APC by Schneider Electric
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APC by Schneider Electric (formerly American Power Conversion Corporation) is a manufacturer of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), electronics peripherals, and data center products.
Company type | A subsidiary of Schneider Electric |
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Industry | Electrical equipment |
Founded | 1981 |
Headquarters | West Kingston, Rhode Island, United States |
Products | Uninterruptible power supplies, data center, servers, storage, software, services |
Revenue | $3.5 Billion (2007) |
Number of employees | 12,000 (2007) |
Parent | Schneider Electric |
Website | www |
In 2007, Schneider Electric acquired APC and combined it with MGE UPS Systems to form Schneider Electric's Critical Power & Cooling Services Business Unit,[1] which recorded 2007 revenue of US$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, had 2008 annual sales of $26 billion (EUR 18.3 billion).
In 2011, APC by Schneider Electric became a product brand only, while the company was rebranded as the IT Business Unit of Schneider Electric.