Edmonton, AB – January 18, 2005 Matrikon Inc. (TSX:MTK) today announced that its ProcessACT™ software was presented with a prestigious Control Engineering Magazine Editors’ Choice Award in the process and advanced control category. “We are proud that Control Engineering Magazine, a leading industry publication, has recognized ProcessACT for its innovative technology,” commented Amin Rawji, executive vice president of Matrikon. “This award is validation that Matrikon products are best-in-class.
Our ongoing commitment to listen to the needs of our clients continues to allow us to deliver real value through leading edge solutions for industrial intelligence.” ProcessACT is a complete solution for the design, development, simulation and implementation of enhanced and advanced process control strategies. ProcessACT enables control engineers to augment the existing control infrastructure with a wide selection of more powerful control technologies to improve process performance:
- Enhancing product quality and consistency
- Reducing energy consumption and enhancing safety margins
- Increasing throughput and minimizing waste product
- Providing faster start-ups and reducing operator load
- Decreasing lost production and allowing a more stable operationProcessACT is part of Matrikon’s extended ProcessSuite of technologies which also incorporates:
- ProcessNet™: web-based visualization and decision support
- ProcessGuard™: complete alarm & event management solution
- ProcessDoctor™: monitors, identifies, diagnoses issues related to all control assets
- ProcessMonitor™: early event detection & operations monitoring
- ProcessMORe™: missed opportunity reporting and production tracking“Throughout the year, Control Engineering editors cover thousands of products, and select from these the ones with exceptional market impact, technological advancement, and service to the industry,” said Mark Hoske, Control Engineering’s editor-in-chief.
“The editors nominate what we believe to be the best products based on those criteria.”
About Control Engineering Magazine
Control Engineering, www.controleng.com , has covered the $130-billion worldwide control, instrumentation and automation systems marketplace since 1954.
With readership at more than 45,000 plants and circulation of 88,000, the magazine is the voice of the global automation industry, providing comprehensive information on technology, news and trends, to end users, OEMs, and system integrators.
About Matrikon Inc. Matrikon( www.matrikon.com ) is a leading provider of technology that delivers solutions for plant intelligence and through innovation, is shaping the future of industrial companies.
Our technology enables plants to achieve operational excellence by transforming production data into knowledge to predict and prevent problems and optimize operations.
Our customers achieve agile operations through the combination of external market and plant information to make informed, intelligent decisions in real-time.With offices in major cities throughout North America, Australia, Europe and the Middle East and a global client base including industry leaders in a wide range of manufacturing and process industries, Matrikon’s reach is global.
