L’actualité sécurité couvre la sécurité fonctionnelle, les systèmes instrumentés de sécurité (SIS), CEI 61508, CEI 61511, ISA 84, ATEX, HAZOP
June 16, 2010
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Process Safety System Market Will Rebound in 2011 Boston, Massachusetts, USA – June 16th, 2010
by ARC Web in Supply Chain Management.
Safety System market growth, which has been tempered by the world economic downturn, especially in the developed economies in North America and Western Europe, is expected to rebound next year according to a new ARC Advisory Group study.
June 15, 2010
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Invensys Operations Management wins second long-term contract with China Nuclear Power Engineering Co. Singapore – June 15, 2010
Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the manufacturing and infrastructure operations industries, has signed a second long-term agreement with China Nuclear Power Engineering Co. (CNPE) to provide safety and distributed control systems and solutions for two 650MW pressurised water reactor units under construction on Hainan Island on the southern tip of China.
May 27, 2010
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Pilz Upgrades Waste Water Treatment Plant Canton, Michigan, USA – May 27, 2010
Glastechnik Holger Kramp GmbH based out of Stockelsdorf, Germany needs to improve the operational and environmental safety of its water treatment facility where waste water from grinding, drilling and similar machining functions is cleaned and made available again to the production process.
[…]The process of design started with a systematic analysis by Glastechnik Holger Kramp along with Pilz application engineers, to determine what requirements would be needed to improve the safety and reliability for both the human operators and to prevent possible environmental contamination.
May 4, 2010
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Yara Brunsbüttel GmbH Protects Brunsbüttel Factory with HIMA ESD system Brühl, Germany – May 4, 2010
Yara Brunsbüttel GmbH, a Yara International ASA company specialising in the production of ammonia and urea for the fertiliser industry, has installed the HIMax safety controller from HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG as part of its emergency shutdown (ESD) system for the Brunsbüttel factory''s desulfurisation system.
Yokogawa Receives Control Systems Contract for Coal Fired Power Plant in Vietnam Tokyo, Japan - August 4, 2009
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary Yokogawa Engineering Asia Pte. Ltd. has received a contract from LILAMA Corporation to supply control systems and instrumentation for the Vung Ang 1 power plant, which is being built for the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam).
July 30, 2009
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Westinghouse Announces Acquisition of CS Innovations, LLC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie, USA – July 30, 2009
Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC has acquired CS Innovations, LLC, a leading Instrumentation and Control (I&C) nuclear product supplier to the digital I&C safety system upgrade market. The transaction is expected to be completed within August 2009.
June 25, 2009
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Honeywell Agrees to Acquire Gas Measurement and Control Leader RMG Regel + Messtechnik Brusells, Belgium – June 25, 2009
Honeywell has signed a definitive agreement valued at approximately $400 million USD to acquire the RMG GROUP (RMG Regel + Messtechnik GmbH and all of its subsidiaries, together RMG) a Kassel, Germany-based global leader in natural gas measuring and control products, services and integrated solutions.
June 23, 2009
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ABB’s System 800xA High Integrity now operating on StatoilHydro’s Troll A platform Oslo, Norway – June 23, 2009
ABB announced today that the latest version of its System 800xA High Integrity safety system (SIL 3 rated) is now operating on StatoilHydro’s massive Troll A offshore gas production platform. The system went live earlier this month, on June 5, and will control emergency shut down applications on the platform, located 70 km off the coast of Norway.
June 2, 2009
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Invensys Joins Intergraph SmartPlant Alliance PLANO, Texas, USA – June 02, 2009
Invensys Process Systems (IPS), a global technology, software and consulting firm, has joined Intergraph''s SmartPlant® Alliance, integrating its software with Intergraph''s SmartPlant Enterprise engineering solutions to enable highly automated project execution and improve the transfer of data from engineering, procurement and construction companies (EPCs) to plant owner operators.
May 24, 2009
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Schneider Electric and Krohne present new pipeline management solutions at Gastech Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, is set to unveil new and innovative pipeline management solutions at Gastech 2009 in Abu Dhabi, the 24th international conference and exhibition for the LNG, LPG and natural gas industries, running from 25 to 28 May.
May 18, 2009
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Intrinsically Safe I/O Subsystem from Invensys and Pepperl+Fuchs Plano, Texas, USA – MAY 18, 2009
Invensys Process Systems (IPS), a global technology, software and consulting firm, has teamed with Pepperl+Fuchs, a leading supplier of intrinsic safety solutions for the process industries, to offer seamless integration of the Pepperl+Fuchs intrinsically safe I/O interface product lines with IPS’ I/A Series® distributed control system technology.
