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2015 IN BRIEF
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2015 in brief
Strategy, technologies and businesses
On February19, Schneider Electric hosted a meeting with investors
and fi nancial analysts at which it presented the new company
program for 2015-2020, «Schneider is On» and highlighted the
Group’s growth strategy, operational priorities and fi nancial targets.
On January21, Schneider Electric and Autodesk, a world leader in
3D design, engineering and entertainment software and services,
announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding,
paving the way for enhancement of current practices for building
lifecycle management based on Building Information Modeling
(BIM). As part of the collaboration, the two companies are exploring
ways to complement each other’s strengths to make buildings more
energy effi cient from the design and construction through operation
and end-of-life phases.
On April23, Schneider Electric announced it had been positioned
by Gartner,Inc. as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Advanced
Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) for the second
consecutive year . Additionally, the Gartner report on Critical
Capabilities for Advanced Distribution Management Systems
awarded , Schneider Electric the highest score for all three use
scenarios : Improving Outage Response, Optimizing Grid Operation,
and Managing DER Impacts.
On September 21, Schneider Electric announced a new global
brand strategy that comes at a critical point of transition for the
industry, in which the business and societal landscape are being
transformed by urbanization, digitization and industrialization. That
strategy, Life Is On, is fueled by Schneider Electric’s Operational
Intelligence approach to IoT. The approach will transform how
people and organizations manage energy, better automate
industrial processes, and increase the quality of business decisions,
while improving their lives.
On September 21, Schneider Electric announced it had been
appointed to the steering committee of the Industrial Internet
Consortium (IIC). Through this appointment, Schneider Electric will
take a more central role alongside such as leaders from AT&T, Cisco,
General Electric, IBM and Intel in developing recommendations for
industry specifi cations and developing frameworks to speed the
adoption of industrial IoT technologies around the world.
On September 21, Schneider Electric announced a multi-year
collaboration with the HKUST-MIT Research Alliance Consortium
as a key supporter of the consortium’s research for IoT technologies
for intelligent buildings and transportation. The goal of this global
research, with HKUST in Hong Kong and MIT in Cambridge, Mass.,
is to resolve challenging problems in engineering domains such
as circuits and devices, signal processing, communications and
control, as well as advanced data analytics.
On October 6, Schneider Electric announced that Gartner, the
leading provider of research and analysis on the information
technology industry, had rated the company #10 in its 2015 Gartner
European Supply Chain Top25 . Schneider Electric joins the top15
for the fi rst time this year, jumping 12 spots from its 2014 ranking.
On October 15, Schneider Electric announced that independent
analyst fi rm Verdantix had named the company a leader in its 2015
Green Quadrant® Building Energy Management Software report.
This is the second year in a row that Schneider Electric has been
identifi ed as a leader in the report.
On October 16, Schneider Electric announced that it will make
signifi cant new investments to strengthen its presence in Singapore.
The company will cumulatively invest around EUR65million over
the next few years to establish a Software Solutions Center and
a Software Regional Hub, a new East Asia headquarter and a
Regional Control Tower for Network Logistics, Analytics and
Transportation in Singapore.
On December1, Schneider Electric and Neoen, one of the leading
French players in renewable energies, inaugurated Europe’s largest
photovoltaic farm, located in Cestas (near Bordeaux, France). The
photovoltaic farm in Cestas has a total peak capacity of 300MW
and can generate enough energy in one year to service the
domestic consumption needs of the entire population of Bordeaux.
The Eiffage – Schneider Electric – Krinner consortium designed
and built the Cestas plant. Clemessys, a subsdiary of Eiffage,
and Schneider Electric are overseeing the farm’s operations and
maintenance needs for 20years.
On December 4, Schneider Electric introduced EcoBlade, a
smart & scalable energy storage system for all customer needs.
EcoBlade unleashes the full potential of renewable energies thanks
to Schneider Electric’s unrivaled experience in critical power &
energy management.
On December 10, Schneider Electric received a prestigious
DatacenterDynamics Leaders EMEA Award in the Modular
Deployment category for the state-of-the-art customized
prefabricated data center scalable installed at Sagrada Familia,
Barcelona, Spain. The Schneider Electric integrated prefabricated
data center solution enables site operators to manage the church’s
security and effectively control themillions of visitors that come to
the site each year. A Unesco World Heritage Site, Sagrada Família
is the most visited tourist attraction in Barcelona.