Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its CENTUM® VP Integrated Production Control System and STARDOM™ Network-based Control System are among the first such systems to be certified by the Fieldbus Foundation™ as complying with all the requirements for registration as Integrated Host Class systems.
The Fieldbus Foundation’s Host Profile Registration Program tests control systems (host systems) based on the FF-525 (Host Profile Registration Process) checklist. These tests verify whether systems support the features that are defined in FF-569 Rev. 2 (Host Interoperability Support Test and Procedures Revision 2.0). This specification sets out how host systems and field devices are to be linked via a FOUNDATION™ fieldbus network. A registered host system is formally recognized to comply with the foundation’s interoperability requirements and is allowed to bear the FOUNDATION fieldbus product registration symbol.
The Host Profile Registration Program was established to further improve interoperability between host systems and field devices, and it will replace the existing Host Interoperability Support Test (HIST) Program. The new program is different in that it audits and registers host systems that are grouped into several profile classes*.
CENTUM VP and STARDOM are among the first control systems to achieve registration as Integrated Hosts with comprehensive engineering, monitoring, maintenance, and communication functions. This is the outcome of Yokogawa’s long experience with systems and equipment that utilize the FOUNDATION fieldbus technology. We will continue making every effort to promote FOUNDATION fieldbus and reduce costs over the entire plant lifecycle.
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Upcoming events
August 9-12 -- Automation X-change at Park City, UT.
Event info: "AutomationXchange (AX) is a revolutionary strategic sales event developed to connect leading solution providers with senior executives who manage the automation investments of the global manufacturing industry. Executives with the highest strategic responsibility meet for three days of concise, efficient meetings."
For more information please contact Cynthia Le at cynthia.le@us.yokogawa.com
August 19-21 -- CoalGen at Charlotte, NC
Event info: COAL-GEN 2009 is the place for attendees to learn about the current state of the coal industry including the challenges ahead and ways to overcome them, the latest topics affecting coal-fired power plants and cutting edge products and services.
For more information please contact Cynthia Le at cynthia.le@us.yokogawa.com
September 1-2 -- Vigilance 7 Rollout
Event info: Learn more about news products, competive marke and sales playbook. To view full agenda, please contact Kari Mitchell at kari.mitchell@us.yokogawa.com
September 28-30 -- Fifth Expo at Spokane, WA (tentative)
For more information please contact Cristy Treleani at cristy.trealeni@us.yokogawa.com
Event info: "AutomationXchange (AX) is a revolutionary strategic sales event developed to connect leading solution providers with senior executives who manage the automation investments of the global manufacturing industry. Executives with the highest strategic responsibility meet for three days of concise, efficient meetings."
For more information please contact Cynthia Le at cynthia.le@us.yokogawa.com
August 19-21 -- CoalGen at Charlotte, NC
Event info: COAL-GEN 2009 is the place for attendees to learn about the current state of the coal industry including the challenges ahead and ways to overcome them, the latest topics affecting coal-fired power plants and cutting edge products and services.
For more information please contact Cynthia Le at cynthia.le@us.yokogawa.com
September 1-2 -- Vigilance 7 Rollout
Event info: Learn more about news products, competive marke and sales playbook. To view full agenda, please contact Kari Mitchell at kari.mitchell@us.yokogawa.com
September 28-30 -- Fifth Expo at Spokane, WA (tentative)
For more information please contact Cristy Treleani at cristy.trealeni@us.yokogawa.com
Biggest Loser contest results
Yokogawa Sugar Land held its Biggest Loser contest February 16 through May 11, 2009. Ninety-two employees participated and lost a total of 656 pounds or 3.5% of the total body weight.
The winners from the Sugar Land and Clear Lake offices are:
First place: Thomas Keim (19.3%)
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Second place: Cindy Reichek (12.9%) |
Third place: Dan Kouder (12.5%) |
The winning team was Margaritaville (8.5%) (Pictured back to front, left to right: Dan Kouder, Thomas Keim - Captain, Toni Hodges, Jeannie Harold, Aida Ibarra, Barbara Viney) |
Temperature instrumentation
April 2009 Market Intelligence Report
An electronic survey of Control magazine readers was conducted in April 2009, in order to identify usage and application trends of temperature instrumentation among the process automation professionals. A total of 122 responses were received.
Detailed survey results can be found here, with key findings summarized below:
- The most common uses of temperature instrumentation included the following:
- Process control -- 90%
- Process monitoring -- 86%
- Environmental monitoring -- 53%
- Quality control -- 43%
- Environmental control -- 42%
- The largest number of survey respondent’s temperature sensors connect to:
- Standard analog (4-20) transmitters -- 83%
- Directly to a controller (PLC or PAC i/o) -- 74%
- HART transmitters -- 43%
- FOUNDATION Fieldbus transmitters --20%
- Profibus transmitters -- 9%
- A full 49% of survey respondents use only analog temperature transmitters in more than 50% of applications.
- A full 89% of survey respondents indicated that Profibus transmitters account for less than 10% of their transmitters. 79% indicated FOUNDATION Fieldbus accounted for less than 10%. 54% indicated that HART accounted for less than 10%.
- The majority of respondents (52%) do not intend to buy and install wireless temperature transmitters in the next 12 – 18 months. 27% have buying intentions while 21% are undecided.
- Respondents indicated the top three wireless field sensor protocols they would select are Wireless HART (37%), ISA100.11a (34%) or a proprietary protocol (37%).
New operation of HIST
Yokogawa is the first IA supplier to successfully pass the host profile registration test. Both CENTUM VP with PRM and STARDOM with PRM received approvals in October 2008. Training for new HIST has already been conducted for the Interoperability Test Lab (IOTL) members.
Both systems will be registered by Fieldbus Foundation™ soon. Yokogawa started the new operation of host interoperability support test (HIST) in March 2009. This will further improve our interoperability with third party field devices.
"Host profile registration” is a new registration process for FOUNDATION fieldbus-compliant host systems. Fieldbus Foundation started development of the registration process for host systems in 2007 based on end users requirements to improve interoperability.
Before – Host systems demonstrate test procedures related to FOUNDATION Fieldbus features with the sample third party field devices in the presence of Fieldbus Foundation examiner.
– The third party devices are tested by the HIST complied host systems
– Host systems are NOT registered
– Host supplier is free to choose the features to be tested
– As a result, set of supported features is NOT consistent among the host systems
After (with host profile registration)
– Host systems are tested according to FF-525 “host profile registration process”
– Host systems are registered by Fieldbus Foundation
– Consistent set of features (profile) will be supported on host systems of multiple host suppliers.
Yokogawa is the first host supplier which completed host registration process
– CENTUM VP and STARDOM successfully passed the test in October 2008 prior to other host suppliers.
– Compliance of both integrated host systems are confirmed in the presence of Fieldbus Foundation examiner.
– Integrated host is one of classes in the host profile which has comprehensive features for engineering, operation, maintenance, and communication.
Waiting for Official Certification
Official certification has not been issued to date. Instead, Fieldbus Foundation has issued Yokogawa a letter to prove the completion of the test.
http://globalcyber.jp.ykgw.net/Sales_Marketing/Fieldbus/data/02FF-H1/05Interoperability/02Registration/ISD-MASP-S08025_HOST_Interoperability.pdf
Both systems will be registered by Fieldbus Foundation™ soon. Yokogawa started the new operation of host interoperability support test (HIST) in March 2009. This will further improve our interoperability with third party field devices.
"Host profile registration” is a new registration process for FOUNDATION fieldbus-compliant host systems. Fieldbus Foundation started development of the registration process for host systems in 2007 based on end users requirements to improve interoperability.
Before – Host systems demonstrate test procedures related to FOUNDATION Fieldbus features with the sample third party field devices in the presence of Fieldbus Foundation examiner.
– The third party devices are tested by the HIST complied host systems
– Host systems are NOT registered
– Host supplier is free to choose the features to be tested
– As a result, set of supported features is NOT consistent among the host systems
After (with host profile registration)
– Host systems are tested according to FF-525 “host profile registration process”
– Host systems are registered by Fieldbus Foundation
– Consistent set of features (profile) will be supported on host systems of multiple host suppliers.
