Meeting Planners Turning to Non-Traditional Venues in 2007 to Host Business Conferences, Events

Portland, Maine – February 27, 2007 – In terms of “what's new” regarding business meetings in 2007, look to non-traditional venues that make the most of participants’ down time, advises Steve Robertson, Chief Technical Officer at Eventective, the Internet’s most comprehensive and popular meeting and event space search engine.

More and more business meeting organizers are researching special interest or non-traditional venues such as resorts, campgrounds, ranches, inns, country clubs, estate mansions, museums and stadiums as alternatives to booking traditional full-service conference centers to host their business meetings.

The reason, Robertson said, is that meeting organizers are recognizing the “unique value” that “non-traditional” venues can bring to a sales meeting, business conference, or team-building get-away.

“Smaller, specialty venues can offer a much fuller range of off-time team building and/or recreational activities for attendees – ranging from BBQs to horse trail riding to golfing. Not only do the participants benefit from a wider range of available activities, but the organizer – often tasked with finding ‘something new’ each year for an annual event – can shine with a new twist on an old routine. It’s all about creating a new and unique experience for the attendees,” he said.

“Non-traditional venues often pull out the stops in terms of service. Organizers appreciate the high levels of creativity, flexibility, and even the personal touch that a smaller or specialty facility goes to lengths to offer.

Specialty venues also exhibit equal enthusiasm to compete on the cost front – and generally can offer lower overall costs than traditional venues,” he said.

A fourth reason is simply a greater availability of choice – the result of the marketplace dynamics of a continuing, steady increase in the supply or availability of such venues, which Robertson has witnessed over the past several years at Eventective.

At the start of 2007, Eventective’s database featured a record-setting 87,000venues, 298,000 meeting spaces, and 28,000 related service providers throughout the U.S. Most are non-traditional venues, he said.

“More and more non-traditional venues are getting into the conference business as means to round out their own seasonality in their off-season. They’ve got the accommodations and catering resources in-house, or have partnered with someone to provide them. They’re adding larger meeting and breakout rooms with the required high tech internet and wireless connections,” he said.

Robertson said the trend, which has been growing in strength, will get even hotter as 2007 progresses. “Conference and meeting planners will benefit from a greater choice among a more diverse selection in venues. The venues, of course, benefit from the potential new business,” Robertson said. “The result is win/win for meeting organizers and event hosts.”

About Eventective
Eventective (http://www.eventective.com), headquartered in Portland, Maine, is the Web’s most comprehensive meeting and event space search engine. With more than 25,000 visitors a day, Eventective is also one of the most popular venue search resources on the Internet. For professional event planners, business meeting organizers, and individuals planning weddings and parties, the portal’s listings feature more than 87,000 venues and 298,000 meeting spaces throughout the U.S. and include traditional hotel and restaurant-based properties as well as niche and special-interest facilities that are often not presented elsewhere. For venues, Eventective delivers qualified leads to assist hospitality and restaurant facilities to better market their available resources and compete in the growing $300billion U.S. meeting and event industry.

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Lucid Previews VivaNet(TM) Telemedicine Server For Dermatology Applications

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA -- February 21, 2007 -- Lucid, Inc. previewed its VivaNetTM telemedicine server for dermatology applications.

The VivaNet(TM) server is intended to link dermatology practitioners using Lucid’s non-invasive VivaScope® confocal imagers with other dermatologists or pathologists via the Internet.

"Lucid’s non-invasive VivaScope® confocal microscopes provide cellular resolution images of skin that may be used by a dermatologist to assist in forming a clinical judgment for a variety of skin conditions," said Jay Eastman, Chairman and CEO of Lucid, Inc. He continued, "VivaNet(TM) is intended to provide fast, accurate, and secure storage, retrieval and transfer of VivaScope® digital cellular resolution images across the Internet to facilitate professional collaboration and consultation."

During a typical VivaScope® imaging session, both dermatoscopic quality, full color macroscopic pictures and microscopic, cellular resolution images of the patient’s skin are imaged. Once all of the images for a single session are completed, the images and patient related data are transferred for storage to the secure VivaNet(TM) server and are immediately available for retrieval by and transfer to other authorized practitioners for their review and collaboration.

VivaNet(TM) is an Internet-based, DICOM-compliant application that enables the transfer of VivaScope® digital images between practitioners and pathologists for rapid review of confocal images. DICOM, which is an acronym for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, is an internationally accepted, and widely used open standard for the storage, retrieval and transfer of medical images. HIPAA-compliance, privacy, and data integrity are assured by using proven DICOM compliant software modules that incorporate advanced encryption techniques.

