Schneider Electric's Systems Integrator eNewsletter

January 2009

The “green” connection between you and your pump and fan applications…
the Altivar 21 VFD.
The Altivar® 21 Variable Frequency Drive from Schneider Electric allows you to design your pump and fan systems for both optimum energy efficiency and maximum functionality. It delivers outstanding payback for your building systems by:

Reducing your installation costs by eliminating throttling valves or inlet guide vanes used to control flow.
Adjusting flow rates for actual system needs for better energy management.
Reducing your panel space requirements by eliminating the need for costly externally mounted gateways and power supplies, as well as enabling side-by-side mounting with de-rating.
Allowing easily integration into building management systems by using internally mounted option cards to connect to Lonworks, BACnet, MetaSYS N2 and APOGEE P1 FLN Networks.
Eliminating the need for line reactors and chokes for reducing harmonics

Find out more about the outstanding “green” Altivar 21 VFD from Schneider Electric at: www.us.telemecanique.com/

Citect now fully integrated as a Schneider Electric Automation and Control Solutions Offering…
January, 2009 marks the completion of the integration of Citect, one of the world’s leading providers of industrial automation software - into Schneider Electric’s Automation and Control business unit - as a part of the company’s comprehensive solutions offering. This integration strengthens both companies’ ability to provide best-in-class Supervision Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA), human machine interface (HMI) and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) solutions and services…and will further accelerate the development of the Citect® software suite.

Acquired by Schneider Electric in 2006, Citect, along with Schneider Electric, have achieved an average annual growth of 20 percent in the SCADA business. This has been accomplished by providing continuity for existing Citect customers already familiar with CitectSCADA, while expanding the offer to include Vijeo™ Citect SCADA software developed for Schneider Electric customers. The seamless interoperability between Vijeo Citect and CitectSCADA enables sales, support and service to be available from Schneider Electric and from Citect’s network of more than 500 partners located in Asia/Pacific, South Africa, Europe and the Americas.

“The inclusion of Vijeo Citect is an important addition to our offering, and the availability of Citect’s network of sales, support and service teams provides our customers tremendous advantages and further positions Schneider Electric as a one-stop shop for complete automation and control solutions,” said Andy Gravitt, Vice President, Automation and Control, Schneider Electric.

To learn more about CitectSCADA and Vijeo Citect, and how you can benefit please go to: www.us.telemecanique.com/

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