Yokogawa is the first host supplier which completed host registration process
– CENTUM VP and STARDOM successfully passed the test in October 2008 prior to other host suppliers.
– Compliance of both integrated host systems are confirmed in the presence of Fieldbus Foundation examiner.
– Integrated host is one of classes in the host profile which has comprehensive features for engineering, operation, maintenance, and communication.
Waiting for Official Certification
Official certification has not been issued to date. Instead, Fieldbus Foundation has issued Yokogawa a letter to prove the completion of the test.
http://globalcyber.jp.ykgw.net/Sales_Marketing/Fieldbus/data/02FF-H1/05Interoperability/02Registration/ISD-MASP-S08025_HOST_Interoperability.pdf
Global Management Board Meeting
Since April, YEF President Harry Hauptmeijer, YCA President David Johnson, and YEA President Tony Lee have been coming to Japan each month to attend the Management Board meeting. As the markets outside Japan are responsible for more than half of our business, these executives play a crucial role in our global operations. They are now able to give their opinions directly at these meeting, allowing Yokogawa to adapt to changing global market conditions and improve its global competitiveness. In this issue of the Groupway, we ask for their impressions of these meeting and the future of the Yokogawa Group.
Tony Lee, YEA President
I am very honored to be one of the three first non-Japanese attendees of the Yokogawa Management Board Meeting at YHQ.
As a member of the Yokogawa management team, I see this as an important step in globalizing Yokogawa’s business operations. Attending these meetings provides the heads of non-Japan operations a better overview and understanding of Yokogawa’s entire business. Also, as a part of the process of globalization, I appreciate that management is considering the opinions and feedback of important subsidiaries outside Japan. I also think this is a giant step toward the goal of a “One Global YOKOGAWA”. Going global requires openness to different cultures, ways of doing things, processes, and structures. Although it is a long process, I think this move to globalizing management demonstrated the Yokogawa leadership’s vision and commitment to taking the company to even greater heights.
As a corporation, Yokogawa embarked on the journey of globalization many years ago, and today we are seeing the good results of this effort. Yokogawa’s operations outside Japan now account for more than 50% of IA sales revenue. As the Japan market matures and saturates, other markets shall become the engine of growth, propelling the Yokogawa Group’s business forward.
Surviving this economic downturn and going forward from a more internationalized operation by being more competitive and more effective in expanding into a new businesses and markets.
Harry Hauptmeijer, YEF President
Recently, Yokogawa Europe opened its new headquarters and once more I realized the importance of Yokogawa’s global and international business environment. We could only realize this headquarters with the good perspective that comes within the context of One Global YOKOGAWA, and this is with gratitude to my colleagues all over the world. It is the exponent and immediate proof that globalization is a must that our customers require. I am very pleased that this customer wish extends to the regional participation in the monthly Management Board meeting, or KEIEI KAIGI. It is a clear sign that Yokogawa appreciated and encourages global thinking and acting. I find it motivating and stimulating, and by the way: the English is perfect!
Naturally the participation in the KEIEI KAIGI implies a view on the future of Yokogawa. Therefore, I would like to quote our major customers Shell and ExxonMobil. Recently NAM celebrated its 50th anniversary of the finding of gas in the Netherlands, today the world’s number five gas producer. NAM’s two shareholders Shell and ExxonMobil delivered their vision on the future. Both confirmed that fossil fuels have a long future. Shell’s CEO Jeroen van der Veer added that Shell’s mission is to deliver affordable energy, and he contributed that renewable energy is still strongly subsided. Therefore Shell has decided to concentrate its renewable energy investments on the development of technologies to start mass production once it is basically affordable for the consumer. ExxonMobil’s CEO Rex Tillerson explained clearly his three pillars discipline, and teamwork.
I fully support the essence of our major customers’ messages and how Yokogawa should develop its future: with prudence, with high quality technology as our core contribution through teamwork to secure sustainability and long-term customer support.
David Johnson, YCA President
I am truly honed to be a member of such an important group. I understand this action (allowing non-Japanese nationals to be part of the Management Board meeting) is a Yokogawa first. The decision to diversity the Management Board meeting signals the reinforced commitment of YHQ’s top management continue with and accelerate the globalization of Yokogawa Electric. I view this as another positive step in the evolution of our company.
The future of the Yokogawa Group is very bright. Citing the specific example of the IA division, we have achieved great things; we have established ourselves as one of the top 3 industrial automation groups in the world. We have great talent and great products/solutions with a strong desire to achieve our targets, goals, and objectives. A key moving forward will be out ability to put strategic action plans alone is not enough to get to #1. We need to strategically look at opportunities more holistically and from the user’s perspective to assure the products and solutions we create have universal acceptance and are applicable to an industry, not just a particular customer. This will dramatically improve the efficiency of our R&D expenditures and result in better ROI with broader ranging solutions.
Last and certainl1y not least, we need to feel comfortable with our success. We have worked hard and have earned the right to be a world leader. Let’s stand confident and proud, “as one Yokogawa”. There are no limits to what we can and will achieve together. The key is truly believing in ourselves and our destiny. If we can be flexible enough to change strategies when required and overcome obstacles created by our competitors, we can and will control our own destiny!
Tony Lee, YEA President
I am very honored to be one of the three first non-Japanese attendees of the Yokogawa Management Board Meeting at YHQ.
As a member of the Yokogawa management team, I see this as an important step in globalizing Yokogawa’s business operations. Attending these meetings provides the heads of non-Japan operations a better overview and understanding of Yokogawa’s entire business. Also, as a part of the process of globalization, I appreciate that management is considering the opinions and feedback of important subsidiaries outside Japan. I also think this is a giant step toward the goal of a “One Global YOKOGAWA”. Going global requires openness to different cultures, ways of doing things, processes, and structures. Although it is a long process, I think this move to globalizing management demonstrated the Yokogawa leadership’s vision and commitment to taking the company to even greater heights.
As a corporation, Yokogawa embarked on the journey of globalization many years ago, and today we are seeing the good results of this effort. Yokogawa’s operations outside Japan now account for more than 50% of IA sales revenue. As the Japan market matures and saturates, other markets shall become the engine of growth, propelling the Yokogawa Group’s business forward.
Surviving this economic downturn and going forward from a more internationalized operation by being more competitive and more effective in expanding into a new businesses and markets.
Harry Hauptmeijer, YEF President
Recently, Yokogawa Europe opened its new headquarters and once more I realized the importance of Yokogawa’s global and international business environment. We could only realize this headquarters with the good perspective that comes within the context of One Global YOKOGAWA, and this is with gratitude to my colleagues all over the world. It is the exponent and immediate proof that globalization is a must that our customers require. I am very pleased that this customer wish extends to the regional participation in the monthly Management Board meeting, or KEIEI KAIGI. It is a clear sign that Yokogawa appreciated and encourages global thinking and acting. I find it motivating and stimulating, and by the way: the English is perfect!
Naturally the participation in the KEIEI KAIGI implies a view on the future of Yokogawa. Therefore, I would like to quote our major customers Shell and ExxonMobil. Recently NAM celebrated its 50th anniversary of the finding of gas in the Netherlands, today the world’s number five gas producer. NAM’s two shareholders Shell and ExxonMobil delivered their vision on the future. Both confirmed that fossil fuels have a long future. Shell’s CEO Jeroen van der Veer added that Shell’s mission is to deliver affordable energy, and he contributed that renewable energy is still strongly subsided. Therefore Shell has decided to concentrate its renewable energy investments on the development of technologies to start mass production once it is basically affordable for the consumer. ExxonMobil’s CEO Rex Tillerson explained clearly his three pillars discipline, and teamwork.
I fully support the essence of our major customers’ messages and how Yokogawa should develop its future: with prudence, with high quality technology as our core contribution through teamwork to secure sustainability and long-term customer support.
David Johnson, YCA President
I am truly honed to be a member of such an important group. I understand this action (allowing non-Japanese nationals to be part of the Management Board meeting) is a Yokogawa first. The decision to diversity the Management Board meeting signals the reinforced commitment of YHQ’s top management continue with and accelerate the globalization of Yokogawa Electric. I view this as another positive step in the evolution of our company.