"Our plan is that VivaNet(TM) will ultimately make in-vivo confocal images available for review by other dermatologists and pathologists in minutes, not days, thus enabling rapid, real-time professional collaboration," said Eastman. "Lucid’s ultimate goal is that practitioners will rapidly receive a pathologic interpretation of confocal images from a VivaScope® session, potentially assisting the practitioner in arriving at a clinical judgment while the patient is still in the doctor’s office."

Under a 3-year grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Cancer Institute, Lucid is conducting a five site clinical study to determine the diagnostic accuracy of VivaScope® images for pigmented lesions. Pilot studies of the procedure, published in 2004 - 2006, demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity for VivaScope images when read by a panel of diagnostic readers with relatively little training in confocal image interpretation (30 to 60 minutes). This study will be facilitated by the use of the VivaNet(TM) server.

"We are excited to introduce VivaNet(TM) to the dermatology community and believe that the combination of Lucid’s patented VivaScope® and VivaNet(TM) technologies, that enable near real-time storage, retrieval and communication of in-vivo confocal images, will ultimately bring these tools into routine clinical use," said Eastman.

About Lucid, Inc.
Lucid Inc., based in Rochester, New York, is a medical device and information company dedicated to creating innovative cellular imaging technology and using the Internet to securely deliver accurate, real-time VivaScope® cellular resolution images to medical professionals. The Company’s digital VivaNet(TM) server, coupled with its ability to image in-vivo (living) tissue is envisioned to ultimately aid medical practitioners and pathologists in screening for skin cancer and other dermatologic conditions with clarity, speed and patient comfort. For more information, visit http://www.lucid-tech.com/.

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Press release contact: Tiziani Whitmyre, www.tizinc.com

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New Dipper Compact Golf Ball Retriever is Ideal for Use as Golf Tournament Gifts, Business Promotional Items or Trade Show Giveaways

WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS, February 14, 2007 – The new Dipper(TM) – the world’s most compact golf ball retriever – is ideal for use as golf tournament gifts, business promotional items, and trade show giveaways.

The Dipper is a unique option among corporate promotional gifts and custom promotional items. Easily stored in the pocket of a golf bag, the Dipper Compact Golf Ball Retriever enables golfers to ‘"just clip and dip" to recover a ball in a water hazard.

The Dipper's small size makes it ideal for golfers who don't want to carry a bulky, unsightly ball retriever in their bag. Collapsed, the Dipper is only 7 inches long and weighs less than 3 ounces. In use, the Dipper clips to the shaft of a bladed club and extends to over 12 inches to easily retrieve balls from ponds, creeks and wetlands.

The Dipper is constructed of rust-proof aircraft aluminum and high impact-plastic. It is available in a variety of colors and can be imprinted with organization or corporate logos.

Discount pricing is available for quantity orders of The Dipper for use as golf tournament giveaways, corporate logo gifts or other promotional giveaways.

For more information, contact T R Miller Co., Inc., a leading sports merchandising company, at http://www.dippergolf.com, 1-508-850-7610 or dippergolf@trmiller.com.

About T R Miller Co., Inc.
Founded in 1975, T R Miller Co., Inc. is an industry leader in custom promotional merchandise. Based in Walpole, Massachusetts, the company designs and sells sports and corporate promotional products to businesses, organizations, and consumers around the world. In addition, T R Miller Co., Inc. has successfully supported its clients with quality custom marketing incentives, corporate recognition programs, and company store programs.

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Advanced Instruments and Ram Mechanical Unveil Industry’s 1st Fully Automated Dairy Lab Sample Handling and Analysis System

– The new “CombiScope AutoLab” teams robotic system and CombiScopes to automate and deliver consistent, reliable results and cost savings –

Tulare, Calif. – February 14, 2007 -- Advanced Instruments, Inc. and RAM Mechanical, Inc. today introduced the CombiScope™ AutoLab™, the dairy industry’s first fully automated dairy laboratory sample handing and analysis system.

The revolutionary new CombiScope AutoLab fully automates the entire dairy herd improvement (DHI) or payment lab sampling and analysis process – start to finish.

