Schneider-Creusot

Schneider et Compagnie,also known asSchneider-Creusotfor its birthplace in the French town ofLe Creusot,was a historic iron and steel-mill company which became a major arms manufacturer. In the 1960s, it was taken over by the BelgianEmpain groupand merged with it in 1969 to formEmpain-Schneider,which in 1980 was renamed Schneider SA and in 1999, after much restructuring,Schneider Electric.

Building at 42, rue d'Anjou inParis,built in 1899 on a design byErnest-Paul Sanson,head office of Schneider et Compagnie from 1900 to the late 1940s;now head office ofBanque Palatine

Origins

Eugène Schneider(1805–1875)

A Schneider-Creusot 030-T steam locomotive

Former manufacturing facility ofLe Matériel Electrique Schneider-WestinghouseinChampagne-sur-Seine

Creusot steam hammer

In 1836,Adolphe Schneiderand his brotherEugène Schneiderbought iron-ore mines and forges atLe Creusot(Saône-et-Loire). They developed a business dealing in steel, railways, armaments, and shipbuilding.

TheCreusot steam hammerwas built in 1877.

Somua,a subsidiary located near Paris, made machinery and vehicles, including theSOMUA S35tank.

Armaments

Vehicles

Locomotive Schneider.030T

• Schneider CA1,the first Frenchtank
• Schneider-Creusot 030-T steam locomotive
• Schneider Coast Defense Train

Ships

• French submarineFerré,a 46-metre (151 ft) longsubmarine
• Calypso(Q126),aCircé-classsubmarine

Mountain guns

• 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09(named afterPanagiotis 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 Schneideroffered theSchneider 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 toRenaultin 1955
• De Wendel family,long-standing competitors of the Schneiders
• Société Métallurgique de Normandie

Further reading

• Grant, Jonathan A. Grant,Between Depression and Disarmament: The International Armaments Business, 1919-1939(Cambridge UP, 2018).Online review

External links

• Lokomotive Schneider Creusot 1870