“The State of Schneider Electric”

At Friday’s “State of Oconee”, there were encouraging words about Schneider Electric, one of the county’s mainstays in its manufacturing community. Larry Smith, manager for Schneider’s Oconee County operations, said his company has a large thumbprint in South Carolina and its Seneca area plant earned the highest rating among Schneider’s North America holdings. Smith complimented the county’s public schools for raising their rate of high school graduates. As for careers with his company, Smith told the audience Schneider’s is a place where you can start small and grow big.