Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion Corporation (APC) is one of the world s leading firms in critical power and cooling services. The company provides various products, software and systems for homes, offices, data centers and factory floor applications. It offers various network-critical physical infrastructure solutions. American Power Conversion Corporation specializes in alternating- and direct-current-based back-up power products and services. The company provides a variety of surge suppressors, uninterruptible power supplies, power conditioning equipment and power management software. It also offers professional and consulting services for Nonstop Networking. American Power Conversion Corporation s InfraStruXure is an on-demand architecture for network-critical physical infrastructure. The company maintains manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Ireland, Switzerland, Denmark, Philippines, China, India and Brazil. It is a part of Schneider Electric.