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Emerson receives Canadian Standards Association certification for Fisher� LCP100 local control panel in safety applications

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:44:13 GMT

FIELDVUE� DVC6000 SIS instrument with LCP100 meets Ex em IIC T4 with IP66 rating

Fisher� LCP100 local control panel, meeting approval for Ex em IIC T4 with IP66 rating. The LCP100 has also been certified by independent safety company Exida as non-interfering to the safety function in a SIL 3 safety loop with a Fisher FIELDVUE� DVC6000 SIS instrument.

ICS Triplex completes its first AADvance order

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:44:28 GMT

Maldon, UK � November 2008, ICS Triplex, a Rockwell Automation Company, has completed and installed its first safety and critical control system to use its latest product, AADvance. Bayer CropScience, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, awarded ICS Triplex with the order for a Process Safety Control System in February 2008, just five months after the product�s launch at Offshore Europe, Aberdeen in September 2007. The new system was installed at Bayer CropScience�s Norwich site in June 2008 and, after successfully completing the final onsite tests, it became fully operational in August 2008.

T�V S�D RAIL Acquires Brunel Railmotive

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:19:13 GMT

T�V S�D Rail GmbH has acquired Brunel Railmotive, the rail competence centre of service provider Brunel GmbH, with effect from 20 August 2008. T�V S�D Rail operates in the business areas of signalling technology, infrastructure, rolling stock and services and is among Germany�s leading companies in the industry.

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms� PACSystems� SafetyNet Achieves Lloyds Register Group Approval For Marine, Offshore and Industrial Use

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:22:18 GMT

Leading Certification Authority Endorses Industry-Leading Functional Safety Platform For Use in Shipboard Applications

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, OCTOBER 14, 2008 GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, today announced that it�s PACSystems� SafetyNet had received approval from the Lloyds Register Group for marine, offshore and industrial use in Lloyd�s environmental categories ENV1, ENV2 and ENV3. With this new approval, PACSystems SafetyNet can now be used in functional safety applications, including fire & gas, emergency shutdown and burner management systems on-board ship applications.

ABB and Saab to collaborate on civil security solutions

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:04:36 GMT

Jointly developed solutions will increase security at municipal and industrial sites

Zurich, Switzerland, October 3, 2008 � ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, and Saab AB announced that they recently signed a letter of intent to collaborate on new solutions for the civil security market and process industries. These solutions will protect critical network infrastructure and data integrity for municipal customers such as utilities, airports, subways, as well as for process industry customers.

ABB�s System 800xA provides foundation for process and electrical integration

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:02:18 GMT

Optimizes power and process efficiency and reliability while reducing lifecycle costs

Wickliffe, Ohio, October 6, 2008 �ABB�s Extended Automation System 800xA serves as the foundation for integrated process and electrical automation; it provides a platform for unified operations to increase productivity and power reliability for process manufacturing customers in all industries. The combination of these systems into one yields significant savings for customers in terms of costs and manpower.

Risknowlogy Creates Functional Safety Handbook For Oil Refinery

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:40:58 GMT

A Lifecycle Functional Safety Handbook For Safety Instrumented Systems

Zug, Switzerland - - 22 October 2008 - - Risknowlogy�, a leading provider of risk, reliability, safety and certification solutions, announced today that they created for an oil refinery a Functional Safety Handbook addressing Safety Instrumented Systems over their full lifecylce.

Risknowlogy Takes On HAZOP Leader Role At Gasification Power Plant

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:56:48 GMT

Four Years Hazards and Risk Analysis

Zug, Switzerland - - 18 September 2008 - - Risknowlogy�, a leading provider of risk, reliability, safety and certification solutions, announced today that they made an agreement with NUON to actively participate as independent HAZOP leader in the hazard and risk analysis currently under taken at their Gasification power plant in Buggenum, The Netherlands.

AADvance wins InTech Innovation in Technology Award 2008

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:00:34 GMT

Maldon, UK � October, 2008, AADvance the latest safety and critical control solution from ICS Triplex, a Rockwell Automation company, won this years InTech award for Innovation in Technology. Allan Rentcome was presented with the award at the ISA Mexico Expocontrol show in June 2008.

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Completes Acquisition of Process Technology Assets From MTL Instruments Group

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:41:47 GMT

Commitment To Process Customers and Solutions Further Enhances Solution Offerings

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, 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.

HONEYWELL�S UPDATED SAFETY MANAGER BALANCES PROCESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM INTEGRATION

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:43:42 GMT

Updated Platform Features Direct Communication Between Controllers to Improve Production, Recover More Easily From Process Upsets and Reduce Costs

PHOENIX, June 17, 2008 � Honeywell (NYSE:HON) has released an updated version of Safety Manager, the company�s safety instrumented system (SIS) platform, that takes a unique approach to balancing the integration of process controls with critical safety systems. The latest version of Safety Manager, integrated with Honeywell�s Experion� Process Knowledge System (PKS), allows safety and process controllers to directly communicate with each other without depending on intermediate interfaces such as PCs, and without compromising operations security or data integrity.