The future of the Yokogawa Group is very bright. Citing the specific example of the IA division, we have achieved great things; we have established ourselves as one of the top 3 industrial automation groups in the world. We have great talent and great products/solutions with a strong desire to achieve our targets, goals, and objectives. A key moving forward will be out ability to put strategic action plans alone is not enough to get to #1. We need to strategically look at opportunities more holistically and from the user’s perspective to assure the products and solutions we create have universal acceptance and are applicable to an industry, not just a particular customer. This will dramatically improve the efficiency of our R&D expenditures and result in better ROI with broader ranging solutions.
Last and certainl1y not least, we need to feel comfortable with our success. We have worked hard and have earned the right to be a world leader. Let’s stand confident and proud, “as one Yokogawa”. There are no limits to what we can and will achieve together. The key is truly believing in ourselves and our destiny. If we can be flexible enough to change strategies when required and overcome obstacles created by our competitors, we can and will control our own destiny!
Vigilance 7 Rollout Sept.1-2
If you are in Systems, or Instrumentation sales and marketing, please mark your calendar to attend the Vigilance 7 Rollout.
Agenda
Day 1: Tuesday, September 1 (one-hour)
Agenda
Day 1: Tuesday, September 1 (one-hour)
- One hour demo CENTUM® VP: A VigilantPlant scenario for "Kaizen" in an industrial boiler operation.
- Time: 3-4 pm
- Required attendees: all YCA marketing and sales employees
- Location:
- Sugar Land - Sugar Land Demo Center
- Newnan - Room 101
- Mexico -
- Canada - VCR 1
- Remote offices - Please let Kari Mitchell (kari.mitchell@us.yokogawa.com, x3867) know so she can send you the webex information. The webex info will be issue on August 20.
- Required attendees: All employees (Sales, PMK and Marketing) are required to attend.
- Location:
- Sugar Land: Room 101
- Newnan: Room 001
- Canada: VCR1
- Mexico: Remote locations: Please let Kari Mitchell (kari.mitchell@us.yokogawa.com, x3867) know so she can send you the webex information. The webex info will be issue on August 20.
Dave Summers
We are pleased to announce the addition of Dave Summers to our Canadian
Sales team. Dave will be assuming the role of RSM (Regional Sales Manager) for FIBU products in Canada. He will be based out of the Calgary office and will report to me.
Dave’s primary responsibility will be to grow the IA products in Canada for the FIBU division. He replaces Sam Hassan who transferred to the FIBU PMK group in Newnan. Dave comes to us from our channel partner CB Engineering where he spent more than nine years selling and promoting Yokogawa products.
Dave’s background is in the oil & gas sector. He has extensive experience in selling and dealing with the Calgary EPC environment. His experience with the Yokogawa-CA channel partners, as well as our Canadian customers, will offer great benefits to the growth of our products business.
Dave is a SAIT and a University of Calgary graduate. He and his wife, Amanda, have two children – Joshua, 5, and Karyssa, 2 1/2. In his spare time, Dave enjoys running and recently completed his first marathon.
Please join me in welcoming Dave and his family to the Yokogawa team.
You may contact Dave Summers at: dave.summers@ca.yokogawa.com
Office: 403-258-2681
Cell: 403-542-4460
Regards,
Charlie Johnson
National Sales Manager, IA Products
Dave’s primary responsibility will be to grow the IA products in Canada for the FIBU division. He replaces Sam Hassan who transferred to the FIBU PMK group in Newnan. Dave comes to us from our channel partner CB Engineering where he spent more than nine years selling and promoting Yokogawa products.
Dave’s background is in the oil & gas sector. He has extensive experience in selling and dealing with the Calgary EPC environment. His experience with the Yokogawa-CA channel partners, as well as our Canadian customers, will offer great benefits to the growth of our products business.
Dave is a SAIT and a University of Calgary graduate. He and his wife, Amanda, have two children – Joshua, 5, and Karyssa, 2 1/2. In his spare time, Dave enjoys running and recently completed his first marathon.
Please join me in welcoming Dave and his family to the Yokogawa team.
You may contact Dave Summers at: dave.summers@ca.yokogawa.com
Office: 403-258-2681
Cell: 403-542-4460
Regards,
Charlie Johnson
National Sales Manager, IA Products
Donald Wyatt promoted to Business Unit Manager, Yokogawa Laser Division
Please join me in congratulating Donald Wyatt on his promotion to Business Unit
Manager for the Yokogawa Laser Analysis Division (LAD) in Clear Lake, Texas.
In his new position, he will ultimately be responsible for overall management the
LAD business unit including sales and marketing, R&D and product Development
requirements, and production requirements. Don will also be responsible for
profit/loss and facilities operations. He will report to me.
He will be working closely with the TDLS (Tunable Diode Laser Spectrometer) manufacturing groups in Clear Lake and Newnan, as well as the Laser Analysis R&D group.
Donald has been the Global Sales Manager of the Yokogawa Laser Analysis Division since Yokogawa’s purchase of Analytical Specialities, Inc., in April 2008. He participated in two Department of Energy programs -- the “Development of In Situ Sensors for the Chemical Industry” which led to the development of the TruePeak™ TDLS platform and the “Advanced Diagnostics and Control for Furnaces, Fired Heaters and Boilers” which led to the development of the combustion measurement TDLS platform.
Donald has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University and more than 15 years in the Process Analyzer business.
You may contact Donald at: donald.wyatt@us.yokogawa.com
Telephone: 281-488-0409, x106
Regards,
Trevor Knittel
GM Laser Analytical Division
He will be working closely with the TDLS (Tunable Diode Laser Spectrometer) manufacturing groups in Clear Lake and Newnan, as well as the Laser Analysis R&D group.
Donald has been the Global Sales Manager of the Yokogawa Laser Analysis Division since Yokogawa’s purchase of Analytical Specialities, Inc., in April 2008. He participated in two Department of Energy programs -- the “Development of In Situ Sensors for the Chemical Industry” which led to the development of the TruePeak™ TDLS platform and the “Advanced Diagnostics and Control for Furnaces, Fired Heaters and Boilers” which led to the development of the combustion measurement TDLS platform.
Donald has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University and more than 15 years in the Process Analyzer business.
You may contact Donald at: donald.wyatt@us.yokogawa.com
Telephone: 281-488-0409, x106
Regards,
Trevor Knittel
GM Laser Analytical Division
ControlGlobal Q&A on security
By Penny Chen, USDC, with input from Bruce Jensen and Akiomi Monden
How much security is enough security?
That's a difficult question. The answer really depends on how you view the meaning of the word "security" when it comes to systems.
If you see security as an isolated element caused by a particular device function, application protocols, software bugs, physical vulnerability, and so on, then the answer must be there is never enough security to be really secure. If you view security from the overall network architecture and address security from the network platform as an overall service, the answer could be that you can make it secure enough at least for your business goals.
Today, we often focus on a particular security issue, such as jamming one or more network channels, denial of service through a particular network point, worms and viruses’ propagating from part of a network, wireless has no proximity and/or no boundary propagation, etc. Recent history has told us it is very difficult to guard against individuals or groups launching a new attack that targets a particular weakness of the network elements intentionally or playing with a critical network non-intentionally. Since security is inherited through a network solution, it follows that the network is part of the platform. It is simply matter of time waiting for researchers, technicians or hackers to be able to break into it.
“Thinking about security, as a battle against desperados, it’s possible that we always lose even if we try our best to predict intrusions before they happen,” said Akiomi Monden, cybersecurity expert from R&D Management Department in Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo. “Since there is a low possibility of defeating them, we can reduce and control the risks by defending our network architecture. We do not need to beat them, but we could ease the consequences of an attack. That is the very basic policy we should take and all strategies should follow this. Otherwise, the cost will be prohibitive. In most cases they are deceived.”
Therefore, “secure” is no longer an individual or isolated concept even if it happens individually. One of the most important aspects of good security is through a great network design. Security is an important part of the overall network platform. A good and resilient network architecture will able to quickly identify the invasion, isolate the attack, minimized the damage and quickly recover from the incident. The question is―how well can you design a network architecture that is resilient enough to ensure your business goal?
