McLean, VA. . . .Manufacturing technology suppliers reacted with cautious optimism over reports that Ford posted the first sales gain in two years and that U.S. manufacturing activity slowed less than expected in July. But that’s not to say that tough times are over for the manufacturing industry.
BURLINGTON, Mass.—Aspen Technology, Inc. (OTC: AZPN.PK) today announced that the use of aspenONE software helped DuPont win Aberdeen Group’s Manufacturing Excellence Achievement Award for Operational Excellence in the Process Industries. DuPont was selected from more than 200 leading companies for demonstrating top performance in critical operational metrics.
OneSteel and Reliabilityweb.com Study Highlights Nine Areas for Improvement
OneSteel and Reliabilityweb.com have been conducting a comparative benchmarking study in 8 Critical areas for effective asset management. Several interesting trends have emerged that indicate some companies will be much better prepared to gain significant competitive business advantage when demand increases.
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ROANOKE, Va. and SELLERSVILLE, Pa.,—Meridium, the leader in asset performance management (APM) software and consulting solutions, and exida, a certification and research company specializing in safety and high availability automation systems, announced today the integration of exida’s exSILentia SILver calculation engine and the Safety Equipment Reliability Handbook database into Meridium APM software’s new Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) Management module.
A Honeywell website designed to help manufacturers get the most out of their plant by maximising their equipment offers real-life strategies to improve efficiency.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz—RSC Equipment Rental announced today the launch of an updated used equipment sales web site, accessed at www.RSCrental.com/usedequipment
HOUSTON - daratechPLANT, the world’s leading plant asset lifecycle management event, announced today that it will be changing its name to “The DIGITAL PLANT Conference”, and also changing its tagline to “The Plant Asset Lifecycle Event”.
The vast amount of diagnostic information available today about the condition of critical production assets - information that can be of real value to decision makers -- can be confusing and even overwhelming. However, when information from hundreds or even thousands of separate sources is consolidated and organized on a single platform, a more complete picture of the health and operation of critical assets, or an entire process, emerges.
The network of SKF Solution Factories around the world is growing, as of today SKF Solution Factories have been opened in Tianjin and Shanghai (China), Gothenburg (Sweden), Torino (Italy) and Sao Paolo (Brazil). The plan is to establish some 15 of these factories in 2009, serving customers on every continent.
Charleston, SC. - Global reliability and operations solutions provider, GPAllied, announced today that it welcomes Erich H. Scheller to their organization.
British Energy demonstrates safe, competent control and robust management of their nuclear infrastructure through independent PAS 55 assessment provided by Lloyd’s Register EMEA.
AUSTIN, TEXAS: Emerson Process Management has won a contract from Golar LNG to supply PlantWeb digital automation architecture for basic process control and safety systems on the Golar Freeze, a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) vessel.
by Mark Brunner, Reliability and Systems Superintendant-Wire, OneSteel Rod Bar and Wire, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
OneSteel is a fully integrated, global manufacturer and distributor of steel and finished steel products, self-sufficient in both iron ore and scrap metal, with revenues in excess of $6 billion Australian dollars. They have major manufacturing facilities across Australia as well facilities in New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific and the USA.
IPS will deliver Triconex safety and critical controls and Avantis asset management technology for this significant upgrade and modernization project, which supports Petrobras’ strategic plans for growth and industry leadership. IPS will also supply a range of engineering, systems integration and consulting services to help Petrobras meet its goals.
La eficiencia energética será en un futuro muy cercano uno de los aspectos que las empresas prestaran gran atención, estudios efectuados en Japón y que refieren al Total Productive Maintenance
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Asset Management: An Explanation
What is asset management?
There are varied points of view, no doubt. So let's get a generally acceptable perspective from two reliable sources: