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...Peter Herweck, new chief executive of Schneider Electric, the industrial software and equipment group that ranks in the top 100 European companies by revenue, said a deeper political union “would resolve...
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...“There is something wrong in where the money is going,” Philippe Delorme, head of European operations at industrial group Schneider Electric, told the Financial Times. “I understand the pain....
...“Right now we don’t believe we will have people based in California working for Schneider.”...
...Mr Schneider has identified coffee as a fast-growth market for the Swiss group....
...Boeing introduced larger windows on its 787, which would have had a “prohibitive” impact on weight without savings elsewhere, says Larry Schneider, chief programme engineer for the 777....
...The complex deal would have involved the UK company acquiring Schneider’s industrial software unit — Schneider Software — but the French company would in turn have taken a majority stake in Aveva....
...Etienne Schneider, Luxembourg’s defence minister, told local media on Monday he would examine whether delivery of the Duchy’s aircraft could be cancelled, although he also added that it was likely to be...
...Peggy Noonan, former speech writer for Ronald Reagan, wrote in the Wall Street Journal that Ms Rice would inject energy into the Romney bid....
...As chief financial officer of Schneider Electric Canada, the electrical engineering company, Uthayakumar spends a considerable amount of time focused on acquisitions and the integration of acquired companies...
...Schneider also reported better-than-expected free cashflow of €1.97bn, up from €1.7bn and a record high....
...But the French government has asked the domestic consortium of Schneider Electric and Alstom, which initially pitched the lowest bid, to modify their offer to be more competitive with GE and its fellow foreign...
...Schneider will take the medium voltage distribution arm, while Alstom intends to take the high tension business....
...Yet the French offer means breaking up Areva T&D, sharing out the medium and high voltage businesses between Schneider and Alstom, respectively....
...If the state picks Alstom/Schneider, this will mean the break-up of an existing French champion....
...Alstom has already expressed an interest in bidding, while Schneider Electric is also thought to be looking at the business....
...In April, Schneider was ordered to pay Chint $23m to settle a patent lawsuit – at the time the largest recorded settlement in an intellectual property case in China....
...Schneider Electric, the electrical components group, is already present in some of Areva T&D’s sectors....
...Though France’s Alstom has declared an interest, there could be greater synergies for bidders such as Schneider, the French electrical components group, GE of the US or Germany’s Siemens....
...wholesale reform of the commission and its competition policy have been mounting after two court setbacks this year – not least the unprecedented ruling that Brussels was liable to pay compensation to Schneider...
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