“I have been continually advocating security is very similar to functional safety management,” said Bruce Jensen, manager of system marketing and sales support from Yokogawa Corporation of America. “There SIL levels have been defined that account for reductions in a calculated risk of an event due to process conditions. Analysis is performed to determine how much risk reduction is required and safety loops designed with accredited equipment installed to achieve that SIL level. Security assurance level or security protection level is similar in that analysis is done to determine how much reduction in risk from the potential of harm to cyber assets and, thus, the process they control is warranted and what measures are needed to mitigate and at what cost. Is this as evolved as the HAZOP? Maybe. Maybe not. I think this is somewhat inherent in the defense-in-depth strategies.
“A secondary corollary is alarm management. This may be more appropriate. Here is also the idea of reducing risk of an event (safety or financial) by ensuring that operators respond to actual process conditions rather than trying to sort through an alarm avalanche to determine what really is wrong. Thus alarm management is a work process, using a variety of hardware and software tools in order to reduce the risk of a process event being mishandled.”
Good and secure network architecture needs go through a complete risk assessment. There are two important steps in this risk assessment process.
Step 1: Risk Evaluation – threat analysis of the overall network architecture, such as identifying threats using checklists and establishing a risk level. Through a threats analysis, the level of vulnerability should be understood.
Step 2: Business Impact Analysis―balance the business needs on how much security is able to support your business objectives in the short term and long term
Another important aspect of a secure network for industry automation is the plant security life cycle. The plant security life cycle includes two key elements: security life cycle and plant life cycle. In order to achieve and keep the security level of all assets, a corporate policy should be in place to follow an appropriate procedure to ensure the security assurance level according to its cybersecurity management needs. Then, the corporate personnel should execute it through the design and engineering phase, testing and commissioning phase, and the operating and management phase after hand-over from vendor to the end user. Ensuring that people follow the guideline and enforce the action is also an important element of measuring security.
As an automation systems and instrumentation vendor, Yokogawa could broadly support our customers through all these phases, not just design and engineering, by offering system elements with a good security posture that have been certified with a public program or accredited with a proven security test, or a thorough in-house testing. We can also propose best practices for implementing a good security management system with the main control systems, such as a recommended network design and a recommendation of security controls deployment. Furthermore, it would be better if the best practices help these control systems comply with industrial standards, governmental regulations and corporate risk management systems. Yokogawa is not only able to provide technology to customers, but also services to help in implementing, operating and managing cybersecurity managementsSystems with industrial automation/ control systems.
By combining a resilient network architecture design with a complete risk assessment, along with the plant security life cycle, you can make your network secure enough to support your business objectives. Ultimately, it is a business decision as to what cost is required to reduce the risk to an acceptable level.
What is the difference between "compliance" and "security"?
Compliance is usually used to declare or measure conformance against a particular group of regulations or standards. Compliance can be part of a security program because a particular network element’s performance and robustness, including software and/or hardware can be accredited and tested.
However, security includes more than just compliance. Security is part of the network architecture, and the network provides the platform for security.
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Swine flu updates -- vaccination recomentation
Source: Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/
Updated on August 5, 2009
Novel H1N1 Vaccination Recommendations
With the new H1N1 virus continuing to cause illness, hospitalizations and deaths in the US during the normally flu-free summer months and some uncertainty about what the upcoming flu season might bring, CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has taken an important step in preparations for a voluntary novel H1N1 vaccination effort to counter a possibly severe upcoming flu season. On July 29, ACIP met to consider who should receive novel H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available.
Novel H1N1 Vaccine
Every flu season has the potential to cause a lot of illness, doctor’s visits, hospitalizations and deaths. CDC is concerned that the new H1N1 flu virus could result in a particularly severe flu season this year. Vaccines are the best tool we have to prevent influenza. CDC hopes that people will start to go out and get vaccinated against seasonal influenza as soon as vaccines become available at their doctor’s offices and in their communities (this may be as early as August for some). The seasonal flu vaccine is unlikely to provide protection against novel H1N1 influenza. However a novel H1N1 vaccine is currently in production and may be ready for the public in the fall. The novel H1N1 vaccine is not intended to replace the seasonal flu vaccine – it is intended to be used along-side seasonal flu vaccine.
CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a panel made up of medical and public health experts, met July 29, 2009, to make recommendations on who should receive the new H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available. While some issues are still unknown, such as how severe the virus will be during the fall and winter months, the ACIP considered several factors, including current disease patterns, populations most at-risk for severe illness based on current trends in illness, hospitalizations and deaths, how much vaccine is expected to be available, and the timing of vaccine availability.
The groups recommended to receive the novel H1N1 influenza vaccine include:
Once the demand for vaccine for the prioritized groups has been met at the local level, programs and providers should also begin vaccinating everyone from the ages of 25 through 64 years. Current studies indicate that the risk for infection among persons age 65 or older is less than the risk for younger age groups. However, once vaccine demand among younger age groups has been met, programs and providers should offer vaccination to people 65 or older.
From a Yokogawa North America standpoint:
Updated on August 5, 2009
Novel H1N1 Vaccination Recommendations
With the new H1N1 virus continuing to cause illness, hospitalizations and deaths in the US during the normally flu-free summer months and some uncertainty about what the upcoming flu season might bring, CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has taken an important step in preparations for a voluntary novel H1N1 vaccination effort to counter a possibly severe upcoming flu season. On July 29, ACIP met to consider who should receive novel H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available.
Novel H1N1 Vaccine
Every flu season has the potential to cause a lot of illness, doctor’s visits, hospitalizations and deaths. CDC is concerned that the new H1N1 flu virus could result in a particularly severe flu season this year. Vaccines are the best tool we have to prevent influenza. CDC hopes that people will start to go out and get vaccinated against seasonal influenza as soon as vaccines become available at their doctor’s offices and in their communities (this may be as early as August for some). The seasonal flu vaccine is unlikely to provide protection against novel H1N1 influenza. However a novel H1N1 vaccine is currently in production and may be ready for the public in the fall. The novel H1N1 vaccine is not intended to replace the seasonal flu vaccine – it is intended to be used along-side seasonal flu vaccine.
CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a panel made up of medical and public health experts, met July 29, 2009, to make recommendations on who should receive the new H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available. While some issues are still unknown, such as how severe the virus will be during the fall and winter months, the ACIP considered several factors, including current disease patterns, populations most at-risk for severe illness based on current trends in illness, hospitalizations and deaths, how much vaccine is expected to be available, and the timing of vaccine availability.
The groups recommended to receive the novel H1N1 influenza vaccine include:
- Pregnant women because they are at higher risk of complications and can potentially provide protection to infants who cannot be vaccinated.
- Household contacts and caregivers for children younger than 6 months of age because younger infants are at higher risk of influenza-related complications and cannot be vaccinated. Vaccination of those in close contact with infants less than 6 months old might help protect infants by “cocooning” them from the virus.
- Healthcare and emergency medical services personnel because infections among healthcare workers have been reported and this can be a potential source of infection for vulnerable patients. Also, increased absenteeism in this population could reduce healthcare system capacity.
- All people from 6 months through 24 years of age.
- Children from 6 months through 18 years of age because we have seen many cases of novel H1N1 influenza in children and they are in close contact with each other in school and day care settings, which increases the likelihood of disease spread, and young adults 19 through 24 years of age because we have seen many cases of novel H1N1influenza in these healthy young adults and they often live, work, and study in close proximity, and they are a frequently mobile population; and,persons aged 25 through 64 years who have health conditions associated with higher risk of medical complications from influenza.
Once the demand for vaccine for the prioritized groups has been met at the local level, programs and providers should also begin vaccinating everyone from the ages of 25 through 64 years. Current studies indicate that the risk for infection among persons age 65 or older is less than the risk for younger age groups. However, once vaccine demand among younger age groups has been met, programs and providers should offer vaccination to people 65 or older.
From a Yokogawa North America standpoint:
- There are no cases of the H1N1 flu virus within our employee group (USA, Mexico or Canada)
Exaquantum sales campaign
As agreed at the YEI board members June 2009 meeting, Yokogawa will conduct a special Exaquantum sales campaign in order to increase FY09 IA business revenues by increasing our PIMS global sales opportunities.
