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Industrial IT Enabled products set the standard for productivity and ensure compliance with System 800xA?s automation and information architecture. Industrial IT Enabled certification verifies plug and produce integration of value added 3rd party software and hardware with Extended Automation System 800xA. In addition to Intergraph SmartPlant Instrumentation, certified integrations for SAP, IFS and MRO maintenance systems, Meriam Technologies device management system, and others also enhance System 800xA?s comprehensive plant management capabilities.

Intergraph and ABB have collaborated on a number of solutions that deliver engineering efficiency to the automation marketplace, including the current System 800xA Process Engineering Tool Integration for SmartPlant Instrumentation. The existing, currently available, interface is based on ABB's web-service technology. It enables automated 800xA configuration based on SmartPlant Instrumentation content, dynamic context-based access to design documentation from within 800xA, and bi-directional exchange of information between SmartPlant Instrumentation and 800xA, thereby streamlining the project lifecycle. This interface provides EPCs and owner operators with further engineering efficiencies and ongoing operational savings throughout the entire plant lifecycle.

"This agreement continues the ongoing working relationship that we have enjoyed with Intergraph; together we have delivered best in class engineering solutions to our mutual customers in a variety of industries," said Bob Hausler, vice president Industrial IT Systems Marketing, ABB Inc. "SmartPlant and 800xA integration allows our customers to increase their overall efficiency and reduce the risk of errors, as it reduces engineering work iterations, eliminates rekeying of configuration data, and helps improve quality and reliability."

Zur Bar, vice president, Business Development, Intergraph Process Power & Marine, said, "ABB?s leading automation control system and technology brings significant value to this agreement. The ABB and Intergraph joint effort to provide an integrated supply chain aims for improving data quality and addressing key business and productivity needs by integration between the Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise and ABB System 800xA. Furthermore, the cooperative marketing and distribution agreement provides ABB's clientele the option of single point access to Intergraph's leading technologies."

SmartPlant Instrumentation (ppm.intergraph.com/smartplant/instrumentation/) is comprehensive, lifecycle software for instrumentation systems engineering, design and maintenance. It provides 10 standard, integrated modules for instrument indexes, calibration and maintenance, specifications, process data, calculation, wiring, loop drawings, hook-ups and commissioning, plus two separately purchasable add-ons: Dimensional Data for Piping and Telecommunication. Automatically-generated, CAD-free loop diagrams enable personnel to review, modify or create schematics for use in routine operations or design tasks. SmartPlant Instrumentation is part of a full engineering enterprise solution suite, the SmartPlant Enterprise, which manages engineering information critical to physical plant assets and integrates engineering with other enterprise business and operational systems.

ABB?s System 800xA extends the scope of traditional control systems to include all automation functions in a single operations and engineering environment so that plants/mills can run smarter and better at substantial cost savings. Its reach extends well beyond the realm of essential process control to production management, safety, smart instrumentation, smart drives and motor control, information management, asset optimization, simulation, and documentation. System 800xA?s unique engineering environment manages one set of consistent data, for single-point entry, single-point change, and re-use across the plant. System 800xA Extended Automation has been chosen by Control Engineering magazine to receive an Editors? Choice Award as one of the best products introduced in 2004.

ABB?s award winning suite of integrated Industrial IT solutions addresses the challenges facing automation customers in today?s global marketplace. Industrial IT provides seamless navigation, information integration and improved control throughout the whole process for exceptional productivity improvements for automation customers. ABB?s product strategy is for evolution through enhancement to protect customer investment.

ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 103,000 people.

Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ: INGR) is the leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software. Security organizations, businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on the company?s spatial technology and services to make better and faster operational decisions. Intergraph?s customers organize vast amounts of complex data into understandable visual representations, creating intelligent maps, managing assets, building and operating better plants and ships and protecting critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com.