2010Annual Report - Schneider Electric CZ, s.r.o.
2010Annual Report - Schneider Electric CZ, s.r.o.
2010Annual Report - Schneider Electric CZ, s.r.o.
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Utilities and Infrastructures: ensuring a<br />
safe, reliable power supply and controlling<br />
operating costs<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s main customers in this sector are energy<br />
operators, water treatment facilities, oil and gas infrastructure, the<br />
marine industry and the public sector.<br />
The global challenges these customers face represent long-term<br />
growth prospects for <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>, and include demographic<br />
and economic growth, economic development, the expansion<br />
of renewable energies, deregulation of energy sectors, growing<br />
security needs, and outsourcing of services.<br />
The Group’s solutions, products and services cover:<br />
• transformation and electrical distribution;<br />
• energy management, metering and quality;<br />
• utility management (access control, lighting, Heating Ventilation<br />
and Air-Conditioning, etc.);<br />
• process control and supervision;<br />
• decentralised management of one or several sites;<br />
• critical power;<br />
• pre-payment systems facilitating the access of low-income<br />
households to electricity;<br />
• installation and management of smart electricity grids.<br />
Industries and Machine manufacturers:<br />
enhancing productivity, flexibility, security and<br />
traceability<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> provides energy solutions for all segments of<br />
this sector (waste water treatment plants, mines, cement plants<br />
and material handling and packaging machines). Its customers are<br />
end users, fi rms, engineers, systems integrators, OEMs (original<br />
equipment manufacturers), heavy industry, panel builders, and<br />
electrical equipment distributors.<br />
Energy effi ciency is at the heart of the challenges facing industry,<br />
in order to reduce production costs, comply with regulations, or<br />
adapt to the limited power generation capabilities. In addition, the<br />
growing demand for commodities and industrial infrastructure in<br />
the emerging economies, and the long overdue upgrading of the<br />
industrial infrastructure in developed economies, create signifi cant<br />
opportunities for our customers.<br />
DESCRIPTION OF THE GROUP, AND ITS STRATEGY, MARKETS AND BUSINESSES<br />
LEADER IN AN INDUSTRY OF THE FUTURE<br />
The Group works closely with customers to get a thorough<br />
understanding of their energy management needs, and to help<br />
them enhance productivity, fl exibility, and process and installation<br />
safety. Its solutions, products and services cover:<br />
• process automation;<br />
• equipment control and supervision;<br />
• transformation and electrical distribution;<br />
• energy management, metering and quality;<br />
• utility management (access control, lighting, HVAC, etc.);<br />
• decentralised management of one or several sites;<br />
• critical power.<br />
Non residential buildings: reducing investing<br />
and operating costs while offering greater<br />
comfort and safety<br />
The non residential buildings sector includes all public, commercial<br />
and industrial buildings: offi ces, hotels, hospitals, shopping<br />
centres, manufacturing facilities, schools, sports and cultural<br />
centres. Energy effi ciency and reduction of CO emissions are key<br />
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priorities for this sector. User requirements for comfort, security and<br />
communications capabilities have to be met, as do the needs of<br />
owners and management companies seeking to reduce investment<br />
costs and optimise maintenance and operating costs by managing<br />
several sites remotely (e.g. via the Internet).<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s customers in this sector include property<br />
developers, design fi rms, systems integrators, panel builders<br />
and installers, electrical equipment distributors and management<br />
companies, as well as end customers.<br />
The Group’s solutions, products and services cover:<br />
• transformation and electrical distribution;<br />
• utility management (access control, lighting, HVAC, etc.);<br />
• data exchange (Voice-Data-Image networks, radio);<br />
• energy management, metering and quality;<br />
• decentralised management of one or several sites;<br />
• critical power.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s services comply with regulations and local<br />
practices, and are available throughout the world. They include<br />
networkable products that are easy to install and operate.<br />
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