2014 Users Conference
The 2014 Users Conference & Exhibition brought together end users with supplier managers, engineers, and technicians for networking, exchanging ideas, and learning about new Yokogawa solutions.
The 2014 Users Conference & Exhibition brought together end users with supplier managers, engineers, and technicians for networking, exchanging ideas, and learning about new Yokogawa solutions.
Yokogawa Corporation of America Completes its
11th Users Conference and Exhibition
Yokogawa Corporation of America recently concluded its 2014 Users Conference and Exhibition – North America, held Sept 9-11 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Houston, TX. Approximately 500 professionals registered, a 40% increase from the 2012 conference in New Orleans, for the 2½ day event. Users gathered to share their experiences of utilizing Yokogawa products, platforms and solutions and to visit the exhibition, featuring Yokogawa and Yokogawa partners and suppliers. The agenda included daily keynotes, Yokogawa system and product updates, user-based technical sessions including presentations and panel sessions, and four training workshops on specific ISA standards. The exhibition included a complete portfolio of Yokogawa VigilantPlant Solutions and Services, Measurement and Control Solutions and Advanced Analytical Solutions augmented by 18 key partner suppliers.
"The Yokogawa Conference and Exhibition – North America is vital for Yokogawa because it provides a means to present Yokogawa's direction in industrial automation as well as gather feedback from our users for our products and services so that we can improve our ability to exceed their expectations," said Bruce Jensen, General Manager, Technical Solutions Support Center for VigilantPlant Solutions and Services. "Our users see it as a way to learn about complementary solutions and what's new to come in the near future as well as to network with each other and share common interests. They provide invaluable feedback for product enhancements that will satisfy their business needs and help in prioritizing those improvements for the U.S. market."
A reception held Monday evening welcomed the participants. Yokogawa used POKEN as a digital business card and briefcase to enhance users' networking experiences. POKEN allows for the easy collection and exchange of information with a simple touch of the device. POKEN provided for the exchange of contact details including photo and social media links, access to digital brochures and program proceedings, and the means to store all conference materials and contacts online to view and download them at any time via the web or mobile devices.
The conference began Tuesday September 9 during the General Session, with the agenda and welcome from Bruce Jensen of Yokogawa and conference chair. Simon Lam, retired Shell executive and CEO, provided the lead-off keynote address describing precisely what users need from their suppliers. He described several essential requirements, including a reliable DCS platform, but sitting on this platform, software packages that can make the whole IA system a power tool to achieve short and long-term financial objectives.
"The user must be able to use IA tools to reduce costs of maintenance through increased reliability; enhance safety with intelligent alarm management that ensures operational integrity; and use simulation software to further optimize production with tools we can use day-to-day that can also aid training. Users want to enhance training and retraining of operators by using more dynamic simulations."
Attendees heard from Satoru Kurosu, Director, Executive Vice President, Solution Service Business Headquarters and President and CEO, Yokogawa Electric Japan International, Pte, Ltd. on Yokogawa's commitment to customers to deliver sustainable solutions that provide for sustainable growth. Kurosu addressed Simon Lam's point of Yokogawa as a global solutions and services company that understands its customers' business concerns.
Chet Mroz, Yokogawa Corporation of America President and CEO, followed with Yokogawa Corporation of America's direction in North America focusing on upstream and downstream oil and gas industry.
The session culminated with the presentation of Yokogawa's technology award, given to a person and company who provided product input in a previous user group conference that lead to a significant product release. The 2014 technology award was presented to Riley Parker of Shell Exploration and Production for his enhancement requirement of an interface for consolidated alarm management necessary for reports and 3rd party clients, which was achieved by the Exaopc R3.72 release.
Following a break, the attendees heard product updates from DCS/SIS systems, advanced analytical, advanced software solutions, and SCADA. These sessions were repeated on Wednesday so users could attend at least two of the four sessions.
Presentations continued after lunch on subjects of project execution, enterprise solutions, experiences in DCS upgrades, operations improvement, and process control and training from users as well as prominent industry experts.
