Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational corporation that specializes in energy technology, covering electrification, automation, and digitalization for industry and homes.[4][5][6]
Registered as a Societas Europaea, Schneider Electric is a Fortune Global 500 company, publicly traded on the Euronext Exchange, and is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.[7] In fiscal year 2024, the company posted revenues of €38.15 billion.[1]
Schneider Electric is the parent company of Square D, APC, AVEVA, and others. It is also a research company.[8]
Schneider Electric was recognized as the most sustainable company in Corporate Knights's The Global 100 index in 2025.[9]
History
1836–1963
In 1836, brothers Adolphe and Joseph-Eugene Schneider took over an iron foundry in Le Creusot, France.[10] Two years later, they founded Schneider-Creusot, the company that would eventually become Schneider Electric. Initially, Schneider-Creusot specialized in the production of steel, heavy machinery, and transportation equipment.[11][12] In 1871, following France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, the company significantly developed its capacity for weapons manufacturing.[13] Over the first half of the 20th century, Schneider-Creusot continued to grow, establishing manufacturing sites in France and abroad, including in pre-Soviet Russia and Czechoslovakia.
Acquisitions
See also
- Creusot steam hammer