Business concern Schneider Electric summed up 2008 fiscal year. The profit yield of company in 2008 made 18,3 milliards of euro, increased as compared to a previous year on 5,8%. The net income of business concern grew on 6,3% and attained 1,7 milliards of euro. A company carried out the row of confluences, rendering considerable influence on the redistribution of world market and change in the structure of business of business concern. In composition Schneider Electric entered: company APC, global leader in area of energoobespecheniya and conditioning of responsible
systems; Pelco, leading producer at the market of the systems of safety and videonablyudeniya, and Xantrex, Canadian developer of sources of feed of direct-current. On results 2008 Schneider Electric leads in the world on the production of low-voltage distributive apparatus and
equipment of middle tension, and also occupies leading positions in the production of the systems of reserve feed and cooling.On the whole, volume of sales on basic directions to activity Schneider Electric in 2008 distributed as follows: 57% – equipment for
distributing of electric power, 29% – systems of automation and management technological processes, 14% – systems of reserve feed and cooling.Profit yield Schneider Electric in the European countries, including Russia, estimated in 8,1 milliards of euro with growth 6%, in North America
– in 5 milliards of euro, in the Aziatsko-tikhookeanskom region – in 3,4 milliards of euro, in developing countries – in 1,7 milliards of euro. Russian subdivision Schneider Electric it is a company «Schneider is Electrician» in 2008 completed acquisition of company Wessen and factory «Potential», opened the third
on an account a factory is in Russia (Kazan’), second logistic center (Ekaterinburg) and Scientific and technical Center in Moscow. Laslo Markotan, Director general of joint-stock COMPANY «Schneider is Electrician», comments: «In spite of neprostuyu economic situation in the world, we can expect
on durability and model reliability Schneider Electric. Business of company in Russia and countries of the CIS continues to develop, and in 2009 we plan to extend a production in Russia, to develop and inculcate new technologies and strengthen leader positions at the market».
