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Invensys Trident controller achieves Achilles cyber-security certification
- 11/19/08
the Trident industrial controller from Invensys Process Systems (IPS) as been awarded the Achilles Level 1 Cyber-Security Certification from Wurldtech Labs. |
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Invensys to provide automation and safety services to Saipem
- 11/18/08
IPS will provide Foxboro I/A distributed process control and Triconex safety systems for emergency shutdown and F&G applications on a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) structure.
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Invensys to simulate clean-coal power plant
- 11/11/08
Invensys will provide a dynamic process simulator for an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant with carbon capture.
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Invensys to control world's first hydrogen power plant
- 10/21/08
Invensys will supply I/A Series automation and Triconex safety controllers for the world's first hydrogen-fuelled power plant, to be constructed in Fusina, Italy. |
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Invensys achieves SIL-2 rating for pressure transmitters
- 10/15/08
Foxboro HART pressure transmitters are now SIL 2-certified by TÜV Rheinland, and all differential, gauge and absolute pressure transmitters meet the new Canada CEC/NEC Dual Seal certification.
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Invensys provides turbine controls to John Brown Engineering
- 10/13/08
IPS will supply Tricon control systems for three gas turbine units that John Brown is currently repairing and overhauling at its East Kilbride site in Scotland. |
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Invensys to control coal-fired power stations in Chile
- 10/02/08
Invensys will supply distributed control systems to Maire Tecnimont Group for two coal-fired power stations currently under construction in Chile. |
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Invensys upgrades controls at Barcelona regasification terminal
- 09/29/08
IPS will upgrade the site from an existing Metso DCS Max1+ to Foxboro I/A Series, InFusion control system, Fieldbus Foundation, four operator stations, Historian and a Hart station. |
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Invensys donates automation technology to UMass BioManufacturing Center
- 09/23/08
Invensys donated an InFusion enterprise control technology to the UMass Lowell BioManufacturing Center. With equipment and services from Wyeth Biotech and Dakota Systems, the center will provide a full-scale manufacturing operation. |
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Invensys enhances Dynsim simulation software
- 09/17/08
Version 4.3 includes improved features for distillation modeling, compressor modeling, and process visualization. |
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Invensys to supply Arkema Rotterdam with Mobile Operator Wireless Solution
- 09/02/08
Wireless will enable Arkema's field operations teams to keep in touch with process alarms and plant conditions.
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Invensys to Upgrade Taiwan Power Company's Kuosheng Nuclear Plant
- 08/26/08
IPS will replace and upgrade obsolete analog-based recirculation water control systems with digital systems, including IA Series system, and FSIM and SIM4ME simulation software. |
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Invensys expands automation contract with Czech power plant
- 08/20/08
Invensys will upgrade the existing Foxboro I/A Series system to Version 8.4, expanding the existing mesh network. In 2006, the company completed an upgrade to an earlier version of I/A Series. |
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Invensys to supply automation and services to Kraton Polymers
- 08/19/08
Invensys will supply $20 million worth of InFusion, I/A Series DCS, instrumentation, batch management software, and APC software to Kraton, a producer of styrenic block copolymers. |
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Invensys completes £400 million refinancing
- 08/13/08
Invensys agreed to a £400 million refinancing deal with the help of The Royal Bank of Scotland to help grow its business operations.
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Invensys enhances INPLANT simulation software for multiphase flow simulation
- 08/04/08
INPLANT version 4.1 can model applications ranging from a depressuring study of a single vessel to the design and rating of a complete cooling water network. |
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Invensys joins Motorola's PartnerSelect wireless program
- 07/31/08
Invensys will offer Motorola's Enterprise Mobility solutions as well as wireless broadband and other technologies. |
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Invensys enhances PRO/II 8.2 simulation software
- 07/15/08
PRO/II simulation software can now be used on Microsoft Vista Enterprise & Business operating systems, and Microsoft Office 2007. |
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Invensys celebrates 100th anniversary of Foxboro
- 06/26/08
More than 1,000 employees, retirees and other dignitaries and guests participated in festivities at the Neponset facility, where the company started a century ago. |
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Invensys equips lab at Kazakh-British Technical University
- 06/23/08
The laboratory will have InFusion, 12 personal computers, 15 large-screen monitors, three servers, and a bank of micro controllers for automated systems.
