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September 30, 2005

Press Release: Emerson to Automate Major Expansion Project

Emerson to manage project and implement PlantWeb® solution to streamline validation, speed start-up, and increase production at facility producing medical imaging liquids

Emerson Process Management has once again been chosen by GE Healthcare as a working partner in a major new project to increase the production capacity at its Lindesnes plant in Norway. Faster time to market, easier validation, and operations excellence based on real-time diagnostics in smart field devices led to the selection of Emerson.

Emerson is developing the solution and managing the project. The company is installing its PlantWeb digital plant architecture with the DeltaV™ digital automation system and FOUNDATION fieldbus™ digital communications technology for the major project. Value to Emerson is estimated at £2M.

“We have chosen to continue with fieldbus technology based on our positive experiences following its implementation in one of our new factories,” said Roy Tråne, the GE Healthcare engineer responsible for the project at the Lindesnes plant. “The bus technology provides a cost effective solution with faster and more efficient start-up. We can also see significant longer-term benefits from the diagnostics available from the intelligent field devices.”

Emerson’s scope of supply includes project management, configuration and start-up. The PlantWeb digital approach will include Rosemount® measurement instruments, Micro Motion® Coriolis flowmeters, Rosemount Analytical instruments, and Fisher® valves with FIELDVUE® digital valve controllers. The company’s AMS™ Suite: Intelligent Device Manager will monitor diagnostics delivered by field devices, and provide alerts and guidance for maintenance effectiveness.

Also included in the package are tailor-made solutions for removing 5000 I/O from the existing PLC systems and integrating these into the new scheme. The complete system will be a combination of the new and existing systems and will have a capacity of around 7500 I/O. Work commenced during the summer of 2004 with a planned completion date of February 2007.

Roy Tråne continued, “Emerson has previously demonstrated the necessary know-how, will and understanding to supply a well-documented and validated project, tailor-made for the pharmaceutical industry. This was an important factor for us in our choice of system supplier for the extension of the existing factory from the two bidders”.

GE Healthcare’s Lindesnes plant is situated in the municipality of Lindesnes, 70km south of Kristiansand. It has around 400 employees and produces the active ingredients used in contrast agents. The project includes new installations and alterations to the existing production plant, designed to meet the increased market demand for its X-ray and MRI contrast agents. The work is being carried out in stages, and the entire factory is being built in accordance with national and international standards related to the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.

For more information: www.emersonprocess.com/lifesciences

About Emerson Process Management

Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and other industries. The company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services. Its brands include PlantWeb®, Fisher®, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, Mobrey®, DeltaVTM, Ovation®, and AMS™ Suite.

About Emerson

Emerson 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. Sales in fiscal 2004 were $15.6 billion. For more information, visit www.GoToEmerson.com

PlantWeb, Fisher, Micro Motion, Rosemount, DeltaV, AMS Suite, FIELDVUE and FOUNDATION fieldbus are marks of Emerson Process Management. Other marks are property of their respective owners

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New DeltaV Analyze Product Data Sheet

DeltaV Analyze makes it easy to find the alarms that have been frequently occurring. Whether you are in Engineering or Operations, DeltaV Analyze provides you the ability to easily improve your plant's performance. (739KB PDF)

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September 29, 2005

DMI Compliance Suite Overview Course

A new, 2-1/2 day instructor-led course has been developed to introduce end-users, sales, and support personnel to DMI’s powerful line of Compliance Suite software. This course will include an overview of the Compliance Suite offerings and how they are used in the Life Sciences marketplace to reduce manufacturing costs, reduce cycle time and product release, increase capacity, utilization and efficiency.

Topics:

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Document and controls procedures

Recipe and authoring basics

Inventory management

Equipment tracking

Order creation

Reporting

System security basics

Prerequisites: Microsoft Windows experience

Location: Austin, Texas

Date: November 15, 2005

Tuition: $1,595

Call the Educational Services Registrar at: 1-800-338-8158 or (641) 754-3771 to enroll or check out the website.

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September 28, 2005

Foxboro IASPT10 rev 32 Fieldbus Device Files

Foxboro IASPT10 rev 32 has passed the rigorous testing of the DeltaV interoperability labs and the Fieldbus Device Files for use with the DeltaV system are now available in the Fieldbus Device Downloads utility.

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September 27, 2005

DeltaV Connect for Bailey Systems Product Data Sheet Update

For improved operator consoles and a platform for today’s digital technologies, DeltaV consoles easily connect to your Bailey systems. (537KB PDF)

Also check out DeltaV Transition Solutions for more information on how you can maximize the return on the equipment you've already purchased, plus take advantage of today's technologies like digital busses and embedded advanced control.

