Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Rail transport |
Founded | 1890 |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products |
Locomotives High-speed trains Intercity and commuter trains Trams People movers Signalling systems |
Owner | Alstom (Inspiration) |
Jeumont-Schneider was a French electric and mechanical engineering group, founded in 1964.
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). [1] [2]
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. [3]
In 1986 the company divested its loss making railway traction activities to Alstom. [3] The group's telephony business, unsuccessful in comparison to Matra, was sold to Bosch in 1988. [2]
In 1992 the activities of Jeumont-Schneider Industrie relating to nuclear power were taken over by Framatome. 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. [4]
Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Rail transport |
Founded | 1890 |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products |
Locomotives High-speed trains Intercity and commuter trains Trams People movers Signalling systems |
Owner | Alstom (Inspiration) |
Jeumont-Schneider was a French electric and mechanical engineering group, founded in 1964.
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). [1] [2]
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. [3]
In 1986 the company divested its loss making railway traction activities to Alstom. [3] The group's telephony business, unsuccessful in comparison to Matra, was sold to Bosch in 1988. [2]
In 1992 the activities of Jeumont-Schneider Industrie relating to nuclear power were taken over by Framatome. 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. [4]