American Power Conversion Corp. is hiring more than 100 employees, less than a year after its acquisition by a French company raised questions about its future growth in Rhode Island.

The company is recruiting a platoon of engineers, as well as an information technology director, an auditor, an industrial designer and a marketing analyst...

...APC now has 1,040 full-time staff members at its South Kingstown headquarters, as well as another 230 part-time employees and independent contractors...

...None of the employees being recruited will work in manufacturing.