Customer Success Stories > All Industries

Below, you will find a wealth of Wonderware customer success stories from across the globe. From South Africa to Santa Barbara, you can see Wonderware solutions at work in real-world customer situations.

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Aerospace & Defense

NASA Ames Research Center - The Answer Is Blowin' in the Wind
InTouch® HMI Monitors Wind Tunnel Use at NASA Ames Research Center.
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—released 9/1/2003

NASA Experiments Use InTouch To Link Shuttle With Earthbound Labs
CLEVELAND, OH -- Researchers at the National Aeronautics & Space Administration's Lewis Research Center (LeRC) here fulfilled a near decade-old dream several months ago when they successfully conducted extensive microgravity experiments aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia for the study of potential manufacturing applications in space...
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—released 7/1/2003

All Industries

Universal business and machine data management
"EMAG Maschinenfabrik GmbH is a market leader in CNC machine tools, boasting innovative vertical lathes and ultifunctional Production Centres that drill, mill, grind, gear cut and allow for the application of lasers and other techniques. EMAG were originally Founded in Bautzen, Saxony, but were reestablished in Eislingen, Germany to as a manufacturer of lathes and special purpose machines. In 1969 the company moved to Salach, today's Group headquarters and employs approximately 1,500 workers."
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—released 3/3/2005

Automotive

BP Castrol Oil Uses Wonderware Production & Performance Mgt Solution to Accelerate Production
Wonderware Production and Performance Management Software Solution Speeds Up Production and Competitive Racing Machines Fueled by BP Castrol Oil
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—released 1/11/2006

Delta Motor Corp. Uses InTrack and InTouch Software in World-Class Assembly Plant
PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA -- Delta Motor Corporation (DMC) meets the challenges of vehicle manufacturing in the context of a small assembly plant.
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—released 10/21/2003

Gleaming Software Solution for the Central Process Control Technology in Primer Paintshops
“It was possible to realize modifications and new requirements significantly faster and more cost-efficiently thanks to the structured organization and the inheritance capabilities of the system with regard to the objects.” Jörn von Wieding, Project Manager, G&O
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—released 9/28/2007

Painting by numbers at Toyota SA’s Durban plant

For Toyota SA Motors to meet its goal of 220 000 units per annum by 2009, it would have to extend the capacity of its two existing paint plants at the company’s Durban factory. It was decided to add a third paint plant and to use a basic design in line with five other paint plant facilities currently being constructed across the world and to automate this plant with the help of Wonderware industrial software solutions.

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—released 9/28/2007

Tenneco uses Wonderware Production Event Module to track its catalytic converter line

To meet an annual export target of half a million catalytic converters, Tenneco South Africa was looking to achieve a production availability of 85% while eliminating the loss of critical production information and guaranteeing product traceability throughout their Port Elizabeth plant.

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—released 9/28/2007

Wonderware's InTouch® HMI Helps Dürr Group Provide Precise Painting Solutions to Multinational Car Manufacturers
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany --- If you drive a car, chances are it was painted using a system supplied by Dürr, the world's leading supplier of painting installations for the automotive industry and its supply industries. Dürr plans, constructs and commissions complete paint shops for nearly all the world's car manufacturers...
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—released 7/23/2003

Chemical & Specialty Chemical

Dr. Th. Boehme KG Plant
Wonderware Supervisory HMI Solution offers better control technology for Dr. Th. Boehme KG plant.
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—released 1/3/2007

PCS-Nitrogen Uses Thin-Client Technology with Wonderware to Modernize Plant Operations and Control
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- In order to stay ahead of the technology curve, PCS Augusta installed a variety of Wonderware® products, including InTouch® HMI software, the IndustrialSQL Server™ historian and the ActiveFactory™ suite of analysis clients.
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—released 1/1/2000

Purac
Lactic Acid Producer PURAC implements Wonderware Production and Performance Managment Software Solution for complete control, visualization and information
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—released 1/3/2007

Resinkem adopts ArchestrA technology to improve batch control and modernize its plant
With its eyes firmly set on being the leading supplier of Formaldehyde and urea formaldehyde resins in Southern
Africa, Resinkem was faced with the dilemma of either
extending the life of its aging Formaldehyde plant or
building a new one. Feasibility studies showed that the first
option was preferable provided that an aggressive
modernization programme was started.
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—released 9/28/2007

ST Powder Coatings
ST Powder Coatings uses Wonderware Software Solution to connect ERP and plant systems and fill thousands of customized orders every day.
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—released 1/3/2007

Construction

Elk Uses Wonderware Software to Improve Product Quality and Lower Plant Operating Costs of Manufacturing Roofing Shingles
" Elk, a leading manufacturer of roofing shingles, employs IndustrialSQL Server, ActiveFactory and InTouch software to improve product quality and lower operating costs Shafter, Calif. - Food, water and shelter. At the most basic level, these are the three critical requirements for survival. Elk, a provider of premium-quality roofing materials, is in the business of making sure people don't have to look up when they come in from the cold.Elk has developed an outstanding reputation for its high-quality laminated asphalt shingles. A key contributor to this success is the company's adoption of state-of-the-art technologies in its production facilities -- including the use of automation systems that streamline the manufacturing process..."
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—released 4/14/2004