We have been selling Exaquantum by stressing Low TCO as well as our seamless connection with the CENTUM. However, even though we have a huge potential global market, our total Exaquantum sales volume is only about five percent of the total installed CENTUM volume. The purpose of this sales campaign is to create more opportunities for Toh-Toh sales.
Exaquantum sales campaign outline for FY09:
- Target market: All countries outside Japan
- Terms: We will negotiate an appropriate sales target for all Regions. The new campaign discount rate will be applied from the date when the target is agreed to until the end of March 2010. Orders received prior to the start date will not be eligible for the campaign discount rate.
- Campaign products: · Exaquantum (NTPP) · Exaquantum/Batch (NTPB) · Exaopc (including Batch and Exaopc-RD) that are sold via non-Japanese affiliates. · The campaign discount rate will not apply to AMC (Annual Maintenance Contracts) which will be remain at the current rate
- With regards to the annual regional sales target: · The proposed sales target will be sent by letter to each regional affiliate HQ separately. This target is based on past sales records, installed CENTUM quantity and the 2009 ‘Prospective PIMS Job List’ that was recently obtained from each regional affiliate HQ. · The final sales target will be agreed upon following discussions between YHQ and each regional affiliate HQ.
- Once the sales target is agreed to, YHQ will start accepting tokuchu requests for the special transfer rate (0.7*0.85=0.595).
- When an affiliate requires an additional discount than provided by this campaign price, SSTP (Strategic Special Transfer Price) shall be applied by the regional affiliate HQ.
- All sales amounts (FY09 orders that each affiliate has already received, campaign-applied sales and SSTP-applied sales) will contribute towards each affiliate sales target by net sales amounts excluding AMC sales.
- Projects must be registered on each regions ‘job opportunity list’ in advance to allow for a tokuchu to be applied when it is awarded. Any project not registered on the job opportunity list will not be included in this campaign.
- If the regional affiliate HQ achieves the agreed sales target, the campaign price transfer rate for Exaquantum and Exaopc will be applied to the next fiscal year provided that the regional affiliate HQ agrees to a new sales target. If the sales target is not achieved, the normal standard transfer rate will be re-instated.
- Sales support action plan by YHQ & YMX Action Plan · YHQ will send each regional affiliate HQ their suggested FY09 sales target via letter by the first week of July 2009. Following discussions with each regional affiliate HQ, the sales target will be agreed upon. · Based on the potential market volume or a special affiliate request, YMX will help provide sales training. YMX will also provide sales tools and training materials that include updated demonstration software (Demo A) incorporating Exaquantum R2.50 (when it is available).
- YMX will also: · Enhance the educational sales and services programs on the PESN website · Enhance e-Learning items & contents · Provide application based sales guides
- The three items above will be available by the end of August
· Upon the release of Exaquantum R2.50 (scheduled for September 2009), YMX will distribute presentation material, demonstration software (Demo A) and provide training.
· Upon the release of Exaquantum/Batch R2.50 (scheduled for December 2009), YMX will distribute presentation material, demonstration software (Demo A) and provide training.
Special sales campaign procedures
- To register a project for the sales campaign, each regional affiliate HQ must claim “PIM/OPC” in the SBP cell of its job opportunity list in advance of winning the order.
- Upon winning the order, the Sales department must issue a tokuchu that contains the description “Application of the Exaquantum {or, /Batch} Sales Campaign Price” and, if appropriate, with the corresponding Exaopc interface package. The project reference number in the job opportunity list must also be included.
- Exaopc includes Exaopc-RD
VPVan takes to the Canadian highways
By Charlie Johnson, Yokogawa Canada National Sales Manager
The Yokogawa VPvan crossed the Canadian border June 1st into Vancouver, British Columbia, with the much anticipated 30-day tour for the Canadian customers.
More than 300 "over-the-top excited" customers
Our first stops were BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology) and Chevron in Burnaby, BC. The van toured more than 14 locations and logged in thousands of miles. From southern BC, the van moved north to Alberta and the boom town of Ft. McMurray. From that point, stops were made in Edmonton, Ft. Saskatchewan, Calgary, Joffre and Medicine Hat. More than 300 customers visited the van and all were "over-the-top" excited with this very impressive marketing tool.
Limited resources not a problem
The month we had it here in Canada was very productive. We received many new leads and opportunities despite our limited resources. We required that no less than two Yokogawa employees be with the van at all times and staged many events on Monday in order to take full advantage of the week. This required many of our guys to travel every Sunday for the month of June to be ready for a Monday start. Customers we visited along the way included: Chevron, BP Noel, Canfor, Daishowa, Syncrude/Exxon Mobil, Suncor, CNRL, Esso Resources, Husky, Dow, Enbridge, Thermo Design, Cominco, and Canadian Fertilizer.
VPVan helps snag order
To bring an exciting end to the van visit, Scott Cadger, Systems RSM picked up a $2.2M PO from Canadian Fertilizer during our visit there at the CFI plant in Medicine Hat, AB. The van generated many new leads and our channel Partner CB Engineering was with us on all visits as well.
Event timed with Calgary Stampede
Because of logistical issues and budget, we could not find a viable location in downtown Calgary so we had the van parked in front of our building in Calgary. Since it was the week before the Calgary Stampede, we staged a pre-Stampede event at the Yokogawa Canada office and invited customers out for a BBQ burgers and hot dogs lunch on the 25th and 26th of June. The attendance was tremendous as we had more than 100 customers come by to join us. We took full advantage of this opportunity to give them all a tour of our facility as well as tour the VPVan.
Special thanks
I would like to express my thanks to everyone who helped us make the VPVan’s visit to Canada a successful one. Thanks to:
In conclusion, we have already started planning our next visit. It is scheduled for eastern Canada. Our enthusiasm is high and the water cooler talk has already begun based on feedback from our customers. This mobile demo room has been the best marketing tool we have ever invested in and I personally would like to see more tools like this as it is the best way for us to get the products and message to our customers. I find this tool to be more valuable that any trade show I have ever attended and would see far more benefits by having access to this vehicle to support the growth of our business.
More than 300 "over-the-top excited" customers
Our first stops were BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology) and Chevron in Burnaby, BC. The van toured more than 14 locations and logged in thousands of miles. From southern BC, the van moved north to Alberta and the boom town of Ft. McMurray. From that point, stops were made in Edmonton, Ft. Saskatchewan, Calgary, Joffre and Medicine Hat. More than 300 customers visited the van and all were "over-the-top" excited with this very impressive marketing tool.
Limited resources not a problem
The month we had it here in Canada was very productive. We received many new leads and opportunities despite our limited resources. We required that no less than two Yokogawa employees be with the van at all times and staged many events on Monday in order to take full advantage of the week. This required many of our guys to travel every Sunday for the month of June to be ready for a Monday start. Customers we visited along the way included: Chevron, BP Noel, Canfor, Daishowa, Syncrude/Exxon Mobil, Suncor, CNRL, Esso Resources, Husky, Dow, Enbridge, Thermo Design, Cominco, and Canadian Fertilizer.
VPVan helps snag order
To bring an exciting end to the van visit, Scott Cadger, Systems RSM picked up a $2.2M PO from Canadian Fertilizer during our visit there at the CFI plant in Medicine Hat, AB. The van generated many new leads and our channel Partner CB Engineering was with us on all visits as well.
Event timed with Calgary Stampede
Because of logistical issues and budget, we could not find a viable location in downtown Calgary so we had the van parked in front of our building in Calgary. Since it was the week before the Calgary Stampede, we staged a pre-Stampede event at the Yokogawa Canada office and invited customers out for a BBQ burgers and hot dogs lunch on the 25th and 26th of June. The attendance was tremendous as we had more than 100 customers come by to join us. We took full advantage of this opportunity to give them all a tour of our facility as well as tour the VPVan.
Special thanks
I would like to express my thanks to everyone who helped us make the VPVan’s visit to Canada a successful one. Thanks to:
- CB Engineering and their account managers
- The Yokogawa Canada office staff for their assistance with making the two-day Calgary event so successful
- All of the Yokogawa Canada RSM’s for giving up your Sunday’s for the month of June
- And last, but certainly not least, a very special thanks to Chris Delahoussaye, our VPVan driver. The success of this Canadian trip would not have been possible without his help and support at all these locations. Thanks for being a part of our team.