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Invensys to supply SimSci-Esscor Simulation Software to SunPine
- 05/07/08
Swedish bio-refinery SunPine will use Invensys SimSci-Esscor's PRO/II simulation software for modeling a new biodiesel refining operation. |
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Invensys Mexico Opens Gas Operating Center
- 04/17/08
The new center at Reynosa City, Tamaulipas State, has all the resources necessary for Invensys to support PEMEX in the Burgos basin. |
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Simulation software helps Silver Eagle Refining meet Benzene emission regulations
- 03/17/08
Simsci-Esscor PRO/II simulation software helps refiner meet upcoming Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSAT) requirements for benzene emissions. |
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Invensys creates operation in Egypt
- 03/10/08
Invensys joined ENPPI and GASCO in a joint venture to create Invensys Process System Egypt, the first ‘Industrial Automation Engineering Centre of Excellence’ in the country.
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SimSci-Esscor enhances PRO/II simulation software
- 03/10/08
PRO/II enhancements include a new petroleum characterization procedure specifically designed for heavy oils. |
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Invensys Mexico opens offshore operating center
- 02/26/08
Center helps Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) improve asset utilization and availability in its facilities.
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Don Clark of Invensys receives ISA service award
- 01/15/08
The award recognizes Clark's leadership and technical contributions as vice-chairperson of the ISA95 committee, which is developing standards on enterprise control system integration.
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Invensys to provide cyber security services for Husky Energy
- 12/12/07
Invensys will provide services based on its lifecycle cyber security approach, which consists of assessment, design, implementation and real-time management of Husky's plant and production networks.
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Invensys teams with Integralis to deliver 24/7 Security services
- 12/12/07
This unique collaboration between a major process control vendor and a major IT services provider demonstrates the growing importance of combining process engineering and IT expertise in warding off cyber threats to refineries, public utilities, pharmaceutical plants and other process industries. |
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Chemoprojekt renews license with Invensys’ simulation software
- 12/05/07
The new agreement extends the Chemoprojekt license to use SimSci-Esscor's simulation, modeling and optimization solutions. |
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SimSci-Esscor adds Excel to PipePhase software
- 11/15/07
PIPEPHASE version 9.2 users can now drag and drop multiphase flow model parameters such as wellhead pressures, Gas Oil Ratios and IPR constants, directly into Excel spreadsheets.
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Trunkline LNG selects Invensys for Operator Training Simulator
- 10/09/07
The SimSci-Esscor operating training simulator will be used for training of control room operators, operating supervisors and equipment operators. |
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Invensys installing InFusion system for Petro Rabigh
- 10/03/07
Petro Rabigh is a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical, headquartered in Rabigh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
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Invensys delivers operator training simulator to BP Zhuhai
- 09/25/07
Invensys delivered a DYNSIM-based operator training simulator to BP Zhuhai for the No. 2 purified terephthalic acid plant in the Guangdong province of China. |
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Invensys and innotec extend simulation partnership
- 09/13/07
Invensys will continue to resell and support the full range of Comos plant engineering lifecycle management modules on a global basis.
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Invensys enhances Infusion Condition Manager
- 09/10/07
Version 2.2 collects and analyzes real-time diagnostics from plant production assets, drives the appropriate actions, and now shares that information with plant databases and HMIs. |
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Invensys presents asset management papers at National Manufacturing Week
- 08/21/07
Juan Collados, Neil Cooper and Curtis Wilson will deliver presentations on Tuesday, September 25, 1:00pm - 4:00pm (Session 208).
