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  • The Nation’s Correspondent wins global media award

    The Nation’s Correspondent wins global media award

    A Senior Correspondent of The Nation,  Adedeji Ademigbuji and  Birame Faye,  reporter at Le Quotidien newspaper, Senegal have been declared joint winners of the maiden edition of media awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa.
    According to a statement from the African Press Organisation (APO) Thursday Ademigbuji, won with the story “Checking the menace of fake electrical products”   while Faye’s winning entry  in French was titled  “Electricité – Usage des produits contrefaits : De l’insécurité dans notre confort domestique.”
    The award is sponsored  by Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management  to eliminate counterfeiting of electrical products in Africa.
     “Schneider Electric is extremely proud to award the very first Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa. We were very impressed by both the quantity and quality of entries, judging was an incredibly difficult process but we were unanimous in our decision that Adedeji Ademigbuji and Birame Faye were worthy winners. On behalf of Schneider Electric, and personally, I would like to express my warmest congratulations to these two very talented journalists,” stated Mohammed Saad, President of Schneider Electric in Africa.
    Both winners will soon be invited to France to receive their prizes during a ceremony which will hold  in the presence of Mme Tracy Garner – Global Anti-counterfeiting Manager – Schneider Electric.
    Ademigbuji is the winner of the 2013 Social Enterprise Reporting Award, SERA, in the CSR Category and the Nigerian Media Merit Awards, NMMA, Coca-Cola Prize for the Brands & Marketing Category.

  • Firm begins innovation contest

    Schneider Electric has launched a new edition of its Go Green in the City Challenge.

    The competition, which has run for three years, is aimed at supporting energy management for more sustainable cities through innovation. It is open to students in tertiary institutions.

    With Go Green in the City, Schneider Electric said it is bringing together and sharing its extensive knowledge on sustainable energy with students, who are future engineers and managers of energy. Using innovative case studies, the group is showing the students that the world is at a critical stage where all must look for effective and innovative ways of reducing energy consumption, for both economic and environmental reasons.

    Entry for the fourth edition opened on November 15, 2013 and will end in February 15. Those eligible are business and engineering bachelor degree students from second year and above, master students as well as MBA students from all over the world. Each contestant must belong to a two member team; one of the members must be female.

    Mrs. Anne Ezeh, Communication Manager, Schneider Electric Nigeria, said: “This competition embodies Schneider Electric’s desire to raise the younger generation’s awareness of the challenges facing the energy sector. Schneider Electric also wants to encourage interaction between the students and its employees. To achieve this, each of the chosen teams is assigned a Schneider Electric employee as their mentor, who works with them during the various selection stages. By doing this, the company wants to prepare student who are passionate about energy issues for their forthcoming working lives and make them more employable.

    “By insisting on selecting teams with at least one woman, the Go Green in the City competition is keen to incorporate a woman’s perspective and approach in the Group’s environmentally-friendly initiatives.”

    The firm portance of gender equality through its diversity policy, because this is the best way to develop the values and skills needed to meet the economic and social challenges of the 21st century.

  • Nigeria, France trade hits 5.7b euro yearly

    Nigeria, France trade hits 5.7b euro yearly

    • Schneider Electric, Mikano sign MoU

    THE volume of trade between Nigeria and France has hit 5.7 billion euro (that is, about N1.236 trillion), the France Ambassador to Nigeria, Jacques Champagne de Labriolle, has said.

    He spoke to reporters in Lagos yesterday during the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Schneider Electric and Mikano International Limited on the distribution of Schneider’s electrical products and solutions.

    The deal covers the sale and distribution of Schneider Electric’s low voltage products and equipment in electrical distribution to enhance the accessibility of these products to Nigerians and support local firms.

    The French envoy said Franch imports from Nigeria is 4 billion euro while exports from France to Nigeria is between 1.2 billion euro and 1.7 billion euro yearly.

    France imports from Nigeria include crude oil and other raw materials.

    Country President, Schneider Electric, Marcel Hochet described the agreement as an opportunity for both companies to collaborate and leverage their strength to improve local access to Schneider Electric’s products.

    He said the agreement also demonstrates Schneider Electric’s commitment to support indigenous.

