Schneider Electric and Fuji Electric Holding enter in a new strategic partnership in Electrical Distribution and Industrial Control, to penetrate the Japanese market.
The companies have been operating a successful joint venture since 2004, manufacturing circuit breakers in China. They will continue their cooperation by launching a new and broader joint venture. Fuji Electric will contribute its ED&C operations in Japan as well as in other Asian countries including China, while Schneider Electric plans to contribute most of the Schneider Electric Japan Ltd operation and a circuit-breaker production line in Thailand.
Together with a cash amount of approximately €60 million, it will give Schneider Electric a shareholding in the range of 40%; the majority of approximately 60% being held by Fuji Electric Holdings.
The new Joint Venture (JV) will cover product development, manufacturing, marketing and sales with a workforce worldwide of around 3,000 people and revenues of more than ¥70 billion (approximately €450 million).
The aim of the JV is to combine Schneider Electric’s and Fuji Electric’s strengths and offers to increase their penetration in the Japanese market and to become the preferred supplier of Japanese customers worldwide.
Along the years, Schneider Electric has demonstrated its commitment to provide the Japanese market with products of highest quality. The other operations of Schneider Electric in Japan, such as Digital Corp, APC Japan or its joint venture in Variable Speed Drive with Toshiba, will pursue their activities independently.