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Invensys completes control upgrade at Columbia nuclear plant
- 08/20/07
Invensys supplied a Triconex TMR (triple-modular redundant) Tricon turbomachinery control system for integrated turbine protection and reactor pressure control. |
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Invensys Webinars cover asset management
- 08/15/07
Webinars cover wireless technology, improving control performance, and simulation solutions. |
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Invensys completes automation revamp at Samsung Total
- 08/06/07
Invensys completed a major expansion of the Samsung Total petrochemical complex in Daesan, Chungnam Province, Korea.
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Foxboro announces I/A Series migration modules for TDC 2000 users
- 07/16/07
I/A Series migration modules are an exact physical replacement for existing TDC 2000 input/output (I/O) modules. |
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Invensys to install DCS for Total Bitumen in UK
- 07/09/07
Invensys Process Systems will supply a Foxboro I/A Series DCS system to TOTAL Bitumen to replace PLCs at its site in Preston, England.
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Invensys completes Cimnet acquisition
- 07/02/07
Invensys has completed the acquisition of Cimnet, a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software company based in Pennsylvania. |
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Invensys to supply automation for power plant project in India
- 06/21/07
Invensys will supply a Foxboro I/A Series DCS for a 3,600MW generating station being built in Jharsuguda district, Orissa state, India. |
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Invensys supplies SimSci-Esscor simulator to BASF
Advanced dynamic simulation technology will enable BFLP to train operators on all aspects of plant operations. |
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Invensys introduces wireless-enabled enterprise solutions
- 06/06/07
Enhancements include hardware and software for Mobile Workforce, Field Data Logging, Condition Monitoring, Asset Tracking, Security and other functions.
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Invensys to install operator simulator for Sinclair refinery
The solution includes SimSci-Esscor DYNSIM process simulation and FSIM Plus controls simulation, supporting a variety of operator training functions. |
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Invensys sponsors ethanol-powered IndyCar
- 05/21/07
Invensys will be a sponsor of the No. 17 Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol IndyCar driven by Jeff Simmons. |
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SimSci SIM4ME Portal works with Microsoft Excel
- 05/21/07
SIM4ME Portal constructs a bidirectional communication link between SimSci-Esscor PRO/II simulator and Microsoft Excel. |
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Avantis achieves Windows Vista certification
- 05/09/07
Avantis.PRO enterprise asset management (EAM) software solution has been Windows Vista certified. |
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Triconex announces Tricon TMR upgrade program
- 05/07/07
Program allows users of the Tricon TMR SIS to upgrade without re-commissioning field loops or performing safety system recertification. |
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Foxboro introduces FT10 Electrodeless Conductivity sensor
- 04/24/07
FT10 non-invasive conductivity sensor for high purity measurement in low volume liquid applications has a flow-through design for reduced operational and maintenance costs. |
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Invensys adds Centric validation software for life sciences
- 04/24/07
Software enables biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies to more easily verify, validate and manage regulated processes. |
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Invensys receives award for contributions to RasGas Project
- 04/23/07
Invensys was recognized by RasGas (RasGas) as one of three key vendors contributing to the successful completion of the RasGas Phase 1 Expansion Project in Qatar. |
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Invensys to supply operator training simulation for LNG terminal
- 04/11/07
Invensys will implement the Operator Training Simulation (OTS) system for Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG receiving terminal being built in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The OTS will train control room operators, operating supervisors and other plant equipment operators. |
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Invensys building new regional HQ in Western Canada
- 04/10/07
Invensys broke ground for a brand new, 15,500 square foot regional headquarters facility in South East Calgary. It will be twice as large as the present Calgary facility and will have three times the staging area to accommodate staging, testing, and verification of customers' automation systems. |
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Invensys participates in workshops at INTERPHEX
- 04/04/07
Experts from Invensys' pharmaceutical and biotechnology practices will help explore the relationship between enterprise integration and operational excellence in three separate workshops during the INTERPHEX 2007 conference at the Jacob K. Javits Center, New York, April 24 -26. |
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Invensys supplying Foxboro DCSes to ethanol refineries in Canada
- 04/02/07
Invensys is providing Foxboro I/A Series distributed control systems (DCS) for two new Husky Energy grassroots ethanol refineries in western Canada. Each of the two new plants will produce 130 million litres (34.3 million gallons) of ethanol annually, to be blended up to 10 percent into gasoline products. |
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Invensys and Apprion install wireless infrastructure at power company
- 03/27/07
Invensys Process Systems and Apprion have successfully implemented wireless applications at the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Lost Pines Power Park. LCRA recently merged these two plants under one functional management system with a layered WiMax/WiFi wireless infrastructure to help link the two plants. |
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SimSci-Esscor introduces MBM material balance module
- 03/26/07
The Material Balance Module (MBM) for Advanced Real-time Performance Modeling (ARPM) suite, is a flowsheet-based solution that uses advanced mass and volume reconciliation to reveal sources of random error, bias, and gross error that jeopardize the accuracy of real-time plant data. |
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Avantis enhances PRO asset management software
- 03/19/07
Enhancements provide users with better support for their reliability centered maintenance (RCM) strategies, including enforcement and validation of critical asset information required for integration with third-party root cause analysis (RCA) solutions.