The users then held a User Only session, whereby they discussed Yokogawa performance toward user requests from previous user group meetings as well as prioritizing new items.
Yokogawa held a press release to announce the global alliance with Dell. The provision of Dell PCs is intended to enable Yokogawa to offer high-quality system solutions with reduced maintenance costs by providing models that will remain available for around twice as long as equivalent commercial off-the-shelf products. It is a global provision of selected rack mount and desktop models, pre-configured and shipped directly to Yokogawa customers.
The evening was capped with Yokogawa's hospitality event at TABLE restaurant as a customer appreciation. Live music was provided by FMRadio, an acoustic trio.
Wednesday, September 10 featured a technology keynote by Mike Philips of McLaren Technologies on application of racing technology in pioneering use of electronics and communications to support real-time decision-making from the reams of big data it monitors.
Mark Peters, Penwell - publisher of Oil & Gas Financial Journal, presented the industry keynote on the "Hydrocarbon Processing Industry in a Changed Global Environment" and the impact of shale gas on the oil and gas industry as it permeates the value chain from petrochemicals to specialty chemicals.
Paul Studebaker, editor in chief of Control Magazine, a Yokogawa Platinum sponsor and publisher of Yokogawa's show daily, paid tribute to Dave Emerson (on the left in the picture), who earlier was inducted into Control's 2014 Process Automation Hall of Fame. Emerson currently serves as director of Yokogawa's U.S. Development Center and was congratulated for his contributions to the automation industry. Dave joins Dr. Maurice Wilkins (2011 inductee), and Dr. Yakuta Wakasa (2010 inductee) into the illustrious industry fellowship.
Wednesday afternoon featured break-out sessions on topics of simulation applications, network and communications, wireless applications, SIS and lifecycle management, intelligent device management, and virtualization by users and industry experts.
Following the break-out sessions, attendees participated in panel sessions to ask experts questions on the topics of where humans fit in tomorrow's control room, network and communications, wireless technology in process applications, and value proposition for EPCs, and a workshop on CENTUM license management. After the panel sessions, the exhibition area was open to participants to meet Yokogawa experts and discuss these topics as well as other topics on Yokogawa solutions with drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Attendees also participated in a scavenger hunt, which encouraged networking and communication with partners and suppliers. Clues were provided to lead them through the exhibition and interact with the exhibitors. At the end of the hunt, winners were rewarded with various prizes.
The exhibition was open during the breaks and throughout the event to allow users an opportunity to discuss their automation situations with experts and see the latest products from Yokogawa and their solution partners. Kiosks featured liquid and gas analytical, flow and pressure transmitters on a process skid featuring ISA100.11a wireless and 900 mHz I/O radio technologies, DTSX fiber temperature measurement, Y-Compressor compressor control solution, Net Oil flow solution using RotaMASS with a unique gas void fraction calculation, controllers and data acquisition, advanced analytical featuring gas chromatography and laser spectroscopy and analytical services, power analyzers, meters and oscilloscopes, service featuring remote diagnostics, endpoint security upgrades, and evolution planning and training featuring web-based training capabilities.
An innovation area featured remote operation and monitoring with Class I Div II tablets, augmented reality with Google Glass, corrosion monitoring, a new smart configurable I/O cabinet mock-up, and a personal operator decision center/console pod.
The console pod, depicted in the picture at the right, was a big novelty hit with attendees. It is an ergonomic console offering many features designed to keep the operator rested and focused, including three strategically positioned 24-inch monitors, wireless keyboard and mouse, cup holder and integral head, wrist and footrests. This personal control console offered a futuristic vision that is available today for operators and managers who need or want to be surrounded by information. The unit included powered tilting capabilities for the chair and monitors, integrated audio system, and LED lighting that enable the user to experience unprecedented comfort and quasi total immersion.
Production excellence for safety, financial, environmental, and security improvement featured a live CENTUM VP integrated with the ISA100.11a wireless, Exaquantum Historian, Modular Procedural Automation, FAST/TOOLS SCADA, and consolidated alarm management.
