Jeumont-Schneider was a French electric and mechanical engineering group, founded in 1964.
History
Jeumont-Schneider was formed in 1964 through a merger of FACEJ (''Forges et Ateliers de Construction Electriques de Jeumont'') and ''Matériel Electrique S-W'' (Schneider-Westinghouse).
The company had activities in electric motors and other power electrical equipment, industrial controls and automation, hydraulic pumps, and included equipment for the nuclear industry.
In 1986 the company divested its loss making railway traction activities to
Alstom
Alstom SA () is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets. It is active in the fields of passenger transportation, signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional ...
.
The group's telephony business, unsuccessful in comparison to
Matra
Matra (an acronym for Mécanique Aviation Traction) was a major French industrial Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. Its business activities covered a wide range of industries, notably aerospace manufacturer, aerospace, defence industry, def ...
, was sold to
Bosch in 1988.
In 1992 the activities of Jeumont-Schneider Industrie relating to nuclear power were taken over by
Framatome
Framatome () is a French nuclear reactor business. It is owned by Électricité de France (EDF) (80.5%) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (19.5%).
The company first formed in 1958 to license Westinghouse's pressurized water reactor (PWR) designs ...
. Other activities of the group: Jeumont Schneider Industrie and the division Jeumont-Schneider Automation went into joint management by Framatome and
Alstom-Alcatel; the division were renamed ''Jeumont Industrie'' and ''Jeumont Automation''.
References
Engineering companies of France
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