Schneider et Compagnie, also known as Schneider-Creusot for its birthplace in the French town of

Le Creusot Le Creusot () is a Communes of France, commune and industrial town in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department, Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France. The inhabitants are known as Creusotins. Formerl ...

, was a historic iron and steel-mill company which became a major arms manufacturer. In the 1960s, it was taken over by the Belgian

Empain group The Empain group was a loose grouping of companies founded by Édouard Empain (1852–1929) of Belgium and controlled by the Empain family. From 1881 until merging with Schneider & Cie in 1969, the companies engaged in a broad range of activities ...

and merged with it in 1969 to form Empain-Schneider, which in 1980 was renamed Schneider SA and in 1999, after much restructuring,

Schneider Electric Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational corporation that specializes in digital automation and energy management. Registered as a Societas Europaea, Schneider Electric is a ''Fortune'' Global 500 company, publicly traded on the Euronex ...

Origins

In 1836,

Adolphe Schneider Adolphe Schneider (23 October 1802 – 3 August 1845) was a French financier and industrialist who developed a major metalworking enterprise at Le Creusot, the parent of today's Schneider Electric. Early years Adolphe Schneider was born in Nancy ...

and his brother

Eugène Schneider Joseph Eugène Schneider (29 March 1805 – 27 November 1875) was a French industrialist and politician. In 1836, he co-founded the Schneider company with his brother, Adolphe Schneider. For many years he was a Deputy, and he was briefly Minis ...

bought iron-ore mines and forges at

(

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is B ...

). They developed a business dealing in steel, railways, armaments, and shipbuilding. The

Creusot steam hammer The Creusot steam hammer is a giant steam hammer built in 1877 by Schneider and Co. in the French industrial town of Le Creusot. With the ability to deliver a blow of up to 100 tons, the Creusot hammer was the most powerful in the world until 1891 ...

was built in 1877. Somua, a subsidiary located near Paris, made machinery and vehicles, including the

SOMUA S35 The SOMUA S35 was a French cavalry tank of the Second World War. Built from 1936 until 1940 to equip the armoured divisions of the Cavalry, it was for its time a relatively agile medium-weight tank, superior in armour and armament to its Fren ...

tank.

Armaments

Vehicles

Schneider CA1 The Schneider CA 1 (originally named the Schneider CA) was the first French Third Republic, French tank, developed during the First World War. The Schneider was inspired by the need to overcome the stalemate of trench warfare which on the Wester ...

, the first French

tank A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine; ...

*Schneider-Creusot 030-T steam locomotive *

Schneider Coast Defense Train Schneider may refer to: Companies and organizations * G. Schneider & Sohn, a Bavarian brewery company * Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG, the former owner of the Dual brand of record players ** Schneider Computer Division, a brand of Amstrad CPC in ...

Ships

Ferré-class submarine The ''Ferré'' class was a pair of submarines in service with the Peruvian Navy (MGP) during the period of the Great War. The first, BAP ''Teniente Ferré'', was in service from 1912 to 1919. The second, BAP ''Teniente Palacios'', was in service f ...

, a pair of long

submarines A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or info ...

in service with the Peruvian Navy *, a ''Circé''-class submarine

Mountain guns

75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 The 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 (Greek: Ορειβατικό πυροβόλο των 75χιλ. Schneider-Δαγκλής, υποδ. 1908) (French: Matériel de montagne à tir rapide de 75mm, type MPD) was a 75mm mountain gun used by multipl ...

(named after

Panagiotis Danglis Panagiotis Danglis (; – 9 March 1924) was a Greek military officer and politician. He is particularly notable for inventing the Schneider-Danglis mountain gun, his service as chief of staff in the Balkan Wars, and participation in the Triumvi ...

) *

Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1919 Schneider The Canon de 75 M (montagne) modèle 1919 Schneider (75 mm mle.1919) was a French mountain gun designed as a replacement of the 65 mm mle 1906. The mle 1919 was manufactured by Schneider et Cie and used during World War II. For transport, th ...

Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1928 The Canon de 75 Montagne modèle 1928 (75 mm M mle.28) was a French mountain gun, used by France, Poland and Nazi Germany during World War II. History It is a derivative of the Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1919 Schneider, upgraded base ...

* 76 mm mountain gun modèle 1909

Other artillery

Canet guns The Canet guns were a series of weapon systems developed by the French engineer Gustave Canet (1846–1908), who worked as an engineer from 1872 to 1881 for the London Ordnance Works, then for Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, and fro ...

Canon de 75 modèle 1897 The French 75 mm field gun is a Quick-firing gun, quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Matériel de 75 mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and S ...

Canon de 75 modèle 1905 Schneider The Canon de 75 modèle 1905 Schneider, factory designation Matériel de campagne à tir rapide de 75 mm, modèle 1903 PR (''Puissant, système de récupération de recul à Ressort''), Bulgarian designation "75-мм скорострелно � ...

Canon de 75 modèle 1912 Schneider The Canon de 75 modele 1912 Schneider was a French World War I piece of 75 mm artillery, designed and manufactured by Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot. It entered service with the French horse-mounted artillery in 1912 and a number were sold ...

* Canon de 75 modèle 1914 Schneider *

Canon anti-aérien de 75mm modèle 1939 Canon or Canons may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Canon (fiction), the material accepted as officially written by an author or an ascribed author * Literary canon, an accepted body of works considered as high culture ** Western canon, th ...

* Canon de 85 modèle 1927 Schneider *

Canon de 105 modèle 1930 Schneider Canon or Canons may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Canon (fiction), the material accepted as officially written by an author or an ascribed author * Literary canon, an accepted body of works considered as high culture ** Western canon, th ...

* 107 mm gun modèle 1910 * 120 mm Schneider-Canet M1897 long gun * 122 mm howitzer modèle 1910 * 152 mm howitzer modèle 1909 * 152 mm howitzer modèle 1910 * 152 mm siege gun modèle 1910 *

155 mm Creusot Long Tom The 155 mm Creusot ''Long Tom'' was a French siege gun (artillery piece) manufactured by Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot, France and used by the Boers in the Second Boer War as field guns. Four guns, along with 4,000 common shells, 4,000 shra ...

Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider The Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider (or Canon de 155 C Mle 1917 Schneider), often abbreviated as the ''C17S'', was a French howitzer designed by Schneider-Creusot, Schneider. It was essentially the ''Canon de 155 C modèle 1915 Schneider'' f ...

* Canon de 194 mle GPF * Canon de 220 L mle 1917 * Mortier de 220 modèle 1915/1916 Schneider * Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider

Schneider Trophy

Starting in 1911, Jacques Schneider offered the

Schneider Trophy The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider, also known as the Schneider Trophy, Schneider Prize or (incorrectly) the Schneider Cup is a trophy that was awarded first annually, and later biennially, to the winner of a race for seaplanes and ...

. It was a competition for seaplanes, with a large and prestigious prize.

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