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Invensys to automate Aker Kvaerner LNG terminal in Louisiana
- 03/08/07
Invensys will supply Foxboro distributed control systems (DCS), Triconex safety systems and fire & gas systems, and Foxboro instrumentation to Aker Kvaerner, Inc. for a new LNG receipt terminal being built near the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. |
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Invensys to resell Transpara Visual KPI software
- 03/07/07
Invensys Process Systems becomes a global reseller and certified implementer for Transpara's Visual KPI operations intelligence software. Visual KPI technology helps customer plant personnel remotely monitor process variables and KPIs from their existing mobile communications devices. |
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Foxboro announces migration solution for Moore APACS
- 03/05/07
Foxboro migration cards enable Moore users to easily upgrade their legacy APACS ACM and ACM+ control systems to Invensys technology, including the latest generation of I/A Series distributed control system (DCS) and InFusion enterprise control system (ECS) technologies. |
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Invensys introduces SAP-Certified Real-Time Finance and Production Execution software
- 02/13/07
Both packages are xMII XApps Certified Packaged Composite Applications (PCAs). The Real-Time Finance composite application helps align process manufacturing operations with business objectives. The Real-Time Production Execution composite application provides a pre-integrated solution for dispatching, executing, monitoring, and evaluating manufacturing production and performance runs in discrete, batch, and hybrid plant operations. |
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Invensys China installs Foxboro DCS in Indonesian coal-fired power plant
- 02/13/07
An I/A Series DCS was installed at the recently constructed Cilacap Power Plant, a two-unit, 600-megawatt coal-fired generating plant located at Cilacap, on the south coast of central Java in Indonesia. The new plant is to date the largest coal-fired generating project imported to Indonesia from China. |
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Invensys releases sanitary vortex flowmeter for pharmaceutical applications
- 02/01/07
The Foxboro 84S Vortex 3A-authorized sanitary vortex flowmeters are for use in sanitary liquid, gas, or steam pharmaceutical applications. It provides accuracies of ±0.5 percent of reading with liquids, and ±1.0 percent of reading with gas and steam. |
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Invensys to supply SimSci-Esscor operator training to Chinese chemical Co.
- 01/25/07
Invensys will provide a comprehensive SimSci-Esscor operator training simulator (OTS) to PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical Company for an integrated refinery and chemical revamping project, which will process imported sour crude from Kazakhstan. By using the system, PetroChina Dushanzi will be able to enhance the knowledge and competency of the operator, reduce the startup time and shutdown period, and improve quality by reducing off-spec product.