May 11, 2009
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PLCopen Safe Software – New Chairman and new activities Gorinchem, The Netherlands – May 11, 2009
At the previous meeting of the PLCopen Technical Committee for Safe Software (TC5), Mr. Erich Janoschek from TÜV Rheinland in Cologne, Germany, was elected as the new chairman of this committee.
May 6, 2009
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Emerson wins contract with Golar LNG to automate floating storage and regasification unit Austin, Texas, USA – May 6, 2009
Emerson Process Management announced today it 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.
March 30, 2009
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Byres Research and Exida merge Sellersville, PA – March 31, 2009
exida, a certification and research firm specializing in safety and high availability automation systems, announced today it has merged with Byres Research, Inc., a leader in critical infrastructure security, to form the world’s first company offering functional safety and security certification and consultation.
March 26, 2009
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Emerson to digitally automate EDF CCGT units in UK, France Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA – March 26, 2009
Emerson Process Management announced today that it has been awarded the contract by energy company EDF to automate six new Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) units with PlantWeb® digital plant architecture. The new installations located in West Burton in the UK, and the towns of Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson and Martigues in France, will enable EDF to satisfy future energy supply requirements and meet its climate commitment.
March 20, 2009
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Wurldtech & exida announce global partnership to expand cyber security certification Vancouver, BC, Canada – March 20, 2009
Wurldtech Security Technologies, a leading provider of industrial cyber security testing and certification solutions and exida, a global supplier of functional safety products, services, and certifications, today announced that the two companies have entered into a strategic partnership.
March 18, 2009
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Honeywell Solutions To Help Drive Optimal Performance And Safety At New Salalah, Oman – March 18, 2009
Honeywell today announced that it has been awarded a contract to install its UniSim® Operations Suite simulation solution at the Salalah Methanol Company (SMC) facility in the Salalah Free Zone in Oman.
January 20, 2009
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Yokogawa Receives Control Systems Contract for Australia''s Largest Gas-fired Power Station Tokyo, Japan – January 20, 2009
Torrens Island Power Station, in Adelaide, South Australia
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its Yokogawa Australia subsidiary has been awarded the contract to replace the control and instrumentation systems at Section B of the Torrens Island Power Station, which is owned by AGL Energy Limited (AGL). The contract is estimated to be worth A$28 million.
December 18, 2008
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Emerson acquires Bay-Tec Engineering Austin, Texas, USA – December 18, 2008
Emerson today announced that it has acquired Bay-Tec Engineering of Napa, California. Bay-Tec becomes part of Emerson Process Management, expanding Emerson''s capabilities for providing technical and management services for the consultation, design, engineering and implementation of process automation systems for the life sciences, refining, and other industries. Terms of the deal were not announced.
December 18, 2008
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Emerson's safety technologies to be used in tank overspill protection systems for BP Oil Austin, Texas, USA – December 18, 2008
Emerson Process Management has won a contract to install its DeltaV™ SIS safety instrumented system at fuel storage and distribution sites operated by BP Oil across the UK. BP Oil selected DeltaV SIS following an evaluation of the available technologies by Trident Engineering Consultants based in Glasgow. The first system will be delivered to BP''s oil terminal at Hemel Hempstead, followed by further sites around the UK.
November 19, 2008
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AADvance Safety and Critical Control System from ICS Triplex Selected for Subsea Compression Pilot Project Nashville, Tennessee, USA – November 19, 2008
ICS Triplex, a Rockwell Automation company, has received an order to implement its AADvance safety and critical control system for Aker Solutions as part of a subsea compression pilot project at the Ormen Lange gas field located off the coast of Norway. The AADvance system will provide anti-surge and safety control for the subsea compression units, which are required since all production stations at the Ormen Lange field are located approximately half a mile below sea level. The order comes within six months of the system’s launch at Offshore Europe 2007 in Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
November 18, 2008
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Rockwell Automation charts course for process automation growth Nashville, Tennessee, USA – November 18, 2008
Rockwell Automation today announced its roadmap for process automation that includes bringing together its end-to-end suite with a new name – Rockwell Automation PlantPAx systems and solutions. PlantPAx systems and solutions are based on the significant investments the company has made in process automation.
