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.
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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
Ferré-class submarines, a pair of 46-metre (151 ft) long submarines in service with the Peruvian Navy
Calypso (Q126), a Circé-class submarine
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.