The CombiScope AutoLab consists of a RAM Mechanical industrial robot/sample preparation system and one or more Delta Instruments CombiScope™ Analyzers. The automation, custom built and programmed by RAM Mechanical, provides consistent, reliable sample preparation and handling. The CombiScope performs precise component analysis and high-speed somatic cell counting.

“The CombiScope AutoLab combines the best in class technology from the world of industrial automation and the dairy laboratory,” said Peter Costas, vice president, sales and marketing, Advanced Instruments. “The result represents the pinnacle in dairy laboratory automation and sets a new standard of excellence and benefits for DHIAs, their patrons, payment labs and the industry.”

The CombiScope AutoLab will officially debut at the 2007 WorldAg Expo, in Ram Mechanical’s booth, number DS67. WorldAg Expo takes place February 13-15, 2007, in Tulare, California.

At the high-volume dairy laboratories of the Central Counties DHIA in Atwater, Calif., the CombiScope AutoLab is already delivering more reliable results and higher productivity.

“The improved analyzer performance is due to more consistent and uniform sample handling. The lab also benefits from lower workers’ compensation exposure through the reduction of repetitive stress activities. The increased labor efficiencies and cost savings will positively impact the lab’s bottom line,” said Costas.

At the Central Counties DHIA, the CombiScope AutoLab includes one robot feeding two CombiScopes. There, the robot begins each testing cycle by retrieving vials from a 10 by 10 rack, rinses the exterior then submits them to a heated water bath, when optimum temperature is reached the vials are removed, next the CombiScope AutoLab removes their caps, and places the vials into CombiScopes, which analyze the samples and reports the results. The robot then removes the vials, dumps the contents, then washes, brushes, rinses, dries, adds preservative, recaps, and returns the vials to a rack. “If desired, the process can run continuously, 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” Costas said.

Costas said the two companies would offer a custom designed CombiScope AutoLab system to meet the specific needs and operations of each dairy laboratory.

Best in class expertise defines CombiScope AutoLab and key components

Ram Mechanical’s twenty plus years of experience in the material handling and bulk bottled water industries have driven the move to automation and robotics. Within a few short years Ram’s experience in robotics has redefined s the concept of high-speed flexible rack loading and un-loading systems in the 5 gallon bottled water market.

“We are applying the benefits of our expertise – in what we think is a very dramatic and revolutionary approach – to the dairy laboratories,” said Steve Nelson, General Manager of Automated Systems, at Ram Mechanical.

“Our approach was simple” states James A. Frias, President Ram Mechanical, Inc. “We brought the lessons learned from our exposure in other industries, combined it with the expertise of industry leaders in this arena, Central Counties DHIA and Advanced Instruments, and together we have created true innovation”.

With over twenty years of design and build experience, Ram Mechanical has designed a complete single point handling system for vial processing. At the center of the process is an industry leading Fanuc Industrial Robot. A Fanuc M16ib robot was selected for its reliability and speed. The average mean-time between failure of a Fanuc Robot is a whopping 60,000 hours. Next a handling tool was designed and attached to the end of the robot that would reliably handle ten vials at a time. Finally components were fabricated and placed around the robotic cell. All were designed for reliability and ease of service. Included components are indexing tables for full rack staging, thermostatically controlled water bath for precise sample temperature, milk retrieval system for dumped vials, washing-brushing-rinsing-drying station, preservative spray station, and recapping station. All of these components were strategically placed for optimum speed considering feeding two CombiScopes meant each vial had to be completely processed within 4.5 seconds. Reliability along with customer satisfaction and payback are proving out as anticipated.

For more information, visit the RAM Mechanical booth, number DS67, at the 2007 World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., February 13 - 15, 2007. Or, or call (800)-225-4034 or +1(781) 320-9000, x2159. Visit the CombiScope AutoLab web page at www.aicompanies.com/AutoLab.

A video of the CombiScope AutoLab in action, at the Central Counties DHIA, can be requested from sales@ram-mechanical.com.

About Advanced Instruments
Founded in 1955, Advanced Instruments, Inc., is the world’s largest supplier of freezing-point osmometers used in clinical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology laboratories. The company is also a leading supplier of analytical instruments for the food, dairy, and industrial microbiology markets. Based in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, the company also produces Fiske® Associates brand diagnostic instruments and operates Spiral Biotech, Inc., and Delta Instruments as wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Its Delta Instruments’ CombiScope™ Analyzer is a highly reliable system that performs both milk composition analysis and somatic cell counting for rapid milk testing in dairy labs. The solution combines a spectrophotometer using established infrared technology for elemental analysis, plus FDA-approved, fluorescence flow cytometry for fast and accurate counting of somatic cells. The dual-purpose analyzer quantifies the amount of fat, protein, lactose, and solids content accurately and automatically in milk and milk products, as well as precisely measuring the total number of somatic cells in raw milk. Advanced Instruments’ products are supported by a worldwide network of direct sales people and independent distributors. The company can be found online at http://www.aicompanies.com or contact customer service at (800) 225-4034 or +1 (781) 320-9000.

