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- ↑ "History", www.jeumontelectric.com, archived from the original on 2009-10-07
- 1 2 Schneider Electric - 170 years of history (PDF), Schneider Electric, March 2005, Appendix p.27
- 1 2 Jeumont Industrie (in French), Archives nationales du monde du travail, 1998, pp. 4–5, §3, , p.5, §5, p.10, §1.3
- ↑ Creusot-Loire (press release), Schneider Electric, 17 February 1992
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