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2015 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 19
OVERVIEW OF THE GROUP’S STRATEGY, MARKETS AND BUSINESSES
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BUSINESSES, END-MARKETS ANDCUSTOMER CHANNELS
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2. Businesses, end-markets
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 market access channels built on strong partnerships.
2.1 Leadership positions in our businesses
Schneider Electric operations are organized in four businesses:
Buildings & Partner, Infrastructure, Industry, and IT.
The Buildings & Partner business: Number1
Worldwide in Low Voltage and Building
Automation
Low voltage (“ LV” ) electrical distribution products and solutions
address the needs of all end markets from residential to commercial
buildings, spanning across industries, infrastructures 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 management
systems, power factor correction, products for living spaces (such
as wiring devices, network connectivity, home automation and
building controls), as well as renewable energy conversion and
connection equipment and electric vehicle charging infrastructures.
Building Automation facilitates comfort and energy effi ciency
in non-residential buildings through automation and security
systems, including Heating, Ventilation&Air-Conditioning (“ HVAC” )
controllers, sensors, valves and actuators, programmable
regulators, centralized building management systems, space
optimization solutions, access control, video cameras and security
monitoring equipment.
The Industry business: Number1 Worldwide,
inProcess Safety Systems, Number2
inDiscrete Industrial Automation and
Number4 in Discrete and Process Automation
The historical Industry business scope is Discrete Automation,
which provides comprehensive products and solutions for the
automation and control of machines, manufacturing plants and
industrial sites. It includes hardware, such as motion controllers,
variable speed drives, motor starters and contactors, human-
machine interface (“ HMI” ) operator panels, programmable logic
controllers (“ PLC” ), push buttons and signaling devices and
discrete sensors, as well as software for operations management
and supervisory control systems. With the acquisition of Invensys
in 2014, the Industry business has expanded in the fi eld of
Process Automation , gaining a strong installed base in Distributed
Control Systems and I nstrumentation, notably under the Foxboro
brand, and Safety Systems (under the Triconex brand), as well
as a strong industrial software offer for manufacturing operations
management (Wonderware), modeling/simulation (SimSci) and
asset management (Avantis).
The IT Business: Number1 Worldwide
inCritical Power and Cooling
The IT Business specializes in critical power products and solutions
for data centers and other applications where power continuity
and quality is essential. The portfolio includes single-phase and
three-phase Uninterruptable Power Supplies (“ UPS” ), plug-in surge
protection, IT enclosures, power distribution units, security and
cooling systems, services and software management.
The Infrastructure business: Number1
Worldwide in Medium Voltage & Grid
Automation
Infrastructure specializes in medium voltage (MV) and grid
automation products and solutions. That includes primary and
secondary medium voltage switchgear, transformers, electrical
network protection and automation, remote control, and MV/LV
complete substations. It also includes software for the integrated
management of mission-critical infrastructure and Advanced Grid
Solutions, such as Distribution Management Software (DMS),
Operation Management Software (OMS), Supervisory Control And
Data Acquisition (SCADA) software, pipeline management, and
traffi c management. This offer can be delivered both through direct
and indirect channels leading to various delivery models ranging
from transactional sale to complete project delivery.