In conclusion, we have already started planning our next visit. It is scheduled for eastern Canada. Our enthusiasm is high and the water cooler talk has already begun based on feedback from our customers. This mobile demo room has been the best marketing tool we have ever invested in and I personally would like to see more tools like this as it is the best way for us to get the products and message to our customers. I find this tool to be more valuable that any trade show I have ever attended and would see far more benefits by having access to this vehicle to support the growth of our business.
ScopeCorder captures and analyzes real-time data
Today’s engineers depend increasingly upon versatile test equipment with a wide variety of measurements. Yokogawa DL750 ScopeCorder is just such a capable instrument, enabling simultaneous measurement & analysis of various electro-mechanical parameters.
ScopeCorder is a new measurement tool combining the functions of an oscilloscope for capturing instantaneous phenomena and of a data recorder for monitoring long term-trend. The DL750 allows inputs from physical sensors such as thermocouples, strain gages or acceleration sensors. As such, it has become a popular instrument among engineers working in different areas like Research, Development, Production, Quality and Maintenance across industries like Electrical & Electronics, Power, Process, Automotive, Aerospace, and Electromechanical.
The DL750 offers a large display on the front, a hard drive inside and a printer on top. The unit’s left side panel is populated with three USB ports, an Ethernet port, a SCSI port, a video port, a GPIB port, a 16-bit digital input connector, and a ZIP drive/ floppy drive or PC card drive with space for the power plug. On the right side, the DL750 has a room for eight, two-channel input modules.
In between the input and communications ports, the 10-kg DL750 has up to 1 GW of memory. You can allocate the memory to any channel or combination of channels. The instrument offers a wide range of user-selectable input modules (such as logic, temperature, strain, acceleration, rotational analysis, frequency, and voltage) that cover almost every measurement need. It enables speeds of up to 10 MS/sec with 12-bit resolution and 1 MS/s at 16-bit resolution. Most modules provide 1000 V of signal isolation.
DL750 ScopeCorder can capture and analyze data in real time with functions usually reserved for digital oscilloscopes. Functions include channel math (such as sine, cosine, log, and integrals), digital filtering, spectral analysis, and go/no-go limit testing. With all of its capabilities, the DL750 ScopeCorder, is going to be a “must have” Instrument in every related industry and plant.
For detailed information please contact Ymetmi@bh.yokogawa.com.
ScopeCorder is a new measurement tool combining the functions of an oscilloscope for capturing instantaneous phenomena and of a data recorder for monitoring long term-trend. The DL750 allows inputs from physical sensors such as thermocouples, strain gages or acceleration sensors. As such, it has become a popular instrument among engineers working in different areas like Research, Development, Production, Quality and Maintenance across industries like Electrical & Electronics, Power, Process, Automotive, Aerospace, and Electromechanical.
The DL750 offers a large display on the front, a hard drive inside and a printer on top. The unit’s left side panel is populated with three USB ports, an Ethernet port, a SCSI port, a video port, a GPIB port, a 16-bit digital input connector, and a ZIP drive/ floppy drive or PC card drive with space for the power plug. On the right side, the DL750 has a room for eight, two-channel input modules.
In between the input and communications ports, the 10-kg DL750 has up to 1 GW of memory. You can allocate the memory to any channel or combination of channels. The instrument offers a wide range of user-selectable input modules (such as logic, temperature, strain, acceleration, rotational analysis, frequency, and voltage) that cover almost every measurement need. It enables speeds of up to 10 MS/sec with 12-bit resolution and 1 MS/s at 16-bit resolution. Most modules provide 1000 V of signal isolation.
DL750 ScopeCorder can capture and analyze data in real time with functions usually reserved for digital oscilloscopes. Functions include channel math (such as sine, cosine, log, and integrals), digital filtering, spectral analysis, and go/no-go limit testing. With all of its capabilities, the DL750 ScopeCorder, is going to be a “must have” Instrument in every related industry and plant.
For detailed information please contact Ymetmi@bh.yokogawa.com.
Yokogawa Australia’s John Hewitt participates in CEO Sleepout fundraiser
YOKOGAWA Australia Managing Director, John Hewitt, participated in the CEO Sleepout on 18 June to raise funds for Sydney’s homeless.
Hewitt was required to sleep overnight on a sheet of cardboard in the forecourt of Sydney’s Luna Park, regardless of the weather, in order to have the kind of experience that literally tens of thousands of men, women and children go through every night.The CEO Sleepout is a fund-raising initiative of the St Vincent de Paul Society, which is now in its fourth year. Money raised through the sponsorship of CEOs participating in the event went directly towards providing relief to the homeless through crisis accommodation, domestic violence support, access to budget counseling, legal advice and education.
According to Hewitt, the statistics regarding the number of homeless people listed on the CEO Sleepout website are quite harrowing. “We think we’re going through a challenging period in our industry right now, but at least we’ve all got homes to go to, food on the table, and friends and family to support us,” he said. Hewitt hopes to provide a focus for Yokogawa employees, customers and suppliers to help those who are less fortunate.
Dick Smith, Brian McCarthy of Fairfax Media and Tony Stuart of the NRMA were among the group of CEOs who participated in the event. An unknown Yokogawa employee said the night was "one of the longest and coldest nights of the year".
Sponsorships A $50 sponsorship provided bedding, a meal and a fresh change of clothes for a homeless person staying at a St Vincent de Paul Society hostel or refuge. A $100 sponsorship helped to equip the Vinnies Night Patrol vans with the food, warmth and friendship they bring to homeless people across cities every night of the year. A $500 sponsorship enabled a homeless person to complete a life skills course -- preparing him/her to re-enter the community and make a contribution to society. A $1,000 sponsorship enabled a survivor of domestic violence and his/her children to make the supported transition from a St Vincent de Paul Society refuge into independent housing.
Yokogawa joins UN Global Compact
On January 9, 2009, Yokogawa proudly became the 76th participant from Japan to join the United Nations Global Compact. Proposed by the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and officially launched in the year 2000, the Global Compact is a voluntary corporate citizenship initiative consisting of ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment, and anti-corruption.
Since its inception in 1915, Yokogawa has been dedicated to fulfilling its responsibilities towards society through various projects such as establishing of the Standards of Business Conduct for the Yokogawa Group (1994), the Yokogawa Group Compliance Guidelines as a specific action guideline (2007) and the Corporate Social Responsibility Headquarters (2008). And now, as a participant of the United Nations Global Compact, Yokogawa can continue its "work hard to fulfill commitments" ethic.
Since its inception in 1915, Yokogawa has been dedicated to fulfilling its responsibilities towards society through various projects such as establishing of the Standards of Business Conduct for the Yokogawa Group (1994), the Yokogawa Group Compliance Guidelines as a specific action guideline (2007) and the Corporate Social Responsibility Headquarters (2008). And now, as a participant of the United Nations Global Compact, Yokogawa can continue its "work hard to fulfill commitments" ethic.
Yokogawa plays key role in Khurais producing facilities Project
by Namrata Merchant, YMEAs the Process Control Systems supplier for the Khurais Central Producing Facilities Project, Yokogawa Middle East & Yokogawa Saudi Arabia have delivered top-of-the-line Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and given a boost to Saudi Aramco’s prowess in providing a fully-integrated, world-class crude oil processing and stabilizing facility at Khurais.
Yokogawa also delivered a fully-redundant, state-of-the-art Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to monitor and control the production, transportation and delivery of oil from wells spread over a wide area, including Khurais, Abu Jiffan, & Mazalij.
In addition to several other challenging initiatives in the regional energy sector, the Company is playing a pioneering role in Saudi Aramco’s Khurais Central Producing Facility. This plant, the biggest in Saudi Arabia, is designed to produce 1,200 MBCD of stabilized Arabian Light (AL) crude blend from the three fields with an approximate water cut of 30%.
In August 2006, Saudi Aramco chose Yokogawa to work with its Lump Sum Turnkey (LSTK) contractors as the Process Control System (PCS) supplier for Khurais Central Processing Facility Project. The project was divided into three sections and awarded to three different major LSTK contractors from Italy and South Korea. The plant is a large scale unit, with 16,000 hardwired DCS inputs/outputs, 11,000 hardwired ESD inputs/outputs and 1,200 VMS points. YME deployed three teams catering to individual LSTK contractors.