Asset excellence for predictive and sustainable maintenance featured the maintainability solution of Fieldmate, the availability solution represented by PRM and the predictability solutions provided by InsightSuitesAE. The safety excellence solutions for SP84 Lifecycle compliance for independent and integrated safety systems featured ProSafe-RS as well as the integrated safety instrumented system that included partial stroke testing for interval valve testing executed through PRM PST function to a HART valve through ProSafe-RS integrated to CENTUM VP's HIS HMI station.
A motor operated sit-stand operator console consisting of six large 30" monitors and one 60" monitor, provided by Winsted, featured several advanced software solutions including Terminal Automation System, Operator Training Simulator (OTS), Advanced Decision Support trilogy of advanced operator graphics, Modular Procedural Automation (MPA) and alarm management reporting, Analyzer Management and Data Acquisition and InsightSuitesAE Asset Predictability.
Yokogawa subject matter experts were readily identifiable with their bright yellow shirts as well as being highlighted in a pillar of experts display.
Wednesday evening culminated in a networking event at Lucky Strike in Downtown Houston. Attendees competed for points and prizes in friendly games of bowling and poker.
Thursday, September 11opened with a third set of keynotes featuring Walt Boyes- industry pundit, former editor of Control magazine, current principle of Spitzer and Boyes and editor in chief of Automation Insider- on "Automation and Control in the Plant of the Future" and the rapid convergence of changes to come, the current changes, and the disruptions they will produce.
Steve Anderson, Integrated Leadership Systems, followed with "Creating a Culture of Safety through Effective Leadership" and the importance of soft skills to successfully ensure safety in the workplace.
The final break-out sessions included presentations on energy optimization, security and communications, innovations in data management, alarm and safety management, and a workshop on field device management.
The conference concluded with a lunch and presentations of awards. The best presentation of the user sessions was awarded to Kevin Kelly of Solvay for his presentation on CENTUM CS 3000 R3 to CENTUM VP R5 upgrade at the Green River, WY Trona mining facility.
The winners of the Poken networking contest included 1st Place - Tom Craig, Feedforward, 2nd place - Allen Harper, Chevron Phillips, and 3rd place - Chris Thi, Drilling Specialties.
Prizes were also awarded for the Wednesday Exhibition Scavenger Hunt to 1st Place - Allen Harper, Chevron Phillips, 2nd Place – Audrey Currette, Chevron Phillips, 3rd Place tie to Randy Shinn, Shintech, Mathew Deslatte, Shell E&P, Ryan Raiford, Shell and David Mattes, Asguard Networks.
An introduction of the new steering committee members elected in the Users Only session for 2014-2016 included: Roy Corbett, Chevron - Chairman, Riley Parker, Shell E&P - Vice Chair, Lenny Pousson, CFI Donaldsonville - reelected, Prithwijit Ghoshal, Koch Nitrogen, Jason Nicholson, Vanderbilt Chemical, and Matt Leighty, CFI.
Thursday also included a student day in which approximately 30 students in the Houston area universities toured the exhibition and learned about automation. Yokogawa awarded 5 scholarships presented by Chet Mroz to Sarah Rai, University of Houston, Ali Siddique, University of Houston, Chukwudi Omire, University of Houston, Monica Rexach, DeVry University, and Dilioha Igbo, University of Houston. The scholarship recipients wrote winning essays that described their future career goals and explained how the scholarship would help attain them.
Plans are now underway for the next Users Conference and Exhibition, tentatively designated for the fall of 2016 with details to be announced as soon as location and dates are finalized.
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The standards-based tutorials will be held prior to the conference on Monday, September 8, 2014 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Houston, TX. There is no charge for attending the tutorials, but advanced registration is required.