Consumer Products

Amcor PET Packaging
Blythewood, South Carolina - The Amcor PET packaging plant produces more than five million plastic drinking bottles per day. See how Amcor boosts efficiency with Wonderware's Software Solution.
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—released 11/1/2005

Amica - Cleaning Up in White Goods
Amica uses Wonderware® InTrack™, InTouch® HMI software and IndustrialSQL Server™ historian to fully automate washing machine production.
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—released 9/1/2003

Hill's Pet Nutrition Upgrades PLCs with HMI Software to Automate Production of Pet Foods
Topeka, KS --- There are an estimated 35 million dogs in the United States and probably at least as many cats. Like their owners, each of these pets is of different age and size and has different nutritional needs. This means that for a major pet food supplier such as Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. (a division of Colgate-Palmolive Company), it's a large and complex business to produce canned, dry and specialty pet foods to meet a wide range of nutritional needs...
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—released 10/6/2002

North Sails Uses Wonderware Software to Master the Art of Sailmaking
Minden, Nevada -- North Sails stretches the envelope and the state of the art using InTouch software to help automate unique 3-D laminate sails. Many of the greatest advancements in engineering come from the world of sports. Nowhere is this more evident than in the engineering feats accomplished in world-class sailboat racing...
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—released 7/1/2003

Rügen Fisch Deploys Wonderware System to Streamline Fish-Packing Production and Track Product Geneaology
"Sassnitz, Germany -- Rügen Island, located on Germany's Baltic Coast, was settled more than 1,000 years ago and has a long history of trading and seafaring. Today it's better known as a vacation destination for Europeans seeking the healing respite of its numerous spas and resorts. The oldest of these seaside resorts is Sassnitz, which is located on the northeastern coast of Rügen Island and is famous for its chalk cliffs. Sassnitz is also the home of one of Europe's largest fish-packing companies, which is aptly named Rügen Fisch. Rügen Fisch is now ranked as the second-largest fish supplier in Germany, and 12% of its production is exported. To meet this growing demand... "
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—released 4/14/2004

Southeastern Container Deploys InTrack WIP Tracking System to Streamline Injection and Blow Molding of Plastic Drink Bottles
Winchester, VA -- Southeastern Container is the official producer of plastic bottles for Coca-Cola bottlers in the eastern United States. Meeting this huge and growing demand for plastic Coca-Cola bottles required a major overhaul for Southeastern Container over the past two years...
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—released 7/26/2002

Washington Quality Foods - A Piece of Cake
Washington Quality Foods deploys InBatch processing systems for enhancement of custom cake, breading and flavoring mix production.
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—released 4/1/2002

Waterford Crystal Limited Application Case Study
Waterford, Kilbarry, Ireland --- Unable to meet worldwide demand for brand name cut crystal glassware by traditional hand crafting methods. Needed to integrate production of highest volume stemware product blowing lines while assuring the highest quality standards were maintained and output yields optimised. Could not manage continuous production and provide quality and inventory data without establishing an IT system that could track production at each stage and report QC and inventory information in real time...
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—released 7/26/2002

Electronics Assembly

SEW Eurodrive, Lyman, South Carolina
SEW Eurodrive's Lyman Plant Uses Wonderware's Production & Performance Management Software Solutions to Gear Up for Success!
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—released 7/2/2007

Tektronix, Inc., Measurement Business Division Application Case Study
Beaverton, Oregon --- Needed to consolidate production of sophisticated electronic instrumentation products, which were originally produced at six plants in the Pacific Northwest and recently co-located at the Beaverton facility. Needed to be able to use equipment and labor resources for producing a different mix of products every day based on what customers ordered. Needed to formalize automate information handling, linking manufacturing tasks with MRP II system from QAD...
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—released 7/26/2002

Facilities Management

Bremen
Bremen's building control system provided by Wonderware SCADA Software Solution.
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—released 1/3/2007

Manufacturer-neutral building management systems in energy-optimized properties

"By taking advantage of synergies it is possible to realize energy optimization of the overall system and, in doing so, to achieve a significant reduction of energy demand and primary energy consumption."

