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TAC (building automation)
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TAC is a Swedish
-based building automation company in the fields of both energy solutions and security. It also operates in other countries including the United Kingdom
and the USA and was originally established as Tour Agenturer in 1925 in Stockholm
. TAC has announced a name change to Schneider Electric
, its parent company, to take place in October 2009.
Over the following years, Tour & Andersson continued to extend its product range to include an integrated access control system and hotel management and signal system in 1980 and 1981 respectively. In 1987 it released Micro 7 which was an IBM
PC-based control system with an easier user interface than previously available and operated with a mouse in a similar fashion to modern day computers.
In 1994, the company released TAC Vista and "moves towards open systems architecture." The following year, Tour & Andersson was separated into two companies: TA Hydronics and TA Control.
major systems integration company Solberg Andersen in 1998 shortly before being bought by investment company EQT.
Between 1998 and 2006, several more acquisitions and mergers took place, beginning with TAC's acquisition of Danish
-based Danfoss System Automatik. It then merged with CSI—an American company based in Dallas, Texas
—in 2000 to create a new company of 2,000 employees covering three major regions: Europe, the Americas and the Pacific. According to the company's website, this 2000 merger allowed TAC to provide "end-users with world-class Building IT solutions and services." This merger was extremely successful and led to consulting firm Frost & Sullivan awarding its 2001 'Market Engineering Merger & Acquisition Strategy Award' to the newly-formed TAC Group.
The years 2002 and 2003 brought further development for TAC Group with its acquisition of both Control Solutions and MicroSign in 2002 before TAC Group was itself acquired by French
-based Schneider Electric
in 2003. In 2004, the company bought Seattle-based Abacus Engineered Systems which was then merged with the Energy Solutions Division of TAC. In the same year TAC's parent company, Schneider Electric
, acquired Andover Controls which was then merged with TAC to boost its security operations in addition to expanding its building automation activities. The company became Tour Andover Controls and merged with three more companies over the next two years: Satchwell Controls and the European division of Invensys Advanced Building Systems in 2005, and Invensys Building Systems (IBS) in 2006. It became TAC Satchwell for a brief period between 2005 and 2007 during the integration of Satchwell Controls into the company.
in the contemporary commercial and political world.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
-based building automation company in the fields of both energy solutions and security. It also operates in other countries including the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and the USA and was originally established as Tour Agenturer in 1925 in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. TAC has announced a name change to Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is a French global company. It was founded in 1836 by two brothers, Eugène and Adolphe Schneider.In the first part of the 20th century, Schneider et Cie associated itself with Westinghouse Systems, a major international electrical group at the time. The group began manufacturing...
, its parent company, to take place in October 2009.
1925–1995
Founded as Tour Agenturer in Stockholm in 1925, the company produced a product range focusing particularly on draught regulators and radiator valves. It continued to develop its product range and made its first pioneering development in 1962 with the first transistorized heating regulator. Its second pioneering development arrived in 1974 when it introduced a computer-based system for climate control. Tour Agenturer became Tour & Andersson in 1977 following a merger with AH Andersson.Over the following years, Tour & Andersson continued to extend its product range to include an integrated access control system and hotel management and signal system in 1980 and 1981 respectively. In 1987 it released Micro 7 which was an IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
PC-based control system with an easier user interface than previously available and operated with a mouse in a similar fashion to modern day computers.
In 1994, the company released TAC Vista and "moves towards open systems architecture." The following year, Tour & Andersson was separated into two companies: TA Hydronics and TA Control.
1996–2006
The first major development by TA Control arrived in 1996 with TAC Xenta, a programmable control system featuring graphical programming. The following year TA Control changed its name to TAC and focused equally on its services and systems operations in addition to its international partner networks. TAC acquired NorwegianNorway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
major systems integration company Solberg Andersen in 1998 shortly before being bought by investment company EQT.
Between 1998 and 2006, several more acquisitions and mergers took place, beginning with TAC's acquisition of Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
-based Danfoss System Automatik. It then merged with CSI—an American company based in Dallas, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
—in 2000 to create a new company of 2,000 employees covering three major regions: Europe, the Americas and the Pacific. According to the company's website, this 2000 merger allowed TAC to provide "end-users with world-class Building IT solutions and services." This merger was extremely successful and led to consulting firm Frost & Sullivan awarding its 2001 'Market Engineering Merger & Acquisition Strategy Award' to the newly-formed TAC Group.
The years 2002 and 2003 brought further development for TAC Group with its acquisition of both Control Solutions and MicroSign in 2002 before TAC Group was itself acquired by French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
-based Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is a French global company. It was founded in 1836 by two brothers, Eugène and Adolphe Schneider.In the first part of the 20th century, Schneider et Cie associated itself with Westinghouse Systems, a major international electrical group at the time. The group began manufacturing...
in 2003. In 2004, the company bought Seattle-based Abacus Engineered Systems which was then merged with the Energy Solutions Division of TAC. In the same year TAC's parent company, Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is a French global company. It was founded in 1836 by two brothers, Eugène and Adolphe Schneider.In the first part of the 20th century, Schneider et Cie associated itself with Westinghouse Systems, a major international electrical group at the time. The group began manufacturing...
, acquired Andover Controls which was then merged with TAC to boost its security operations in addition to expanding its building automation activities. The company became Tour Andover Controls and merged with three more companies over the next two years: Satchwell Controls and the European division of Invensys Advanced Building Systems in 2005, and Invensys Building Systems (IBS) in 2006. It became TAC Satchwell for a brief period between 2005 and 2007 during the integration of Satchwell Controls into the company.
2007–present
The year 2007 brought TAC's most recent merger with Pelco, with TAC putting industry veteran Dean Meyer in charge of the Pelco division. TAC now covers 7 continents and 80 countries and, according to its corporate brochure, is still growing. It has a wide variety of mottos regarding the way it carries out its business but its most prominent is its suggestion that "To enjoy reduced operating costs, build it right in the first place." This is particularly aimed at the increasingly problematic issue of Climate ChangeClimate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
in the contemporary commercial and political world.
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