Schneider Electric’s sprawling manufacturing campus in El Paso just picked up one of the region’s top economic honors, the 2026 Woody L. Hunt Excellence in Economic Development Award, as the company pushes ahead with a multimillion-dollar expansion of its largest U.S. facility. The award celebration took place in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday.
The Borderplex Alliance, which issues the award, says it is proud to recognize the company for its manufacturing and investment presence in the city, according to The Borderplex Alliance. El Paso is home to Schneider Electric’s largest U.S. manufacturing campus, the organization notes, and the company announced an expansion of its El Paso operations in 2025 as part of more than $700 million in investment across its U.S. operations through 2027. That expansion is expected to increase production capacity for switchgear and power distribution equipment, per the same source.
Borderplex Alliance CEO Jon Barela said Schneider Electric has been a major part of the El Paso community for 25 years and has hired people from across the region, as reported by KVIA. Barela said Schneider Electric and its suppliers provide jobs and opportunity to more than 3,000 individuals in the El Paso Borderplex region, a figure he attributed to the company’s broader employment-and-supplier count of 2,500 individuals, according to the same KVIA report. The company describes itself as the most sustainable company in the world and positions itself as a global leader in energy technology, KVIA notes.
A Manufacturing Hub Two Decades in the Making
Schneider Electric has been part of the El Paso community since 2001, according to Manufacturing Dive. The company operates 20 manufacturing plants across the United States, and its El Paso factory marks the largest site in the country, per that outlet. The El Paso facility produces customized low- and medium-voltage electrical solutions for industrial, commercial, and residential applications, according to a press release from Schneider Electric…