Monday, September 8th
1:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Session 1: Industrial Automation and Control Systems Security, ISA 99/62443
Instructor: Graham Speake
Abstract: Industrial security is a matter of paramount national security as well as a matter of safe, reliable and uninterrupted manufacturing production. Recent very public attacks, such as Stuxnet, Shamoon and Flame, have revealed that directed and undirected attacks can disrupt production, damage equipment, and cause significant real costs in operations. Industrial control system networks are being replaced with commercial-off-the-shelf Ethernet-TCP/IP technology and, as a result, they now have many of the same vulnerabilities that have plagued enterprise networks. The result has been a significant increase in plant disruptions and shut-downs. Directed attacks against manufacturing facilities are expected to grow in number and sophistication, so a coordinated defense in depth strategy is required to protect manufacturing assets and networks. This tutorial will cover the best practice models, methods, and organization defined in the ISA 99 / IEC 62443 standards for industrial automation and control system security.
Session 2: Automating Manual Procedures in Continuous Process Applications Using the Concepts of ISA-106
Instructor: Dave Emerson & Bill Wray
Abstract: Reducing the variation in how procedures are executed by using automation has been shown to improve operational efficiency in many continuous process applications. A committee sponsored by ISA is developing a procedure automation standard for continuous process operations (ISA-106) and have recently released a technical report that outlines current practices in automating manual procedures. This workshop provides an overview of the developing standard including expected benefits, key concepts, and models. Additionally, several examples will be presented on how automated procedures have been applied in continuous process applications.
Automating Manual Procedures in Continuous Process Applications 
3:15 pm- 5:00pm
Session 3: Secure & Reliable Communication of Information Using OPC UA
Instructor: Paul Hunkar
Abstract: OPC Classic provided a useful manner of communicating data between applications, allowing the integration of data from multiple systems. OPC UA has extended this basic capability to allow for the exchange of information, not just data. Furthermore, it allows this information exchange to occur over a secure, reliable communication. The tutorial will include an overview of OPC UA robust communication, security and information modeling. It will also include demonstrations and examples of the key technology.
Security
Session 4: Enterprise Control System Integration - Practical Applications of ISA95
Instructor: Dennis Brandl
Abstract: This tutorial provides practical applications of the ISA 95 standard in specifying manufacturing operations management systems and integration of these systems to other production systems and business (ERP) systems. The session will cover the advantages of the ISA 95 standard, the most important models of ISA 95, and practical applicability of the ISA 95 models for end users, consultants and engineers. It will provide examples of real implementations and the value received from the implementations. The tutorial will include descriptions of typical application structures with integrated MWA, MOM, DCS, and PLC systems.
Tuesday September 9th
8:40 – 9:20 am Simon Lam
Title: Current Industry Challenges & Expectations of an Automation Partner
Description: The industrial automation landscape continues to change at an increasingly rapid pace along with process industry market changes. Mr. Lam, a senior executive in the chemical industry, gave his perspective of these ongoing trends with an overview on the changes that are occurring around industrial automation in the process industries and why it is important to partner with a capable automation supplier to continue to be competitive in the future.
Bio:
Simon Lam Chung Kai was the chief executive of CSPCL, a multibillion dollar petrochemical joint venture between CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Company) and Shell until his retirement from Shell in 2007.
In 2008, Simon rejoined Shell as Venture Director of Shell Eastern Petrochemical Complex (SEPC), the largest Shell investment in petrochemicals manufacturing in Singapore. The project included a world class ethylene cracker complex, one of world's largest MEG plant, and modification of existing refinery assets. On completion of SEPC, Simon retired (a second time) from Shell in May 2010.
Post retirement, he has sat as an Independent Director on numerous Corp such as Royal Vopak (NL), Hertel Engineering (NL), SinoChem International (China) and Energy Market Authority of Singapore.
In March 2012, he was brought into Jurong Aromatics as the Interim CEO. Jurong Aromatics is a USD 2.4 billion investment in Singapore producing a range of oil and petrochemical products. As CEO, he was responsible for restructuring the organization, setting up management systems and putting the company on the right track towards project completion. Completed mid-2014, he turned over the role of CEO and was appointed Advisor to the Chairman of the Board.
Simon's career with Shell includes a variety of positions starting as a Refinery Process Engineer for the Pulau Bukom Refinery; a Process Design Engineer in the Netherlands; a Senior Analyst for Long-term Planning & Appraisal; General Manager of Consultancy Services of Shell Global Solutions International; Manufacturing Director and then Chairman of Shell Companies in Singapore.
