Schneider Electric acquires Marisio, a leading Installation Systems and Control player in Chile

施耐德電氣收購Marisio公司，一家智利領先的安裝系統和控制供應商

Rueil Malmaison, France, May 13, 2008 – Schneider Electric has signed an agreement to acquire Marisio, a Chilean company that manufactures and sells Installation Systems & Control (ISC) components. Marisio generated 2007 revenues of €11 million and has 230 employees.

呂埃馬邁松 5月13日消息——施耐德電氣簽署了一份協議，收購Marisio公司，一家生產和銷售安裝系統和控制元件的智利公司。Marisio公司2007年營收1100萬歐元，擁有員工230名。

The acquisition is another step in Schneider Electric’s strategy to further boost its presence in the fast-growing emerging countries, that accounted for 32% of its sales in 2007.

該收購是施耐德電氣進一步加強其在快速發展的新興國家布局策略的又一舉措，這些國家占施耐德電氣2007年銷售總額的32% 。

Marisio is the number 2 player in wiring devices for the Chilean residential market, with presence also in several countries of South America. Since it was founded in 1947, Marisio has gained a strong reputation for its products quality.

Marisio公司是智利住宅市場配線裝置的第二大廠商，其在南美洲幾個國家也有業務。自從1947年成立以來，Marisio公司就因為其產品質量而獲得了強大的聲譽。

Marisio’s product range, markets and distributors are very complementary to Schneider Electric’s. Marisio will add to the Group’s existing low voltage offering a full and innovative range of wiring devices and residential systems. It will also give Schneider Electric a leading position in the residential markets as well as the opportunity to reinforce its presence in the buildings market by proposing more complete solutions.

Marisio公司的產品范圍、市場以及分銷商對施耐德電氣的業務具有非常好的補充作用。Marisio公司將加入到集團現有的低壓部門，提供全面和創新的各種設備和住宅系統。它還將給予施耐德電氣占據住宅市場的領先地位，以及以此為契機，通過提出更完整的解決方案，加強其在建筑市場的布局。

Christian Wiest, Executive Vice-President of Schneider Electric’s International Operating Division, commented: “The acquisition of Marisio significantly strengthens our position in Chile and the neighbouring countries of South America. It reinforces the solutions portfolio that we offer to our customers in one of the most promising regions of the world.”

施耐德電氣國際營運部執行副總裁Christian Wiest評論道：“對Marisio公司的收購極大加強了我們在智利及其鄰近南美國家的地位。它增加了我們為在這個世界上最有前途地區之一的客戶所提供的解決方案業務組合。”

Emilio Marisio, CEO of Marisio, commented: “We are very proud and excited to join Schneider Electric. We think it is the best way to develop our business in Chile, taking advantage of our respective channels and market knowledge”.

Marisio公司首席執行官Emilio Marisio表示：“我們很自豪也很興奮可以加入施耐德電氣。利用我們各自的渠道和市場知識，我們認為這是在智利發展我們業務的最好方法。”

This acquisition meets Schneider Electric’s Return on Capital Employed criteria.

這次收購符合施耐德電氣的資本回報率標準。

About Marisio
關于Marisio公司

Based in Santiago-Chile, Marisio offers a vast range of components products like wiring devices, installation materials, and low voltage products. With 230 employees, the company has built its development on a high quality production process and a deep knowledge of customers needs.

Marisio公司總部設在智利的圣地亞哥，提供的元件產品眾多，如配線設備，安裝材料，以及低壓產品。公司共有230名雇員，其發展建立在對高品質的生產過程和深入了解顧客需要的基礎之上。

About Schneider Electric
關于施耐德電氣

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, offers integrated solutions making energy safer, more reliable, efficient and productive in the energy & infrastructure, industry, data centres & networks, buildings and residential markets. With sales of 17.3 billion euros in 2007, the company's 120,000 employees in 102 countries help individuals & organisations make the most of their energy.

全球能效管理專家施耐德電氣，為能源及基礎設施、工業、數據中心及網絡、樓宇和住宅市場提供整體解決方案，致力于更安全、更可靠、更高效、更多產的能源使用。施耐德電氣2007年的銷售額為173億歐元，在102個國家擁有120,000名員工。施耐德電氣助您――善用其效，盡享其能！