Intergraph Powers Eskom with SmartPlant Enterprise.South African Energy Organization Leverages Intergraph's Plant Engineering Solutions to Build New Capacity HUNTSVILLE, Ala ALA aminolevulinic acid. Ala alanine. ala (a´lah) pl. a´lae [L.] a winglike process. . -- Intergraph Corporation today announced Eskom Holdings Ltd. has selected SmartPlant Enterprise as the core software suite to support its development of new power plant facilities. Working with Intergraph Systems South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , Eskom is implementing SmartPlant, including SmartPlant 3D, to facilitate the building of new electricity capacity to meet the increasing demands on South Africa's national power grid. With more than 3.3 million customers, Eskom generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to industrial, mining, commercial, agricultural, redistributors, and residential customers; it also manages the purchase and sale of electricity to and from the Southern African Development Community The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization. It furthers socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security cooperation among 15 southern African countries. It complements the role of the African Union. Countries. SmartPlant Enterprise will provide Eskom with a comprehensive, customized offering, including tools for plant engineering, electrical, piping and instrumentation instrumentation, in music: see orchestra and orchestration. instrumentation In technology, the development and use of precise measuring, analysis, and control equipment. diagramming di·a·gram n. 1. A plan, sketch, drawing, or outline designed to demonstrate or explain how something works or to clarify the relationship between the parts of a whole. 2. . SmartPlant will enable Eskom to respond quickly to demand, efficiently supplying power to its growing consumer base. "Intergraph's SmartPlant solution, particularly SmartPlant 3D, will allow us to increase our productivity through greater efficiencies among our internal and external engineering teams," commented Clive CLIVE Computer-aided Learning in Veterinary Education. A consortium of six veterinary schools in the United Kingdom providing computer based learning in veterinary undergraduates courses. le Roux Roux , Pierre Paul Émile 1853-1933. French bacteriologist. His work with the diphtheria bacillus led to the development of antitoxins to neutralize pathogenic toxins. , General Manager Engineering, Eskom Enterprises Division. "As our engineering organization is more nimble nim·ble adj. nim·bler, nim·blest 1. Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft: nimble fingers. See Synonyms at dexterous. 2. , we may rapidly move to build South Africa's powerbase for suitable growth and development." "SmartPlant Enterprise drives increased value from IT in order to improve project execution, handover n. 1. The act of relinquishing property or authority etc. to another; as, the handover of occupied territory to the original posssessors; the handover of power from the military back to the civilian authorities s>. , and plant operational efficiency. Eskom will benefit from access to high quality and consistent engineering data," stated Gerhard Sallinger, president of Intergraph Process, Power & Marine. "Eskom is one of the first African utilities to adopt Intergraph's world-class capabilities and solutions, and it is counted among the leading global organizations that have adopted our technology. We are pleased SmartPlant was selected as the standard solution facilitating the building of new capacity for Eskom." About Intergraph Intergraph Corporation is the leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software. Security organizations, businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on the company's spatial technology and services to make better and faster operational decisions. Intergraph's customers organize vast amounts of complex data into understandable visual representations, creating intelligent maps, managing assets, building and operating better plants and ships and protecting critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com. About Eskom Holdings Ltd. Eskom Holdings Ltd. is a vertically integrated electricity utility of South Africa, that generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Eskom is among the top 10 power companies by sales and 11th by generating capacity. Eskom has embarked on a massive five year rolling capacity expansion programme to meet an increase in demand and to confront the challenges of an ageing transmission and generation system. For more information on Eskom, visit www.eskom.co.za [c] 2007 Intergraph Corporation. All rights reserved. Intergraph, SmartPlant and the Intergraph logo are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and in other countries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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