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Paulett Eberhart appointed president of Invensys Process Systems
- 01/17/07
Paulett Eberhart has been appointed CEO and President of Invensys' Process Systems division headquartered in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Ms. Eberhart was previously with EDS, the global technology services company, which she joined in 1978. Ken Brown, who has served as Acting President of Invensys Process Systems since June 28, 2006, will re-assume his former position as General Manager of the division's Measurements & Instruments business unit. |
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Invensys to help design security program for PCSF annual meeting
- 01/15/07
Ernest Rakaczky, cyber security program director at Invensys Process Systems, will be part of the Design Team for the PCSF Annual Meeting, to be held March 6-8th, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia. PCSF was established to accelerate the overall security of control systems worldwide through cross-sector collaboration. It is one of several user and vendor forums sponsored by the US Department of Homeland Security. |
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Invensys to supply Foxboro DCS for waste-to-energy processes
- 01/03/07
Invensys will supply a mesh network-based Foxboro I/A Series distributed control system (DCS) to Plasco Energy Group for use in Plasco's Plasma Gasification Process (PGP). The DCS will provide process and facility control in the Plasco PGP, a non-incineration thermal decomposition process, which breaks down municipal solid waste (MSW) into simple components such as hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide. |
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Invensys and INVAP renew nuclear agreement
- 01/03/07
Invensys Process Systems and INVAP S.E. have renewed an existing cooperative business agreement for an additional three years. Under this alliance agreement, the companies will continue to work together to provide mutual customers with product and service solutions for the design, engineering, construction, control, protection, and maintenance of nuclear facilities. |
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SimSci-Esscor and OLI Systems renew partnership
- 12/06/06
The SimSci-Esscor unit of Invensys and OLI Systems, Inc. have extended and enhanced a partnership for electrolytic process simulation. The agreement extends the twenty-seven-year alliance between the two companies, which integrates OLI's electrolyte algorithms and databanks with SimSci-Esscor's process simulators. |
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Triconex announces high-density I/O systems
- 12/06/06
The I/O modules for Tricon triple-modular-redundant (TMR) safety and critical control systems offer higher point density, higher resolution, faster scan rates, and user-configurable nominal load limits than previous models. These features provide increased speed and better accuracy in high-speed critical control applications, while decreasing the cost per I/O point and cost of ownership. |
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Invensys' SimSci-Esscor unit marks 40th anniversary
- 12/06/06
In January 2007, the SimSci-Esscor unit of Invensys marks the 40th Anniversary of its simulation solutions business. The milestone is being celebrated at a reception with SimSci-Esscor users at the 2006 Invensys Process Systems Annual Customer Conference in Dallas December 4-7. |
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Invensys to supply automation for onshore LNG plants in Qatar
- 12/05/06
The Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited 3 (RL3) in Qatar awarded Invensys Singapore an automation contract for the LNG Trains 6 and 7 onshore expansion project. The project includes Foxboro and Triconex control and safety systems; integrated asset management, alarm management, and control loop performance monitoring systems; plus associated engineering services. When both new trains come on line the complex will be the world's largest with a total LNG capacity of 36.3 MMTA. |
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Invensys to upgrade Foxboro control systems at Saudi Aramco's two largest plants
- 12/05/06
Invensys will upgrade existing Foxboro distributed control systems (DCSes) at Saudi Aramco's Shedgum and 'Uthmaniyah Gas Plants to the latest Mesh Control Network technology. Invensys Middle East will provide all engineering, procurement (hardware and software), and site services for the DCS upgrade project. |
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Invensys releases Condition Manager software
- 12/05/06
InFusion Condition Manager collects and analyzes real-time diagnostics from all plant production assets and drives the appropriate actions to help improve overall asset performance management. |
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Invensys to automate grassoots Yemen LNG plant
- 12/05/06
Invensys will provide Foxboro distributed control systems (DCSes) and Triconex safety systems and fire & gas systems for the Yemen LNG Company Ltd. plant being built at Balhaf, on Yemen's south coast. The new $2+ billion grassroots plant is the first LNG plant in Yemen, and the Foxboro implementation will be the first major DCS in Yemen. |
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Invensys and Cutler Technology sign sales agreement
- 12/05/06
Invensys Process Systems has become a global re-seller and a certified implementer for Cutler Technology's Adaptive Dynamic Matrix Controller (ADMC) technology. ADMC was developed by Dr. Charles Cutler, inventor of DMC (Dynamic Matrix Control) and DMCplus. ADMC is claimed to be the world's only Adaptive Multivariable Controller. |
