Merlin Gerin
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| legal form | SA ( GmbH ) |
| founding | 1920 |
| resolution | 1994 |
| Seat | Grenoble , France |
| Website | schneider-electric.de |
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Merlin Gerin was a French electrical engineering company specializing in the field of power distribution . Today the company is under the umbrella of Schneider Electric , among others, power and circuit breakers, transformers and capacitors developed and produced.
history
Foundation and development
In 1920 Paul-Louis Merlin and Gaston Gerin founded the company in Grenoble in south-east France with 38 employees. A year later, they introduced the first oil-free high-voltage circuit breaker. In 1923 Merlin Gerin equipped the first electrified Paris-Orléans railway line. The company expanded steadily and in 1950 had a workforce of 3,450. Subsidiaries were established outside of France. In the years that followed, the company turned to the emerging electronics market and produced the first low-voltage circuit breaker in the Compact series under a Westinghouse license. Later the first electronic insulation monitoring device Vigilohm and automatic switchgear of the DA series were produced at low voltage level. In 1969 the company consisted of 8,000 employees in 74 agencies with 17 licensees.
Continuation at Schneider Electric
From 1975 Schneider began gradually to participate in the capital of Merlin Gerin, of which it acquired 100% of the shares in 1992. In 1994 Merlin Gerin was transferred to the Schneider Group together with Telemecanique and Square D. The name was retained until 2008; thereafter the company activities were fully integrated into Schneider Electric.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Story of Merlin Gerin. Retrieved on September 19, 2019 (German).
Web links
Description of the Vigilohm system at global-download.schneider-electric.com (English)