Optimising energy management

Schneider Electric is a European multinational corporation that specialises in electricity distribution, automation management and the manufacture of installation components for energy management. Philip Yorke looks at a company that leads the field in its many chosen disciplines and discovers how it plans to meet the environmental challenges facing the energy sector of the future.

Schneider Electric was founded in France in 1836 by the Schneider brothers who acquired the Creusot foundries in order to make armaments and heavy machinery. Innovation played a key role in its fortunes and by 1891 Schneider had become a major player in the emerging global electricity market. Today the group leads the field in its key market sectors including UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) Movement Control and Building Automation. Furthermore, it has continued to strengthen its lead in advanced ‘Smart Grid’ technology. Schneider is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France and is also based at the World Trade Centre in Grenoble, Switzerland.

Currently the Schneider Group is represented in over 100 countries and employs more than 140,000 people worldwide. In 2014 the leading multinational electrical group recorded sales of over €25 billion.

FEPAC’s plant. Foshan. Guangdong. China Foshan Tongbao Electrical Precision Alloy Co., Ltd, FEPAC for short, is a high-tech enterprise engaging in manufacturing, developing and marketing thermostatic bimetal strip&parts, electrical contact material, high precision thin strip (lead frame material) and other kinds of bonding metal. Our products are widely used in the industries of low-voltage electrical apparatus, appliances, battery, automobile, bus bars and high-end electronic communications. Specially , our electrical contact product, with its high security and reliability, could perfectly work in the harsh environment of high heat, high pressure, high strength and corrosion, and has been used in the aerospace industry, making contribution to Chinese aerospace industry. Now, FEPAC has become one of the top 3 thermostatic bimetal manufacturers in the world and one of the leading enterprises in domestic electrical contact industry.

Thermostatic bimetal strips Button contacts Welding contacts Bimetal strips

Bimetal strip & part & lead frame material In 2008, FEPAC completed the joint-stock transformation after the resource’s optimization and reallocation. Currently, FEPAC owns 65% domestic market share, and besides Asia market and America market, we are massively supplying the bimetal strips and parts to Europe market. Schneider Electric, Chint, Siemens, Delixi electric and ABB which are famous in the low-voltage electric power industry are our main customers. Furthermore, FEPAC has obtained ISO9001,ISO14001, and OHSAS18001 certificates, and joined the United Nations Global Compact. Our products meet the EU RoHS requests, ensure the products’ reliable quality. FEPAC is always focus on providing the safe and reliable products to the middle and high-end clients.

FEPAC not only provides users with safe, reliable, and effi cient products, but also with meticulous and comprehensive service.

Our actions are always for your safety! If your product is related with electrical current and temperature protection, you may need our service. Do not hesitate, please contact us immediately and will obtain professional solutions.

The latest technology: Traceable ID. All of the records and information from raw material to fi nished product, can be traced and checked from the stamped parts. This is the technology pioneered by FEPAC in thermostatic bimetal in the world.

FEPAC solidated and stablized its marketing rank of the top 1 in Asia, top 3 in the world in 2014. Besides, FEPAC obtained the progressive graph in the product’s quality and satisfaction from our customer. Those progress is most sensitive and signifi cant for us.

Honor and Rewards:

Green and preferred supplier to Schneider Electric 2014 RAW MATERIALS MARKETAWARD

Qualified Green Supplier of CHINT Excellent Supplier of SANYOU RELAYS

Excellent Supplier of SIEMENS

Combined different metal properties to design and manufacture your required metal products. Contact to us, and we will offer you the best solutions to your requirement.

Address: No.60, Zhangcha 3rd road, Chancheng, Foshan, Guangdong, China Phone: +86 0757-88332210 / +86 0757-83618621 E-mail: sales@fepac.com www.fepac.com

Innovation driving sales

Schneider Electric develops technologies and solutions to make energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green. The company’s huge investment in R&D is designed to sustain its programme of innovation and differentiation, with a strong commitment to sustainable development.

Innovation drives Schneider’s strategy for growth and dictates the research and development priorities designed to solve the planet’s energy dilemma and to make the IoT (Internet of Things) and the Smart Grid a reality. Having a deep understanding of its customers’ needs the company’s R&D teams create comprehensive, scalable and flexible solutions for both energy and operational efficiency. Every year Schneider invests around 5 per cent of its revenues in its various R&D programmes.

Today the company’s biggest markets are energy management, automation and control products for the metals, mining and water management industries. This is where Schneider’s programmable PLCs and validated architecture makes it easy for it to be much more energy efficient. All Schneider’s latest energy management products, including its revolutionary Modicon M580 automation controller, were showcased recently at the SCA Trade Fair held in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Most ethical company

For the fifth consecutive year Schneider Electric has been honoured as one of the world’s most ethical companies for its unswerving commitment to the protection of the environment. As a result, the company’s leading ethical business standards ensure long-term value to key stakeholders including customers, employees, suppliers, regulators and investors.

