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INDUSTRY NEWS FULL COVERAGE MA NEWSLETTER TO SUBSCRIBE GO TO OF EVENTS AND ANALYSIS WWW.MANAGINGAUTOMATION.COM managingautomation.com Alliances, Executive Appointments, Mergers & Acquisitions, Products news For the maonline in perspective BY STEPHANIE NEIL Record APPOINTMENTS At One-Year Mark, Wonderware President Focuses on Empowering Plant Operators t has been a year since Sudipta BhattaIt was in pursuit of that goal that Bhattacharya stepped into the role of president charya persuaded Invensys executives to acat Wonderware, a business unit of Invenquire SAT Corp., a maker of mobile workforce sys plc. He has had big shoes to fill as the systems that is now a part of Wonderware. Insuccessor to Mike Bradley, who was known in deed, the SAT acquisition in August was a bit of the industry as the man who successfully repoa coming-out party for Bhattacharya, who sitioned Wonderware from a pure HMI player admitted that he wanted to show something to a company with a full suite of tangible to the market that would operations management software. reveal the direction in which he But Bhattacharya is already well planned to take the company. on his way toward building his At the Wonderworld user conown legacy at the company. Using ference in Las Vegas last month, the foundation created by about 900 attendees got a glimpse Bradley, Bhattacharya is adding into what the SAT acquisition technology and partnerships that really means. At the show, the will bring power to the people on company unveiled its Wonderthe plant floor. ware IntelaTrac software, a “The gap today in the industry mobile decision support system Sudipta is that we don’t empower the prothat can push out operational proBhattacharya duction worker,” Bhattacharya cedures to workers in the field told Managing Automation in his first media inwho use handhelds, smartphones, PDAs, or terview since his appointment as president last rugged handheld computers. The contextualNovember. “We need to enable the first-line ized information is offered in real time and can operator to take action. Give a person the trigger workflows for the operator. tools to make the right decision and you can Eventually, this mobile interface will also drive the next step-change in efficiency.” serve up what Bhattacharya calls “bite-size Checkpoint named Prasad Putta president of its OATSystems division. Emerson Process Management tapped Steven A. Sonnenberg as corporate executive vice president and president of Emerson Process Management. Also, John A. Berra moved up from president to chairman. Pilgrim Software, Inc. appointed Jin Han vice president of services & support. 3D design software provider SpaceClaim named Chris Randles president and CEO. I CONTRACTS ABB won two orders worth $18 million to expand production for Swedish steelmaker SSAB Tunnplat. Rubbermaid Commercial Products commissioned HK Systems, Inc. to automate material handling in its Winchester, VA, warehouse. The Jotun Group, a manufacturer of paints, coatings, and powder coatings, signed a global agreement worth SKr 100 million for IFS software, maintenance, support, and consulting services in 40 production facilities. Black & Decker, the power tools maker, Continued on page 15 Oil & Gas Industr y Powers Up WSNs Global oil and gas spending on wireless sensor network (WSN) systems is expected to hit $1 billion by 2012, increasing from $100 million in 2007, according to ON World. WSNs provide secure, reliable two-way wireless communications, enabling automation and control solutions that are not feasible with wired systems to aid in production, operational efficiency, safety, and asset management, according to ON World. Among the factors that will fuel the increases are the emergence of commercial wireless sensor products from automation vendors, the ratification of the WirelessHART standard, and the anticipated approval of the ISA100.11a wireless standard by the end of 2008. With the continuing high cost and scarcity of oil and gas supplies and strict regulations at refineries and petrochemical plants, oil and gas companies will be eager to invest in WSN solutions for pipeline process, safety, air quality, and environmental uses, the research company said. NUMBERS GLOBAL OIL & GAS WSN SYSTEMS REVENUE $1,200 million $1,000 million $800 million $600 million $400 million $200 million 0 Source: ON World Inc. BY THE 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 ma 10 2008 November http://www.managingautomation.com http://www.managingautomation.com

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