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Schneider Electric announced its acquisition of APC on October 30, 2006 and completed it on February 14, 2007. The deal was approved by APC share holders on January 16, 2007. The European Union authorized the merger, provided that Schneider divests itself of the MGE UPS SYSTEMS global UPS business below 10kVA. This operation was sold to Eaton Power ware. In 2007, Schneider Electric acquired APC and combined it with MGE UPS Systems to form Schneider Electric's Critical Power & Cooling Services Business Unit, which recorded 2007 revenue of $3.5 billion (EUR 2.4 billion) and employed 12,000 people worldwide. Until February 2007, when it was acquired, it had been a member of the S&P 500 list of the largest publicly-traded companies in the United States. Schneider Electric, with 113,900 employees and operations in 102 countries.
A global innovative and responsible company
A global, innovative and responsible company
From steel in the 19th century, to electrical distribution and automation in the 20th and energy management in the 21st, Schneider Electric has always been driven by an international, innovative and responsible mindset to shape the transformation of the industry it was evolving in. Between energy generation and its usage, Schneider Electric provides technology and integrated solutions to optimize energy usage in markets like energy & infrastructure, industry, data centers, buildings and residential.
APC American power conversion
American Power Conversion (APC) provides protection against some of the leading causes of downtime, data loss and hardware damage: power problems and temperature. As a global leader in network-critical physical infrastructure (NCPI) solutions, APC sets the standard in its industry for quality, innovation and support.
MGE Galaxy 3500
Compact three phase power protection with excellent efficiency and optimized footprint particularly adapted for demanding industrial environments.
Performance power protection for critical applications
MGE Galaxy 3500 offers centralized 3 phase power protection with the reliability of the MGE product family. Ideal for commercial and technical facilities as well as industrial applications, the MGE Galaxy 3500 includes dual-mains input, automatic and maintenance bypasses, and scalable runtime with hot-swappable batteries for increased availability. The parallel capability for redundancy and capacity, new optional bypass panels, and extended run battery frames provide increased flexibility. Low cost of ownership is achieved through best-in-class efficiency and a reduction in rating of infrastructure - wires, transformers.
MGE Galaxy 5000
State-of-the-art three phase power protections designed to meet a wide range of requirements from medium data centers to industrial and facilities applications
Designed for Maximum Configuration
MGE Galaxy 5000 offers technology that increases performance and reliability. Online technology fully isolates and protects against all power quality disturbances. The upstream harmonics management allows a generator friendly installation and flexible configurations for even the most demanding designs. The MGE Galaxy 5000 offers features such as paralleling capability for both capacity and redundancy, full front access, included start up for ease of serviceability, user friendly graphical display with multiple language options, and SNMP with network based power management options.
For more details please visit: http:// www.APC.com
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