New Partners in Packaging Automation

April 1, 2004
Schneider Electric and Elau plan to cooperate in packaging machinery; Schneider takes stake in Elau.

Schneider Electric, a Rueil-Malmaison, France, supplier of electrical and automation products, and Elau AG, Marktheidenfeld, Germany, a supplier of motion control products principally aimed at the packaging machinery industry, have announced what was termed “a close cooperation in the automation of packaging machines.” Further, a shareholder agreement has been concluded in which Schneider Electric acquired a 46.5 percent stake in Elau.

According to Schneider Electric, this agreement responds to three key aspects of its strategy:

• acceleration of growth in the packaging machinery OEM market

• widening of its offering in the motion control field

• enhancement of its presence in the German industrial automation market.

Elau contends that this agreement will accelerate its growth, while maintaining its identity as a technology leader in packaging. Working with Schneider, the company says, will create a worldwide engineering and service network

Sponsored Recommendations

Shorten project timelines with these hidden-gem Ignition efficiency tips for designing HMIs, provided by Inductive Automation Sales Engineer Reese Tyson.
Get ready for that “where has this been all my life?” moment—over 25 hidden Ignition features await in our webinar. Our experts show how to boost your productivity and streamline...
Advanced software solutions, like those built in the Ignition platform from Inductive Automation, can provide a crucial means to navigating electrical grid challenges.
Unlock seamless data flow across your manufacturing sites with MQTT and Ignition—turn siloed operations into a connected, data-driven enterprise. Discover how standardization,...