PALATINE, Ill. – September 23, 2003 – Schneider Electric has announced a roll out of its TopIntegrator program for system integrators. Designed to support integrators working with the company across the nation, TopIntegrator members have access to a number of tools — including a dedicated Web site (www.squared-si.com), free product samples, training modules, and codes and standards support.
The program will give system integrators the freedom to affiliate with brands that offer them value and performance without tying them down to one line or another, according to Edwin Newell, system integrator segment manager for Schneider Electric. “Integrators are often forced by vendors to declare a specialty, which limits their opportunities for business, “said Newell. “Our goal is to open windows of opportunity, not tie the hands of our system integrators.”There have also been instances where integrators find themselves competing against a manufacturer’s in-house team of system integrators. “But Schneider Electric isn’t interested in competing with the system integrators who work with us,” Newell said.
“Instead, we’re interested in finding ways to make them stronger along with protecting the system integrator’s position in the value chain to the end users.”For more information about Schneider Electric’s TopIntegrator program, call 1-888-SQUARED.
Or, visit the TopIntegrator site at www.squared-si.com Headquartered in Palatine, Ill., the North American Operating Division of Schneider Electric had sales of $2.7 billion in 2002.
The North American Operating Division is one of three geographic divisions of Schneider Electric, headquartered in Paris, France, and markets the Square D, Telemecanique and Merlin Gerin brand products to customers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In the United States, Schneider Electric is best known by its flagship Square D brand, with Telemecanique becoming increasingly known in the industrial control and automation markets and supported by many Square D distributors. For 100 years, Square D has been a market-leading brand of electrical distribution and industrial control products, systems and services. Schneider Electric is a global electrical industry leader with 2002 sales of approximately $9.5 billion.
Visit Schneider Electric at www.SquareD.com , www.schneider-electric.com , www.schneiderautomation.com or www.transparentfactory.com .