--Gerd Schablitzki, Head of the Building and Technology Department, Federal Environmental Agency

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—released 9/28/2007

Nanking Software Park Uses Wonderware Software for Building Automation System
Building Automation System in Taiwan.
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—released 7/19/2004

Neutral building management system in facilities of German federal authorities
“Taking the first step is the most important thing
when implementing a neutral Building
Management System (BMS)! The advantages of
using Wonderware products clearly outweigh the
use of proprietary systems. The absolute BMS
costs decreased considerably since the
introduction of the open system and expenses for
new systems, particularly for new developments
and system extensions, are significantly lower
than budgeted.”
Kurt Speelmanns, Head of Service Division Bonn,
Federal Institute for Realty Projects
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—released 9/28/2007

The Venetian Resort & Casino Uses Wonderware Software to Generate Power in the Desert
What was The Venetian Resort to do if it wanted to provide a vacation experience in the desert and not worry about the power needed to generate such an experience? The Venetian Resort took the road to electrical power independence by installing GE Power Management Systems and Wonderware's InTouch® software.
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—released 1/1/2001

University of Cincinnati Modernizes Coal-Fired Utilities With Addition of FactorySuite® HMI, Database Modules
Cincinnati, Ohio -- The University of Cincinnati is one of the oldest higher education institutions in the United States, tracing its origins back to 1819 when it was founded as Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio. The university has always been a leader among educational institutions. Many of the campus buildings were designed by avant-garde architects from various eras. This includes designers such as Samuel Hannaford in the early 1900s and Cambridge 7 today. The university is now part of Ohio's state university system and is one of only 88 institutions classified as a Research I University by the Carnegie Commission. The university's campus is situated in the heart of downtown Cincinnati, near the banks of the Ohio River and the border with the neighboring state of Kentucky. With about 35,000 students who populate well over 100 buildings situated on more than 420 acres of land, the University of Cincinnati is like a small city within a city...
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—released 10/6/2002

University of Western Ontario: Doing More with Less
LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA --- The Physical Plant Department's goal at the University of Western Ontario is to significantly improve its productivity and ability to respond more quickly to university maintenance requests. As a result of Wonderware's Avantis implementation, the department has been able to accomplish more with less despite budget cuts...
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—released 7/26/2002

Food & Beverage

Alsace Lait - French Dairy Milks Profits from Automated Process Solutions
Automated process solutions from Invensys Production Management companies deliver new levels of efficiency for a French dairy.
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—released 9/1/2002

Arla Foods Delivers Fresh Milk to the Tables of Europe with the Help of Wonderware Software Solution
Arla Foods' Christiansfeld dairy supplies fresh milk products to 850 stores and more than one-million people. The dairy uses a Wonderware plant intelligence solution to meet its demanding delivery schedule without compromising quality.
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—released 1/26/2005

Automated traceability at Arla Brabrand
“At Arla Brabrand Wonderware solutions have
resulted in an increase of line efficiency of 5% on the
machines on which they are implemented. We have
been able to reduce overtime work, i.e. we pay for
less working hours and the staff no longer has to
work overtime. Now we can handle production
within normal working hours.”
Rita Hornsleth, Production Manager, Arla Brabrand
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—released 9/28/2007

Blue Diamond Co-op Uses FactorySuite® Software to Process Millions Pounds of Calif. Almonds Each Year
"Everybody loves almonds. From the almonds air travelers munch on to the bowlful sports enthusiasts dig into while watching their favorite games on TV, almonds have been a favorite snack and cooking ingredient for centuries. Originating in ancient China and central Asia, explorers brought almond trees across the 'Silk Road' to the Mediterranean. By the 1700s, Franciscan padres had brought almond trees to California. California is now the only place in North America where almonds are grown commercially -- and the largest processor of almonds today is the Blue Diamond Growers Cooperative, based in the capital city of Sacramento..."
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—released 5/20/2003

Brouwerij Martens
Bocholt, Belgium - Wonderware is selected to fully integrate this brewery's business & manufacturing systems.
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—released 11/1/2005

Event-controlled ice-cream production
“By using Wonderware Application Server
together with the standard objects for
traceability, we succeeded in optimizing our
material usage. This has led to significant
savings in the use of raw materials and to
improved recipes.”
Hartmut Grießing, Plant Manager, Nestlé Schöller
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—released 9/28/2007

From InTouch to Wonderware System Platform... a smooth transition!
“The Wonderware Application Server has
allowed us to evolve our supervisory system to
traceability. We have capitalized a lot on our
existing investments, by implementing a similar
solution in another production plant”
Mr Gauthier, Project Manager, Soufflet Group
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—released 9/28/2007

Giving inventory an accurate start at Coca-Cola Canners
“By extending the reach of the SCADA system
into the packaging lines, the case and pallet
labeling printers have, in effect, become part of
our production plant. This approach not only
makes use of our existing assets but also gives
us a great deal more control than previously as
well as an accurate measurement of our
production performance and stock status.”
Glen Riffel, Plant Manager, Coca-Cola Canners
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—released 9/28/2007

Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company Retains Cost-Competitive Edge with Wonderware Solution
Wonderware Solution Helps Specialty Sugar Producer Retain Cost-Competitive Edge
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—released 5/19/2005

Langeberg Foods Installs Kitchen Plant with FactorySuite® Software
BOKSBURG, SOUTH AFRICA --- Langeberg Food Processors is one of the oldest and best known prepared food makers in South Africa. Founded in 1938, the company's All Gold and Koo brand names are the most popular in the nation for a diverse range of foods including mayonnaise, tomato sauce, jams and jellies, and a wide variety of canned vegetables...
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—released 10/6/2002