Green Hills Software and 3S-Smart Software Solutions Partner to Deliver IEC 61131-3 Programming Capability to Platform for Industrial Safety ISA EXPO 2008, Houston, Texas – October 14, 2008
Green Hills Software, Inc., the technology leader in device software optimization (DSO) and real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with 3S-Smart Software Solutions, makers of CoDeSys, the leading IEC 61131-3 programming system for creating controller applications. 3S will integrate CoDeSys SP, the run-time environment for CoDeSys applications, with the Green Hills Platform for Industrial Safety.
July 10, 2008
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Down acquires Rohm and Haas for $18.8 billion Dow (NYSE: DOW) and Rohm and Haas (NYSE: ROH) today announced a definitive agreement, under which Dow will acquire all outstanding shares of Rohm and Haas common stock for $78 per share in cash. The acquisition of Rohm and Haas will make Dow the world’s leading specialty chemicals and advanced materials company.
May 22, 2008
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GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Completes Acquisition of Process Technology Assets From MTL Instruments Group Charlottesville, Virginia, USA – May 22, 2008
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of assets of the MTL Open System Technologies (MOST) product lines including the MTL8000 general purpose I/O, intrinsically safe I/O, SafetyNet system, and process control technologies.
January 3, 2008
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Hima-Sella to upgrade major Norwegian gas treatment plant Stockport, UK – January 3rd, 2008
Hima-Sella has been awarded a £6m contract to renew some of the major safety equipment at the Kårstø gas plant in southern Norway. The contract is awarded by StatoilHydro on behalf of operator, Gassco. StatoilHydro is assisted by MW Kellogg as the EPCA contractor on the project, as it has been on three previous expansions at this facility.
December 19, 2007
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Cooper announces tender offer for MTL Instruments Group plc Houston, Texas, USA – December 19, 2007
Cooper Industries, Ltd. today announced that its subsidiary, Cooper Controls (U.K.) Limited, made a binding offer for all outstanding shares of MTL Instruments Group plc (“MTL”), a publicly traded company based in the United Kingdom.
December 12, 2007
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Yokogawa receives control systems contract for thermal power plant from Flinders Power in Australia Tokyo, Japan – December 12, 2007
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its Yokogawa Australia Pty. Ltd. subsidiary has received a contract for a control systems replacement project at the Northern Power Station, which is owned by Flinders Power Pty. Ltd. This Adelaide-based power utility provides over 40% of South Australia's electricity supply. The contract is estimated to be worth approximately A$26 million.
November 12, 2007
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MTL acquires RTK Instruments Hampton, New Hampshire, USA – November 12, 2007
The MTL Instruments Group plc (MTL) announced that it has acquired a 90[%] stake in RTK, experts in the design and manufacture of process alarm equipment, displays and interface products.
October 30, 2007
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Honeywell - Experion to Streamline Supply Chain and Enable Production Efficiency at Puguang Gas Field Phoenix, Arizona, USA – October 30, 2007
Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced an agreement with China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) to automate and control operations at China’s largest gas field. Honeywell will supply its Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) R300 software, along with SCADA technology to streamline and manage the control data at the Puguang Gas Field in Sichuan Province.
August 22, 2007
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Yokogawa Receives Package Order to Supply Control Systems for Petrochemical Complex in Singapore Tokyo, Japan – August 22, 2007
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its Yokogawa System Center
Europe and Yokogawa Engineering Asia subsidiaries have received a package
order from Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd (SEPL) to supply control
systems for the Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex (SEPC) in Singapore.
August 1, 2007
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Emerson to digitally automate China's largest integrated refining/petrochemical facility Austin, Texas, USA – August 1, 2007
Company to install its PlantWeb® architecture at $3.5 billion project in Fujian Province.
Emerson Process Management, an Emerson business (NYSE:EMR), today announced that the company has been selected to digitally automate the Fujian Refining and Ethylene Joint Venture Project in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China. It is the largest integrated refining and petrochemicals project ever undertaken in China. Project startup is expected by 2009.
July 29, 2007
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Tyco wins contract renewal at ChevronTexaco Pembroke refinery July 29th, 2007
An agreement between Tyco Valves & Controls and Chevron Texaco to manage the performance of pressure relief valves at ChevronTexaco’s Pembrokeshire oil refinery has improved valve reliability on site, increased the intervals between valve servicing by two-thirds, and produced cost savings on plant availability and production.