Yokogawa equipped their new facility in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to stage and test the entire system configuration in a fully-integrated manner. Yokogawa’s project teams were comprised of 60 engineers who were seconded at LSTK contractor’s location to assist and provide technical support in designing the system to customer’s requirement. As part of its commitment, Yokogawa recruited several of its Saudi engineers trained and capable of interacting with Saudi Aramco & LSTK engineers during the engineering and testing phase. Additionally, Yokogawa is providing the STARDOM RTUs for the Wasia water wells, which are integrated into the utility DCS.
This scope was awarded in January 2008 and was executed in a span of six months to meet the project requirement and schedule. Yokogawa supplied state-of-the-art consoles from Evans Console in Calgary to meet the modern design of the Central Control Room (CCR) planned by Italian architects from Snamprogetti, Italy. The new CCR will control and monitor the GOSPs, stabilizing facilities, water injection facilities, gas facilities, and SCADA units from individual operator consoles. The site installation and the Site Acceptance Test has already been completed for each facility.
Yokogawa is supporting contractors and Saudi Aramco with loop check activity and will proceed with commissioning activities in the months to come. Through the successful execution of these contracts from its base in Bahrain and the new facility in Saudi Arabia, Yokogawa has once again proven its capability to execute large-scale projects in the Middle East, to the fullest satisfaction of its customers.
Yokogawa receives power plant control system orders from Egyptian electricity holding Co. (EEHC)*1
by Namrata Merchant, YME
Yokogawa Middle East will provide the CENTUM integrated Production Control System (PCS) to five power plants in Egypt and carry out engineering, commissioning, and supervision of installation.
Egypt is planning to construct many new power plants as well as upgrade existing plants due to the rising demand for electric power driven by steady economic growth. Yokogawa aims to help satisfy this demand with its state-of-the-art control system by controlling the boilers and the balance of plant facilities in each of the following projects:
Yokogawa has received these five contracts for the following reasons:
1. The Company's extensive, global track record in providing control systems for power plants such as an 800 MW combined cycle facility in Spain.
2. Yokogawa’s highly-regarded power plant automation expertise and engineering capability.
3. Yokogawa’s global approach to project execution based on the One Global Yokogawa initiative which brings together the expertise and capabilities of the entire Yokogawa Group and is based on leading-edge technology.
Global demand for power plant control systems is predicted to grow approximately 20% between 2008 and 2010*4. While growth is expected to slow down in 2009, the forecast is for steady growth in the power plant control system market driven by rising demand for electricity in emerging countries.
Yokogawa entered the international power plant control market in 2001 and has been expanding this business by developing close relationships with customers and carrying out extensive sales, engineering, and service activities through its regional subsidiaries. Since the establishment of Yokogawa Middle East in Bahrain in 1990, Yokogawa has begun to experience steady growth in the Middle East. With the growth of its business particularly in the oil and petrochemical industries, the company has achieved a full-scale entry into the power market.
Encouraged by this success at securing orders in Egypt, Yokogawa will accelerate its global business activities in the Middle East and other regions, and plans to receive 30 billion yen of power plant system orders in fiscal year 2010.
*1. A governmental electric company which regulates the production, transmission and distribution of electricity throughout Egypt.
*2. Power Generation Engineering & Service Company - A consulting company operated by a joint venture between EEHC and Bechtel.
*3. A more efficient type of plant that makes combined use of gas and steam turbines.
*4 Source: Distributed Control Systems Worldwide Outlook, Market Analysis and Forecast Through 2012, published by the ARC Advisory Group on May 8, 2008.
Yokogawa Middle East will provide the CENTUM integrated Production Control System (PCS) to five power plants in Egypt and carry out engineering, commissioning, and supervision of installation.
Egypt is planning to construct many new power plants as well as upgrade existing plants due to the rising demand for electric power driven by steady economic growth. Yokogawa aims to help satisfy this demand with its state-of-the-art control system by controlling the boilers and the balance of plant facilities in each of the following projects:
| Power Plant Name | Type | Capacity (MW) | User or Buyer of Automation System | Consultant for User |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo West Power Plant | New | 700 | Cairo Electricity Production Company | PGESCo.*2 |
| Nubaria III Combined Cycle Power Plant*3 | New | 750 | Middle Delta Electricity Production Company | PGESCo. |
| Kafr El Dawar Power Plant | New | 110 | West Delta Electricity Production Company | Not Applicable |
| El Atf Combined Cycle Power Plant | New | 750 | Middle Delta Electricity Production Company | PGESCo. |
| Sidi Krir Combined Cycle Power Plant | New | 750 | West Delta Electricity Production Company | PGESCo. |
Yokogawa has received these five contracts for the following reasons:
1. The Company's extensive, global track record in providing control systems for power plants such as an 800 MW combined cycle facility in Spain.
2. Yokogawa’s highly-regarded power plant automation expertise and engineering capability.
3. Yokogawa’s global approach to project execution based on the One Global Yokogawa initiative which brings together the expertise and capabilities of the entire Yokogawa Group and is based on leading-edge technology.
Global demand for power plant control systems is predicted to grow approximately 20% between 2008 and 2010*4. While growth is expected to slow down in 2009, the forecast is for steady growth in the power plant control system market driven by rising demand for electricity in emerging countries.
Yokogawa entered the international power plant control market in 2001 and has been expanding this business by developing close relationships with customers and carrying out extensive sales, engineering, and service activities through its regional subsidiaries. Since the establishment of Yokogawa Middle East in Bahrain in 1990, Yokogawa has begun to experience steady growth in the Middle East. With the growth of its business particularly in the oil and petrochemical industries, the company has achieved a full-scale entry into the power market.
Encouraged by this success at securing orders in Egypt, Yokogawa will accelerate its global business activities in the Middle East and other regions, and plans to receive 30 billion yen of power plant system orders in fiscal year 2010.
*1. A governmental electric company which regulates the production, transmission and distribution of electricity throughout Egypt.
*2. Power Generation Engineering & Service Company - A consulting company operated by a joint venture between EEHC and Bechtel.
*3. A more efficient type of plant that makes combined use of gas and steam turbines.
*4 Source: Distributed Control Systems Worldwide Outlook, Market Analysis and Forecast Through 2012, published by the ARC Advisory Group on May 8, 2008.
STARDOM RTU – high-performance with low-power consumption
To meet the recent worldwide challenges in energy demands, oil companies have been working hard to increase natural gas and oil output by developing and improving production technologies. They are also aggressively exploring development of new gas and oil fields, many of which are located in very harsh, hazardous and inhospitable environments with extreme temperatures, high altitudes and/or insufficiently developed power and communications infrastructure. The natural gas and oil well control and monitoring systems that are installed in such environments must be robust, highly durable and consume less power.In response to these needs, Yokogawa has extended its portfolio with low power modules for use with the STARDOM FCN autonomous controllers. These modules are made of durable parts that enable the FCN autonomous controllers to reliably control and monitor production facilities under extreme temperatures ranging from –40°C to +70 °C and at altitudes as high as 3,000 meters. To support the FCN-RTU’s secure control features, various autonomous capabilities, a web server, FTP and logging functions are embedded, simplifying and improving the efficiency of routine monitoring and operation from remote sites.
FCN-RTU is the ideal solution today for geographically distributed applications, off-shore platforms and especially for oil/ gas wells and pipelines.
Renaissance for solid state safety
Yokogawa added safety systems to their portfolio with the acquisition of GTI Industrial Automation in 1997. GTI had a proven track record with programmable solid state safety systems. With the advancement of certified systems, including Yokogawa’s ProSafe-RS, GTI's solid state technology has become overshadowed. Nevertheless, ProSafe is still the system of choice for the highest-integrity safety applications such as High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS). The ProSafe-SLS system is now generating renewed interest for more than just small HIPPS solutions due to a number of unique features which fit well with the increasing focus on longer lifecycle costs.
