Vogt-NEM Takes First Step Toward Company-Wide Implementation of PlantSpace; Object-Oriented System Better Adapted to Company's Business.PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 1997--Jacobus Technology, a Bentley Strategic Affiliate, today announced that its PlantSpace(R) family of software has been chosen by Vogt-NEM, Inc., to handle the company's complete design and engineering requirements. A dominant force in the Heat Recovery Steam Generator A heat recovery steam generator or HRSG is a heat exchanger that recovers heat from a hot gas stream. It produces steam that can be used in a process or used to drive a steam turbine. (HRSG HRSG Heat Recovery Steam Generator HRSG Human Resources Systems Group (Ottawa, ON, Canada) ) market, Vogt-NEM opted for a comprehensive implementation, including multiple seats of PlantSpace Design Series 3D modeling products, PlantSpace P&ID, PlantSpace Enterprise Navigator(TM), and PlantSpace Integration Tools(TM). "Vogt-NEM found PlantSpace to be the best fit for the way the company does business," says Robert Keith For other people, see . Robert Keith (February 10, 1896/8 – December 22, 1966) was an actor who appeared in several dozen films, mostly in the 1950s as a character actor. His birth name was Rolland Keith Richey. , executive vice president of sales and marketing at Jacobus. "The ability to add intelligence to the design at any point was a major benefit, enabling the company to concentrate exactly the resources it has committed to each phase of a project." For example, Vogt-NEM generates numerous process and instrumentation diagrams The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. and equipment designs in the proposal stage. PlantSpace products will allow the company to quickly respond to engineering proposals without having to input voluminous information up front. The company believes the object-oriented architecture of PlantSpace provides the flexibility required in a highly competitive market. The "open" architecture of PlantSpace was a key factor in the decision, providing Vogt-NEM with ability to use plant data in other, proprietary vendor formats through PlantSpace Integration Tools and PlantSpace Enterprise Navigator. The purchase came following intensive review of leading plant design and engineering systems, as part of a general expansion of the company's automation resources and impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. move to new facilities early in 1998. Vogt-NEM found Jacobus' support and services to be critical to this process. Vogt-NEM will be running a full pilot project using PlantSpace before the move to its new location. The company then intends to make a full transition to PlantSpace in 1998. The availability of PlantSpace Design Series modules as separately purchased products enables Vogt-NEM to custom-build a system that exactly fits its design team. About Vogt-NEM Vogt-NEM, Inc. is a leading global supplier with 35 years' experience providing heat recovery steam generators for gas turbines. The company supplies HRSG units and turnkey See turnkey system. services to utility and industrial clients as well as independent power producers, gas turbine turbine, rotary engine that uses a continuous stream of fluid (gas or liquid) to turn a shaft that can drive machinery. A water, or hydraulic, turbine is used to drive electric generators in hydroelectric power stations. manufacturers, and engineer/procure/construct firms. Vogt-NEM is a daughter company of NEM BV, The Netherlands, a company jointly owned by L&C Steinmuller GmbH, which specializes in power and process engineering and energy technology, and HCG HCG, hCG human chorionic gonadotropin. HCG abbr. human chorionic gonadotropin Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) Industrieservice bv, part of Hollandsche Beton Groep nv. Formerly known as Henry Vogt Machine Company, Vogt-NEM has manufactured boilers since 1880 and is recognized as a pioneer in heat transfer technology. Vogt-NEM is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky  “Louisville” redirects here. For other uses, see Louisville (disambiguation). , with a production facility in Sapulpa, Oklahoma Sapulpa is a city in Creek County and Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 19,166 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Creek CountyGR6. . About Jacobus, a Bentley Strategic Affiliate Jacobus Technology, Inc., provides software products and services to the AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission and plant operations communities, with concentration on the process and power industries. Maker of the PlantSpace line of object-oriented software, based on JSpace(TM) architecture, Jacobus is regarded as the premier life-cycle solutions provider by plant owners/operators and engineer/procure/construct firms worldwide. The company provides applications for computer-aided plant design and engineering, 3D real-time design review, project management, information management, and global engineering on the Internet and corporate intranets/extranets. Jacobus is a Bentley Strategic Affiliate. Jacobus Technology can be reached -- By telephone at 800-724-8741 or 301-926-0802 -- By FAX at 301-926-2313 -- By email at info@jacobus.com -- On the World Wide Web at http://www.jacobus.com About Bentley and Bentley Strategic Affiliates Bentley Systems Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the "Design, construction and operation of the world's infrastructure". The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) , Incorporated is a worldwide leader in engineering software and user services. Its products are proven at over 70 percent of the largest U.S. engineering firms and are the software foundation of well-known buildings, roadways, machines, and industrial plants around the world. Bentley Strategic Affiliates provide project services and the world's best and most interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. engineering applications to Bentley users. Bentley's Strategic Affiliate program involves an intense technical and business collaboration with, as well as corporate investment in, a select number of focused, luminary developers. More information about Bentley and Bentley Strategic Affiliates is available at http://www.bentley.com . -0- PlantSpace is a registered trademark; and Enterprise Navigator, Integration Tools, and JSpace are trademarks of Jacobus Technology, Inc. MicroStation is a registered trademark and Bentley is a trademark of Bentley Systems, Incorporated. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Cissell Consulting, Huntsville Jackie Cissell, 205/536-2822, jcissell@hiwaay.net |
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