Simon was born in Singapore, received his degree in Engineering from Adelaide University, Australia, and is a Chartered Engineer.
Wednesday September 10th
8:40 – 9:20 am Mike Phillips
Title: From F1 to Healthcare – the story of McLaren Applied Technologies
Description: McLaren is a successful Formula 1 team and now a world class sports car manufacturer. What is less known is that McLaren has a fast growing technology business that is active in a diverse range of industries from energy to consumers goods to health. This unlikely story was brought to life through some example projects and plans for the future.
Bio:
A mechanical engineer with a focus on new business development, Mike has built an international career focused around technology and commercial ventures.
After graduating in London, he worked in vehicle development with both Ricardo and Cosworth in the UK, and progressed to leading projects and business development for clients in Europe, US and South Korea. This subsequently led to Mike taking a role at McLaren to head up their advanced composites division with a mission to develop carbon fiber chassis technology for McLaren's forthcoming road cars.
McLaren Applied Technologies (MAT) was established in 2005 with Mike as Managing Director to bring together a world-class team with skills ranging from human telemetry, advanced design, data analytics and simulation, in order to deliver step-changes in performance for global brands, and technology-based industries. Phillips recently moved to the US to establish McLaren's first offshore business to bring electronic systems and software to the North American motorsport, automotive and transport sectors before returning the UK to rejoin MAT. His focus is now on building new business in the field of accelerated product development with active projects in aviation, oil exploration, consumer goods and automotive sectors.
9:20 – 10:00 am Mark Peters, PennWell Corporation
Title: Energy Market Outlook
Description: Mark Peters gave an overview of oil prices for the last ten years, coupled with trends that will impact prices over the next ten years. In addition, he looked at construction activity in the global hydrocarbon processing industry with particular emphasis on the changes being caused by the shale oil and gas activity in the United States.
Bio:
Mark F. Peters is Vice President of PennWell Publishing and Publisher of Offshore and the Oil & Gas Financial Journal. In addition to these magazines he is also responsible for organizing the following conferences and exhibitions: Subsea Tieback; Petroleum Network Education Conference; Oil & Gas Pipeline; Deepwater Operations and Topsides, Platforms and Hulls. He has over 30 years of industry-related experience having been a publisher of a refining, petrochemical, and gas processing publication, and a midstream publication in addition to his current duties. He is a frequent speaker addressing oil, gas, refining and offshore issues and trends at seminars, conferences and users groups. His extensive travel schedule includes attendance at major upstream, midstream and downstream meetings around the world. He holds a BA degree in psychology from Brown University.
Thursday September 11th
8:40 – 9:15 am Walt Boyes, Spitzer and Boyes LLC
Title: Automation and Control in the Plant of the Future
Description: The next five to ten years will bring huge changes to process manufacturing and automation. These will include changes in demographics, social interaction, sensors, analysis and control technology, work practices and preferences, and the way plants are controlled. Walt reviewed these trends and outline what he envisioned for the plant of the future.
Bio: Walt Boyes has more than 25 years of experience in sales, sales management, marketing, and product development in the automation industry, including Executive Committee experience in three companies, and board of directors service in both for-profit and not-for-profit companies. Walt was a member of the Board of Directors of Cypress Envirosystems, and continues to maintain an advisory relationship with the company.
9:15 – 10:00 am Steve Anderson, Integrated Leadership Systems, LLC
Title: Creating a Culture of Safety through Effective Leadership
Description: Accidents cost companies all over America millions of dollars per year. Therefore, safety should be a top priority for any company. One accident can cost lives and damage a business in many ways. In this speech, Dr. Anderson shared the lessons he has learned from consulting with construction and energy businesses for over ten years. He shared the secrets of creating a culture of openness and trust that leads to discussions of "near misses" which will reduce the likelihood of accidents occurring at plants.
Bio:
Dr. Anderson received his Bachelor of Science in agriculture from Ohio State University in 1980. From 1980 until 1994, he held several management positions in the agriculture and retail industries. During this time, he obtained his Masters in Business Administration from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. In 1999 he obtained a Ph.D. in psychology at Ohio State University. Dr. Anderson worked in retail management for his family's business, The Andersons, for ten years.