About Ram Mechanical, Inc
Ram Mechanical, Inc is an engineering firm with expertise ranging from the design and build of custom automation systems, to process manufacturing. Our experience and development in all facets of these products has given us a vast array of knowledge, from the line mechanic’s maintenance concerns to the executive’s focus on increasing profits while decreasing production costs. This has been a driving force for us to provide innovation and technology to all of our clients. This desire facilitated a solid partnership with FANUC Robotics of North America, the world’s leader in manufacturing industrial robotics. With our disciplines including industrial contracting, Robotic integration and custom fabrication, Contract management, full three-dimensional design engineering and the best in controls technicians, industry leaders such as E. & J. Gallo Winery, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, and Nestle have consistently depended on Ram Mechanical, inc to fulfill many of their equipment needs. Contact Ram Mechanical on the Net at http://www.ram-mechanical.com or by phone at (800) 777-9775 or +1 (209) 531-9155.

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Invensys Process Systems China implements Foxboro automation project for Cilacap Power Plant in central Java, Indonesia

Two-unit 600-megawatt plant with I/A Series DCS is largest coal-fired generating project exported to Indonesia from China

FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, USA – February 12, 2007 – Invensys Process Systems China has implemented an I/A Series distributed control system (DCS) project for the recently constructed Cilacap Power Plant, a two-unit, 600-megawatt coal-fired generating plant located at Cilacap, on the south coast of central Java in Indonesia. The new plant is to date the largest coal-fired generating project imported to Indonesia from China.
The Foxboro automation implementation for the new generation plant comprises I/A Series DCS systems that run a variety of critical applications, including the following:

1. Management command system (MCS)
2. Data acquisition system (DAS)
3. Boiler sequence control system (SCS)
4. Furnace safety supervisory system (FSSS)
5. Turbine sequence control system (SCS)
6. Turbine digital electro-hydraulic (DEH) control system
7. Feed water pump mechanical electro-hydraulic (MEH) control system
8. Energy management and control system (EMCS)
9. Supervisory information system (SIS)
10. Remote data acquisition system (DAS)

Chinese engineers and technical staff from Invensys Process Systems China worked closely on a fast track in Indonesia with the general contractor and commissioning agent for plant commissioning and testing. A highly experienced power industry automation supplier, Invensys Process Systems China also provided a range of control system engineering, design and configuration services, along with extensive coordination and management of other systems from third-party suppliers.

Both the Indonesian and Chinese governments consider this project an important strategic milestone in technical cooperation and in the advancement of non-oil energy resources. The site was visited by Indonesian government leaders, the Chinese ambassador to Indonesia, and Indonesia’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources.

About Invensys Process Systems China
Invensys’ automation businesses include industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, pipelines, refineries, gas plants, power plants, pulp and paper mills, petrochemical and other process plants.

Invensys Process Systems China began with the formation of the Shanghai-Foxboro Company Limited (SFCL) in 1982; Foxboro was the first major American manufacturer to establish a joint venture in China. Today, Invensys manufactures in China a wide variety of state-of-the-art automation products for both domestic use and for export purposes. Invensys was the first company in China (1991) to be certified under the stringent ISO 9001 international quality standard, and maintains a product and customer technology center in Beijing.

Invensys Process Systems China has implemented state-of-the-art process control systems in hundreds of different world-class industrial facilities throughout China and the Asia Pacific region. These include offshore production platforms, pipelines, oil refineries, petrochemical plants, electric power generation plants, steel mills, cement plants, float glass plants, pharmaceutical plants, and food processing plants.
The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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Invensys, Foxboro, I/A Series, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware and Avantis are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

Invensys introduces SAP xApps Certified Packaged Composite Applications for manufacturing production execution and real-time finance

Pre-integrated PCAs provide a single solution environment extending from the plant or factory floor up through the enterprise

ORLANDO, FL, USA (ARC Annual Forum) – February 13, 2007 – Invensys® today announced that it is introducing two xMII XApps™ Certified Packaged Composite Applications (PCAs) that will help drive incremental business value by offering manufacturing clients a single solution environment extending from the plant or factory floor up through the enterprise. This announcement builds on the “Powered by SAP NetWeaver®” certification status that Invensys announced at last year’s ARC Forum in Orlando and furthers a collaborative relationship between Invensys and SAP.

