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News Release from: ABB Automation Tech (Instrumentation + Automation)
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 March 2007
ABB joins Intergraph SmartPlant alliance
programme
The latest ABB and Intergraph agreement assures engineering, procurement and construction organisations and owner operators on-going joint integration support
ABB has joined the Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise alliance programme The alliance extends integration capabilities from initial control system design to plant handover for engineering, procurement and construction and owner operators using the ABB Extended Automation System 800xA and SmartPlant Enterprise suite
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 17 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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This assures on-going support for the life cycles of their plants and assets.
The enhanced relationship will bring integration benefits for users of the IndustrialIT enabled Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise suite and ABB System 800xA including: initial configuration of the control system; updates to the control system during design changes; documentation of control system configuration; consistent as-built documentation during plant handover; and improved decision making during critical maintenance and operations events.
"The increased integration of two of the industry's most widely used systems resulting from this alliance will provide even more ways to improve overall engineering efficiency and productivity for our customers," said ABB group vice president Mark Taft: "This alliance exemplifies the on-going ABB strategy to complement System 800xA through the integration of best-in-class products and capabilities to reduce life cycle costs of our customer automation investments and provide them with the tools and technologies they need to get the most value out of that investment".
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Patrick Holcomb, executive vice president, Intergraph Process, Power and Marine, added: "ABB is the third and largest distributed control system supplier to join the SmartPlant alliance programme.
The addition of ABB to the alliance programme underscores the widespread acceptance of SmartPlant Enterprise and its open, integrated platform to extend value across the engineering enterprise".
ABB System 800xA extends the scope of traditional control systems to include all automation functions in a single operations and engineering environment so that plants and mills can run smarter and better at substantial cost savings.
This engineering environment manages one set of consistent data, for single-point entry, single-point change and re-use across the plant.
Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise is a comprehensive product suite offering increasing value from IT to improve project execution, handover and plant operational efficiency.
SmartPlant Enterprise includes the following components: 3D Modelling and Visualisation; Information Management, Engineering and Schematics; Materials Management and Project Controls and the SmartPlant alliance programme.
From concept and design through operations, maintenance and decommissioning, Intergraph enables electronic management of all of the plant engineering information, integrating information on the physical asset, processes, and regulatory and safety imperatives.
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