Product category:
Process Control and Monitoring
News Release from: Eurotherm | Subject: EurothermSuiteT
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 August 2003
Global preferred supplier agreement for
Pilkington
Pilkington will now standardise internationally wherever possible on "hot end" control solutions based on the EurothermSuiteT family of distributed control and information systems and instrumentation
Pilkington, one of the world's largest manufacturers of glass and glazing products for the building and automotive markets, has signed a world-wide 'Preferred Supplier' agreement with Eurotherm Limited The glass manufacturer will now standardise internationally wherever possible on "hot end" control solutions based on the EurothermSuiteT family of distributed control and information systems, with its associated instrumentation
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 21 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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This significant international agreement will be applicable to all of the float glass manufacturing plants that Pilkington operates globally.
The agreement comes as the result of a long and successful working relationship between the two companies which goes back over several years.
Pilkington float glass plants, which produce high-quality clear, tinted and coated glass for buildings, and vehicles, need to operate non-stop for up to 15 years.
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The float process has been licensed to more than 40 manufacturers in 30 countries, while Pilkington itself operates 25 float plants and has interests in nine more operated by partners or associates.
The EurothermSuite offering now features what is claimed to be the most comprehensive set of control solutions available in a package from a single source.
It includes process controllers and indicators, data recorders and data acquisition systems, and complete process automation systems.
Such systems are now designed to function within open networked environments, providing integration with management systems via industry standard technologies.
All are supported by a wide range of configuration and diagnostic tools, and a portfolio of life-cycle support service options.
Martyn Bevan, Eurotherm Process Automation Sales Manager, commenting on the Pilkington agreement, said: "For many years now Eurotherm have been supplying process control and monitoring systems to the world's glass manufacturers, and have built up a global reputation for meeting the diverse control requirements of the industry.
We have delivered a large number of systems controlling Float Glass, Blown Container/Product, Glass Fibre, Crystal and Ribbon/Tubing lines, providing cost effective solutions for both the "Hot" and "Cold" ends of the manufacturing process, including batch, furnace, distributor, forehearth, mandrel, Lehr, annealing, bushings and utilities plant areas.
Over time, our international working relationship with Pilkington has proved to be technically reliable, extremely productive, and cost-effective, facts which have now been recognised formally by their choice of us as a global supplier".
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