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1OVERVIEW OF THE GROUP'S STRATEGY, MARKETS AND BUSINESSES
BUSINESSES, END-MARKETS AND CUSTOMER CHANNELS
Businesses, end-markets 2.
andcustomer channels
Schneider Electric is organized in four businesses – Buildings & Partner, Infrastructure, Industry and IT – and operates in
four principal markets: non-residential & residential buildings, utilities & infrastructure, industry & machine manufacturers
and data centers & networks.
The Group manages multiple channels to markets built on strong partnerships.
Leadership positions in our businesses 2.1
Until 2013, Schneider Electric operations were organized in five industrial sites. It includes hardware, such as motion control,
businesses (Partner, Infrastructure, Industry, IT and Buildings), variables speed drives, motor starters and contactors,
built around key technologies. human-machine interface (“HMI”) terminals, programmable logic
controllers (“PLC”), push buttons and signaling, temperature and
In 2014, Schneider Electric decided to regroup its Buildings and
pressure sensors, and customized sensors, as well as software
Partner businesses into a single business to provide its
applications for operations management and supervisory control.
customers a complete offer to address the buildings market.
Hence, the Group is now organized in four businesses: Buildings
With the acquisition of Invensys in 2014, Industry business is
& Partner Infrastructure, Industry and IT.
expanding in the Process Automation space, gaining a strong
installed base of DCS (Distributed Control Systems, notably under
The Buildings & Partner business: Number1
the Foxboro brand) and safety systems (under the Triconex brand)
as well as strong expertise in software for industrial operational
Worldwide in Low Voltage and Building
efficiency, with leading brands such as Wonderware, SimSci and
Automation
Avantis.
Low voltage (“LV”) products and solutions address the needs of all
The IT business: Number1 Worldwide in Critical
end markets from buildings to industries and infrastructure to data
centers, including protection functions (notably with circuit
Power and Cooling
breakers), power monitoring and control, power meters, electrical
enclosures, busways, power factor correction, LifeSpace products IT specializes in critical power products and solutions for data
(including wiring devices, network connectivity, home automation centers and other applications where power continuity and quality
and building controls and cable management systems), renewable is essential, including single phase and three-phase uninterruptable
energy conversion and connection, and electrical vehicle charging power supplies (“UPS”), surge protection, racks, power distribution
infrastructure. units, security, cooling systems, services and software
management.
Building Automation facilitates comfort and energy efficiency in
non-residential buildings through automation and security systems,
The Infrastructure business: Number1
including Heating, Ventilation&Air-Conditioning (“HVAC”)
controllers, sensors, valves and actuators, programmable
Worldwide in Grid Automation and Medium
regulators, centralized building management systems, space
Voltage
optimization solutions, access control, video cameras and security
monitoring equipment. Infrastructure specializes in medium voltage (“MV”) and grid
The Industry business: Number2 Worldwide
automation products and solutions, especially for infrastructure
and electrical utilities, including primary and secondary medium
voltage switchgear, transformers, electrical networks protection,
inDiscrete Industrial Automation, Number4
remote control, MV/LV substations, and Telvent software for the
worldwide in Discrete and Process Automation
integrated management of mission critical infrastructure (primarily
Distribution Management Software, Operation Management
The historical Industry business scope is Discrete Automation, Software, supervision control and data acquisition (“SCADA”)
which provides comprehensive products and solutions for the software, pipeline management and traffic management).
automation and control of machines, manufacturing plants and
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