Air Products and Chemicals Inc. Deploys Optima Chemical Management System.NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1997-- New System Monitors Chemical Inventory, Tracking and Disposal EMAX EMAX Email Address Exchange Service Solution Partners announced Monday the deployment of a configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: chemical tracking system for Air Products and Chemicals Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :APD APD atrial premature depolarization (see atrial premature complex, under complex ); pamidronate. ) of Allentown, Pa., a $4 billion worldwide supplier of industrial gases and equipment, specialty and intermediate chemicals. The chemical management system, called OPTIMA(TM), is designed to enhance employee safety in the industrial chemical workplace. An EMAX team of consultants worked with Air Products to develop a user-friendly software system for chemical inventory, tracking and disposal. The system documents and manages chemicals from overseeing inventory to tracking the chemicals' use, reporting their disposition to regulatory agencies regulatory agency Independent government commission charged by the legislature with setting and enforcing standards for specific industries in the private sector. The concept was invented by the U.S. , and providing information needed to educate the staff on proper handling. "OPTIMA is up and running smoothly, providing our R&D scientists the freedom to perform the work they do best -- chemical research," said Stan Morris Stan Morris was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1919 and 1922 for the Richmond Football Club. References
"The OPTIMA installation at Air Products delivers value to a diverse set of users -- researchers, research managers, and compliance managers -- and provides a wide scope of benefits, from increasing researcher productivity to enhancing compliance assurance," said Jeb Connor, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of EMAX. "The total commitment of the combined Air Products and EMAX team resulted in a high degree of end-user satisfaction at all levels within the Air Products R&D operation because the deployed system addresses their company and job-specific requirements," he added. Based near Philadelphia, EMAX Solution Partners is an information technology services company that designs, builds and deploys strategic chemical information solutions to speed research and compliance for business advantage. EMAX is associated with NYSE-listed Safeguard Scientifics. Additional information about EMAX is available on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the at http://www.emax.com . -0- EMAX is a registered trademark of EMAX Solution Partners Inc. OPTIMA is a trademark of EMAX Solution Partners Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. All rights reserved. CONTACT: EMAX Solution Partners Karen Rakoczy, 610/325-3700 moreinfo@emax.com or Air Products and Chemicals Inc. Katie Zamolyl, 610/481-6724 zamolyk@apci.com |
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