- Use electricity in complete safety
- Develop automation everywhere
- Improve energy efficiency
- Ensure a high quality power supply
- Manage building utilities and electrical networks
Schneider Electric in the U.S.
Headquartered in Palatine, Ill., the North American Operating Division of Schneider Electric had sales of $6.6 billion (U.S.) in 2007 and is one of four geographic divisions of Schneider Electric, headquartered in Paris, France. The North American Operating Division markets the Square D, Telemecanique and Merlin Gerin brand products to customers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
In the United States, Schneider Electric is best known by its flagship Square D brand, with Telemecanique becoming increasingly known in the industrial control and automation markets and supported by many Square D distributors. For more than 100 years, Square D has been a market-leading brand of electrical distribution and industrial control products, systems and services.