OPM Chocolate: InTouch HMI by Wonderware enables optimised chocolate production, cutting down the mould changing times by 30%
“Thanks to InTouch by Wonderware, we
managed to concentrate all the controls in one
spot, with a considerable benefit in operational
terms”.
Aldo Abluton, Electronic Department Manager,
OPM Group
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—released 9/28/2007

Pernod implements a Refreshing P&PM Solution from Wonderware
Thuir, France - Pernod Implements a Refreshing Prpduction & Perfromance Management Solution from Wonderware!
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—released 1/10/2006

Reliable Bakery Ingredients Batching
British Bakels, Bicester, is a leading supplier of baking
ingredients. They operate from modern production
facilities and offer high service levels to commercial
bakeries and other food manufacturers. Bakels required
a system that would simplify the production of hundreds
of products whilst providing consistent quality; they
chose Wonderware’s InBatch software system which was
deployed by Stratos Control Systems Ltd.
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—released 9/28/2007

SABMiller Sets New Standards for the Beer Industry
Ibahyi, South Africa -- SABMiller plc is the world's second largest brewing conglomerate and, with the commissioning of its Ibahyi brewery near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, is setting new production standards for the entire industry. Completed in a record 18 months from groundbreaking to full production, the Ibahyi brewery makes use of the latest process and production management, and integration solutions from Wonderware to become the defacto industry standard for manufacturing capability, manufacturing systems, organizational design and asset care...
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—released 3/11/2004

Simplot's ERP/MES Implementation Improves Production Control, Reduces Inventory
BOISE, IDAHO -- As the development of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) matured in the 1980s, their growing functionality gave birth to an important strategic idea at food giant J.R. Simplot Company: using information technology to mirror the production environment for more effective operations control. "Extrapolating what we observed in the use of PLCs, we came to believe that there would be a time in the near future when we could mirror our production environment through computers," said William Friend, Group Vice President, Supply Chain Management and Information Systems, at J.R. Simplot's Food Group. "If we could mirror our operations in a computer, we could simulate our processes -- and then predict outputs and costs before production runs were made."
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—released 3/13/2003

Sirap-Gema: quality begins in the tray
“With the RF system Sirap-Gema can check the
exact location of all items and products used
along the entire line: from the arrival of raw
materials right through to the shipping
operations”.
Maurizio Pantano, General Manager,
Alpha Dec
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—released 9/28/2007

Tillamook Cheese Upgrades Production With InTrack™ WIP System
Oregon, USA -- Tillamook Cheese upgrades production with InTrack WIP System to trace ingredients and track product genealogy in dairy products. The next time you find yourself in the grocery store, take a good look in the dairy case. You're sure to find the world famous Tillamook® brand family of high-quality cheeses, ice cream, butter, yogurt and other dairy products. The Tillamook name is so well known because this Oregon-based cooperative has been producing nothing less than the industry's best cheese and dairy products...
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—released 5/20/2003

Forest Products

What Would JM Huber Do?
A manufacturer of high-performance specialty wood products uses Wonderware's InTouch® HMI and IndustrialSQL Server database tools to streamline production.
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—released 4/1/2003

Wonderware Industrial Application Server Gives Georgia-Pacific Monticello More Flexibility & Control
Wonderware Industrial Application Server Gives Georgia-pacific Monticello Plant More Flexibility and Control
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—released 6/21/2005

Healthcare

Eastman Kodak Uses InTouch® HMI to Mfr. Preventive Health Care Products
ROCHESTER, NY --- Today's growing emphasis on preventive health care has caused new growth in demand for Eastman Kodak Company's dental film products, which are used by dentists around the world to monitor individual patients' dental health. Management of the Dental Finishing Department, located at the Kodak Park facility here in Rochester, needed to increase productivity to meet this growing demand, but in a tight economic climate they...
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—released 10/6/2002

Metal Products

Asarco Inc. Enhances Copper Rod Production Using InTouch® Software
Amarillo, TX -- Common sense says you can't push a piece of string to move it, you have to pull it. Almost the same applies in making copper rod --- only it's harder. You can't push or pull a cast bar of copper when you're making copper rod stock that will be manufactured into wire. Excessive tension in either direction has negative results on the quality of the final product. Managing this key problem was just one of the factors faced by the Rodline staff at Asarco, Incorporated...
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—released 10/6/2002

Brollo RIH Group Steel Pipe & Tube Warehouse Application Case Study
Boksburg, South Africa -- Problem: Inefficiencies in storage and distribution of steel pipe and tube products at a central distribution warehouse serving multiple steel plants. Customer service was affected by all of these inefficiencies, requiring rework or duplicate work. Inventory costs were high due to lack of organized information on inventory, deliveries of finished goods from production plants and shipment of goods to customer sites. Inventory turns were longer than necessary, increasing cost of goods...
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—released 7/26/2002

