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Invensys Process System to upgrade five power plants in Indonesia
IPS will provide distributed control systems (DCS) and automation solutions to power plants located in Banten, Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah and Jawa Timur. -
Siemens and USDA partner in Biofuel project
Siemens will supply a DCS in a project to improve the processes used to convert non-food-based biofuel feedstocks into liquid bio-fuel intermediates. -
Invensys Process System upgrades controls at Barcelona regasification terminal
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. -
Honeywell to upgrade controls at Australian alumina plant
Honeywell will expand the plant’s existing DCS, add a UniSim operator training simulator, and improve plant security. -
ARC says ABB was DCS leader in market share worldwide for 2007
ARC reports that the total worldwide market for DCS remained strong in 2007 despite global economic uncertainty, increasing by almost by 13% between 2006 and 2007, with total revenues of $15 billion. -
Invensys to supply automation and services to Kraton Polymers
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. -
2007 was a good year for DCS sales
The market for process manufacturing and automation remains strong. Nowhere is this more evident than the global DCS market, which grew by almost 13% between 2006 and 2007. -
ABB upgrades Reliance Chemical facility live
The project involved an on-line evolution from a 1988 control system to an 800xA DCS while maintaining the plant's existing process control philosophy. -
Expertune gets patent for Wizard Builder Technology
The wizard builder creates connection wizards for communication between process controllers (DCSes and PLCs) and PC based software. -
Frost & Sullivan says DCS market booming in South Africa
The South African DCS market earned revenues of USD 121.4 million in 2006 and F&S estimates this to reach USD 292.4 million in 2013. -
Emerson supplies DCS to training facility
A DeltaV system, AMS software, Fisher valves and Foundation Fieldbus equipment are installed at the Centre for the Assessment of Technical Competence training center in the UK. -
Frost & Sullivan says power companies in Africa adopting automation
Power generation utilities in Southern Africa are expected to increasingly adopt automation and control solutions based on DCSes, PLCs or SCADA to counter the effects of the current power shortage. -
Siemens to control BASF Joncryl polymer plant
The green field project of more than 5000 I/O points will include the Siemens SIMATICR PCS 7 distributed control system (DCS) and be the largest PROFIBUS PA installation in the US. -
Frost & Sullivan says Brazilian and Mexican DCS and PLC Markets growing
Frost & Sullivan says the Brazilian and Mexican DCS and PLC market earned revenues of $448.7 million in 2006 and estimates this to reach to $926.0 million in 2012. -
Frost & Sullivan says DCS sales to boom in China
Frost & Sullivan says the Chinese DCS market was $866.7 million in 2006 and estimates this to reach $1,800.0 million in 2013. -
Siemens DCS selected by Dow R&D as lab standard
SIMATIC PCS 7 DCS has been adopted by Dow Chemical Company's research & development department as its new standard for Laboratory Process Control applications worldwide. -
Matrox Extio remote graphics units (RGUs) work with DCS and SCADA systems
Units work with systems from ABB Process Automation, Emerson Process Management, GE Fanuc, Honeywell Process Solutions, Invensys Foxboro, and Invensys Wonderware. -
CIDX to endorse ISA standards
CIDX will endorse the ISA 88 (batch control standard) and ISA 95 (enterprise and control integration standard). -
Deacom releases Process Manufacturing ERP Podcast
This podcast segment reviews the three stages of a successful ERP implementation within a batch process manufacturing company. -
ARC ranks ABB as the top DCS supplier
ARC says ABB still retains its leading position in the worldwide market for 2006 and has the largest installed base of any DCS supplier.
