Schneider Electric: Bringing Power Home

Author: 
Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News
Publication Date: 
Sat, 2007-07-14 03:00

Schneider Electric, in the Kingdom for more than two and half decades, is a world leader in electricity and automation management. Schneider Electric harnesses electricity to support customer performance and enhance quality of life.

Thanks to a unique portfolio of products and services, Schneider Electric offers integrated, intelligent and networked solutions that allow customers to use electricity in complete safety, develop automation everywhere, improve energy efficiency, ensure a high quality power supply and manage building utilities and communication networks. By leveraging the deep commitment of its 105,000 team members in 106 countries, Schneider Electric gives the best of the “new electric world” to everyone, everywhere, at any time.

Schneider Electric encourages solidarity with its community where it operates. Schneider Electric works side by side with its community to provide help to handicapped children (in Riyadh) under the Luli program almost every year. The program has been operational for the past four years.

Schneider Electric has gone beyond the requirement of the European Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive since it took effect in 2006. It has not only brought all products directly concerned into companies worldwide, but has also committed to eliminating six hazardous substances from its low voltage lineup by end of 2008.

Energy efficiency means performance and comfort while taking environmental issues into account. With Schneider Electric products, systems and services, customers can produce the same amount or more while consuming less, with savings of 10 percent to 30 percent.

Schneider Electric, having its presence in Saudi Arabia for more than 25 years, has been serving the Kingdom in providing complete solutions to its vast power needs.

Schneider Electric has two core businesses such as Electrical distribution and Automation and Industrial Control, while it has three major brands namely Merlin Gerin, Square D and Telemecanique. Its four market include energy and infrastructure, industry, buildings and residential sectors. In Saudi Arabia, Schneider Electric has about 450 employees having 22 nationalities. The head office is located at Riyadh Second Industrial City. It has a large number of satisfied customers Kingdomwide and has six regional sales offices. Schneider Electric has two manufacturing plants which are based in Riyadh and has a very strong distribution network through distributors and panel builders. Schneider Electric has its presence almost in every city of Kingdom by way of its showrooms.

More than 60 sales and marketing engineers are close to customers all over the Kingdom to understand their application needs and find them the right solutions and offer them continuous support. Also Schneider Electric has a full fledged Customer Support Center based in Dubai and is fully operational to answer all queries put up by the customers.

Schneider Electric’s Services department is backed up by 40 professional technicians and engineers who always at customers’ disposal to provide installation, testing, commissioning, renovation, modernization, spare parts and after sales service.

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