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The Perfect Fit – Sharing Technology to Maximize Productivity

2015-06-22

Schneider Electric and Pepperl+Fuchs open up new opportunities in industrial automation

Schneider Electric,  Pepperl+Fuchs, partnership, CAPP, Collaborative Automation Partner Program
Partnership Schneider Electric and Pepperl+Fuchs

Schneider Electric, worldwide operating specialist in energy-management and industrial automation, and Pepperl+Fuchs, global expert for industrial sensors and explosion protection technology, sealed and extended their partnership. Pepperl+Fuchs signed Schneider Electric's membership agreement to join the Collaborative Automation Partner Program (CAPP). As a result, Schneider Electric is now equipped to benefit from Pepperl+Fuchs' complete automation solutions for process automation industry.


Seamless portfolio for all automation areas

In this partnership, Pepperl+Fuchs operates as the main vendor for interfaces including

  • Intrinsic safety galvanic isolators,
  • Signal conditioners,
  • HART Multiplexer solutions,
  • FOUNDATION Fieldbus,
  • PROFIBUS, purge and
  • special purpose HMI solutions

for Schneider Electric’s PlantStruxure process automation architecture.


State of the art technology for specific industry needs

Loic Regnier, Schneider Electric CAPProgram Development Director, comments, “Sharing Pepperl+Fuchs’ expertise and products provides customers much better access to Schneider Electric’s system capabilities. Customers gain more safety and efficiency for their production.”

Karsten Fischer, Director Process Automation Global Account Management at Pepperl+Fuchs, said: "Schneider Electric’s partnership with Pepperl+Fuchs brings our long-standing partnership with Invensys, which is associated with names such as Foxboro, Triconex, and Eurotherm, to a higher level. We are committed to continuing this success that began in the mid-90s by delivering state-of-the-art strategic technology to address their industry-specific needs."