1. Sonepar USA
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2. Sonepar in Few Words
Sonepar is a privately held French family-owned
company with global market leadership in B to B
distribution of electrical products and related solutions.
Founded in 1969, Sonepar employs 33,000 associates
at 160 entities in 35 countries.
Revenue totaled 14.7 billion euros in 2011.
Sonepar: Over 40 Years of History

3. A Worldwide Presence in 35 Countries
• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Canada
• China
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Dominican Republic
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Hungary
• India
• Indonesia
• Italy
• Latvia
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• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Monaco
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Puerto Rico
• Romania
• Singapore
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Thailand
• Trinidad and Tobago
• USA

4. Sonepar’s Ranking
N° 1 in 16 countries
• France
• Germany
• Netherlands
• Belgium
• Italy
• Spain
• Sweden
• Finland
• Poland
• Lith. /Est. /Let.
•USA
• Mexico
• Brazil
• Malaysia
N° 2 or 3 in 6 countries
• Austria
• Canada
• Switzerland • China
• Hungary
• Australia (N°3)
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5. US Key Figures
SONEPAR
USA
Dave Gabriel
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6. Product and Customer Mix
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7. The Products
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Wiring Devices
Alarms and safety
Home Automation
Heating
Ventilation
Lighting
Protection
Wire and cable
Connections
Control
Building Automation
Voice Data Image
Safety

8. The Solutions and Services
Servicing our Customers in 4 Major Markets
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9. People, Our Most Valuable Asset
• Updated online training system to help you meet your daily demands.
• Access to more pertinent Web-based training (WBT) courses, with new and
more engaging topics.
• Better management tools to help you manage your teams.
• Training EDU can help you better prepare yourself to perform well within
our organization.

10. Building on Sonepar values
PASSION
PEOPLE
SYNERGIES
PROFIT
Sustains and heightens
daily on-the-job
commitment
The key to business
growth
By learning from each
other, we boost
efficiency
Profit is what keeps
us free and
independent
CUSTOMER
RESPECT
« LA RÉFÉRENCE »
THE FUTURE
Provide maximum technical
support through strong
customer engagement
The bedrock of all
our relationships
Both a challenge and an
incentive for all of us to
do better
Focusing on the future means seizing
every opportunity to ensure that
Sonepar thrives and survives
They are not just words but the way we approach our everyday business
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