ShanghaiMay 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Recently, Stan Zurkiewicz, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of DEKRA Group, led a delegation to visit the Shanghai R&D Center of Schneider Electric (China) Co., Ltd., where they held high-level meetings with Zhang Yi, President of Schneider Electric China Research Institute and Vice President of R&D for Energy Management Low Voltage Business in China, along with the core team. Building on a deep foundation of collaboration, the two sides engaged in in-depth discussions on cutting-edge technology collaboration and strategic priorities, aiming to further strengthen strategic mutual trust and jointly explore a new landscape for high-quality development in the medium and low voltage electrical and cybersecurity sectors.
Zha Yimei, Certification Manager for Low Voltage Products at Schneider Electric, Hu Xiaobin, Expert in Medium Voltage Verification and Testing Technology, along with Dr. Kilian Aviles, Executive Vice President and President of DEKRA Group Asia-Pacific, and Wu Hangjun, Senior Vice President of Asia-Pacific and Managing Director of Greater China and Hong Kong, also attended the exchange event.
Deepening Strategic Mutual Trust, Building a Foundation for Long-Term Development
As a globally renowned third-party professional inspection, testing, and certification organization, DEKRA has partnered with Schneider Electric for over a decade, maintaining a close and stable collaborative relationship.
During the meeting, the Schneider Electric team highly commended the long-term synergy between the two parties, particularly in advancing the global deployment of products. Leveraging its deep expertise in international standards and rigorous quality control systems, DEKRA has supported the high-quality development and digital transformation of Schneider Electric’s medium and low voltage business. Both sides agreed that, in the face of an increasingly complex global market environment, they will further strengthen regular high-level communication mechanisms, continuously deepen mutual trust and collaboration, and drive a comprehensive leap in cooperation efficiency with a more forward-looking perspective.
Focusing on Forward-Looking Layout, Jointly Exploring Industry Innovation
Building on a solid collaborative foundation, the two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on future cooperation directions. President Zhang Yi detailed Schneider Electric’s development philosophy and people-oriented corporate culture, emphasizing the company’s progress in electrification, automation, and digital intelligence businesses, as well as its overall layout in the field of artificial intelligence amid the evolving global economic landscape. He specifically highlighted technology R&D plans and business expansion blueprints in cutting-edge areas such as new energy, novel power architectures, and cybersecurity, expressing anticipation for broadening cooperation dimensions and deepening synergy in technology and product compliance based on each party’s core strengths.
In response, Stan Zurkiewicz, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of DEKRA Group, gave a positive reply. He noted that Schneider Electric and DEKRA share the same development philosophy, and DEKRA will fully leverage its century-old global technical expertise, comprehensive laboratory systems, and international standards resources, integrated with localized one-stop service capabilities, to tailor exclusive technical solutions for Schneider Electric. Focusing on core directions such as intelligent medium and low voltage equipment, digital transformation, new cybersecurity regulations, and the application of artificial intelligence in novel power systems, both sides will jointly accelerate the upgrade of medium and low voltage products toward intelligence, digitalization, and green development, injecting new momentum into the sustainable growth of the industry.