“On average, there’s more than 20 ‘Bentley sites’ globally per firm. To manage project information across these distributed enterprises, fully 42 of the ENR Top 50 Design Firms have now adopted Bentley’s ProjectWise collaboration servers. To facilitate technology adoption across growing and increasingly distributed enterprises, Bentley’s innovative Enterprise License Subscription (ELS), introduced in 2004, is becoming the commercial model of choice for participants in the plant vertical.”
Greg Bently
CEO
Bentley Systems, Inc.
Erik Vanderlaan CEO of CEA Systems Inc. and Maurice de Clercq; Director of CEA Systems BV
"CEA Systems Inc. is an innovative plant engineering design & documentation software company enabling process plant owners and EPCs to increase efficiency and profitability. Designed by engineers for engineers, CEA's Plant - 4D is a flexible solution based on open data, object-oriented technology that enables data sharing & interaction between all disciplines. It provides a work process foundation for integration, interoperability, and collaboration across the entire engineering design, construction and plant operation lifecycle. Easy to learn and implement, users can seamlessly view ,share, change, and control design, plant, equipment, process, and operations information regardless of CAD platform or database. For over 20 years, CEA has successfully provided solutions globally to customers in the process and power industries, offering a complete set of integrated products that can be configured to meet individual needs. www.cea-int.com."
Erik Vanderlaan
CEO
CEA Systems Inc.
Tom Van Laan
"Once again we are pleased to co-sponsor DaratechPlant. We find it is the one-stop shop to catch up with customers and prospects, and to take the pulse of the industry. From all indications we've gained at this show, 2008 should be yet one more banner year for the plant design industry in general and for COADE in particular."
An Interview with Martijn Janmaat, President & CEO, BlueCielo ECM Solutions
1. How has globalization affected your customer base and what do you see on the horizon to meet those challenges? Many of our customers are adopting new ways of working to stay ahead in this competitive global market. Outsourcing, insourcing, offshoring...
Put the dynamics of the workforce supply chain to work for you
A healthy and productive workforce is one that has been thoughtfully recruited and properly trained. Understanding the role and relationships of those and other attributes in the overall
workforce supply chain is an essential management
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Overseas Sales Offset Weak U.S. Chemical Market
Third-quarter earnings were mixed for chemical companies listed in the CW100. Strong overseas demand in the quarter offset a weak North American market, chemical firms say. Higher oil, gas, and raw materials costs weighed on margins in the quarter, however...
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Aker Kvaerner lands contract for copper project in Peru Meanwhile, the EPC firm is planning to change its name to Aker Solutions ASA Peru Copper Syndicate has awarded Aker Kvaerner Metals, Inc. (Tuscon, Ariz.; www.akerkvaerner.com) a $11.5-million contract...
Bentley Systems announces first plant applications based on ISO 15926
January 28, 2008 — At a press conference today during DaratechPlant (Houston; January 28–30), Greg Bentley, CEO for Bentley Systems, Inc. announced OpenPlant, the first range of software products for the creation and management of plant infrastructure inherently based on the ISO 15926 data model — an international standard for process plant information....
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Newsfront: CPI Capital Spending Outlook for 2008 & 2009
At the beginning of 2008, it’s clear that global economic growth is slowing. The housing downturn has adversely affected the U.S., and the ensuing credit problems (and tightening) have spread to other nations. A key issue is whether or not the weakness has done enough damage to tip the economy toward recession. The general consensus is that it is likely that the U.S. will avoid a downturn but experience a slowdown with concomitant and tentative sanguine prospects for the broader global economy. Global industrial activity will parallel these trends, although an inventory correction may foster a stronger deceleration of factory activity. This will affect global chemistry demand and as a result, growth will moderate into 2008....
It's a Small World
Managing the chemical supply chain in a global economy requires visibility and collaboration
The globalization of the economy is making the world a smaller place and leading businesses — the chemical process industries (CPI) included...
Honeywell signs main automation contractor agreement with BP
Honeywell (Phoenix, Ariz.; www.honeywell.com/ps) today announced a six-year agreement with BP Exploration to provide Main Automation Contractor (MAC) services at the oil and gas leader s new and...
Fluor wins Marathon Oil's $1.6-billion U.S. refinery upgrade
Fluor Corp. has been selected to provide integrated engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for expansion and upgrade of Marathon Oil Corp. s Detroit, Mich., refinery. The $1.6-billion EPC...
Linde seals exclusive gas contract in China ? The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has secured a long-term contract with Ningbo Wanhua Polyurethane, which is one of the fastest growing chemical companies for the production of...
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