Schneider Electric owns a large portfolio of well-known electrical and automation brands, with its most famous brand in North America being Square D, which it acquired in 1991 and which includes Square D QO and Homeline load centers and breakers sold at Home Depot and Lowes, as well as Square D commercial products. Schneider also owns APC by Schneider Electric, which makes uninterruptible power supplies and data center infrastructure, Pelco for security cameras, Clipsal for wiring devices popular in Australia, Merlin Gerin for European distribution, Telemecanique for industrial automation and sensors, Asco for automatic transfer switches used in backup power, and Aveva for industrial software. In North America, Schneider also owns the Square D brand for panels and breakers, and its commercial brands include Square D and Schneider Electric for power distribution. Schneider previously owned brands like Juno Lighting and has acquired many companies over the years including Invensys, Lee Technologies, and Summit Electric. Its brand strategy is to keep strong local brands like Square D in the US and Clipsal in Australia while integrating them under the Schneider Electric global umbrella. So Schneider owns Square D, APC, Pelco, Clipsal, Merlin Gerin, Telemecanique, Asco, Aveva, and many other regional electrical and automation brands worldwide.
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