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DESCRIPTION OFTHEGROUP, ANDITSSTRATEGY, MARKETS ANDBUSINESSES
1LEADER IN AN INDUSTRY OF THE FUTURE
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2. Leader in an industry of the future
Schneider Electric is now ideally positioned to take advantage of growth opportunities linked to the energy challenges
facing our planet and to the development of emerging economies.
The Group is successfully completing its reorganisation and has signifi cant levers for growth. The activities in which
it occupies a number-one or number-two position globally accounted for 90% of its revenue in 2010, compared with
50% in 2000.
Today, Schneider Electric operates in fi ve major sectors – Utilities and Infrastructures, Industries and Machine
Manufacturers, Non residential Buildings, Data Centres and Networks, and Residential. The Group has a presence on
every continent, with a competitive range of products and services to meet the needs of each market.
2. 1 Helping our customers to making the most of their energy
After completing its reorganisation, Schneider Electric strengthened
its portfolio of products, services and solutions, in order to provide
an integrated energy management offering, and to help its business
and residential customers make their energy:
•safe, by protecting people and property;
•reliable, by guaranteeing ultra-secure, ultra-pure and
uninterrupted power for sensitive applications;
•efficient, by delivering energy effi ciency and the ability to
deploy installations that offer an optimal trade-off between initial
investment and operating cost;
•productive, by expanding the use of automation and networking
and offering services throughout an installation’s life cycle;
•green, by offering innovative solutions for renewable energies
and eco-designed products and systems.
The development of smart grids opens up new opportunities
for the Group in terms of real-time grid management, interactive
management of energy consumption, integration of renewable
energies through connection to the grid, and connecting electric
vehicles to the grid.
2. 2 Seizing opportunities in five growth sectors
Schneider Electric is well positioned in fi ve major growth sectors:
•Utilities and Infrastructures;
•Industries and Machine manufacturers;
•Non residential buildings;
•Data centres and Networks;
•Residential.
The solutions to the energy requirements of these sectors represent
levers of growth for the Group.
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