# Schneider Electric

> Schneider Electric is a French energy-technology company that combines electrical distribution equipment, industrial automation, connected controls, software, consulting, and lifecycle services. Its EcoStruxure architecture links equipment from the shop floor to the cloud, while AVEVA and other software businesses help customers design and operate factories, buildings, grids, and data centers. The company sells through a vast partner network and increasingly earns recurring software and service revenue alongside its hardware and systems business.

- **Founded:** 1836
- **Headquarters:** Rueil-Malmaison, France
- **Founders:** Adolphe Schneider (Co-founder), Joseph-Eugène Schneider (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 160,000 employees
- **Products:** EcoStruxure, AVEVA industrial software, Power distribution and control, Industrial automation, Data center infrastructure
- **Notable:** Reported record 2025 revenue of €40 billion and an 18.7% adjusted EBITA margin., Named first in Corporate Knights' Global 100 in 2021 and 2025 - the first company to top the ranking twice., Ranked first in TIME and Statista's World's Most Sustainable Companies list in 2024 and 2025.

## Products & services

- **EcoStruxure** — An open, IoT-enabled architecture spanning connected products, edge control, and apps, analytics, and services for buildings, data centers, infrastructure, homes, and industry.
- **AVEVA industrial software** — Engineering, operations, data-management, and industrial intelligence software, including digital-twin and asset-performance capabilities.
- **Power distribution and control** — Low- and medium-voltage switchgear, circuit breakers, panels, power monitoring, motor controls, and grid automation sold under brands including Square D and ASCO.
- **Industrial automation** — Modicon controllers, drives, human-machine interfaces, robotics, safety systems, and the software-defined EcoStruxure Automation Expert platform.
- **Data center infrastructure** — APC UPS systems, racks, prefabricated modules, power distribution, EcoStruxure IT monitoring, and lifecycle services for edge, colocation, and hyperscale facilities.
- **Motivair liquid cooling** — Coolant distribution units, rear-door heat exchangers, cold plates, chillers, and services for high-density AI and HPC workloads.
- **Sustainability and energy advisory** — Energy procurement, decarbonization planning, climate consulting, microgrids, renewable integration, and managed energy services.

## Achievements

- Reported record 2025 revenue of €40 billion and an 18.7% adjusted EBITA margin.
- Named first in Corporate Knights' Global 100 in 2021 and 2025 - the first company to top the ranking twice.
- Ranked first in TIME and Statista's World's Most Sustainable Companies list in 2024 and 2025.
- Received an EcoVadis platinum medal for the fifth consecutive year in 2025.
- Named one of Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year in 2025.
- EcoStruxure materials cite more than 45,000 developers and system integrators and more than 650,000 service providers and partners.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Announced an agreement to acquire industrial data and AI software company Cognite for $3.1 billion in cash, subject to customary closing conditions.
- **2026-06** — Announced a strategic collaboration with Foxconn to co-develop scalable reference architectures for next-generation AI data centers.
- **2026-04** — Reported double-digit organic sales growth in the first quarter, led by Systems and continued data-center demand, and reaffirmed its 2026 financial target.
- **2026-04** — Expanded work with Microsoft and Deloitte around agentic manufacturing, industrial AI, and end-to-end operational transformation.
- **2026-03** — With NVIDIA and AVEVA, introduced new power, cooling, simulation, and digital-twin blueprints for large AI factories.
- **2026-02** — Reported record 2025 revenue of €40 billion, up 9% organically, with an 18.7% adjusted EBITA margin.

## Links

- Website: https://www.se.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/schneider-electric/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/SchneiderElec
- GitHub: https://github.com/SchneiderElectric
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/schneiderelectric
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schneiderelectric/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SchneiderElectric
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@schneiderelectric_global

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Last updated: 2026-08-11