  • EasyPact circuit breakers here

    Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, has announced the release of the EasyPact™  CVS range of Class II moulded case circuit breakers (MCCB) forlow-voltage applications from 100 to 630 Amps.

    Designed to meet the requirements of the majority of common protection applications inmedium-sized commercial and industrial buildings, the new circuit breakers deliver a level of performance and cost-saving functionality that isunusual in their price range.

    Adjustable thresholds and a service breakingcapacity rated at 100 per cent of the ultimate breaking capacity enhancethe reliability and life cycle of the products while reducing servicingcosts. Its compact, modular design and field-installable accessoriesshared with other offer ranges help to simplify ordering, stocking and installation. Around the globe, construction and upgrade budgets have become muchtighter.

    The new EasyPact CVS breakers will help panel builders adapt to customers’ budgets while delivering required capabilities and the brand quality of a global leader in energy managementand protection,’ said, Country president for Schneider Electric Nigeria, Marcel Hochet. ‘The range leverages our expertise in precision designand manufacturing, delivering exceptional value to our customers’.

    Schneider Electric has designed the EasyPact CVS range to be simple and safe during installation, operation, and maintenance.

    The robust circuitbreakers are suitable for isolation, guaranteed to the IEC 60947-2 standard, and provide a highly visible and lockable contact position indicator to ensure operator confidence. Extended current limiting and thermal protection can greatly reduce the stresses on equipment due to short circuits and their associated effects. Earth leakage protection can be added by installing a Vigi™ CVS option module. In the event of a circuit fault, simple visual indicators help maintenance personnel quickly locate the tripped breaker and take steps to correct the problem.

    To ensure a low total cost of ownership, the EasyPact CVS range features a modular design that adapts to changing needs. Basic accessories and a logical part numbering scheme are shared with the rest of Schneider Electric MCCB family, helping optimize stocking while reducing effort and the potential for ordering errors. Products in the EasyPact CVS range also feature a compact footprint similar to other Schneider Electric MCCB ranges, which can help reduce switchboard dimensions and installation times.

    Manufactured from premium materials in ISO 9001 and ISO 14000 certified production plants, the EasyPact CVS range of circuit breakers are fully tested and certified by national, international, and third-party organisations to all relevant safety standards. Reflecting the company’s comprehensive approach to environmental responsibility, the products comply with all environmental standards for manufacturing, including RoHS and REACH, and are engineered for easy disassembly and recycling.

    The EasyPact CVS range of circuit breakers is available now from Schneider Electric.

  • Schneider Electric promotes access to energy

    Schneider Electric, global specialist in energy management, has donated a 300KVA distribution transformer to the Institute for Industrial Technology (IIT) in Lagos.

    Schneider Electric made the donation to the institute under its corporate social responsibility initiative.

    Prior to this donation, the institute and its environs were not connected to the national grid, thereby resulting in arbitrarily high costs of running the institute on generators.

    In 2008, Schneider Electric embarked on an access to energy programme, which included the provision of sustainable renewable energy solutions to people at the base of the pyramid and strong investments in electrical technical training.

    Speaking at the inauguration event, Country President, Mr Marcel Hochet, said: “We are not only here to do business but to also contribute to the development of the people and society. We are, especially, concerned about technical education and are committed to increasingthe levels that exist today in the country. Standard technical training isessential to real economic development and we will continue to invest intraining and maintain our partnership with IIT.”IIT, is a world class, non-profit, single sex, technical – vocational school, known for its high technical and moral standards.

    “IIT offerstop-quality hands-on practical skills training to Nigerian youths andadults mainly from the lower income stratum of society. The extremely highquality training received has enabled its students become easilyemployable and to advance rapidly in their careers. This empowers studentsto improve their family income, hence their socio-economic conditions. Programmes include courses in electromechanics, mechatronics, modular programmes (welding, electrical installation, bricklaying, refrigerationand air conditioning, pipework, tilling) and pneumatics & valves. In his appreciation speech also at the event, current

    Director of IIT, Mr Olumide Akinjo, said the gesture by Schneider Electric could not have come at a better time, when the school was in dire need of a regular source ofelectricity supply. He added that the provision of grid electricity hasgreatly reduced the cost of running the school.

    He thanked the managementof Schneider Electric for its support in educational and training materials over the last four years and expressed the institute’s interestto continue and grow the partnership between the two.