DMS Powders - Where Real-Time Analysis of Plant Effectiveness Is Eliminating Inefficiency
Producing nearly 40,000 tons of metallic powder each year, DMS (Dense Media Separators) Powders is the largest producer of both atomized and milled FeSi (ferrosilicon) in the world. FeSi is used as media in mineral and metal separation processes. DMS Powders has been gradually extending its industrial automation initiatives to improve yield through better control over the effectiveness of the plant's production processes...
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—released 4/14/2004

Enhanced performance and quality thanks to a centralized standard solution for process data acquisition and visual display
“Thanks to the technology from Wonderware,
we have succeeded in meeting the flexibility
operation and monitoring requirements of
modern production facilities.”
Stefan Jaschke, Plant Manager TSE,
Arcelor Bremen GmbH
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—released 9/28/2007

Global Steel Industry Leader, Nucor Steel, Revolutionizes Production with Wonderware
Since ancient metal workers first created it by removing nearly all of the impurities from iron at least 3,000 years ago, steel has had a profound impact on civilization. From the hand-forged weapons that gave tribal leaders a dominant advantage over their bronze-equipped neighbors to the mass-produced railway lines and trains that drove the industrial revolution that forged the world we live in today, the common, critical ingredient has been steel.
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—released 6/8/2005

Showa Denko Carbon Deploys Wonderware® Plant Intelligence Solution to Streamline Production and Track Product Geneaology
Ridgeville, S.C. -- The Showa Denko Carbon plant is one of the world's leading producers of graphite electrodes used to fire electric arc furnaces for making carbon and alloy steels. Hidden among the Carolina pines and palm trees just up the highway from the stately mansions of oceanfront Charleston, the Showa Denko plant is a well-kept business secret, despite its importance to the steel industry...
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—released 4/14/2004

Software Objects a Real Blast
“Deployment was a key aspect as the next
blower could be done without stopping the first
– with full confidence that Wonderware
Application Server would perform correctly”
Martyn King, Project Engineer,
Corus Automation Solutions.
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—released 9/28/2007

Mining

AngloGold Ashanti’s Navachab gold mine installs Wonderware Application Server-based expert system
With the ever-increasing need to maximize production
efficiency and lower costs, AngloGold Ashanti was after
a mill control system that would maintain a consistent
level of process control while continuously maximizing
performance at its Navachab gold mine in Namibia. But
there was a catch - the changeover to the new system
would have to occur without interrupting production in
any way.
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—released 9/28/2007

AngoloGold Mining Enhances Competitive Status Using FactorySuite® Software
ODENDAALSRUS, SOUTH AFRICA --- When dealing with a commodity like gold, one would assume that the intrinsic value of the end product woudl guarantee profitability for any company. The fact of the matter is, the mining and processing of gold ore are massive and complex operations that require stringent cost controls in order to make a profit in a constantly fluctuating world market...
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—released 10/6/2002

Finding a needle in a haystack at Namakwa Sands
“It took about 2 1/2 years to develop our
Production Management Information System,
but it was well worth it. I want t othank
Wonderware Southern Africa for their patience
and support in this endeavour. Without them,
we could not have done it.”
Pierre Cornelissen, IT Engineer, Systems
Architecture and Integration, Namakwa Sands
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—released 9/28/2007

Kumba Resources Grootegeluk uses Wonderware Application Server to set automation standards
The Kumba Coal Grootegeluk mine has been
running InTouch HMI (Human-Machine Interface)
and other Wonderware products for many years.
Much of the control systems were therefore based on
older versions of InTouch and Siemens S5 PLCs.
During 2005 a project was initiated to upgrade the
PLCs to Siemens S7 PLCs and at the same time to
upgrade the existing InTouch applications and place
them under the Wonderware Application Server &
ArchestrA tehcnology umbrella.
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—released 9/28/2007

Ohio Lime Increases Quarry Productivity by Automating with PLCs and InTouch® Software
OODVILLE, OH --- Most people probably don't consider a mining company to be a likely candidate for automation systems. After all, the mechanical process of taking minerals out of the ground, transporting them in kilns and bagging product for shipment hasn't seen much in the way of technological advancement in a lot of years...
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—released 10/6/2002

Oil & Gas

Chevron Uses InTouch® Software for Supervisory Control & Monitoring of More Than 500 Offshore Wells
NEW ORLEANS, LA --- Boating and navigational skills are no longer part of the unofficial job requirements for offshore personnel at Chevron U.S.A. Production Company's offshore sites in the Gulf of Mexico. That's because Chevron engineers have implemented a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system that allows them to manage more than 500 different platforms and associated well sites remotely...
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—released 9/3/2003