July 24, 2007
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Emerson selected as main instrumentation provider for automation of Lucite International chemical plant in Singapore Austin, Texas, USA – July 24, 2007
Lucite International and Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), today announced that Emerson has been selected as the main instrumentation vendor for Lucite's methyl methacrylate (MMA) plant in Singapore, which is currently under construction and is scheduled to begin operation in 2008. MMA is a chemical used in consumer products including plastics, paints and adhesives.
Rockwell Automation Acquires ICS Triplex Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – Jul 02, 2007
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE:ROK) announced today that it has acquired Industrial Control Services Group Limited which does business as ICS Triplex. As first announced on May 25, 2007, the deal is valued at GBP 110 million (British pounds) in cash. The process of delivering cash to ICS shareholders will continue through August, 2007.
May 24, 2007
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Rockwell Automation to acquire ICS Triplex, a leading process control safety solutions provider Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – May 24, 2007
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) announced today that it has reached an agreement by which it will acquire Industrial Control Services Group Limited ("ICS") for £110 million (British pounds) in cash. ICS trades and does business as ICS Triplex, a leading global supplier of critical control and safety solutions to process industries. With 40 years of experience, ICS Triplex develops, delivers and maintains advanced products and solutions for high availability, fault-tolerant applications in process industry segments worldwide.
May 24, 2007
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The MTL Instruments Group plc acquires Elpro International Hampton, New Hampshire, USA – May 24, 2007
The MTL Instruments Group plc has acquired all the shares in Elpro International Pty Ltd., an Australian-based developer and supplier of wireless solutions, from the Queensland Development Fund and Directors of Elpro.
May 14, 2007
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HIMA – Safety specialist establishes a subsidiary in Italy Brühl, Germany – 14, May 2007
In April 2007 HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG established its own subsidiary, HIMA Italia S. r. l. The Italian market is a significant international platform for the company. Logitec Automazione S. r. l. has been actively representing HIMA in the southern European country since 1987, and there it has achieved the position of market leader in the area of safety-related controllers, an area which will now be further expanded.
Honeywell to install production control center at Norsk Hydro to improve operational efficiency Brussels, Belgium – Dec. 06, 2006 Honeywell today announced it has won a contract with leading oil and gas company Norsk Hydro to supply Honeywell’s Production Control Center (PCC) to their central onshore support centre that remotely monitors its production in the North Sea. The order also includes offshore installation on the Njord platform.
December 5, 2006
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Honeywell wins two successive projects at National Grid Grain LNG Ltd. LONDON, UK, 05th December, 2006
Honeywell (NYSE:HON) announced today that it will provide National Grid Grain LNG Ltd with automation solutions for increasing efficiency and production outputs as well as enhancing performance. The two projects are valued at a collective $2.8 million with Grain LNG, a subsidiary of National Grid plc.
November 30, 2006
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Yokogawa announces cooperative efforts with Dräger Safety Tokyo, Japan - November 29, 2006
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced today that it had entered into negotiations with Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA in Germany for future business collaboration.
The collaboration between the two companies includes the development of the world's first FOUNDATION fieldbus™ Fire and Gas Alarm System.
October 31, 2006
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Hima – New joint venture in China Brühl, Germany – 31, October 2006
HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG has founded a new joint venture in China. The products and services offered by HIMA (Shanghai) Safety Systems Co. Ltd. include the sales and delivery of complete safety-related automation solutions for the process industry. The provided local services include project management, hardware and software engineering, training as well as setup, testing and acceptance procedures for the automation systems.
Honeywell First to Earn SIL3 Certification for Safety Management Platform Honeywell announced today that its newest safety management system, Safety Manager®, is the first safety instrumented system (SIS) to earn certification from TUV Rhineland for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 applications. This Honeywell system, which received this certification on March 4, 2005, is also the first certified system to be installed and in use in industrial facilities.
March 9, 2004
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Mike Shearman re-elected chairman of the European ExNBG Mike Shearman, General Manager of Sira’s Safety Compliance business, has been re-elected Chairman of the European ATEX Notified Bodies Group (ExNBG) for a further two-year term.
ICS Triplex Acquires ISaGRAF ICS Triplex of the UK has acquired the assets and technology of open automation software company AlterSys.
December 30, 2002
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Sarlux Gasification project in Sardinia Following the completion of the Sarlux Gasification plant in Sardinia, Italy, Beth McCracken, acting Automation Team Group Leader for Texaco Syngas Inc. (TSI), a subsidiary of ChevronTexaco Corporation, was asked to share her experience of the safety system implementation which was supplied by TSI. This interview provides a brief account of how the safety system implementation project was conducted, as well as a view on the benefits of this particular safety system technology.
