of electric power has become
an absolutely critical factor in numerous high-growth
industries, including electronics, information
technology, Internet services and healthcare, just as
blackouts are becoming a more frequent occurrence.
Schneider Electric has the solutions to keep these
applications up and running even when the grid
goes down.
How do the Company’s acquisitions fit into
this picture?
They allow us to offer much more comprehensive
solutions by adding new activities to our lineup.
We can now deliver integrated solutions to save
energy, automate buildings and infrastructure and
provide uninterrupted power for critical systems.
Through these acquisitions, we’re also participating
in the consolidation of an industry that is still quite
fragmented at the global level. We’re able to do this
because of the financing power generated by our
carefully managed existing operations.
A growing number
of customers are
turning to us to meet
their needs for
comfort, productivity,
safety and energy
efficiency.
Jean-Pascal Tricoire