Flying J - A PC-based DCS Solution for an Independent Refinery
North Salt Lake City, Utah --- Since its founding in 1968, Flying J Inc. has grown from an operator of four retail gasoline stations in the western U.S. to a highly successful chain of truck and auto fueling stations, restaurants, motels and convenience stores located at major interstate highway exits across the breadth of the United States. In that time Flying J has also become a vertically integrated corporation by developing its own oil and gas exploration company, petroleum refinery, and truck, barge and pipeline distribution system...
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—released 7/26/2002

Invensys Optimizes Upstream Performance in Remote Oil Fields
This Invensys Success Story describes how SimSci-Esscor, Foxboro and Wonderware-ArchestrA collaborate to optimize upstream performance for a customer in the Oil & Gas industry...
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—released 4/14/2004

Mobil Exploration & Producing Controls Costs at Major Oil Field Using Wonderware Software
Bakersfield, Calif. --- On the flat, dusty plain west of Bakersfield, you can see the oil wells of the Mobil Exploration & Producing South Belridge lease for miles before you reach them. Day and night, 365 days a year, hundreds of these workhorses pump up and down, steadily harvesting the vast oil reserves under this region of the San Joaquin Valley...
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—released 10/6/2002

Mobil Natural Gas Automates Processing & Pipelines Using For Production Supervision
NINNEKAH, OKLAHOMA --- The plains of central Oklahoma, south of Oklahoma City, are wide open and windy year-round so the weather can have a bite to it even during the good months. Operations crews at the Mobil Chitwood Gas Processing Plant here used to get pretty cold making their rounds to turn equipment on and off and take readings from chart recorders and indicators for tracking the processing of natural gas...
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—released 8/13/2002

SI Configures Decentralized "Control Room" for OMV Energie
VIENNA, AUSTRIA --- OMV Energie is one of Austria's largest energy companies, with vertically integrated operations that include oil drilling and production, gas production and distribution, pipelines, oil refining, petrochemical manfacture and retail marketing of petroleum products. Despite annual sales approaching $7 billion, OMV is not considered a giant in the world oil industry. To make sure it prospers in an extremely fast-moving industry, management is making aggressive use of the latest in automation technology to increase operating efficiency and reduce costs so that it can be nimbly competitive in a global economy...
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—released 7/26/2002

Zhejiang Natural Gas Co. installs Wonderware SCADA solution featuring IAS to reduce engineering & maintenance costs
Zhejiang Natural Gas Company installs Wonderware SCADA solution featuring Industrial Application Server to reduce engineering and maintenance costs
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—released 5/19/2005

Other Industry

Auto-Bake, Sydney, Australia
Auto-Bake uses Wondeware's Supervisory HMI Software Solutions to Provide Baking Systems that make End-Customers' Mouths Water
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—released 7/2/2007

Bodega Marine Lab Asserts Control Over Marine Life
Bodega Marine Laboratory deploys open control systems based on InTouch® software for precise control of seawater temperature and salinity for marine research.
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—released 4/1/2001

KUKA Roboter Uses InTouch® Software to Connect to Industrial Robot Via OPC Protocol
Standard PC technology is making it easier in the area of industrial robots to set up real-time controls with user friendly visualization components. KUKA Roboter GmbH in Augsburg, Germany, has implemented a very impressive solution using Wonderware® InTouch® connected to an industrial robot with PC-based real-time control via OPC (OLE for Process Control)...
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—released 10/6/2002

Micrel Semiconductor Increases Productivity, Enhances Customer Service and Creates Smooth Production Flow with InTrack Software
"San Jose, Calif. - You can't see them because they're typically buried inside electronic products, but integrated circuits made by Micrel Semiconductor are the secret to the success of many of today's high-speed networks, wireless phones, personal digital assistants, computers and many other popular consumer electronics products. Based in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, Micrel started as a semiconductor test company in 1978 and has become a leading manufacturer of advanced high-performance analog, digital and mixed-signal circuits. Today, the company is considered a world-class semiconductor supplier, but it wasn't always that way..."
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—released 10/28/2003

Packaging & Discrete Manufact.

Produvisa Glass Plant Modernized for Global Competition With Batch System Using PLCs, PCs, InTouch® Software
CAGUA, VENEZUELA --- Productos de Vidrio S.A. (Produvisa) is one of the leading employers in the industrial city of Cagua, west of Venezuela's capital city of Caracas. Founded in 1900, Produvisa is the largest maker of glass bottles and containers in Venezuela and one of the largest in Latin America. It is a major supplier to the soft drink industry, including both Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola; beer breweries...
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—released 10/6/2002

Pharmaceuticals

Continuous Improvement in Validated Process
“This (DT Analyst software) has delivered huge
potential for ‘management in real-time’, with
one set of numbers and a total overcoming of
the effects of insufficient agreed data”, further
he added, “It encourages a ‘let’s do it’ culture
and has become the heartbeat of the business”
Paul Power, Plant Manager,
IVAX Pharmaceuticals
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—released 9/28/2007