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September 26, 2005

Best Practices for DeltaV Cyber-Security Whitepaper

Following these best practices will help you maintain a cyber-secure DeltaV digital automation system. (614KB PDF)

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September 23, 2005

Emerson's Zone 1 & 2 Remote I/O reduces project installation cost

Emerson’s DeltaV Remote I/O is now available for applications in Zone 1 and Zone 2 applications or Class 1, Division 2 applications. The Zone 2 scanner addresses up to eight discrete or analog I/O cards which can be targeted to one of four controllers for additional flexibility. The Zone 1 scanner works with up to four new intrinsically safe I/O cards that have both inputs and outputs on each card.

A DeltaV system can have up to 60 remote I/O scanners and any controller can have up to 16 modules associated with it. Analog I/O cards are all equipped with full HART pass through capability. Foundation fieldbus cards are slated for later release. Communications between remote I/O and controllers is via standard redundant Ethernet communications.

"The goal for our new remote I/O scanners is to drive down our customers’ total life cycle costs ensuring easy installation and maintenance," said Gary Law, DeltaV product manager. "Our I/O modules are 'plug and play' requiring no dip switch settings or user configuration effort. And unlike other remote I/O solutions, the I/O can connect with different controllers on the control network." Zone 1 I/O modules can also be used in Zone 2 applications where customers want intrinsically safe field circuits.

The new I/O modules are designed so that separate I/O cards can be replaced in the field without shutting down the module. The Zone 1 I/O is equipped with two certified energy limiting fiber optic communications ports. The Zone 1 I/O also uses a patented approach to intrinsic safety that involves a combination of safety technologies for additional security. Time stamping and control strategies are maintained in the controllers. The Zone 2 I/O scanners are marine certified making them ideal choices for offshore oil and gas production platforms and FPSOs.

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September 22, 2005

DeltaV SIS Factory Support Services Data Sheet

Service Data Sheet for DeltaV SIS Factory Support Services from SureService including Expert Technical Support and Express Module Replacement. (262KB PDF)

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September 20, 2005

Samson 373X-5 rev 1 Fieldbus Device Files

Samson 373X-5 rev 1 has passed the rigorous testing of the DeltaV interoperability labs and the Fieldbus Device Files for use with the DeltaV system are now available in the Fieldbus Device Downloads utility.

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September 19, 2005

Smart SIS Services Reference Guide

Smart SIS Services Reference Guide provides an overview of DeltaV Smart SIS support to meet IEC 61511 Safety Life Cycle requirements. (183KB PDF)

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September 16, 2005

DeltaV Safety Instrumented System Safety Manual

DeltaV SIS Safety Manual contains important information on how DeltaV SIS is to be used in a safety instrumented system to place and/or maintain the equipment under control in an appropriate state when expected to do so. (770KB PDF)

Also check out Key Technologies for more information on how the DeltaV SIS system takes advantage of the PlantWeb architecture's digital communications and smart diagnostics within field devices to increase the availability of the whole of the Safety Instrumented Function.

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September 15, 2005

Good Tuning: A Pocket Guide, Second Edition in the DeltaV Bookstore

Greg McMillan's Good Tuning: A Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition is a great resource of practical advice for tuning proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control loops.

First published in 2000, this second edition includes a new section on methods for reducing valve backlash and sticktion, and preventing excessive sensor lag and noise. It also has new chapters on adaptive control and the application recommendations and considerations for batch control, boilers, crystallizers, columns, dryers, evaporators, extruders, neutralizers, reactors, and many other types of process equipment.

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September 14, 2005

Emerson's Single-Port Fiber Optic Switch Conducts Ethernet in Zone 1 Areas

Fiber optic cables are the safe way to route Ethernet through Zone 1 or Class 1 Division 2 plant areas. Right? Well, that is only true if the cables are housed in a conduit or protective sheath. This adds significantly to installation costs. A broken fiber optic cable carries enough energy to cause a spark and is unsafe unless protected, until now. We are releasing a new product that is certified to limit the energy in a fiber optic cable so they can be run without additional protection in flammable plant areas.

Emerson has released for sale a new energy-limiting fiber optic switch that for the first time permits fiber optic cable to be used in Zone 1 areas without protective sheathing. The Single Port Fiber Optic Switch is certified by KEMA to limit the energy in the cable so that a potential cable break is safe in Zone 1 and Class 1 Division 2 (C1D2) environments. The new Ethernet switch is DIN rail mounted, uses 24 VDC power, is equipped with a single fiber optic port, and four 10/100 MB TX Ethernet connections. The port can is used with the new DeltaV™ Zone1 I/O scanner and can be used independently of the DeltaV system to route Ethernet safely through Zone 1 or C1D2 areas.
"This product was developed to reduce the cost of installing fiber optic cabling in our customers' Zone 1 areas," said Gary Law, DeltaV system product manager. “This is the first of a family of similar fiber optic products that will address Zone 1 and C1D2 issues.” The fiber optic switch is designed it to the same G3 environmental specs as the DeltaV product so it can be mounted in Zone 2 or C1D2 environments. Since it doesn’t use the DeltaV backplane, pairs of these switches can be used wherever fiber optic cable needs to be routed to or through Zone 1 or C1D2 locations.

