Mr. Yoonmoo Lee from the Quality control team in Legrand Korea won commendation from Prime Minister for his great accomplishment at "The Day of Products Safety's" awards ceremony on November the 6th. This awards ceremony is a big annual event and organized byKorea Products Safety Association. The purpose of this ceremony is to award specific companies or persons who contribute to the improvement of products safety and total 42 companies and persons were selected as the prize winners[...]

Organised each year during France’s ational Week in favour of Employment of People with Disabilities, Legrand’s ’Disability Week’ provides an opportunity to boost the visibility of the various awareness-raising and communication initiatives deployed for the benefit of the Group’s employees in this regard, while also enhancing their relevance. This year, several events have been organised, including: - stretching and spinal manipulation sessions led by blind and p[...]

On the occasion of the results of the first nine months of 2014, Gilles Schnepp, Legrand Chairman and CEO commented on group results and targets.    [...]

Organic growth in sales: +0.8% Adjusted operating margin before acquisitions: 20.2% of sales Steady compared with the first nine months of 2013 Gilles Schnepp, Chairman and CEO of Legrand, comments: "Legrand sales in the first nine months were up +3.9% excluding the exchange-rate effect. The broader scope of consolidation resulting from acquisitions added +3.1%. Organic growth came to +0.8%, a change in line with the trend in Le[...]

During the evaluation of September 2014, Legrand has once again been ranked in the FTSE4Good* index, after its first inclusion in 2007. FTSE Group confirms that Legrand has been independently assessed according to the FTSE4Good criteria, and has satisfied the requirements to become a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series.This provides recognition of the importance which the Legrand Group attaches to growing its business in compliance with non-financial criteria of corporate social and env[...]

The 2014 EuroSkills competition recently gathered 450 young contestants from 25 European countries competing in 41 separate manual skills categories. As an official partner of this event, Legrand wishes to congratulate  Severin Holderegger from Switzerland on his first prize in the “electrical installation” category, which had contestants from 13 countries. Legrand would also like to congratulate Julien Sellier from France who achieved a silver medal in the same category.

Following annual assessment in September 2014, Legrand was recently confirmed as part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index World. This stock market indexes comprises companies which are leaders in the field of Sustainability. It is managed, since 1999, by Dow Jones in partnership with obecoSAM. Legrand's inclusion in the DJSI Stoxx illustrates the Group's high level of performance in social, societal, environmental and governance terms. Besides the DJSI Stoxx, Legrand is also part [...]

Solid achievements in the first half of 2014: Organic growth: +1.3%  Adjusted operating margin: 20.4% of sales 2014 targets confirmed Gilles Schnepp, Chairman and CEO of Legrand, comments: “Solid achievements in the first half of 2014 Sales in the first half of 2014, excluding the exchange-rate effect, were up +3.9%, with the broader scope of consolidation that resulted from acquisitions contribut[...]

Maximum maturity extended to July 2021 Improved financing terms Legrand has signed an agreement that amends and extends the syndicated loan finalized in October 2011 with all banks party to this contract. This agreement extends the maximum maturity of the €900 million revolving credit line by three years, i.e., up to July 2021, at improved financing terms compared with October 2011. Moreover, Standard and Poor's confirmed Legrand's A- rating in June[...]

 Legrand’s wiring device concept FLOCOO was awarded first prize for design at the "Futur en Seine" digital festival which took place from June 12th to 15th, 2014.This event with worldwide outreach introduces the latest digital innovations from France and elsewhere to an audience of both professionals and end users.The prize awarded to Legrand rewards its research aimed at offering users constantly enhanced comfort through intelligent, intuitive building management.[...]