Edmonton, AB - March 23, 2005-Matrikon Inc. (TSX: MTK) is pleased to participate in the ABB Automation World conference and exhibition, April 20-22, 2005, in Houston, Texas. Matrikon's alarm management expert Jeff Gould will be co-presenting along with ABB's Roy Tanner in Workshop Session 4 (PM-05) on Wednesday April 20, from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm.The presentation "Integrated Alarm Management and Analysis with System 800xA", will address the future of fully integrated alarm management solutions.
Matrikon's alarm management solution, ProcessGuard, provides ABB's System 800xA users with the ability to identify and eliminate nuisance alarms, operate closer to optimum performance levels, proactively identify equipment problems, reveal root causes and areas for improvement, and increase alarm integrity. "Our joint efforts with ABB are very exciting given the large mutual client base that we share, and we look forward to participating in ABB's IndustrialIT Technology Partner program," stated Jeff Gould, Manager of Matrikon's Alarm Management Solutions. "What's more exciting is that the benefits of alarm management will be greater, and easier to realize for mutual or prospective ABB System 800xA and Matrikon ProcessGuard users."
ABB's Automation world is the premier Americas Region automation event for partnership and performance. This conference brings together ABB experts and users to share product and services information as well as provide industry peer discussions on successes and business challenges. An alarm management focus group will be started at ABB Automation World 2005 to ensure the integration efforts of Matrikon and ABB deliver the expected value. Matrikon can be located at booth #123.
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About Matrikon Inc. Matrikon Inc. is a leading provider of industrial plant intelligence software and professional services that empower industrial facilities to produce their goods more efficiently and enable optimized performance, improved reliability and regulatory compliance. Matrikon is one of the largest industrial solution integrators in North America with offices in major cities across the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and the Middle East.
For more information on Matrikon Inc., visit www.matrikon.com .
