APC is a self-owned brand, and it is good at small machines. Due to the restriction of anti-monopoly law, if we want to acquire APC, Schneider must first sell the already acquired Meilan Rilan small machine. Therefore, Schneider now retains the large machine part of Meilan Rilan and the small machine part of APC, and now uses the brand of APC in a unified way.

In 2007, APC was acquired by Schneider, and together with MGE Meilan Rilan, Schneider Information Technology Division was established, and Schneider changed its name to APC. Mei Lanzhi's small machine part was later acquired by Eaton, and now it is under the brand of Eaton. Generally speaking, the brand Meilan Rilan was disintegrated and sold, completely disappearing from the UPS field.

Schneider electric co., ltd was founded in 1836, and its headquarters is in France. After years of development, its business scope includes renewable energy, industrial automation, building management system, power distribution and so on. Its products involve grade power switches, frequency converters, power supplies, voltage regulators and so on. Schneider entered China on 1987, and set up several factories and branches in China to take charge of business development in China market.

American Power Conversion Company (APC or APCC for short), headquartered in the United States, was established in 198 1, and its business covers residence, data center, network and power supply.

Merlin Gerin (MGE for short), headquartered in France, was established in 1920, mainly engaged in circuit breakers, voltage regulators and power products.

Schneider Electric 1992 strategic acquisitions Meilan Rilan (MGE), strategic acquisitions APC in 2007. For UPS power products, Schneider Electric developed into APC, which is usually called Schneider APC UPS power supply or APC UPS. Meilan Rilan three-phase UPS power supply series has now developed into APC Galaxy UPS power supply series.

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Schneider, the company provides digital solutions for energy and automation, integrating world-leading energy technology, automation technology, software and services into the overall solution, serving the home, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industrial markets. Once a finalist in the list of top 500 brands in the world.

The product series of Meilan Rilan brand includes circuit breakers, transformers and some measuring instruments, control and command equipment. Regardless of the product type, its purpose is to ensure the property and personal safety of customers.

During the growth of Schneider Electric, Mei Lanri participated in the development of terminal distribution. This activity will further expand the product range of Meilan Rilan, including installation system, switch and plug, and VDI system (sound-data-image system).