Power Generation

Arizona Public Service's Four Corners Plant Increases Power Generation Efficiency
Four Corners, NM -- Arizona Public Service (APS), a division of Pinnacle West, is a major electricity supplier in Arizona and bordering states. APS runs a plant in New Mexico called Four Corners, which resides where the states of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah all meet at one geographical point. The plant generates 2,040 megawatts of power, making it one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the U.S., capable of powering 300,000 homes with electricity. The plant uses ten million tons of coal each year, and all of it is mined from a nearby Navajo-owned mine...
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—released 4/14/2004

Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. Shifts to PCs For Networkable Remote Control of Power Substations
Bangor, Maine --- Bangor Hydro-Electric Company has come a long way, for a trolley company. Started early in the 1900's to provide electrical power for the municipal trolley system, Bangor Hydro-Electric has become one of the largest public electric utilities in New England, serving about 100,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in a service area covering almost 5,000 square miles of central Maine...
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—released 7/26/2002

CNFL Reduces Delays in Response TIme with Wonderware SCADA Solution
CNFL Reduces Delays in Response Time with a Comprehensive Wonderware SCADA Software Solution
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—released 1/30/2006

Elsam A/S Power Generation
Fredericia, Denmark - Wonderware helps Elsam A/S shed light on opportunities to improve production & performance management.
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—released 11/1/2005

Kansas City Power & Light Deploys Thin Clients and Portal Software to Create Browser-Based Economic Performance-Monitoring System
Kansas City, MO - Given today's hotly competitive energy marketplace, it isn't unusual for electric utilities to implement a high level of process automation so that management can produce power more efficiently and at lower cost. What is unusual, however, is for a utility to create Web-based performance monitoring systems that allow both management and plant operators to monitor and evaluate the economic performance of their production in addition to the power generation process itself. That's exactly what Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCP&L) has done at two of its generation plants near Kansas City by installing software from Wonderware...
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—released 4/14/2004

Lincoln Electric Increases Electric Generation Capacity with InTouch® Software
LINCOLN, NE - When Lincoln Electric System investigated ways to increase its electric generation capacity during peak summer demand periods, their engineering consultants advised them to...
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—released 10/6/2002

PNOC-EDC Uses Wonderware® Software to Generate Electricity from Geothermal Steam
Mindanao, The Philippines -- The source of geothermal power is the heat contained inside the Earth, a heat so intense that it creates molten magma. There are several types of geothermal systems formed when hot magma nears the surface (1,500 to 10,000 meters deep) and heats groundwater directly. The heat generated from these "hot spots" flows outward toward the surface, manifesting as volcanoes, geysers and hot springs. Naturally occurring hot water and steam can be tapped by energy-conversion technology to generate electricity...
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—released 8/28/2003

Wisconsin Public Service Creates Hybrid Control System with Wonderware® Software
"Weston, Wis. -- Serving more than 440,000 electric customers in 11,000 square miles of northwestern Wisconsin and an adjacent portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WPS) is one of the midwest's leading public utilities. WPS operates a network of coal-fired, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind and natural gas peaking power plants that provide up to 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electric power, transmitted over more than 20,000 miles of distribution lines. By developing an open-architecture equivalent to standard distributed control systems (DCS) that run other utilities' coal-fired plants, Wisconsin Public Service increased its efficiency and significantly reduced the cost of power production and raised the standard for other utility companies..."
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—released 4/14/2004

Wonderware Historian collects and ActiveFactory software analyzes data in Nuclear Power Plants
Rosenergoatom directs its main efforts and resources
on providing safety at all life cycle phases of nuclear
power plants. To realize this task in 2003-2005
Rosenergoatom made wide evaluations to specify
optimal data collecting and analyzing system for
technological parameters in its Nuclear Power Plants.
Based on these evaluations, in 2005, a data processing
project was completed at Kolskaya Nuclear Power
Plant (Kola NPP).
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—released 9/28/2007

ZhuHai Telecommunication Bureau Uses Wonderware Industrial Application Server to Centralize Power-Monitoring and Control
ZhuHai, China - The ZhuHai Telecommunication Bureau is one of the first organizations in the Asia-Pacific region to install a system featuring the Wonderware Industrial Application Server. The Industrial Application Server is a key component of Wonderware's advanced, integrated and remarkably easy-to-use FactorySuite A² product line and central to Wonderware's plant intelligence solutions, which can increase a plant's overall efficiency and profitability and accelerate returns on investment (ROI)...
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—released 3/5/2004

Public Sector

Large control system upgrade for Sebokeng waste water treatment works
“The distributed nature of the plant presented
unique challenges. It’s easy to lose sight of the
fact that all components are part of the same
facility and should be treated as such.
Wonderware Application Server’s ‘galaxy’ and
single namespace concept, helped achieve this.”
Paulo De Sousa Gomes, Engineering Director,
Ram-Tec Systems
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—released 9/28/2007

Object-oriented control system in water resources management with process connection via GPRS
“The system allows us to quickly locate errors
and other events in the sewerage system. This
enables us to prepare our service activities as
best as possible and to dramatically reduce the
time required for maintenance on site, or even
to avoid having to do work locally altogether.”
Robert Erndt, Sewage System Manager,
City of Emsdetten
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—released 9/28/2007