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Invensys integrates asset management software with Microsoft financial applications
- 12/05/06
A business system integration module for the Avantis.PRO enterprise asset management(EAM) software provides integration between Avantis.PRO R4.1 and Microsoft Dynamics AX Release 4.0 and Microsoft Dynamics GP Professional 9.0 business management applications. This will eliminate much of the time and effort typically involved with integrating plant asset management systems into enterprise-level financial applications. |
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Invensys announces enhancements to decision support software solution
- 12/05/06
The Avantis unit of Invensys Process Systems today announced new software enhancements that further improve Avantis' award-winning maintenance and purchasing analytics for manufacturing and executive decision-makers. The new software builds on the Avantis.DSS web-based decision support solution, which transforms transactional data into visible, meaningful and actionable business analytics based on the individual's specific role in the organization. |
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Invensys implements Avantis enterprise asset management system for Platte River Power Authority
- 11/16/06
Invensys Process Systems has implemented a comprehensive Avantis enterprise asset management system at the Platte River Power Authority in Colorado for its generation, distribution and maintenance operations, which includes a 274-MW coal-fired power plant located north of Fort Collins. The Avantis.PRO asset management software application is being used for maintenance management, inventory control and procurement for generating machinery, distribution yard equipment, transmission lines and towers, as well as vehicles and other company assets. |
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Invensys installing SCADA system for Santee Cooper Electrical Distribution
- 11/15/06
Invensys will install an InFusion-based SCADA system to monitor and control 56 substations and automation points located along the company's Myrtle Beach and Moncks Corner electrical distribution network in eastern South Carolina. Monitoring and control will include Power Factor Control by switching capacitor banks, to maximize the efficiency of power distribution, driving direct cost savings. |
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Invensys provides training facility for DOW Corning operators
- 11/13/06
Dow Corning is using a dynamic simulator, built and implemented by Invensys Process Systems, to train operators at its Barry, South Wales, production facility in the UK. It is anticipated that use of the simulator will result in significant savings in training and manpower costs, enhanced plant safety and increased productivity. |
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Cory Welch joins Invensys as enterprise network and security services practice director
- 11/10/06
In this capacity, Mr. Welch will help Invensys develop and deliver a new suite of comprehensive enterprise network and security solutions to Invensys' global customers. He has 24 years of experience in the services industry. This includes positions with companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq Computers, Nortel Networks, and Unisys. |
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SimSci-Esscor and DNV deliver flare modeling analysis software
- 11/07/06
SimSci-Esscor and DNV have developed a link between SimSci-Esscor's VISUAL FLOW safety system design software and DNV Software's PHASTFX flammable effects software module. The link allows engineers in process plants to quickly and easily estimate a wide range of flammable effects during design work. With the link, users can pass stream information at the base of the flare to PHASTFX for initializing one of PHASTFX's jet flame routines. |
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Taiwan Power Company selects Invensys for Hydro Power Station controls upgrade
- 10/19/06
Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) will implement I/A Series distributed control systems (DCS) from Foxboro for a hydro power generation and pumped storage automation upgrade project. Located at the 1,088-megawatt Takuan Hydro Power Station in Nantau County in central Taiwan, the new implementation will utilize the Foxboro high-speed mesh control network backbone to maximize system availability and reliability. |
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Invensys to convert legacy Provox DCS to I/A Series on North Sea oil platform
- 10/19/06
Invensys Process Systems has been awarded a project by Petrofac Facilities Management to enable migration of the aging Emerson Fisher Provox system on the Kittiwake production platform in the central North Sea to a new Foxboro I/A Series process control system. This is the second process control project awarded to Invensys by Petrofac in recent years. |
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Invensys announces three limited-time offers for plant-level performance services
- 10/05/06
To encourage users of Foxboro or other vendors' control systems to take advantage of performance services designed to help improve plant performance and safety, Invensys Process Systems announced three limited-time offers for plant-level performance services: Control Performance Analysis; One Industrial WiFi wireless hot spot; and Elimination of up to 20 nuisance alarms.
