Schneider Electric Acquires Chinese Automatic Power Transfer Switch Maker

March 26, 2004
Schneider Electric announced the acquisition through a transfer of assets of Wangao, a private Chinese company that develops and manufactures automatic power transfer switches.

Schneider Electric announced the acquisition through a transfer of assets of Wangao, a private Chinese company that develops and manufactures automatic power transfer switches.

Wangao, founded in 1999, is a family business located in Tianjin. The company generates sales of around 8 million euros with 110 people.

“Because power reliability and stability is very important in industry as well as in buildings, the demand in automatic power transfer switches is growing fast,” said Russell Stocker, executive-vice president of Schneider Electric’s new Asia Pacific operating division. “Wangao will be one of the elements of our strategy, through the offering of local competitive solutions meeting our high quality standards.”

Schneider Electric may distribute the technology developed by Wangao outside China under the Merlin Gerin brand name.