Samara Electrical Board

Electroshield Samara is engaged in the production of industrial electrical equipment, mainly for the oil and gas, energy and mining industries, mechanical engineering and metallurgy. A production company with a rich history and an impeccable reputation. The main activity is the production of current and bus ducts.

Aktivs

As of March 2013, Elektroshchit Samara owns four production enterprises (including one in Uzbekistan).

Performance indicators

In 2011 and 2012, the average annual turnover of Elektroshchit Samara was expressed in more than 500 million euros.

Products

The company manufactures and sells 0.4-220 kV electrical equipment, as well as a wide range of construction industry products, including modular and industrial buildings.

The Group's products are fully certified by leading expert and industrial companies in Russia:

• OJSC Transneft
• OAO Gazprom
• EnCERTICO Voluntary Certification System in the Electric Power Industry
• GOST Certification System
• The company employs more than 11 thousand highly qualified specialists and workers.

One of the top priorities of the Electroshield Samara Group is the development and implementation of new electrical product designs. Electroshield Samara is the only enterprise in Russia with half a century of experience in the design of electrical equipment. Promising programs have been developed and adopted for the creation and production of a wide range of electrical products. The share of new products in production is up to 75%. The intellectual property of the Group is considered to be 40 inventions, 19 of which are introduced into production.

The highest level of production is achieved through the use of modern Western technologies. The Group has 169 of the latest equipment from 27 global manufacturers:

• 'BERENS ',' TRUMPF ',' MANO ',' Elastogran ',' RAS '- Germany
• 'REDMAN '- England
• 'COMEC '- France
• 'Sharmil Technology ',' BYSTAR ',' Hammerle '- Switzerland
• 'FINNPOWER '- Finland
• 'Amada '- Japan
• 'HAAS '- UNITED STATES
• 'Voortman '- Holland

History

1943

The official date of formation of the Electroshchit plant is considered to be July 14, 1943. These were four workshops: mechanical, foundry, repair and electrical repair, which performed work for defense enterprises. Over the next ten years, these workshops turned into a machine-building plant capable of solving problems of a state scale - to provide equipment for the most important objects of energy construction. Together with the plant, the village of Krasnaya Glinka also grew, since the enterprise is a district-forming company and its responsibilities included the construction and communal services of residential buildings and social facilities. In 2013, the company celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding.

2003

In 2003, the Directorate of Electrical Products Service was established, carrying out:

• service maintenance of products during the warranty period and in the subsequent period
• reconstruction and repair of operating facilities;
• consulting services
• installation supervision and adjustment works

Service centers have been created on the basis of official representative offices from Khabarovsk to Minsk, from St. Petersburg to Tashkent.

2007

Since 2007, the Directorate for the Construction of Power Facilities has been operating, which organizes construction and installation, commissioning and commissioning of newly built or reconstructed power supply facilities.

The company is intensively working in the field of creation and production of new structures of electrical devices and small-sized switchgears.

2008

In 2008, she celebrated the 65th anniversary of its founding. For 50 years Elektroshchit has taken a leading position in the Russian electrical engineering market, for 40 years it has been successfully operating in the construction industry market.

2013: Elektroshchit Group of Companies sold to Schneider Electric

In March 2013, it became known that the French industrial group Schneider Electric, a manufacturer of equipment for data centers, acquired 50% of the company's shares from the management of the Samara manufacturer Elektroshchit Samara, thereby becoming the owner of 100% of the company.

The deal between Schneider Electric and the manufacturer of electrical equipment "Electric Shield" began in 2010, when the French bought the first 50% of the Samara enterprise for 10.2 billion rubles. The second half of the shares were purchased for the same amount. In total, the purchase of Elektroshchit cost Schneider Electric about 510 million euros^[1].

As a result of the acquisition of the remaining stake in Elektroshchit Samara, the company was fully consolidated with Schneider Electric.

Interestingly, Schneider Electric reports on the increased number of its Russian staff after the acquisition of Elektroshchit to 12 thousand people. Considering that the staff of the Electric Shield itself is 10 thousand people, as a result of the purchase of Schneider Electric, it increased its staff in Russia six times.

In April 2013, it was announced that the production base of CJSC Elektroshchit Samara is the largest production site in the entire Schneider Electric Group .

Schneider Electric plans in the next five years not only to maintain, but also to increase the level of investment in Russia. This was stated by Schneider Electric President in Russia Jean-Louis Stasi (Jean-Lois Stasi) at a press conference on the completion of the transaction to acquire a 100% stake in CJSC Electroshchit Samara:

"Over the past five years, we have invested a total of about 700 million euros in the development of Schneider Electric in Russia, and over the next five years we plan to maintain this level of investment. We invest more than in Russia only in China, and it is significant that Russia has now come in second place in the Group after China among the BRICS countries. The acquisition of Electric Shield Samara CJSC will allow us to offer new solutions and products for industrial consumers in the oil and gas and mining industries, utilities. In addition, we plan to use the image and business contacts of the newly acquired company to actively participate in the development of smart networks and increase the energy efficiency of the transmission and distribution power grid complex in Russia, "said Jean-Louis Stasi

He also noted that the completion of this transaction would be impossible without the support of the FAS and the Russian Government.