To underscore this, every year the Ethisphere Institute recognises companies that have had a positive material impact on the way their business is conducted by fostering a culture of ethics and transparency at every level of the company.

“Schneider Electric is delighted to have been selected by Etisphere for the fifth consecutive year. The challenge for the group consists in living up to the expectations of its stakeholders every day,” said Emmanuel Babeau, deputy CEO in charge of finance and legal affairs at Schneider Electric. “This is why Schneider Electric has been developing an active strategy of empowering its associates through the implementation of a range of processes and dedicated tools.”

At Schneider Electric ethics and governance are considered key elements of growth and enhance the company’s competitiveness.

www.mssindia.co.in

Established in 1998, MSS India is a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK-based MSS Group of Companies. The company benefi ts from state-of-the-art production facilities, professional management, skilled workforce, internationally recognised quality standards, innovation and cost-competitiveness. Entirely export-oriented, MSS India focuses on the manufacture of switchgear products for the power industry, DC bus bar systems and battery accessories.

Our company is driven by the understanding that the market and our customers continue to evolve and we must stay attuned to this. As such, we must be prepared to reinvent ourselves in ways that ensure we continue to serve our customers’ needs, no matter how they change. Our extensive know-how in non-ferrous means we can meet even the most precise client specifi cations. Our promise to our customers is that we can give them the competitive edge by supporting them in order to enhance their products, processes and services. Working together with our customers, suppliers and employees, we at MSS India will meet every challenge that comes our way.

Head Office: MSS India Pvt Ltd

H-8, MIDC, Ambad, Nasik Maharashtra, India, zip-422 010 Tel: +91 253 662 5299,661 1124 Email: enquiries@mssindia.co.in

European Office: MSS PRODUCTS Ltd

Bankfi eld Road, Tyldesley, Manchester, M29 8QH, UK Tel: +44 (0)161 7039990 Email: laurencewhelehan@mssproducts.com

CSB

CSB battery with its 30 years history in the battery industry grew from its infancy by partnering with global UPS industry leaders such as APC and MGE, who are today both part of the Schneider Electric group, so in other words one can say that CSB has a long withstanding history with Schneider, its people, its technology and its needs.

Throughout these 30 years, CSB has grown to become one of the biggest battery suppliers in the world, with its network presence in more than 150 countries, 3 manufacturing sites worldwide, Taiwan, Vietnam, The Philippines and upcoming in China, producing more than 3 million battery units per month, sales offices in Taiwan, America, Europe and China.

Because of our diverse global partners commitment to CSB, we are able to continue to develop and learn how to serve our partners even better with our full total solution service, starting from our local sales support, through our own designed Enersizer software to create instant total solution proposal, our R&D is in constant development of new battery technology, CSB has grown from a simple VRLA battery offering to today’s full range of power such as cycling, lithium, forklift, solar and wind power storage battery solutions.

Advancing IT technology

Schneider Electric is dedicated to the development of new products that are smarter and more cost-effective than those currently on the market. This is being achieved through a continuous investment in R&D and changing the architecture of the company’s products.

Schneider Electric is growing the market in a number of key areas such as its advanced power breakers and PLCs and by matching these to existing IT networks. This means that there is now a seed change in the way that Schneider allows its software compatibility to be integrated into third party systems and software.

In addition, when it comes to solutions, the company utilises its own products and tests them in its own factories to make them more reliable and cost-effective.

City of the future

The ‘Solar Decathlon’ international ‘City of the Future’ competition was launched in 2002 by the US Department of Energy (DoE) and has been supported by Schneider Electric since 2007. Universities across the world were involved in the project to design, build and operate energy-efficient solar powered houses.

As a diamond partner in the 2014 European event, which attracted more than 200,000 visitors, Schneider Electric supported the competition organisers by installing a smart-grid system that connected the entire solar village. Schneider Electric also presented their most innovative home energy management solutions during the event.

As one of the leading stakeholders in the Solar Decathlon project, Schneider Electric presented a world exclusive – an entirely new concept in sustainable social housing that blends comfort with energy efficiency. This innovative concept is backed by the La Varappe social inclusion group and is in line with the company’s foundation programme dedicated to combat fuel poverty. n

For further details of Scneider Electric’s latest innovative products and services visit: www.schneider-electric.com

FEPAC

FEPAC, as a manufacturer of thermostatic bimetal and electrical contact material, is a top 1 in Asia, in the top 3 in the world. We imported the technology and production line, key equipment from USA, Germany and Japan. FEPAC research and produce nontoxic contact metals, such as AgSnO which are being used in China’s aerospace ship and satellite…

FEPAC’s thermostatic bimetal have the unique traceable ID, which is the latest technology pioneered by FEPAC in the word. Our goal is to make our clients more competitive and achieve dependence from our clients. We will serve our clients with the best products and satisfactory service.