New Triconex program enables users to upgrade to the latest SIS technology while minimising both cost and process downtime

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:32:57 GMT

The Triconex unit of Invensys Process Systems has announced an important new upgrade program designed to allow users of the industry-leading Tricon TMR (triple modular redundant) safety instrumented system (SIS) to upgrade to the latest Triconex technology at minimum cost, minimum risk, and with minimum production downtime. The new Triconex �Advantage Upgrade� program combines significant commercial incentives with a unique Automated Logic Translation service that converts, tests, and validates the existing control logic for re-use in the new hardware modules. Costs are reduced and changes are minimised because the system footprint, chassis format, field wiring, control logic, and documentation are retained. Thus, there�s no need to re-commission field loops or perform time-consuming safety system recertification.

Risknowlogy Presents Paper at HazardEx Events in Doha, Abu Dhabi, Birmingham, Muscat, and Kuwait

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:01:05 GMT

Zug, Switzerland - - 20 December 2006 - - Risknowlogy�, a leading provider of risk, reliability, safety and certification solutions, announced today that it will present a paper at the HazardEx events in Doha Qatar (2x), Abu Dhabi UAE (2x), Birmingham UK, Muscat Oman, and Kuwait. The events take place in 2007 and 2008. The paper to be presented is "Functional safety - Guiding Principles A Practical Approach for End-Users and System Integrators".

Risknowlogy Presents Paper at WSEAS conference in Athens - Greece

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:58:15 GMT

Zug, Switzerland - - 1 July 2006 - - Risknowlogy�, a leading provider of risk, reliability, safety and certification solutions, announced today that it will present a paper at the ISA conference in Athens, Greece on 6 July 2006. The paper is entitled "Functional safety - Guiding Principles A Practical Approach for End-Users and System Integrators".

Risknowlogy Presents Paper at ISA conference in Damman - KSA

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:57:33 GMT

Zug, Switzerland - - 8 December 2006 - - Risknowlogy�, a leading provider of risk, reliability, safety and certification solutions, announced today that it will present a paper at the ISA conference in Damman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 12 December 2006. The paper is entitled "Functional safety - Guiding Principles for End-Users and System Integrators".

Risknowlogy Becomes Swiss Representative for IEC 61508, 61511, and 62061

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:22:29 GMT

Risknowlogy joins IEC and represents Switzerland

Zug, Switzerland - - 28 August 2008 - - Risknowlogy�, a leading provider of risk, reliability, safety and certification solutions, announced today that they joined ElectroSuisse and represent now Switzerland when it comes to functional safety standards like IEC 61508, 61511, and 62061.

Risknowlogy Conducts Certification Course at OMV Refining & Marketing

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:01:43 GMT

Risknowlogy conducts functional safety certification course at OMV Refining & Marketing

Zug, Switzerland - - 15 April 2008 - - Risknowlogy�, a leading provider of risk, reliability, safety and certification solutions, announced today that they made an agreement with OMV Refining & Marketing to conduct the Functional Safety for SIS Professional certification course at their facilities in Schwechat, Austria.

Risknowlogy Conducts Certification Course at SABIC Innovative Plastics

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:40:06 GMT

Risknowlogy conducts functional safety certification course at SABIC Innovative Plastics

Zug, Switzerland - - 14 July 2008 - - Risknowlogy�, a leading provider of risk, reliability, safety and certification solutions, announced today that they made an agreement with SABIC Innovative Plastics to conduct the Functional Safety for SIS Professional certification course at their facilities in Cartagena, Spain.

Flexible safety system from HIMA for increasing system profitability

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:32:04 GMT

HIMA is launching a new type of safety system on the market which sets new standards
in the process industry in terms of performance, safety and availability. In the development
of flexible, intelligent safety platforms HIMA�s special focus was on increasing the availability
and profitability of systems. Offering unique features, HIMax ideally satisfies the global process
industry�s demand for increasing the profitability of safety-related applications.

HIMA receives Award for Product Value Leadership from Frost & Sullivan

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:26:33 GMT

The growth partnership company Frost & Sullivan awarded HIMA with the 2008 Global Safety Solutions Product Value Leadership of the Year Award for its innovative H41q/H51q safety controllers. According to Frost & Sullivan, the family of safety controllers offers higher process availability to the international process industry. This is evidenced by increased flexibility, simple integration and a commendable value-to-cost ratio.