Schneider et Compagnie, also known as Schneider-Creusot for its birthplace in the French town of Le Creusot, was a historic iron and steel-mill company which became a major arms manufacturer. In the 1960s, it was taken over by the Belgian Empain group and merged with it in 1969 to form Empain-Schneider, which in 1980 was renamed Schneider SA and in 1999, after much restructuring, Schneider Electric.
Origins
In 1836, Adolphe Schneider and his brother Eugène Schneider bought iron-ore mines and forges at Le Creusot (Saône-et-Loire). They developed a business dealing in steel, railways, armaments, and shipbuilding.
The Creusot steam hammer was built in 1877.
Somua, a subsidiary located near Paris, made machinery and vehicles, including the SOMUA S35 tank.
Armaments
Vehicles
Schneider CA1, the first French tank Schneider-Creusot 030-T steam locomotive Schneider Coast Defense Train
Ships s, a pair of long submarines in service with the Peruvian Navy , a
Mountain guns 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 (named after Panagiotis Danglis) Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1919 Schneider Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1928 76 mm mountain gun modèle 1909
Other artillery Canet guns Canon de 75 modèle 1897 Canon de 75 modèle 1905 Schneider Canon de 75 modèle 1912 Schneider Canon de 75 modèle 1914 Schneider Canon anti-aérien de 75mm modèle 1939 Canon de 85 modèle 1927 Schneider Canon de 105 modèle 1930 Schneider 107 mm gun modèle 1910 120 mm Schneider-Canet M1897 long gun 122 mm howitzer modèle 1910 152 mm howitzer modèle 1909 152 mm howitzer modèle 1910 152 mm siege gun modèle 1910 155 mm Creusot Long Tom Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider Canon de 194 mle GPF Canon de 220 L mle 1917 Mortier de 220 modèle 1915/1916 Schneider Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider
Schneider Trophy Starting in 1911, Jacques Schneider offered the Schneider Trophy. It was a competition for seaplanes, with a large and prestigious prize.
See also Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, part of the Schneider group between 1882 and 1927 Somua, a truck manufacturer acquired by Schneider in 1914 and sold to Renault in 1955 De Wendel family, long-standing competitors of the Schneiders Société Métallurgique de Normandie
Notes
Further reading Grant, Jonathan A. Grant, Between Depression and Disarmament: The International Armaments Business, 1919-1939 (Cambridge UP, 2018). Online review Dirk Podevijn, S.A. Schneider: a giant of industry and finance. In: Hendrik Willem Ackermans. Notes of an industrial pioneer, 1887–1937. Antwerp, 2013.(ISBN:D/2013/012/55) External links Lokomotive Schneider Creusot 1870