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Steel Producer Adopts GE's SmartSignal for PM
After a successful predictive analytics initiative, Gerdau,
a Brazilian steel manufacturer, announced a large-scale
rollout of GE's software and services across 11 of its
steel plants in Brazil. The producer of long steel will use GE's SmartSignal,
historians, services, and remote monitoring for more than 600 assets.
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October 2016 * Volume 29, No. 10
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