Brazil. Schneider Electric Brasil, which belongs to the French group of the same name, reported that it is studying new acquisitions in the country, where it has been operating for 70 years. "New acquisitions are always on our radar. The focus is now on the software developer for integration and with the potential to add value to the current platform, here and abroad," said the president of the multinational in Brazil, Cleber Morais.
According to the executive, increasing technology polarization and integration into company planning, which joins two giant technology markets in the world and here in the next ten years: Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things.
Integration developers: As a global specialist in energy management and automation, Schneider Electric is preparing to meet this need for computerization and connectivity between machines and mobile devices, so the entire system and its data can be accessed remotely, which facilitates decision making.
"Behind the sensors and connectivity from one machine to the other, offered by the 4.0 industry and the Internet of Things, several processes will be necessary, increasingly integrated," said the president of the multinational in Brazil.
At the center of the Internet of Things: According to Cleber Morais, Schneider Electric is at the core of the infrastructure needed for the fourth industrial revolution and connection of electronic devices used on a day-to-day basis (e.g., household appliances, kitchen appliances, industrial machinery, transport, etc.) to the internet. "Among our challenges is to provide products and services for this technological movement," said the group's president in Brazil. In this sense, the company has developed EcoStruxure that facilitates the storage of data that is accessed remotely.
