Product category:
Process Control and Monitoring
News Release from: Invensys Foxboro
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 December 2003
50 project orders for Invensys Foxboro
A2
Orders for the Foxboro process control system span a wide range of industries, applications, and regions: since 2003, 57 different project orders have been received
Orders for the new, highly scaleable Foxboro process control system span a wide range of industries, applications, and geographic regions Since introducing its Foxboro A2 automation system early in 2003, Invensys has received 57 different project orders
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 25 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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These represent more than five million dollars in incremental business for Invensys Foxboro Automation Systems unit.
The new Foxboro A2 system complements the well-established Invensys Foxboro-brand I/A Series system platform by providing a more cost- and feature-appropriate solution for smaller or less critical process, batch, or hybrid control applications.
Recent Foxboro A2 system orders have come in from all corners of the globe: North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
Applications include:.
Industrial boiler control.
Central station power generation data acquisition and control.
Gas processing and pipeline monitoring and control.
Food, beverage, and pharmaceutical process control.
Water and wastewater SCADA and control.
Refinery off-sites monitoring and control.
Paper dryer control.
Chemical plant control.
Attesting to the scalability of the new Foxboro automation system, these projects range in value from just USD20,000 to well over USD1,000,000.
"Based on customer feedback, it is clear that when we go head-to-head with our competitors popular hybrid control systems, we are winning orders based on the superior price and functionality of the Foxboro A2 automation system," said Steve Young, vice president of Invensys Foxboro Automation Systems unit.
"Foxboro A2 combines advanced remote I/O with a choice of distributed controllers and our best-in-class Wonderware HMI software to provide an unbeatable solution for many process, batch, and hybrid control applications.
What's more, unlike other systems in this space, Foxboro A2 offers flexible options for both redundant control and communications.
This ensures appropriate levels of availability in an extremely cost-effective manner." Foxboro A2 systems have already been successfully engineered, installed, and commissioned in industrial facilities around the world.
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