Two initial Invensys-developed PCAs have achieved SAP xApps™ - Powered by SAP NetWeaver status: Real-Time Finance and Real-Time Production Execution. As a member of SAP’s Consumer Packaged Goods and Chemicals Industry Value Networks, Invensys will market these PCAs globally to customers within these industries and other process industries. The SAP Industry Value Networks bring together customers, partners, and SAP to develop solutions that address specific customer business requirements.

The Real-Time Finance composite application, developed by Invensys Process Systems, is designed to help align process manufacturing operations with business objectives by providing managers in process and packaged goods manufacturing enterprises with clear, minute-to-minute (as opposed to daily, weekly, or monthly) information about and visibility into production-related financial performance. For more information, readers should contact melanie.russell@ips.invensys.com.

The Real-Time Production Execution composite application, developed by Invensys’ Wonderware unit, enhances production agility by providing a powerful pre-integrated solution for dispatching, executing, monitoring, and evaluating manufacturing production and performance runs in discrete, batch, and hybrid plant operations. For more information, readers should contact kathleen.regan@wonderware.com.

The Invensys PCAs can be plugged into any existing industrial automation and IT infrastructure to deliver important new functionality. This new functionality is enabled by standards-based interoperability between business processes that are managed within SAP® business applications and plant processes that are managed within Invensys’ InFusion™ Enterprise Control System and/or the Wonderware® System Platform. Specific enabling technologies include SAP NetWeaver; SAP xMII (Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence); and Invensys’ open, standards-based ArchestrA® technology.

Ulf Henriksson, CEO of Invensys plc commented, “As an SAP customer, Invensys understands the value that can be generated through the effective implementation of enterprise-wide business strategies. We also know that there is significant potential value to be gained through real-time measurement and management of manufacturing assets. By taking advantage of the industry and solution expertise from both organizations to achieve this, we can now bring tremendous value to our mutual customers.”

Sudipta Bhattacharya, senior vice president of solution management for SCM, PLM, and Manufacturing, SAP AG, commented, "SAP and Invensys share a common vision of an adaptive manufacturing strategy, and today’s announcement underscores our strong commitment in helping this vision into a reality for customers. SAP’s recent certification of both composites from Invensys helps fulfill our shared vision by reducing integration costs for connecting the plant or shop floor to enterprise solutions.”

Through SAP xApps Certified status, partners and ISVs like Invensys deliver on the promise of enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) following the principles and standards of SAP's composite architectural guidelines. Composite applications that are certified by the SAP Integration and Certification Center reuse, integrate and orchestrate functionalities from existing application assets in the context of an enterprise SOA, with only selective development of new functionality where needed to fill gaps. A composite application provides new application functionality, supports analysis followed by action (where appropriate), and enables the execution of business processes from start to finish. It has the potential of repeatable deliveries to multiple customers.

About Invensys
Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys’ automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills.
The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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SAP, SAP NetWeaver and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries all over the world. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. Data contained in this document serve informational purposes only. National product specifications may vary.

Invensys, ArchestrA, Wonderware, InFusion, Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, and Avantis are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates.

All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Invensys to present asset performance management at MARTS maintenance conference

BURLINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA – February 7, 2007 – Bob O’Shaughnessy of the Avantis unit of Invensys Process Systems will deliver a presentation at the 2007 Maintenance and Reliability Technology Summit (MARTS), to be held March 13-16 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL.

Mr. O’Shaughnessy, Sales Director, Avantis, will speak on the topic “The Path to Asset Performance & Reliability” on March 15 at 1:30 p.m. His session presentation will provide an overview of an effective approach to Asset Performance Management (APM), including the challenge, the methodology, the processes and the tools required to deliver the full potential of APM.

Asset Performance Management balances the availability and asset utilization together to drive business value. By using dynamic performance measures to determine the business value of assets and the true value that they generate, APM lets manufacturers optimize the business value without having to optimize availability or utilization independently.

