Telvent (a

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of ''"Telecom Ventures"'') was an

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and industrial automation company specializing in

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, GIS and related IT systems for pipeline, energy utility, traffic, agriculture and

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industries. Their customer base is worldwide, but concentrated in

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and

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. In 2011, Telvent was acquired by the

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 ...

group. In 2014 it was integrated into Getronics.

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