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Thursday, January 28th, 2010

ASCO Numatics Announces 2010 Industrial Automation Engineering Scholarships

FLORHAM PARK, NEW JERSEY, USA, January 27, 2010 – ASCO Numatics, the world’s leading manufacturer of comprehensive fluid automation solutions, flow control, and pneumatics, today announced the beginning of the 2010/2011 academic year application period for two $5,000 scholarships available to U.S. engineering students pursuing careers in industrial automation-related disciplines. ASCO Numatics will also make $1,000 grants to the engineering departments of the colleges in which the winners are enrolled.

“The ASCO Numatics scholarship program is now entering its third year and we continue to be impressed by the caliber of the applicants and the winners,” said Robert W. Kemple, Jr., Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing - Americas, ASCO Numatics. “It is especially great to see so much talent looking to enter the industrial automation field. We look forward to a large and similarly talented application pool this year and wish them all the best of luck.”

The scholarships are merit-based and will be awarded on the candidate’s potential for leadership and for making a significant contribution to the engineering, instrumentation, systems, electrical, mechanical, and automation professions, particularly as they relate to the application of fluid control and fluid power technology. A panel of ASCO Numatics and independent judges will select the finalists.

Applicants must be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate program in an engineering, instrumentation, systems, electrical, mechanical, or automation discipline at an accredited U.S. educational institution for the 2010/2011 academic year. At the time of application, they must have completed at least their sophomore year in a bachelor’s degree program, have at least a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale, and be a U.S. citizen or legal U.S. resident. Complete application details and forms are available at www.asconumatics.com/scholarship.

ASCO Numatics will present the scholarship awards at the 2010 ISA Automation Week: Technology and Solutions Event, October 4 – 7, 2010 at the Westin Galleria Complex in Houston. The ASCO Numatics award presentation will be part of the annual ISA Young Automation Professionals Festival (YAPFEST). ISA hosts YAPFEST for automation professionals between ages 18 and 30.

About ASCO Numatics

ASCO Numatics, formed by the merger of ASCO and Numatics, is a business unit of Emerson Industrial Automation. ASCO Numatics offers comprehensive fluid automation solutions, flow control and pneumatics for a wide range of industry-focused applications.  The ASCO Numatics product line in North America consists of more than 50,000 valves, an extensive selection of air preparation equipment, and a full line of actuation products.  ASCO products include solenoid pilot valves, angle body piston valves, linear indicators, redundant control systems, and pressure sensors. The Numatics line covers valve manifolds, cylinders, grippers, filters, regulators, and lubricators.  For more information about ASCO Numatics products, visit www.asconumatics.com.

About Emerson

Emerson (NYSE:EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Emerson’s sales in fiscal 2009 were $20.9 billion. The company is ranked 94th on the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest companies. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.

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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

ASCO Numatics Announces 2009 Industrial Automation Engineering Scholarship

FLORHAM PARK, NEW JERSEY, USA, February 24, 2009 – ASCO Numatics, the world’s leading manufacturer of comprehensive fluid automation solutions, flow control, and pneumatics, today announced the beginning of the 2009/2010 academic year application period for two $5,000 engineering scholarships available to U.S. engineering students pursuing careers in industrial automation-related disciplines. ASCO Numatics will also make $1,000 grants to the engineering departments of the colleges in which the winners are enrolled.

“ASCO Numatics started the engineering scholarship program to help identify and encourage the next generation of leaders in the engineering industry,” said Robert W. Kemple, Jr., Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing - Americas, ASCO Numatics. “We were very impressed by the quality and enthusiasm of last year’s applicant pool. We are excited to continue this program throughout 2009 and expect the same high-quality applicants and talented winners.”

The engineering scholarships are merit-based and will be awarded on the candidate’s potential for leadership and for making a significant contribution to the engineering, instrumentation, systems, electrical, mechanical, and automation professions, particularly as they relate to the application of fluid control and fluid power technology. A panel of ASCO Numatics and independent judges will select the finalists.

Applicants must be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate program in an engineering, instrumentation, systems, electrical, mechanical, or automation discipline at an accredited U.S. educational institution for the 2009/2010 academic year. At the time of application, they must have completed at least their sophomore year in a bachelor’s degree program, have at least a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale, and be a U.S. citizen or legal U.S. resident. Complete application details and forms are available at www.asconumatics.com/scholarship.

ASCO Numatics will present the scholarship awards at the 2009 ISA Expo, October 6 - 8, 2009 at the Reliant Center in Houston. The ASCO Numatics award presentation will be part of the annual ISA Young Automation Professionals Festival (YAPFEST). ISA hosts YAPFEST for automation professionals between ages 18 and 30.