The Maintenance & Reliability Technology Summit (MARTS) is the premier event for maintenance and reliability professionals and features technical and business sessions, workshops and technical exhibits. Its mission is to provide a comprehensive training, educational and professional development opportunity for maintenance and reliability technicians, engineers, supervisors and managers in all industries and major facilities. For more information about MARTS, please visit http://www.martsconference.com."

Invensys will demonstrate asset management solutions at Booth #22 in the exhibition at MARTS. For more information, please contact info@avantis.net.

About Avantis
For more than 20 years, customers throughout the world have relied on Avantis enterprise asset management (EAM) solutions to improve resource productivity by driving down operating costs, minimizing the risk of unplanned downtime and maximizing financial return on capital assets. Avantis is part of Invensys Process Systems.

About Invensys Process Systems
Invensys Process Systems, a business unit of Invensys plc, provides products, services and solutions that enable today’s industrial plants to monitor, manage, and improve the performance of their manufacturing assets. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions group, Invensys Process Systems includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed at more than 100,000 sites across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest production operations, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills.
The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is made up of five businesses: Process Systems, APV, Eurotherm, Rail Systems, and Controls. The Group is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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Invensys, Avantis, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, and Wonderware are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Getting Comfortable With Color – Home Decorating Tips from Furniture.com

WALTHAM, MASS. – February 13, 2007 – Want to give your home a splash of color but afraid it will be too brash?

Davis Remignanti, lead Design Consultant at www.Furniture.com offers some step-by-step advice on making good color choices.

“Start with the walls,” Davis advises. “Unless you live in an apartment and can’t paint, avoid white walls.”

Incorporating color into your home doesn’t have to be intimidating - if you put it into perspective.

“Reflect on your own fashion tastes when choosing colors for your home. Many people know what colors look good on them. Those same colors can be incorporated into your personal space, because they are familiar, flattering and comforting.”

Davis suggests:

• First Things First: Identify any major room features that you can’t (or don’t want to) change - the color of woodwork, the brick in the hearth, those custom drapes - then decorate with and around them.


• Work Your Way Up: If starting with an empty room, select a rug or floor covering first. You’re more likely to match walls and furniture to the rug than vice versa. The colors in your rug will provide good choices for wall and accent colors.


• Create Your Color Palette: Good room design should incorporate a palette of at least five colors: two main colors, one supporting color (this is often a neutral or wood tone) and two accent colors. For hints on combining colors, see www.furniture.com/color.
  
• Create a Flow: For rooms connected by an open archway or large doorway, choose harmonious color palettes. You’ll create a color link between the two spaces and avoid a jarring transition from one room to the next.


• Use Patterns Sparingly: For beginners, it’s better to use only one multi-color pattern per room. If the rug carries a pattern, avoid “competition” by keeping window treatments, upholstery and accents simple.


• Don’t Over-Indulge: Too much of the same color in a room can be a mistake. Even if it’s your favorite color, maintain a good balance of main colors and accent colors around your room.


• Light It Up: Generate an elegant room-wide glow by using gold or peach hued light bulbs in table lamps. Bright enough for daily tasks, they can add a beautiful warm tone to a room.


• Embrace Change: Be brave with your accent colors, because they can be changed easily. Candles can be burned, picture frames re-painted, pillows recovered. Go with your instincts, but don’t be discouraged if you’re not happy with your choice – it’s all part of the process of getting comfortable with color.

“Whatever the decorating challenge, it’s important to remember, no rules are written in stone. Still not confident about making color choices? Many manufacturers now offer paint samples and fabric swatches – take advantage and test your color combining skills on a small scale first.”

“In the end,” Davis advises, “take your time and enjoy the experience. Your color confidence will grow with each project. And before long, you’ll have created a stylish, inviting home, and your friends will start asking you for color advice!”

About Furniture.com
Furniture.com (http://www.furniture.com) offers consumers the best of Internet shopping by merging the convenience, accessibility and ease of online shopping with the proven infrastructure of the nation’s largest retail furniture chains.

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Furniture.com’s "Dealer Extranet" Enables E-Commerce for its Retailers’ Independent Dealers

WALTHAM, Mass. – February 12, 2007 – Furniture retailers using Furniture.com's e-commerce technology and services platform can now enable e-commerce for their independent dealers.

Furniture.com, which provides Internet solutions for Furniture retailers representing nearly $2B in retail sales, views their new Dealer Extranet as an important addition to their offering.