Since 2001, Dr. Anderson has run his company, Integrated Leadership Systems, which does leadership training, executive coaching and consulting and employs four consultants, as well as an operations director. ILS is based in Columbus, OH and provides services for hundreds of companies all over North America. ILS has done consulting for many nationally recognized companies including Honda, Nationwide, Husky Energy, Ohio State University, Ohio Health, Elmer's Products, Kokosing Construction and Worthington Industries. Dr. Anderson is the author of four books about leadership.
PLATINUM SPONSORS
Phoenix Contact, Booth 8
Phoenix Contact develops and manufactures industrial electrical and electronic products that power, protect, connect and automate systems and equipment for a wide range of industries. This includes customized field termination modules and cables that interface directly with Yokogawa's CENTUM and ProSafe controls platforms, making installation safe, quick and easy by minimizing wiring and potential for wiring errors. Headquartered in Middletown, PA, Phoenix Contact USA is one of over 50 international subsidiaries operated by Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, in Blomberg, Germany.
Website: www.phoenixcontact.com
Email: info@phoenixcon.com
800-322-3225
Control, Booth 29
Control is the voice of the end user in process automation. The Control brand is an integrated content delivery system that serves relevant content to the global end user audience in all the ways they choose to receive it: print magazine, print supplements, website, e-zines, blogs, RSS feeds, webcasts, podcasts, and live events.
Website: www.controlglobal.com
Email: klarson@putman.net
630-467-1300
Automation.com, Booth 27
For industrial automation professionals seeking thought leadership, analysis, resources and training to assist in making better informed decisions, Automation.com offers timely, relevant and organized content. Our published content is both original and collected from a variety of industry sources. All content is reviewed by our staff of experienced automation industry professionals, to ensure only the most valuable, useful information makes it to your browser and inbox. The website, topic-specific e-newsletters and NEW digital magazine feature articles, news, products, supplier and system integrator directories, job center, white papers, application stories and events. The website attracts 115,000+ unique visitors each month.
Website: www.automation.com
GOLD Sponsors
Offshore Engineer, Booth 30
AtComedia is a Houston-based, global media company focused on the oil and gas industry. Our portfolio of products includes magazines, directories, conferences, exhibitions, websites, and eNewsletters.
Since 1975, Offshore Engineer has been a recognized authority in energy news, technology and analysis for the global offshore oil and gas industry. Published monthly, OE reaches a BPA qualified audience consisting of executive and senior managers within operations management, engineering management and geology/geophysics function at the following company types: Oil/Gas producers, Contractors, Sub Contractors and Consultants. Follow the most current news on the companion site OEDigital.com
Website: www.oedigital.com
Website: www.aogdigital.com
Website: www.oilonline.com
713-529-1616
Cisco, Booth 1
Cisco is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. With more than 25 years of experience in industrial networking, Cisco is well positioned to help customers optimize operations while protecting their investments in remote or hazardous sites.
To learn more, visit http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/energy/external_oil.html
DELL, Booth 6
For more than 15 years, Dell OEM Solutions has helped customers in several key vertical markets accelerate time to market with their intellectual property (IP) with customizable Tier-1 OEM technologies developed by our dedicated team of experts. With our holistic approach to designing, developing and delivering Dell-powered technologies, Dell OEM Solutions offers a full range of global capabilities and branding services to help bring your OEM products to market—from design to lifecycle management and everything in between.
Website: www.dell.com/OEM
SILVER Sponsors
Pepperl+Fuchs, Booth 2
Pepperl+Fuchs is the undisputed market leader in intrinsically safe explosion protection products and solutions for hazardous area applications. Our Foundation Fieldbus FieldConnex products and Interface solutions are preferred on projects worldwide. With the most comprehensive range of industrial automation products available today, Pepperl+Fuchs continues to work closely with Yokogawa to offer a wide variety of custom solutions for Yokogawa Control Systems and Safety Systems and provide professional service, support, and unmatched performance – whatever your application might be.