ASCO Numatics, formed by the merger of ASCO and Numatics, is a business unit of Emerson Industrial Automation. ASCO Numatics offers comprehensive fluid automation solutions, flow control and pneumatics for a wide range of industry-focused applications. The ASCO Numatics product line in North America consists of more than 50,000 valves, an extensive selection of air preparation equipment, and a full line of actuation products. ASCO products include solenoid pilot valves, angle body piston valves, linear and rotary indicators, redundant control systems, and pressure sensors. The Numatics line covers valve manifolds, cylinders, grippers, filters, regulators, lubricators, and dryers. For more information about ASCO Numatics products, visit http://www.asconumatics.com/.

About Emerson
Emerson, based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to create innovative solutions for customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2008 were $24.8 billion. For more information, visit http://www.emerson.com/.

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Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

New Foxboro migration solution for Moore APACS control systems enables users to “plug in” to the latest performance-enhancing Invensys technology

- Provides cost-effective, low-risk solution for upgrading to a state-of-the-art DCS and advanced enterprise control system technology -

FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, USA – March 5, 2007 – Foxboro Automation (http://www.foxboro.com/), a unit of Invensys Process Systems, today announced that it has introduced a new family of plug-in I/A Series migration cards for Moore APACS systems. These Foxboro migration cards enable Moore users to easily upgrade their legacy APACS ACM and ACM+ control systems to advanced Invensys technology, including the latest generation of I/A Series distributed control system (DCS) and Invensys’ groundbreaking InFusion enterprise control system (ECS) technologies.

Using Invensys’ well-proven “plug in” migration approach, this DCS upgrade can be accomplished without having to replace existing field wiring, termination assemblies, system enclosures, or power supplies. Invensys replaces the old APACS input/output (I/O) modules with new Foxboro I/A Series I/O modules specially designed to plug right into the existing system racks. Thus, with proper upfront planning, database conversion, and off-line testing, the actual system switchover can be accomplished in hours, with minimal – if any – costly process downtime. To reduce engineering costs, the existing APACS per-channel configurable I/O approach is retained. This eliminates the need for complicated I/O mapping.

And to save even more on engineering and operator training requirements associated with the migration, the existing APACS ProcessSuite graphics can be re-used within Invensys’ advanced InFusion View human machine interface (HMI). InFusion View can be seamlessly layered over the new I/A Series DCS components to provide users with both a familiar HMI and an initial building block toward implementing a complete InFusion ECS.

“Invensys brings new meaning and value to the term, ‘migration.’ Not only do we make it a relatively easy, low-risk, and cost-effective proposition for users of legacy DCSs to migrate to a state-of-the-art I/A Series system to help immediately improve plant performance, we also position those same users to be able to take advantage of the latest InFusion ECS technology, which is designed to help improve overall enterprise business performance,” commented Betty Naylor-McDevitt, director of the Foxboro Automation unit of Invensys Process Systems.

The new I/A Series migration modules for APAC systems (which meet or exceed original specifications) support the latest Foxboro I/A Series system capabilities, including:

  • Rugged, optionally redundant/fault-tolerant 200 Series I/O for nonstop analog, discrete, and HART digital field communications
  • high-performance, optionally-redundant/fault-tolerant ZCP- and FCP-270 control processors provide the power, flexibility, and reliability needed to implement today’s demanding unit- and plant-wide process control strategies
  • the new I/A Series Field Device Manager takes advantage of both EDDL and FDT fieldbus technologies to reduce configuration, commissioning, and ongoing support costs for intelligent field devices over the instruments’ entire life cycles, and
  • One GB Mesh Control Network takes full advantage of proven commercial networking technologies to help ensure unconstrained performance and nonstop communications over the process control network

Using the company’s well-proven plug in migration approach, Invensys has already helped more than 400 customers around the world upgrade their legacy Honeywell TDC2000 and TDC3000, Bailey NET 90 and INFI 90, Fisher PROVOX S10 and S20, Westinghouse WDPF, Siemens Moore APACS, and Foxboro SPECTRUM and SPEC 200 systems to current Foxboro I/A Series technology.

For more information on the new I/A Series plug in migration modules for Moore APACS or other legacy systems, readers can contact their local Foxboro Automation representative, call the Invensys Customer Satisfaction Center toll-free at 866-746-6477 (508-549-2424 outside the U.S. and Canada), or visit www.foxboro.com/migration.

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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