CCC Selects Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore MARIAN Procurement System.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DaratechPLANT 2004 HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2004 The Process, Power & Offshore division of Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : INGR) announced today that Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. ), Athens, Greece, has purchased the MARIAN(R) materials, procurement and supply chain management software and related training services. CCC is first implementing MARIAN as its standard procurement system in Athens for supporting all activities of its corporate procurement department. A second phase includes extending MARIAN to support additional business activities company wide. MARIAN supplants the existing CCC in-house procurement system. Chief Information Officer Zuhair Haddad, Consolidated Contractors Company, said, "Our rationale for the selection of MARIAN is based on its strategic fit between the 3D PDS (1) (Processor Direct Slot) A single expansion slot on certain, early Macintosh models that was used to connect high-speed peripherals as well as additional CPUs. Providing a channel directly to the CPU, the PDS coexisted with NuBus slots on some models. design system and our in-house site materials and Project Resource Planning Resource planning may refer to:
(2) (Electronic Product Code) A standard code for RFID tags administered by EPCglobal Inc. (www.epcglobalinc.org). industry who are increasingly using MARIAN for material procurement and logistics." Marzio Pierazzuoli, vice president, southern and eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. & Middle East business unit, Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore, said, "The MARIAN implementation is a crucial business process improvement milestone for CCC. It also represents market acknowledgement of MARIAN's procurement capability as one of the core functions of this comprehensive and integrated materials and supply chain management solution." The Huntsville, Ala.-based Intergraph division made the announcement at DaratechPLANT 2004, the world's foremost event for process plant design and engineering IT. CCC: Looking Ahead to the Next 50 Years With more than 50 years of business experience, Consolidated Contractors Company (www.ccc.gr) is a diversified firm carrying out construction, engineering, procurement, development and investment activities internationally with emphasis on the Middle East, Africa and CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S (Commonwealth of Independent States Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), community of independent nations established by a treaty signed at Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 8, 1991, by the heads of state of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Between Dec. 8 and Dec. of the former Soviet Union) countries. CCC employs more than 52,000 people and operates branches and affiliates in Europe, Middle East, CIS, Africa, Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. , the Caribbean and Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. . Since 1952, CCC has completed more than 2,500 projects around the world. Projects include upstream oil and gas field development, refineries, petrochemical plants, associated terminals and pipelines; power plants; heavy civil construction such as bridges, highways and airports; water and sewage treatment Sewage treatment Unit processes used to separate, modify, remove, and destroy objectionable, hazardous, and pathogenic substances carried by wastewater in solution or suspension in order to render the water fit and safe for intended uses. plants; and high quality commercial buildings. CCC continues to forge many successful partnerships with a wide spectrum of leading engineering, procurement and construction  The introduction to this article is vague. To comply with Wikipedia's guidelines, it should be improved. companies. In the oil and gas sector, CCC construction activities include all civil works, fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. and installation of piping, structural steel, vessels, erection of equipment and installation of all electrical and instrumentation works. CCC owns more than 20 fabrication facilities and a large fleet of equipment providing services for both onshore and offshore construction. About Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore enables customers to create, capture and manage plant information as a strategic asset by providing integrated life cycle software for the engineering, design, construction and operation of process and power plants, offshore oil and gas facilities and commercial ships. Core brands include SmartPlant(R) and PDS(TM) for plant design, IntelliShip(TM) for marine design, SmartPlant Foundation for lifecycle engineering information management and MARIAN(R) for materials, procurement and supply chain management. Backed by a quarter century of industry experience, Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore (ppo.intergraph.com) is the acknowledged global leader in the plant creation market (Source: Daratech Inc.). A division of Intergraph Corporation, Process, Power & Offshore is headquartered in Huntsville, Ala. USA, employs more than 700 people and does business in more than 60 countries. Intergraph Corporation common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol: INGR. Intergraph, the Intergraph logo, MARIAN and SmartPlant are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. Other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. (C) 2004 Intergraph Corporation. Software prices, availability, functions, features and specifications subject to change without notice. Software and services subject to United States export control laws and regulations. Any prices quoted are in United States dollars and subject to applicable taxes and international currency exchange rates. This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Certain risks and uncertainties of Intergraph Corporation are discussed in the company's Form 10K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies are available without charge upon written request to Shareholder Relations, Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, Ala. 35894 USA. 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