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Foxboro releases fieldbus device software that supports both EDDL and FDT
- 10/04/06
Field Device Manager software for Foxboro I/A Series distributed control systems supports the latest Enhanced Electronic Device Description Language (Enhanced EDDL) and FDT technologies. This combination provides support to configure, calibrate, commission, diagnose, and optimize the performance of any vendor's FOUNDATION fieldbus device. |
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U.S. Department of Defense recognizes Invensys for quality and on-time delivery
- 10/03/06
The U.S. government Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR) has rated Invensys among its best suppliers. The DSCR is a primary source for repair parts and operating supply items within the Department of Defense supply chain. Invensys received a gold medal for achieving a perfect score in meeting stringent quality and delivery requirements for Foxboro specialty instrumentation. |
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Invensys upgrades automation system at Teck Cominco Metals
- 09/07/06
Teck Cominco Metals Ltd. selected Invensys Process Systems to implement a new mesh network-based Foxboro I/A Series automation system for the electrolytic and melting plant processes at Teck Cominco's metallurgical operations at Trail, in southeast British Columbia, Canada. |
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SCP certifies Invensys Product Support group
- 09/06/06
Invensys Process Systems' Foxboro, Massachusetts-based Global Product Support group has achieved certification under the Support Center Practices (SCP) certification program for the fourth consecutive year. SCP certification quantifies the effectiveness of customer support based upon a stringent set of performance standards representing best practices in the industry. |
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Invensys provides turbine compresssor control at largest ammonia plant in Egypt
- 09/01/06
Invensys will implement five Tricon triple modular redundant (TMR) systems for integrated turbine compressor control (ITCC) and emergency shutdown (ESD) at a new plant being built for Egypt Basic Industries Corporation (EBIC). The anhydrous ammonia plant, at Ain Sokhna in Egypt's Suez Industrial Zone, will produce a planned 2,000 metric tons per day and will be the largest ammonia plant in Egypt. |
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Invensys awarded multimillion dollar automation contract for grassroots Laffan Refinery project in Qatar
- 08/18/06
Engineering Procurement Contractor, GSEC of Seoul, Korea, has awarded Invensys Process Systems a multimillion dollar automation contract to provide an integrated process control, safety, asset management, and plant information system solution for the grassroots Laffan Refinery under construction at the Ras Laffan City in Qatar. |
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Invensys to install InFusion SCADA system for liquid pipelines
- 08/07/06
CHS Inc. has selected Invensys to implement an InFusion-based supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for Front Range Pipeline, LLC and Cenex Pipeline, LLC. These pipelines provide transportation of crude oil to the CHS refinery in Laurel, Montana, and transportation of refined products to markets east, including eastern Montana and North Dakota. |
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Invensys takes InFusion road show around the world
- 08/04/06
Invensys Process Systems will be presenting the unique benefits of the company's recently introduced InFusion enterprise control system (ECS) technology and unique asset performance management approach in 25 cities around the world. Includes schedule. |
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Donald Labbe of Invensys presented 2006 ISA Power Industry Division Achievement Award
- 08/01/06
Donald E. Labbe, P.E., of Invensys Process Systems has been presented the 2006 ISA POWID Achievement Award at the 16th Annual Joint ISA Power Industry Division/EPRI Controls and Instrumentation Conference. This is the highest award of the Power Industry Division (POWID), a group within the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA). The conference, co-sponsored since 1991 by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), is regarded as the key automation forum in the power industry. |
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2006 Invensys Customer Conference to be held December 4-7 in Dallas, TX
- 07/13/06
Invensys Process Systems announces that its 2006 North American Customer Conference will be held on December 4-7th at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. |
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