State-of-the-art control technology for monitoring and optimizing the water supply
“Now we are able to create all required reports,
analyses and documentation ourselves, we are
no longer depending on outside companies to
provide us with that information”.
Matthias Rammler, Electrotechnical and System
Support, City Public Works Düsseldorf
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—released 9/28/2007

Pulp & Paper

Appleton Papers Inc. Employs InTouch® Software To Manufacture Thermal Fax Paper
APPLETON, WI -- Thermal paper is one of those products we all use but never think about. It is something most people take for granted. But, every day, 365 days a year, miles and miles of thermal paper is used in millions of fax machines and printers worldwide. Appleton Papers Inc., headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, is North America's leading producer of thermal paper. It is ISO 9002 certified and is the only fully integrated U.S. thermal paper manufacturer to control both the production of the base paper and the application of the thermal coatings...
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—released 10/6/2002

Engelhard Corp. Paper Company Deploys Integrated FactorySuite® Applications to Automate Operations and Link to MRP
MIAMI, FLORIDA --- It sounds a bit like Rodney Dangerfield to put it this way, but millions of people literally walk all over Engelhard Corporation's specialized paper products every day. The difference between the comedian and the company is that Engelhard does get respect...
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—released 10/6/2002

Kotlas Pulp & Paper Mill Increases Production & Enhances Quality Control by Implementing Wonderware Production & Performance Management Software Solution
Kotlas Pulp & Paper Mill increases production & enhances quality control by implementing Wonderware Production & Perforamnce Management Software Solution
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—released 4/14/2006

Ponderay Newsprint Co. Transitions to PC-based Control Network Using Off-the-Shelf PCs and InTouch® Software
USK, WASHINGTON --- Ponderay Newsprint Co. was founded by a consortium of five U.S. newspaper publishers and a forest products company specifically to provide a consistent and cost-effective supply of continuous web paper for newspaper printing operations. Located about 60 miles north of Spokane, Ponderay Newsprint started production in November, 1989, with what was then state-of-the-art paper making equipment and subsystems managed by a distributed control system (DCS), ...
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—released 10/6/2002

Pulp Producer Aracruz Cellulose Uses InTouch® HMI to Modernize Production
Aracruz Celulose, one of the world's largest pulp producers, turns to Wonderware's InTouch® HMI and Foxboro's I/A Series® Systems to modernize and upgrade its production efforts.
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—released 4/1/2003

Smurfit-Stone - In the Chips
PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Wonderware's InTouch® HMI replaces aging operator consoles at Smurfit-Stone to upgrade operations and turn wood chips into high-quality paper products.
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—released 9/1/2003

Semiconductors

ProMOS Technologies Ensures Safe Productive Fab Yields Using FactorySuite® Software
HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. --- ProMOS Technologies, Inc. is a joint venture of Mosel Vitelic and Siemens AG that was established in 1996 to be a volume producer of high density, 64 megabit synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAMs). As a brand new company, ProMOS could take advantage of state-of-the-art equipment and technologies to quickly become a highly productive supplier...
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—released 10/6/2002

Telecommunications

Transportation & Storage

EISENMANN: optimal management of automatic warehouses, avoidance of errors and increase in productivity
“The Object Oriented technology of
Wonderware allowed us to modify the system in
just a few hours, also using the wide library that
the American multinational put at our disposal,
and the one we have created over the years”.
Eng. Luca Lo Conte, Project Manager,
B&B Automation
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—released 9/28/2007

SALT: greater safety on the motorway
“The entire system will be up and running in a
few months’ time, thanks also to the special
nature of Industrial Application Server by
Wonderware, which provides a series of
particularly innovative functions, based on
straightforward programming…”
Andrea Ballatore, Engineering Manager,
Giordano & C.
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—released 9/28/2007

South African Airways Cargo Application Case Study
Johannesburg, South Africa --- South African Airways was experiencing problems with tracking of air cargo shipments throughout their organization, including: Data inaccuracies that resulted in occasional mis-routing of shipments, which meant multiple handlings of cargo; deficiencies in tracking shipments start-to-finish, which hindered response to customer inquiries about shipment status...
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—released 7/26/2002

Wonderware and Trainyard Tech Keep Norfolk Railway on Track with Automation Solution
Norfolk Southern Railway Company efficiently transports frieght in the U.S. and Canada by effectively managing operations at its regional railyard. Wonderware software and hardware helps Norfolk realize substantial cost savings in development time and labor, and delivers real-time information to the right people at the right time.
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—released 1/14/2008

Utilities

Carson City Public Works make operational efficiency improvements with Wonderware SCADA Solution
Wonderware SCADA Solution Helps Carson City Public Works Make Operational Efficiency Improvements That Save Money and Increase Productivity
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—released 7/7/2006

Water & Wastewater

Bodega Marine Lab Asserts