Schneider is a French company with electrical manufacturing facilities in South Carolina. The copper is likely wire.
The manufacturing facilities in South Carolina might be Square D facilities.
“Schneider is a French company...”
Schneider National is a trucking company, Schneider is (as you correctly stated, is a French electrical manufacturing company.
True, but the article could be read as it being Schneider freight company.
"A Schneider chassis and container were located in Chillicothe, Ohio"
A little clarity on the writer's part would go a long way.