"Many large furniture retailers do not own all of their stores, instead working with independent dealers who sell under the retailer's brand," says Carl Prindle, Furniture.com's President and CEO. "Our Dealer Extranet allows these independent dealers to enable e-commerce for their locations, with complete control of how their online business operates."

The extranet, launched in November, is being used by 21 independent merchants affiliated with Toronto-based Leon's Furniture. Leon's independent merchants select items to sell online from Leon's online catalog as well as set local pricing for their region. They accept and fulfill online orders, and take advantage of Furniture.com's advanced CRM systems.

This is a win for our retailers, their independent affiliates and consumers," said Prindle. "Furniture retailers who rely on independent dealers can now offer e-commerce to their customers. Independent dealers can add advanced e-commerce capabilities that would be difficult for them to replicate on their own. The end result is a seamless experience for customers and significant sales lift for retailers and dealers alike."

About Furniture.com
Furniture.com (http://www.furniture.com/) offers consumers the best of Internet shopping by merging the convenience, accessibility and ease of online shopping with the proven infrastructure of North America’s largest furniture retailers. At Furniture.com, consumers quickly browse, compare and buy brand-name furniture and accessories, find decorating advice and product information, and utilize interactive design tools. To complete the experience, Levitz, Harlem, and RoomStore Furniture in the U.S., and Leon’s Furniture in Canada, provide customer service and fast, in-home delivery. Furniture.com, a privately-held company, is a member of BBBOnline, TRUSTe, and VeriSign.

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Avantis wins “Breakthrough Product of the Year” for asset management decision support solution

BURLINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA – February 5, 2007 – The Avantis unit of Invensys Process Systems announced today that Processing magazine has named its Avantis.DSS asset management decision support software as a “Breakthrough Product of 2006.” The Avantis.DSS software transforms data into meaningful, actionable business analytics and Processing magazine recognized the Avantis product for being an effective solution for decision support in the plant.

"It is with great pleasure that I recognize the Avantis.DSS solution as a Breakthrough Product for 2006. The Processing Breakthrough Product of the Year Award recognizes the innovative products and technology that we expect will have a significant impact on the process industries for years to come, and the Avantis.DSS software certainly fits into that category,” said Dennis VanMilligen, editor of Processing magazine. “Avantis.DSS was the only software selected for this distinction, and this is the second year in a row that an Invensys Avantis product has won the award."

The Avantis.DSS software has three primary components: data extraction, aggregation, and visualization. The data extraction component, built on Microsoft technology, extracts and transforms data for application-specific analysis. The aggregation component aggregates data into cubes for easier manipulation. And, the visualization component uses Microsoft Office Web components to manipulate and display KPIs on industry standard dashboards.

“Our customer research tells us customers want help in making sense of volumes of data that their increasingly powerful operations technology makes available to them. We brought Avantis.DSS software to market to meet this need, providing tools, interfaces, and processing that converts data to the information and knowledge they need to make strategic, timely asset management decisions. We are truly honored that Processing magazine has recognized us for this effort,” said John Derbyshire, President, Global Solutions, Invensys Process Systems.

For more information, please contact info@avantis.net or visit www.avantis.net

About Avantis
For more than 20 years, customers throughout the world have relied on Avantis enterprise asset management (EAM) solutions to improve resource productivity by driving down operating costs, minimizing the risk of unplanned downtime, and maximizing financial return on capital assets. Avantis is part of Invensys Process Systems.

About Invensys
Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys’ automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills. For more information on Invensys’ process automation businesses, please visit www.invensys.com/ps.
The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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Invensys, Avantis, Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, and Wonderware are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners.

EH&E Offers Free Webinar Detailing EH&S Support System for Higher Education

NEWTON, MA – February 6, 2007 – EH&E, a leading provider of health & safety and engineering consulting services, will host a free webinar titled “A Customizable EH&S Support System for Higher Education: Flexible Framework, Expert Content and Support.”

Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) programs within colleges and universities are complex and highly individualized. The large number of buildings, wide variety of design and function, and the presence of chemical and/or biological laboratories dictate a complex and record-intensive regulatory compliance program. EH&E has designed a unique new support system using a standard Microsoft platform that combines a customizable organizational structure with a complete range of expert EH&S support services and tools.

EH&S managers, facility managers, and administrators can learn how to streamline and organize college and university EH&S compliance programs during the free webinar to be held on February 13, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. EST.

