Riello Benefits From Power Struggles
It is a very interesting time in the UPS industry and probably one that is unprecedented. We have Schnieder bringing together two major global brands - MGE UPS and APC - under its corporate umbrella and the creation of a spin-off company MGE OPS. My understanding is that the MGE OPS company was forced into being by the European Commission because control of MGE and APC gave Schneider a monopoly in the sub 10kVA market. The new single-phase UPS company, MGE OPS will almost certainly be purchased in due course by a further global corporate. So what does this mean for Riello UPS ?
Well no-one has a monopoly on customer service. My view is that whilst such moves are made to benefit shareholders, they rarely benefit customers. There is just far too much turmoil as the spoils are split-up and resources (read people) processed into new jobs or convinced that they should seek pastures new.
Provided we at Riello UPS continue to look after our customers and deliver innovative power solutions, we can only benefit from these strategic games - as will all our customers, old and new.
