Schneider Electric optimizes manufacturing operations to improve products and services and increase customer satisfaction

As part of Schneider Electric's manufacturing
strategy to optimize its physical, technical and human resources both locally
and globally, Schneider Electric Canada announced yesterday that the
manufacturing operations carried on at the company's facility in Toronto,
Ontario (Waterman Plant) will be closed effective July 31, 2006. "The outcome
of this decision will be improved product and service offerings to our
customers and an improved Canadian business for the benefit of Schneider
Electric stakeholders", says Gary Abrams, President, Schneider Electric
Canada.
"Our decision - which affects approximately 160 hourly and 40 salaried
positions - was a difficult one to make", continues Mr. Abrams. "However, we
must continuously evaluate the way we deploy and utilize our manufacturing
capacity to remain competitive in the electrical industry. We therefore made
this decision to strengthen our competitiveness."
The Waterman Plant's current manufacturing operations will be divided
among the company's existing Canadian facilities - located in Mississauga,
Ontario; Edmonton Alberta and Richmond, British Columbia - and a new Ontario
facility - the Ontario Customer Solution Centre (location to be determined).
Schneider Electric Canada will also transfer some production to manufacturing
plants in the USA and Mexico.

Schneider Electric is the world's power and control specialist, with
leading international brands such as Federal Pioneer, Merlin Gerin, Square D
and Telemecanique. We have proven power distribution, industrial control,
automation and energy management products and systems installed in utilities
and industrial, commercial and residential facilities worldwide.

For further information: Contact: Gavin de Mello, Director, Human
Resources, Schneider Electric, Tel: (416) 615-3473, Fax: (416) 752-8944,
E-mail: gavin.de-mello@ca.schneider-electric.com

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