Invensys and Scientific Design Announce Marketing Agreement to Jointly Implement Advanced Process Control for Ethylene Oxide and Ethylene Glycol Plants.Business Editors FOXBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2004 Solution will result in significant cost savings to end users through the combination of optimal process design and advanced process control Invensys, a world leader in industrial process control, and Scientific Design, one of the world's leading process technology and catalyst development companies, today announced a unique marketing agreement. Under this agreement, the two companies will jointly implement Advanced Process Control (APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. ) in ethylene oxide ethylene oxide Occupational medicine A gas used to sterilize medical supplies and other materials (EO) and ethylene glycol ethylene glycol: see glycol. ethylene glycol Simplest member of the glycol family, also called 1,2-ethanediol (HOCH2CH2OH). It is a colourless, oily liquid with a mild odour and sweet taste. (EG) facilities using Invensys' Connoisseur suite of software and services in conjunction with Scientific Design's advanced licensed process technology and services. Connoisseur MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. (Multivariable Predictive Control) software, a product of Invensys' SimSci-Esscor Invensys unit, is widely used throughout the hydrocarbons processing and other industries to help improve economic performance. Historically, APC suppliers were limited in the benefits they could deliver to end users since the advanced control was not leveraged against the optimal process mechanical design. This joint marketing arrangement is designed to provide a controller that incorporates Scientific Design's best practices in the operation and design of the EO reactor and down stream equipment, making this the most complete offering on the market today for EO/EG facilities. This unique offering will allow end users in EO and EG facilities to increase production, improve selectivity, adjust heavy glycol glycol (glī`kōl), dihydric alcohol in which the two hydroxyl groups are bonded to different carbon atoms; the general formula for a glycol is (CH2)n(OH)2. production, prolong catalysts life, optimize inhibitor levels, and optimize energy usage. The combined Scientific Design/Invensys control solution is expected to deliver typical economic benefits of at least $700,000 per year to end-users, based on 300,000 tons per year production. For more information, readers can contact Chris May Chris May (b. 11 February 1980) is the guitarist from the rock band The Sisters of Mercy. He is also known as Chris Catalyst, or his facepaint nonsense industrial comedy alter-ego Robochrist. (chris.may@invensys.com; 713/361-6444) at Invensys. About Scientific Design Since it's founding in 1946, Scientific Design Company, Inc. has been one of the world's leading process technology and catalyst development companies. SD has developed some of the petrochemical industry's most significant process technologies, which are used today to produce millions of tons of petrochemical intermediates in numerous licensed process plants worldwide. SD is headquartered in Little Ferry, New Jersey Little Ferry is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 10,800. Little Ferry was formed on September 18, 1894, from portions of both Lodi Township and New Barbadoes Township, at the height of , approximately fourteen miles west of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . About Invensys Invensys is a global leader in production technology. The group helps customers improve productivity, performance and profitability using innovative services and technologies and a deep understanding of their industries and applications. |
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