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OVERVIEW OF THE GROUP’S STRATEGY, MARKETS AND BUSINESSES
BUSINESSES, END-MARKETS AND CUSTOMER CHANNELS
Businesses, end-markets 2.
andcustomer channels
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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
Schneider Electric operations are organized in four businesses: logic controllers («PLC»), push buttons and signaling devices and
Buildings & Partner, Infrastructure, Industry and IT. discrete sensors, as well as software for operations management
and supervisory control systems. With the acquisition of Invensys
The Buildings & Partner business: Number1
in 2014, the Industry business has expanded in the Process
Automation space, gaining a strong installed base of Distributed
Worldwide in Low Voltage and Building
Control Systems & instrumentation, notably under the Foxboro
Automation
brand and Safety Systems (under the Triconex brand) as well as a
strong industrial software offer for manufacturing operations
Low voltage («LV») electrical distribution products and solutions management (Wonderware), modeling/simulation (SimSci) and
address the needs of all end markets from residential to asset management (Avantis).
commercial buildings, spanning across industries, infrastructures
The IT Business: Number1 Worldwide in Critical
and data centers. The offer portfolio is extensive and includes:
protection functions (such as circuit breakers), power monitoring
and control, power meters, electrical enclosures, busways, cable
Power and Cooling
management systems, power factor correction, products for living The IT Business specializes in critical power products and solutions
spaces (such as wiring devices, network connectivity, home for data centers and other applications where power continuity and
automation and building controls), as well as renewable energy quality is essential. The portfolio includes single-phase and
conversion and connection equipments and electrical vehicle three-phase Uninterruptable Power Supplies («UPS»), plug-in
charging infrastructures. surge protection, IT enclosures, power distribution units, security,
Building Automation facilitates comfort and energy efficiency in cooling systems, services and software management.
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
regulators, centralized building management systems, space
Worldwide in Medium Voltage & Grid
optimization solutions, access control, video cameras and security
Automation
monitoring equipment.
Infrastructure specializes in medium voltage (MV) and grid
The Industry business: Number2 Worldwide
automation products and solutions. That includes primary and
secondary medium voltage switchgear, transformers, electrical
inDiscrete Industrial Automation, Number4
network protection and automation, remote control, and MV/LV
worldwide in Discrete and Process Automation
complete substations. It also includes software for the integrated
management of mission-critical infrastructure, such as Distribution
The historical Industry business scope is Discrete Automation, Management Software (DMS), Operation Management Software
which provides comprehensive products and solutions for the (OMS), Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA), pipeline
automation and control of machines, manufacturing plants and management, and traffic management. This offer can be delivered
industrial sites. It includes hardware, such as motion controllers, both through direct and indirect channels leading to various
variables speed drives, motor starters and contactors, delivery models ranging from transactional sale to complete project
human-machine interface («HMI») operator panels, programmable delivery.
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