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Safety, Rapid Commissioning, Control System Migration and Mobile Operations Top IPS Ticket at ISA EXPO 2008
Celebration of 100 Years of Foxboro Innovation Continues

Invensys Process Systems (IPS), a global
technology, software and consulting leader, will showcase its full line of
automation and instrumentation solutions at the ISA EXPO 2008, October 14
through 16, in Houston, Texas. The company will demonstrate solutions for
instrument safety, rapid commissioning, control system migration and mobile
computing, as well as continue its celebration of the 100th anniversary of
the Foxboro brand. Additionally, Dr. Peter Martin, IPS Vice President of
Strategic Ventures, will demonstrate the benefits and value of process
automation at an open conference session.
"From the introduction of the first multiple pen temperature recorder in
1909 to the advanced safety, configuration and communications solutions we
are showing at this year's ISA EXPO, IPS has been a leading innovator in
delivering reliable, high-performance automation and instrumentation to the
process industries," said Steve Blair, President of IPS North America. "We
continue to help our clients deliver value to their customers, while adding
more functionality and integration to our offerings, and are pleased to be
showcasing our latest solutions."

Among the solutions that IPS will be demonstrating are new SIL 2 safety and
dual seal certified transmitters; an award-winning Field Device Manager
(FDM) that supports both FDT and EDDL standards; a control system migration
solution that enables replacement of mainstream legacy control systems
without the expense of rewiring and downtime; and wireless connectivity to
control systems via mobile handheld computers.
-- Safety solutions: IPS will unveil its line of newly certified SIL 2
TÜV Rheinland pressure transmitters, which includes HART versions of five
of the most popular Foxboro® transmitters. These transmitters have a
meantime-between-failure (MBTF) rate that exceeds 200 years, more than 50
years higher than the claims of the closest competitor. IPS will also show
its I/A Series® differential, gauge and absolute pressure transmitters
that have achieved Canada's new dual seal certification. Attendees can see
these at Sensors Fair Booth 2106 or contact patrick.prunty@ips.invensys.com
to arrange a meeting.
-- Rapid commissioning: IPS controls experts will demonstrate the award-
winning Foxboro Field Device Manager (FDM), which can reduce commissioning
time by as much as 40 percent. The FDM software is the only device
available that supports both the Field Device Toolkit (FDT) and Electronic
Device Description Language (EDDL) standards. IPS is demonstrating these
solutions at the FDT Technology Booth 1222 and EDDL Booth 1122, as well as
its own Booth 1234, located in the ISA Bus Station Pavilion. Contact
garry.cusick@ips.invensys.com for an appointment.
-- Control system migration: Also at the ISA Bus Station Pavilion is the
unique IPS Plug-in Migration solution, which dramatically reduces cost of
control system migration by eliminating the need for rewiring and
minimizing downtime significantly. This is because IPS builds its control
system I/O functionality into convenient form-fit, one-for-one replacements
for the I/O boards of other mainstream control systems such as the TDC
2000, TDC 3000, Taylor MOD300, Bailey Infi 90 and Network 90, PROVOX, Moore
APAC and WDPF controls. Attendees can see a migration cabinet at Booth 1234
or contact garry.cusick@ips.invensys.com to set up an appointment.
-- Mobile operations: Building on the company's recently announced
partnership with Motorola; IPS Global Consulting specialists will
demonstrate a mobile operator solution that can pass field device data
wirelessly to a control system using a Motorola Handheld computer within a
Wonderware IntelaTrac® enterprise software environment. Attendees can see
a demonstration by visiting the IPS Bus Station Pavilion Booth 1234 or
contacting hesh.kagan@ips.invensys.com for an appointment. Also, on October
15 at 10 a.m. in room 206, IPS Managing Consultant Hesh Kagan will present
as part of the Wireless Standards Landscape panel.
100 years of Innovation
IPS will continue its celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the
Foxboro brand, with an exhibit of instrumentation dating from 1908. Foxboro
instrumentation and control systems are now part of the IPS portfolio,
which also includes Triconex® critical safety systems, SimSci-Esscor®
simulation software, and Avantis® operations management software.
Historical instruments will be exhibited at IPS Sensors Fair Booth 2106 in
the instrument pavilion.
ISA will also honor two former IPS employees for their contributions to
process automation. F. Greg Shinskey will receive a "Life Achievement
Award" and Harold L. Wade will receive the "Donald P. Eckman Education
Award."
Also Dr. Peter Martin, who figures significantly in recent IPS innovation,
will present a paper, The Benefits and Value of Process Automation, on
Wednesday, October 15, at 2 p.m., in Conference Room 2008 of the Reliant
Center.
IPS will have representatives at booths 1234, 2106, 1222 and 1122. For more
information contact: gary.cusick@ips.invensys.com.
About IPS (Invensys Process Systems)
Invensys Process Systems (IPS), headquartered in Plano, Texas, is a global
technology, software and consulting firm leading significant change in
process manufacturing, plant optimization, business operations and
enterprise performance. IPS clients are some of the world's most important
industrial organizations -- companies that operate large oil refineries;
plants that process chemicals, gas, LNG, power, pharmaceutical and
minerals; and pulp and paper mills. IPS solutions, used at over 50,000
locations across the globe, include field devices and controls from Foxboro
and Triconex, advanced applications from SimSci-Esscor, operations
management from Avantis, and the world's first truly open enterprise
control system, InFusion(TM).
The company's nearly 7,000 employees integrate these capabilities to create
solutions that impact and increase efficiency, boost productivity, and
accelerate performance. These results help industrial companies run safer,
operate more efficiently, and extract useful knowledge from their
operations to make faster, better decisions. To learn more about IPS visit
www.ips.invensys.com.
The Invensys Group (www.invensys.com) is headquartered in London and is
listed on the London Stock Exchange
(ISYS.L), with approximately 25,000 employees working in 60 countries.
Invensys, Avantis, Foxboro, SimSci-Esscor, Triconex, InFusion, IntelaTrac,
I/A Series, Wonderware and the IPS logo are trademarks of Invensys plc, its
subsidiaries or affiliates.
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