The easily integrated compliance support system allows:

• Compliance program collaboration among departments
• Direct access to EH&S experts
• Inventory tracking database
• Lab inspection survey and reporting software
• Web-based, laboratory and facility safety training

To register for this FREE webinar, visit: www.eheinc.com/news_workshops/campuswebinar.htm.

For more information on EH&E and their university and college EH&S compliance systems, contact by phone: 1-800-825-5343 or on the web: www.eheinc.com.

About EH&E
EH&E (www.eheinc.com) has provided an extensive range of environmental and engineering consulting services for over 18 years. Our team consists of more than 60 experts with an outstanding record of providing business-focused solutions for issues that affect the built environment. EH&E has a depth of knowledge and credibility unmatched in the industry and our wealth of readily-accessible information has become a powerful resource for our clients.

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Invensys sanitary vortex flowmeter provides unprecedented reliability and accuracy in pharmaceutical applications

FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, USA – February 1, 2007 - Invensys has introduced a line of 3A-authorized sanitary vortex flowmeters for use in pharmaceutical applications. The new, HART-compatible Foxboro Model 84S Sanitary Vortex flowmeters incorporate patented technologies that provide users with unprecedented reliability, accuracy, and installation flexibility for tighter process control.

“The 84S Vortex flowmeter line provides higher accuracy and wider rangeability than other sanitary flow measurement devices, including both positive displacement and magnetic flowmeters — without the mechanical complexity or high cost,” said Joseph Downey, marketing director, Foxboro Measurements & Instruments division of Invensys. “The straightforward design of the 84S Sanitary Vortex flowmeter ensures accurate, reliable performance with an overall low cost of ownership for pharmaceutical processing applications.”

Designed for use in sanitary liquid, gas, or steam pharmaceutical applications, the Foxboro 84S Vortex Series provides best-in-class accuracies of +/- 0.5 percent of reading with liquids, and +/- 1.0 percent of reading with gas and steam. The 84S Sanitary Vortex is 3A-authorized per specification 28-03 and features a crevice-free design with no moving parts. The process-wetted parts are 316 stainless steel and 316L stainless steel, and finished to 3A 25 RA (0.5 micrometers) sanitary standards. The 84S Vortex design facilitates use in clean-in-place (CIP) processes where various combinations of cleaning solutions, air purging, or saturated steam (SIP) are present at temperatures to 204 degrees C (400 degrees F).

The 84S Vortex flowmeters are available in 2-inch and 3-inch sanitary line sizes (50 mm and 80 mm), common with sanitary applications, for flow rates ranging from 5.50 gpm to 648 gpm (0.346 L/s to 40.80 L/s). All 84S models are provided with a permanently sealed, stainless steel sensor.

The Foxboro Model 84S Vortex line takes advantage of two patented technologies to provide best of class performance, reliability, and installation flexibility.

DirectSenseTM technology eliminates mechanical sensor linkages used in conventional vortex meters. This improves both reliability and performance by eliminating moving parts, minimizing the effects of process “noise,” and increasing the sensitivity of flow readings.

For installation flexibility, the 84S Vortex flowmeter features patented Active TuningTM technology, which allows the flowmeter to be configured to compensate for the effects of most non-ideal upstream pipeline conditions, such as elbows and reducers. The 84S Sanitary Vortex meter can operate in runs as short as five pipe diameters with full accuracy. This is important in situations where it is not possible to provide the recommended pipe diameters of unobstructed straight pipe.

The Foxboro Model 84S Vortex line transmits a 4-20 mA or digital output, and a pulse output signal as applicable; and it uses a HART communications protocol for remote configuration, calibration, and monitoring. For local configuration and monitoring, the 84S Sanitary Vortex features a digital indicator that displays total flow and/or instantaneous flow rate in user selected flow units and has four pushbuttons on the indicator for local configuration.

Foxboro has been a pioneer and leader in vortex flow technology for more than 30 years. For more information on Foxboro’s Model 84S Sanitary Vortex flowmeter line, readers can contact their local Invensys/Foxboro representative, visit the Foxboro Measurements and Instruments website at www.foxboro.com/instrumentation or call 866-746-6477 (508-549-2424 outside the U.S. and Canada). The Foxboro Model 84 Intelligent Vortex flowmeter line can also be purchased on-line at www.buyautomation.com.

About Invensys
Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys’ automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills.

The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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Invensys, SimSci-Esscor, Foxboro, Triconex, Wonderware, and Avantis are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.