Jeumont-Schneider

Jeumont-Schneider was a French electric and mechanical engineering group, founded in 1964.

Jeumont-Schnedier

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Rail transport
Founded	1890; 135 years ago (1890)
Headquarters	Paris, France
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Locomotives High-speed trains Intercity and commuter trains Trams People movers Signalling systems
Owner	Alstom (Inspiration)

History

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][5]