"We managed to quickly establish a constructive dialogue, understand the problem and make a quick decision that suited both the FAS and our company. It should also be noted that the Government and the FAS have an excellent attitude towards us as a foreign investor, which stimulates us to further investment in the Russian economy, "he concluded

"In the last three years, CJSC Elektroshchit Samara has annually invested over 20 million euros in the development of production, and in 2013-2014 we are going to increase the level of capital investments in these assets," said Power Joachim Dams, Chairman of the Board of Directors of CJSC Elektroshchit Group of Companies - TM Samara, Senior Vice President, Head of Business Unit Schneder Electric in Russia and the CIS. - We will support and train talented employees, develop research and development bases. Our goal is to provide Russian customers with equipment specially made for them, according to their terms of reference, taking into account local features. "

Schneider Electric also plans to preserve the social sphere of the village of Krasnaya Glinka, where the largest plant of CJSC Electroshchit GC - TM Samara, which employs over 7 thousand people, is located. The plant, together with the Electroshchit-Samara Management Company, will continue to finance the house of culture, a sports complex, a club of young technicians, a tourist base, housing and communal services enterprises that serve the communal fund of the village of Krasnaya Glinka in proportion to the number of employees at the enterprise. The existing social guarantees of the plant employees, spelled out in the collective agreement, will also be preserved.

2015

Electroshield begins an investment project to expand production

On May 18, 2015, Electric Shield Samara CJSC announced the start of an investment project to expand the production of transformers.

On May 18 To Samara , the first symbolic stone was laid in the foundation of the new plant, the construction of which will allow the company to significantly increase its market share and expand the range of products. The total investment in the project will be more than a billion. rubles Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for the second half of 2016.

Building ABK plant "Electroshchit," 2013

The company acquired the premises for reconstruction and issued a lease for a land plot of 3 hectares for the construction of a new building, the area of ​ ​ which will be about 18 thousand ^m2 (including warehouse space, administrative part and production). Site on Zavodskoye Shosse, near the Russian Transformer production facility (part of CJSC Electroshchit Samara Group of Companies). According to preliminary forecasts, the new plant will allow the group of companies to increase the production of distribution oil (+ 25%) and measuring (+ 27%) transformers, as well as begin production of modern transformers with dry insulation, which are in demand on the market today.

"The construction of a new plant in Samara is a key project for CJSC Elektroshchit Samara and in general for Schneider Electric. To date, Schneider Electric's production base in Russia is represented by seven operating plants, the company has invested over the past five years in the development of its presence in Russia more than a billion US dollars and is going to continue to implement a long-term localization strategy for the benefit of Russian customers. I am sure that the launch of production of a new line of modern dry transformers will allow Elektroshchit to strengthen its position in the domestic market and enter new markets outside Russia. Our plans during the first year to reach the production capacity of 800 dry transformers per year, and of course, to increase the production of other types of equipment, "said Eric Brisse, President of Electroshchit Samara Group of Companies

The organization of the new production is planned taking into account the requirements of the international quality system Schneider Electric. The plant will use modern production automation technologies and advanced equipment. The plant will create about 400 new jobs.

Elektroshchit opened an engineering center with the participation of Schneider Electric

On August 25, 2015, the Electroshchit group of companies announced the opening of an international engineering center in Samara. The center will unite more than 300 engineers and designers of CJSC Electroshchit Samara Group of Companies and join the international and Russian research activities of Schneider Electric.

"Sapphire" - this name was given to the center by the company's employees based on the results of the competition and open voting. The center operates at ul. Democratic, d. 55.

"The modern market poses ambitious challenges for the company. Today, the client is in the center of our attention: his needs, wishes, initiatives, questions and even dreams, - said Eric Brisse, President of Electroshchit Samara Group of Companies. - The new engineering center of the Electroshield Group of Companies is a step towards the client and a breakthrough in improving the efficiency of interaction between services that work with customers. It is here that new products will be born and complex projects will be implemented. The engineering center will allow Samara Electric Shield to develop even faster, become more attractive to customers, and Schneider Electric will strengthen its position in the markets of Russia and the CIS. "

The main factor in planning the activities of the engineering center was the strategic neighborhood of marketing services and the general designer. Today, designers are developing new products together with marketers, creating technically unique solutions that are in demand by the market and meet customer expectations. In addition to Russian specialists, the center employs foreign experts from Schneider Electric.

Schneider Electric announced plans to open such a center when buying CJSC Electroshchit Samara in 2013. Local authorities supported the company's initiative - this corresponds to the interests of Elektroshchit, the authorities and the region.

2022: Appointment of Alexei Frizen as CEO of Elektroshchit

The largest Russian manufacturer of electrical equipment "Electroshchit" replaced the general director. This post was taken by Alexey Frizen, who replaced Vladimir Shatunin, who led the Samara enterprise since February 2019. Shatunin will continue his career outside the company, but his new place of work by mid-November is not named 2022 Mr. Read more here.

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