New partnership with Hyperion, a globally experienced Solutions Provider with application expertise in Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Chemicals, Metals and Utilities sectors
Dubai, UAE; September 11, 2007: GE Fanuc Automation, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, has launched the latest Proficy™ Software solutions in the Gulf Region. GE Fanuc Automation has been actively involved with the Control, Safety and Automation of the Oil & Gas, Utilities and manufacturing sector in the Gulf over the last 20 years. With the market transforming rapidly due to the increased inward investment from global companies, and local companies themselves expanding worldwide, the scale and complexity of the enterprise has grown manyfold. Managing the real time production information is key for these enterprises, to maintain competitiveness, to possess the agility to respond to changing scenarios and to meet regulatory and compliance requirements. The globally successful Proficy Software suite brings the proven, open and scalable software technology for such applications in a standard suite that can be configured to the requirements of the Industry or Enterprise, delivering results in the shortest time while improving quality, maximising efficiency and leveraging existing investments.
"Proficy Software encompasses an integrated suite of applications providing execution, logistics, quality, tracking, reporting and visibility throughout all of a company's plant operations on any scale," commented John Pritchard, President - GE Fanuc Automation Solutions Europe. "Companies in the Gulf region are now demanding the sort of consolidated information at CEO level that Proficy can deliver. We are expecting strong demand for this state-of-the-art software, which will help companies to optimise operational performance, gain operational visibility, and maximise uptime and productivity."
"We have also entered into an agreement with Hyperion Systems Engineering to be a local solutions partner," continued Pritchard. "Hyperion will focus in particular on its areas of expertise, in Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Chemicals, Metals and other industries such as Utilities. We are delighted that Hyperion has agreed this joint initiative to expand the sales of our Proficy Software suite into the Gulf Region."
"We at Hyperion are excited to be selected as a solutions provider partner for Proficy software in the region," said Dr. Symeon Kassianides, founder and CEO, Hyperion Systems Engineering. "Headquartered in Cyprus, and well established in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and other key locations around the globe, Hyperion is well placed to gain success with Proficy across a range of industries in the Gulf."
The Proficy family of products includes: Proficy Tracker, Proficy Plant Applications, Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY and iFIX, as well as Proficy Historian, Proficy Change Management and Proficy Real-Time Information Portal. Pharmaceutical manufacture and Food and Beverage production are other examples of industries where tracking and quality assurance are key requirements, and thus will benefit from the introduction of Proficy.
Proficy™ Plant Applications 4.3 was recently awarded the prestigious 'Product of the Year' award from 'Plant Engineering' magazine. Proficy Plant Applications v4.3 focuses on Efficiency, Quality, Production Execution, Genealogy and Batch Analysis to enable visibility across process, discrete and hybrid environments. With Proficy Plant Applications, companies can gain clear insight into their operations to efficiently manage to peak performance. This latest version (4.3) is designed to help users deploy Production Management systems faster and easily expand existing systems to tackle business challenges -- increasing quality, throughput and compliance while decreasing cost, time to value and risk.
About Hyperion Systems Engineering
Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd. provides world-class professional consulting services and custom made solutions to the industry worldwide in the areas of Modeling and Simulation, Operator Training Simulators (OTS), Advanced Process Control (APC), Production Management Systems (PMS/MES), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Project Management Consulting (PMC). Hyperion enables Process Manufacturing companies to increase efficiency and profitability.
With headquarters in Cyprus and operating subsidiaries in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UK, Russia, Greece, India and China, Hyperion has gained international recognition with customers in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and USA. Its global experience list includes work done at some of the world's largest companies such as Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Sabic, Dow, BASF, Linde, Atofina, Texaco, QP, Maersk, Sasol, Statoil and others.
More information can be obtained from the company website www.hyperion.com.cy and www.bronermetals.com
About GE Fanuc Automation
GE Fanuc Automation Corporation, a joint venture between General Electric (NYSE:GE) and FANUC LTD of Japan, delivers automation hardware and software designed to help users reduce costs, increase efficiency and enhance profitability. With solutions and services for virtually every industrial segment, GE Fanuc Automation provides a diverse array of capabilities and products, including controllers, embedded systems, advanced software, motion control, CNCs, operator interfaces, industrial computers, and lasers. Headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, GE Fanuc Automation is a part of GE Enterprise Solutions and combines the diverse global strengths of the GE family with the local presence customers need to design, develop and maintain their automation investments. The company's European headquarters are at GE Fanuc Automation Solutions Europe in Luxembourg.
Contact:
Joseph Davis, GE Fanuc Automation Solutions
GE International Inc.,
1101, City Tower 2, Sheikh Zayed Road
Dubai, UAE
Tel: (+971) 4 3131258 Fax: (+971) 4 3315930
Email: [email protected]
or on our website www.gefanuc.com
Francesco Della Rosa