For more information on the DeltaV 8.3 release, check out the Release Details.

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September 13, 2005

DeltaV Guardian Support Service Data Sheet Update

DeltaV Guardian Support is an innovative service from Emerson providing real-time guidance and essential support to achieve peak system availability, sustainability and performance. (241KB PDF)

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September 9, 2005

DeltaV System Cyber-Security Whitepaper

This paper describes the system philosophy and guidelines for keeping your DeltaV system secure from cyber-attacks. (499KB PDF)

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September 8, 2005

Bailey to DeltaV Migration Solutions Product Demo

A video demonstration of how the DeltaV system easily connects with Bailey Net 90 / INFI 90 systems. (12:42 minutes)

Also check out DeltaV transition solutions for more information on how you can maximize the return on the equipment you've already purchased, plus take advantage of today's technologies like digital busses, embedded advanced control, and self-diagnosing instrumentation.

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September 7, 2005

Monitor and Control Software Product Data Sheet Update

Monitor and Control Software details the monitoring and control functions supported by a DeltaV system. These functions can run on DeltaV Application Stations and controllers and many of the function blocks may be assigned to run within FOUNDATION Fieldbus devices. (307KB PDF)

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September 6, 2005

Diagnostics Explorer Product Data Sheet Update

DeltaV Diagnostics Explorer provides system-wide (PAS and SIS), device-deep diagnostics. It is the tool that gets to the right information quickly — and easily. (153KB PDF)

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September 3, 2005

Control Studio On-Line Product Data Sheet Update

With Control Studio On-Line, you can view your executing control strategies using the same graphical view that you used when you configured your strategies. (206KB PDF)

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September 2, 2005

Configuration Audit Trail Product Data Sheet Update

Configuration Audit Trail and Version Management is a powerful tool that collects and monitors revision information for any item in the DeltaV configuration database. (150KB PDF)

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September 1, 2005

Press Release: Emerson Partners with Huntsman to Enable Asset Optimization Program

AUSTIN, TEXAS (August 31, 2005) – Emerson Process Management has announced the initiation of an asset optimization improvement program at the Huntsman Holland plant at Rozenburg near Rotterdam. Based on a consultative audit performed by Emerson, Huntsman is implementing a combination of planned and predictive maintenance using Emerson’s AMS™ Suite: Intelligent Device Manager software, communicating with a PlantWeb® digital network of intelligent field devices. Huntsman expects to use the predictive technology of PlantWeb to schedule maintenance requirements and reduce plant failures.

Huntsman operates in an expanding market and its management team is always looking for ways to increase production capacity and improve efficiency. Huntsman is already using Emerson process and control products, and Emerson was asked to conduct the asset optimization benchmark assessment and site evaluation. The objective was to review the condition monitoring programs at the site and develop an improvement program. Following the three-day assessment, the improvement plan was presented to senior management at Huntsman and approved for implementation.

"We see Emerson as much more than a product supplier," said Laurence Thring, European integrity engineer at Huntsman. "By using Emerson, we know we are getting expert advice that will provide an independent input to our future plans. Emerson’s knowledgeable consultants have worked with organizations similar to our own, and this enables us to see how we are rated against other companies."

Craig Llewellyn, president of Emerson’s Asset Optimization Division concluded, "As the team at Huntsman works through our recommendations, we expect to see significant increases in productivity together with reduction in maintenance expenses and spares inventory."

About Huntsman
Built in 1961, the Huntsman Holland Rozenburg site is situated in the Europoort area near Rotterdam. Sixty percent of the Dutch petrochemicals industry is based in this area which is the world’s largest port and second largest industrial zone. The plant produces MDI, Polyols and variants, which are used in the manufacture of hard and soft products for mattresses, car dashboards and insulation for domestic appliances. Products can be tailor-made to the customer’s specification and many new products are manufactured each year to satisfy the rapidly changing needs of the market.

The Huntsman site has 400 employees and 150 contractors. It has won several awards including the first "Horti" port award for the best looking site in the main port area of Rotterdam and the first winner of the "Responsible Care Award" from the Association fo the Ductch Chemical Industry (VNCI).

About Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and other industries. Asset Optimization, www.assetweb.com, a division of Emerson Process Management, is a leading worldwide supplier of services and technologies to increase the availability and performance of production assets for improved bottom line results. Asset Optimization plays a key role in Emerson's mission of combining superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services to help customers achieve the potential of their operations. Emerson brands include PlantWeb®, Fisher®, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, Mobrey®, Daniel®, DeltaV™ , Ovation®, AMS™, and CSI.

About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, 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. Sales in fiscal 2004 were $15.6 billion. For more information, visit www.GoToEmerson.com.

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Advanced Unit Management Software Product Data Sheet Update

DeltaV Advanced Unit Management software provides full analog, discrete and sequencing control within a single DeltaV controller. (565KB PDF)