S&C Electric Company is a global provider of equipment and services for electric power systems. Founded in 1911, the Chicago-based company designs and manufactures switching and protection products for electric power transmission and distribution.

S&C's products help deliver electric power efficiently and reliably. Some are used to switch circuits. Others minimize damage to equipment in the event of a fault or reduce the area of an outage by automatically rerouting power flow; S&C's sophisticated power-quality products can deliver uninterrupted power for an entire facility, for crucial process industries.

In addition, S&C offers a wide range of engineering, laboratory, and testing services for electric utilities and commercial, industrial, and institutional power systems.

S&C provides solutions for customers worldwide. The company has engineering offices and manufacturing facilities in Chicago, Illinois; Franklin, Wisconsin; Alameda, California; Duvall, Washington; and Orlando Florida. S&C subsidiaries operate in Toronto, Canada; Wales, United Kingdom; Melbourne, Australia; Suzhou, China; and Mexico.

Mission

Be the leading specialist in electric power switching, protection, and control by creating innovative solutions that are easily applied and provide the best long-term value.

Vision

Empower people to transform the grid.

S&C’s Values & Guiding Principles

Personal Integrity

• All of S&C’s dealings are bound by rock-solid integrity.

Respect for People

• S&C strives to meet the highest standards for workplace safety.
• S&C’s culture promotes trust, teamwork, dignity, and respect within our diverse workforce.
• S&C selects suppliers for the long term and favors those that support our continuous improvement. All relationships are based on quality, dependability, integrity, and mutually beneficial results.

Commitment to Excellence

• S&C continuously improves what we do and how we do it by learning, contributing ideas, and initiating change.

Responsible Stewardship

• S&C is dedicated to private ownership, planning for the long term, and reinvesting the majority of earnings back into the business.
• S&C is committed to reducing the environmental impact of our products and business activities and enhancing the utilization of renewable energy sources.
• S&C maintains strong and supportive relationships with the communities in which we work.

Power Systems Services

Leveraging 100 years of experience in the development and manufacture of innovative products for the electric power industry, S&C provides a total solution approach to all areas of power delivery. We offer a single source of comprehensive services for your distribution, transmission, and generation interconnection needs. We can readily take your project from the initial evaluation stage, through to site selection, construction, start-up, long-term management, and support.

Our professional staff of engineers, technicians, and industry experts supports S&C’s commitment to helping customers provide safe, affordable, efficient, and uninterrupted power. We accomplish this task by thoroughly understanding our customers and their cost, scheduling, quality, and functionality objectives.

Our Commitment to Quality

Quality design and flawless manufacturing have been central to S&C’s philosophy throughout its nearly 100-year history. Reliability and durability are engineered into every S&C product. Rigorous procedures ensure accurate manufacturing and delivery to the customer.

Certification

Because of its quality initiatives, S&C is known in its industry as the leader in long-term value. S&C–US received certification to the ISO-9000 standard in 1998. All US operations are certified to ISO-9001:2008.

The S&C–Toronto subsidiary was certified to ISO-9001 in 1995 and presently is certified to ISO-9001-2000. S&C’s regional center in Brazil received certification under the ISO-9001 in May 2001. The regional center in China received ISO-9001 certification in 2002. The regional center in Mexico received ISO-9001 certification in 2008. The regional center in Europe received ISO-9001 certification in 2009. Presently, S&C Electric Europe is certified to ISO-9000-2008, and the other regional centers are certified to ISO-9001- 2000.

All of S&C’s operations include recognized quality procedures and use feedback mechanisms that identify potential problems so they can be addressed.