FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, USA – September 1, 2005 – Invensys Process Systems has been chosen by Sinopec Guangzhou Company, a major China petrochemical producer, to provide new I/A Series automation systems from Foxboro, along with a broad range of professional services. The new systems will help Sinopec Guangzhou Company increase its crude oil processing capacity from about 7 million tons/year to 13 million tons/year at its complex in Huangpu District, Guangzhou City. In addition to meeting demand for refinery products from a rapidly growing economy in the Guangdong region of south China, the new processes will enable the company to process higher-sodium crudes imported from the Middle East. The I/A Series automation systems will be used to control new and expanded units for Crude Distillation, Hydrocracking, Hydrogen generation, Kero Hydrogenation, Hydrogen Refining, as well as various tank farm facilities. In addition, Invensys Process Systems China will provide engineering and implementation services and training for plant engineering, technical and operating personnel. When the new automation project is completed, Invensys will be supplying the greatest share of automation at the Guangzhou complex. Sinopec Guangzhou Company has been an Invensys automation user for more than 10 years, with three existing installations of I/A Series control systems from Foxboro supporting process units around the Guangzhou complex. Invensys is also an automation supplier to other business units of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), the parent company of Sinopec Guangzhou. About Sinopec Guangzhou CompanySinopec Guangzhou Company is one of the leading petrochemical enterprises in south China. A branch of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), Sinopec Guangzhou Company is the first company to process 100 percent imported crude oil in China. Its refining and ethylene units have more than 7 million tons/year of crude oil processing capacity and 200,000 tons/year of ethylene production capacity, respectively, from 45 major petrochemical production units. Sinopec Guangzhou Company is committed to technical innovation and is recognized for its quality excellence for more than 60 categories of products, including very low sulphur diesel that meets the newest clean fuel standards. More information about Sinopec Guangzhou Company and all of Sinopec can be found at www.sinopec.com.About Invensys Process Systems in ChinaInvensys Process Systems, a business unit of Invensys plc, provides products, services and solutions for the automation and optimization of industrial process plants. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions group, Invensys Process Systems includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills.With the formation of the Shanghai-Foxboro Company Limited (SFCL) in 1982, Foxboro became the first major American manufacturer to establish a joint venture in China. Today, SFCL manufactures a wide variety of state-of-the-art automation products at its factory in Shanghai for both domestic use and export purposes. In 1991, SFCL became the first company in China to be certified under the stringent ISO 9001 international quality standard. SFCL has implemented state-of-the-art process control systems in hundreds of different world-class industrial facilities throughout China. These include offshore production platforms, oil refineries, petrochemical plants, electric power generation plants, steel mills, cement plants, float glass plants, pharmaceutical plants, and food processing plants. To be able to better meet the Chinese industrial market’s requirements for comprehensive and well-integrated automation solutions, Invensys this year formed Invensys Process Systems China, which consolidates the operations of SFCL, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, and Avantis. Invensys Process Systems China offers the most comprehensive portfolio of automation products and services available from a single company. To complement this market presence, Invensys Process Systems China has recently opened a new technology center in Beijing. The Invensys Group (www.invensys.com) is made up of five businesses: Process Systems, APV, Eurotherm, Rail Systems and Controls. The Group is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with over 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.
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