1836

1837

1856 1870

Masters of Steel

1838 1838

The first steam locomotive is

developed

The first riversteamboat is developed

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Moving Into the World Market

1878---------1891 1919 1920 1930’s

Time of Uncertainty

1918

Square D is established

1917

Merlin Gerin is established

1924

Telemecanique is established

1949

Groupe Schneider logo

1959

A New World

1940-----1945

A New World

1960 1969

1975----1978

Strength Through Struggle

1968

Modicon is established

1980

1981

1986

1988

1991 1997

Modicon is acquired

1999

Rising to New Heights

1984

Divested from steeland shipbuilding , firmly moving into electricity

2002 2007

20082003

Building A New Electric World

2000

20042001

2005

2006

2009

Early Square D® cartridge fuse

Safety switch ad (1920)

Introduced first circuit breaker designed and made by Square D (1935)

Production dominated by supplying war effort; Square D equipment used in aircraft (1941)

War billboard

Half of all U.S. aircraft circuit breakers supplied by Square D (1944)

Introduced QO® circuit breaker (1955)

Introduced I-Line® panelboards and Visi-Trip® circuit breaker (1966-1967)

Introduced QO circuit breaker with Visi-Trip (1967)

Introduced Type S motor starter (1965)

Introduced first double-pole GFCI (1973)

Developed line of solid state logic controls (1958)

Introduced first micro-processor-based automotive control welder system (1977)

Introduced Homeline® family of load centers and circuit breakers (1988)

“We Respond” ad poster campaign (1988)

Introduced PowerLogic® line of power and control solutions (1990)

Horton fuse patent (1906)

First Square D power distribution panelboard (1926)

First residential circuit breaker (1936)

First “plug-in” type circuit breaker panelboard (1951)

Introduced I-Line II busway, cable tray and the two-high, metal-clad switchgear (1984)

Bryson Horton established McBride Manufacturing Company (1902)

Company changed name to Square D (1917)

Square D safety switch (1917)

Square DFirst public stock offering (1928)

American Power Conversion incorporated (1981)

Introduced first UPS for PC and LAN market, the 450AT+ (1984)

Introduced award-winning PowerChute® software (1989)

Entered the greater than 5 kVA UPS market with Symmetra® (1997)

Introduced InfraStruXure™ architecture (2003)

NetBotz acquired by APC (2005)

Introduced Matrix-UPS® for 2 kVA+ UPS market (1993)

Introduced The Smart-UPS® (1997)

Acquired Silcon A/S, a manufacturer of 3-phase UPS systems for data centers and facilities (1998)

Entered precision cooling market (2000)

Revolutionizes Data Center Power with PowerStruXure™ (2002)

APC

Pelco founded (1987)

Introduced Camclosure® systems (1999) DX8000

DVR changes industry (2003)

Introduced PT7100 integrated PTZ (1988)

Pelco revolutionizes PTZ camera with modular Spectra® dome positioning system (1996)

Pelco acquired by Schneider Electric (2007)

Introduced unique MTP9500 PTZ Controller (1994)

Endura® IP video network system launched (2005)

Enter digital marketwith release of digitalvideo recorders (2001)

Pelco