Website: www.pepperl-fuchs.us
Email: sales@us.pepperl-fuchs.com
330-425-3555
MTL Instruments, Booth 19
MTL Instruments designs and manufactures equipment to monitor, control and protect many of the world's most critical processes. MTL's expertise in Intrinsic Safety, Industrial Networking, Surge Protection, Operator displays, HMI's, Gas Analyzers and Alarm Management is well recognized for hazardous area applications.
Website: www.mtl-inst.com
281-571-8065
EXHIBITORS
Belden, Booth 4
For more than 110 years, customers have counted on Belden for unsurpassed performance and durability of its signal transmission solutions. Belden sells a comprehensive portfolio of networking and connectivity products under the Belden brand name and under Belden brands: GarrettCom, Hirschmann, Lumberg Automation, Tofino Security, Grass Valley and PPC. Hirschmann, a Belden Brand, manufactures Ethernet switches, wireless access points, firewall/VPN routers and network management software for harsh industrial environments. Hirschmann stands for experience and expertise in the automation industry, having pioneered the development of Ethernet as a common standard for industrial control systems. Hirschmann products ensure hassle-free and secure data communication under the harshest conditions due to their ruggedized design and construction.
Website: www.belden.com
855-400-9071
Control Station, Booth 15
Control Station specializes in PID-based monitoring and corrective tools that enhance the performance of existing PLC/DCS assets. Our solutions provide corporate and plant personnel with visibility into plant-wide performance in terms of mechanical, process, and controller tuning related issues which directly impact efficiency and throughput along with tools to quickly and consistently correct those controller tuning issues for optimal production and financial gain. The company's products are highly innovative and award-winning, and they have been licensed to leading process manufacturers both around the world and across the process industries.
Website: www.controlstation.com
Email: Sales@controlstation.com
860-872-2920
eSimulation, Booth 9
At its core, eSimulation is a modeling and optimization company.
We provide highly specialized modeling and optimization solutions that are structured to meet the specific requirements of mid-stream planning, forecasting and optimization applications. Most importantly, we deliver our powerful modeling and optimization solutions at a price point that is viable for midstream businesses to deploy.
The midstream industry has made significant investments in accounting, measurement, SCADA, DCS, and historian technologies that can be, but seldom are, leveraged for advanced analytical analysis. eSimulation specializes in leveraging these technology investments into higher value applications that answer the questions.
Website: www.esimulation.com
Email: moreinfo@esimulation.com
281-385-9384
FDT Group, Booth 17
The FDT Group AISBL is an international non-profit corporation consisting of over 90 leading worldwide companies active in process and factory automation. The major purpose of the FDT Group is to provide an open and non proprietary interface for the integration of field devices with engineering, automation and asset management systems. In this environment, end users, manufacturers, universities, and research organizations are working together to develop the technology; to provide development tools, support, and training; to coordinate field trials and demonstrations; and to enable product interoperability.
Website: www.fdtgroup.org
Website: www.fdt2.org
Email: info@fdtgroup.org
Flowserve, Booth 7
Flowserve is one of the world's leading providers of fluid motion and control products and services. Our Flow Control Operations produce valves, actuators, steam systems and associated flow control equipment designed to move even the most volatile fluids safely and securely. Flowserve products and services provide reliable solutions to customers worldwide in a vast range of industries including oil and gas, chemical, pharmaceutical, power generation, water, and various other general industries. We also provide life cycle management services and a full range of training and engineering solutions.
Website: www.flowserve.com
Email: rtozzi@flowserve.com
281-671-2856
Metso, Booth 3
Metso is a leading process performance provider, with customers in the mining, construction, and oil & gas industries. Our focus is on the continuous development of intelligent solutions that improve sustainability and profitability. Metso's shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. Metso employs around 16,000 professionals in 50 countries. Expect results.
Website: www.metso.com
Moore Industries, Booth 16
Based in North Hills, CA, Moore Industries is a world leader in the design and manufacture of rail, panel and field instruments for industrial process control and monitoring, system integration and factory automation. The company has direct sales offices in the United States and additional strategic worldwide locations in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom. The company serves industries including chemical; petrochemical; power generation and transmission; petroleum extraction, refining and transport; pulp and paper; food; beverage; mining; metal refining; pharmaceuticals; biotechnology; industrial machinery and equipment; water and wastewater; and environmental and pollution monitoring.
Website: www.miinet.com
Email: info@miinet.com
1-800-999-2900 (US and Canada) or +1-818-894-7111 (worldwide)
Parker, Booth 18
The PGI Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation is a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of innovative and diverse products for the natural gas industry. PGI provides a complete measurement package which includes instrument valves and manifolds, oilfield valve fittings & wellhead components, as well as remote power supplies, thermowells and gas & liquid sampling systems. PGI offers quality products that enable the highest degree of measurement accuracy, lowest emissions, and provide optimal functionality.
Website: www.pgiint.com
Email: pgi_sales@parker.com
713-466-0056
Soteica Visual Mesa (SVM), Booth 11
Soteica Visual Mesa (SVM), located in Houston, Buenos Aires and Barcelona and formed in 2012 when Soteica merged with Visual MESA, is a leading provider of software technology to the refining/petrochemical industry. Soteica, founded in 1984, is a leading provider of production accounting solutions and refinery scheduling and blending optimization solutions. MESA Company, formed in 1982 from work at DuPont and Visual MESA commercialized in 1997 from work at Chevron, became the leading utility energy, real-time optimizer technology, with more than 70 implementations worldwide. In December 2013, Yokogawa invested in SVM to accelerate the joint development of Energy Management Systems.
Website: www.svmesa.com
Send emails via the website's contact page
281-829-3322
Spectrex, Booth 13
Spectrex is a first tier manufacturer of World Class Fire and Open Path Gas Detectors. The 40/40 Series is the latest generation of flame detectors designed to provide the greatest protection even in the harshest environments. The 10 distinctive models are tested and certified to world performance standards in several countries. Our 900 Series OPGD provides improved line of site HC gas detection with detection up to 200 meters. In the future, the 950 & 960 will be released to monitor for H2S, Ammonia and other Aromatic gases. These designs allow ease of installation, calibration as well as superior performance.
Website: www.spectrex.net
Email: jay@spectrex.net
Houston office: 832-321-5229
Corporate office: 800-452-2107
VEGA, Booth 14
For over 60 years, VEGA Americas, Inc. (formerly Ohmart/VEGA Corporation) has provided industry-leading products for the measurement of level, density, weight, and pressure. The company's enduring mission is "to deliver innovation measurement solutions worldwide." A global corporation located in Cincinnati, Ohio, combines manufacturing, distribution, and service for products that represent the most sophisticated process measurement technologies anywhere in the world.
Website: www.vega-americas.com
Email: americas@vega.com
800 FOR LEVEL (367.5383)
Weidmuller, Booth 12
We support partners around the world with products, solutions and services in the industrial environment of power, signal and data. We are at home in your industries and markets and know the technological challenges of tomorrow. We are continuously developing innovative, sustainable and useful solutions. We aim to be a partner that can be relied on and trusted. We design cutting-edge technologies and implement them so precisely that they are sustainable, meeting the needs of the market now and in the future. We want our services to delight our partners and we want to continually create exclusive solutions.
Website: www.weidmuller.com
Email: info@weidmuller.com
800-849-9343
Winsted, Booth 5
Winsted is a worldwide leader in control room console solutions. We create attractive, ergonomic consoles that work with your operators to improve comfort and optimize efficiency. We offer stock, customized and custom consoles suitable for any application. Whether you are building a state-of-the-art control room from the ground up, or simply need to upgrade your operations, Winsted can provide the ideal solution. Our experts combine the disciplines of industrial design, ergonomics and interior design to create solutions that are both efficient and eye-catching. We give special consideration to the ergonomic requirements of your operators to build consoles that reduce fatigue, improve productivity and inspire.
Website: www.winsted.com
Email: info@winsted.com
800-447-2257
Rimback Publishing, Booth 28