ProSafe-SLS
ProSafe-SLS in its current format is 20-years old. An additional 10 years can be added due to earlier versions. However, all work versions work on the same principle of magnetic core technology. Oscillating magnetic fields created by passing current through windings in combination with 1 millisecond timing are configured to create logic functions, supplemented by Input/Output modules which include further configuration options in all safety saystems. But, what makes ProSafe-SLS special for its users?
ProSafe-SLS was the first (by a lot years) safety system to be certified up to SIL4 without redundancy. This high integrity is uniquely combined with the highest availability due to the stress tolerance of the circuits. It is virtually impossible to create a nuisance trip of ProSafe-SLS logic without physically damaging the modules. The integrity of the system arises from the principle of operation rather than dependence on high quality components, external testing or extensive diagnostics. This is attractive as it means the logic can be located in the harshest environments and be trusted to operate reliably for many years, an attribute proven by the use of ProSafe-SLS in subsea HIPPS systems or sealed in explosion-proof enclosures in the turrets of FPSOs.
Combine this reliability with high-speed operation (total propagation time is typically 20 milliseconds) regardless of system size, 1 millisecond event capture for every input and logic gate, and a communications network allowing multiple systems to be managed with 1 millisecond synchronisation and one understands why the systems is worth a second look.
ProSafe-SLS, working for 10 years with no failures and decreasing the fuelling cycle time to give major cost benefits, has also proven itself in complex interlocking systems on the fuelling machines of nuclear reactors. In the North Sea, most of the Shell production platforms rely on ProSafe-SLS for all their protection logic -- not just on the highest integrity levels. This decision was reinforced by studies into lifecycle ownership costs. A global analysis showed that ProSafe-SLS systems were far more reliable than all other programmable systems, even where redundant fault tolerant programmable systems were used.
ProSafe today
Today, Yokogawa offers ProSafe-RS for programmable solutions and ProSafe-SLS for diverse technology, high-integrity solutions. Both are integrated with the CENTUM VP Distributed Control System. However, the ProSafe-SLS technology is still available for larger systems and the lifecycle ownership issues can still be applied for remote, unmanned and/or harsh locations. Yokogawa can, therefore, reduce all riskd aspects of process operations by offering solutions for all safety requirements perfectly suited to particular conditions, operating philosophies and lifecycle models.
ProSafe-SLS
ProSafe-SLS in its current format is 20-years old. An additional 10 years can be added due to earlier versions. However, all work versions work on the same principle of magnetic core technology. Oscillating magnetic fields created by passing current through windings in combination with 1 millisecond timing are configured to create logic functions, supplemented by Input/Output modules which include further configuration options in all safety saystems. But, what makes ProSafe-SLS special for its users?
ProSafe-SLS was the first (by a lot years) safety system to be certified up to SIL4 without redundancy. This high integrity is uniquely combined with the highest availability due to the stress tolerance of the circuits. It is virtually impossible to create a nuisance trip of ProSafe-SLS logic without physically damaging the modules. The integrity of the system arises from the principle of operation rather than dependence on high quality components, external testing or extensive diagnostics. This is attractive as it means the logic can be located in the harshest environments and be trusted to operate reliably for many years, an attribute proven by the use of ProSafe-SLS in subsea HIPPS systems or sealed in explosion-proof enclosures in the turrets of FPSOs.
Combine this reliability with high-speed operation (total propagation time is typically 20 milliseconds) regardless of system size, 1 millisecond event capture for every input and logic gate, and a communications network allowing multiple systems to be managed with 1 millisecond synchronisation and one understands why the systems is worth a second look.
ProSafe-SLS, working for 10 years with no failures and decreasing the fuelling cycle time to give major cost benefits, has also proven itself in complex interlocking systems on the fuelling machines of nuclear reactors. In the North Sea, most of the Shell production platforms rely on ProSafe-SLS for all their protection logic -- not just on the highest integrity levels. This decision was reinforced by studies into lifecycle ownership costs. A global analysis showed that ProSafe-SLS systems were far more reliable than all other programmable systems, even where redundant fault tolerant programmable systems were used.
ProSafe today
Today, Yokogawa offers ProSafe-RS for programmable solutions and ProSafe-SLS for diverse technology, high-integrity solutions. Both are integrated with the CENTUM VP Distributed Control System. However, the ProSafe-SLS technology is still available for larger systems and the lifecycle ownership issues can still be applied for remote, unmanned and/or harsh locations. Yokogawa can, therefore, reduce all riskd aspects of process operations by offering solutions for all safety requirements perfectly suited to particular conditions, operating philosophies and lifecycle models.
Launch of Yokogawa’s Response Center Middle East
by Namrata Merchant, YME
Yokogawa Middle East launched its new “Response Center Midlle East (RCME)” at its regional headquarters in Bahrain in the first half of 2009.
The RCME will enhance the level of service to Yokogawa's valued customers by providing a quick and effective response -- helping reduce the impact and cost of downtime. Downtime translates into lost efficiency and revenue that could be minimized or even eliminated by resolving technical issues as quickly as possible.
The Response Centre will have the advantage of offering a single point of contact where all calls and requests will be received by one centralized point, acknowledged, ticketed, and assigned to the appropriate expert for swift resolution. Also, customers will now be able to call the Response Center via convenient contact methods such as the phone, email or an on-line self-service option (phase #2), depending on the priority.
The new Response Centre also offers our valued clients more flexible need-based support programs. It will enable it to incorporate different levels of support into the annual maintenance contract facilitating a customized solution depending on the size and complexity of your requirements. Our ever-Vigilant product specialists dedicated to the Response Center will be available to handle situations in order of priority to provide instantaneous expert attention.
Being part of an integral part of the Global Response Centre Network, the YME RCME can now help our treasured customers to reap the advantages from the global knowledge-base as well as the expertise available in all the Response Centers in Yokogawa Regional Offices and Headquarters.
In fact, the new Yokogawa Response Center provides much more than software or hardware support- it offers an end-to-end protection for all aspects of your assets in Yokogawa.
A formal announcement was provided to all customers. All Yokogawa employees may contact your local Yokogawa service representative for more details.
Yokogawa Middle East launched its new “Response Center Midlle East (RCME)” at its regional headquarters in Bahrain in the first half of 2009.
The RCME will enhance the level of service to Yokogawa's valued customers by providing a quick and effective response -- helping reduce the impact and cost of downtime. Downtime translates into lost efficiency and revenue that could be minimized or even eliminated by resolving technical issues as quickly as possible.
The Response Centre will have the advantage of offering a single point of contact where all calls and requests will be received by one centralized point, acknowledged, ticketed, and assigned to the appropriate expert for swift resolution. Also, customers will now be able to call the Response Center via convenient contact methods such as the phone, email or an on-line self-service option (phase #2), depending on the priority.
The new Response Centre also offers our valued clients more flexible need-based support programs. It will enable it to incorporate different levels of support into the annual maintenance contract facilitating a customized solution depending on the size and complexity of your requirements. Our ever-Vigilant product specialists dedicated to the Response Center will be available to handle situations in order of priority to provide instantaneous expert attention.
Being part of an integral part of the Global Response Centre Network, the YME RCME can now help our treasured customers to reap the advantages from the global knowledge-base as well as the expertise available in all the Response Centers in Yokogawa Regional Offices and Headquarters.
In fact, the new Yokogawa Response Center provides much more than software or hardware support- it offers an end-to-end protection for all aspects of your assets in Yokogawa.
A formal announcement was provided to all customers. All Yokogawa employees may contact your local Yokogawa service representative for more details.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Daisuke Motoki
I am pleased to announce that Daisuke Motoki has been transferred from YHQ as
Japanese Account Manager and will report to me in his new function.
Motoki-san has been with Yokogawa for 25 years involving DCS application engineering and sales engineering for customers from a wide variety of industries.
Please join me in congratulating and supporting Motoki-san in this important assignment.
You may contact Motoki-san at: email:daisuke.motoki@us.yokogawa.com
Telephone 281-340-4211
Regards,
Satoshi Mukade
GM, Strategic Accounts System Sales
Motoki-san has been with Yokogawa for 25 years involving DCS application engineering and sales engineering for customers from a wide variety of industries.
Please join me in congratulating and supporting Motoki-san in this important assignment.
You may contact Motoki-san at: email:daisuke.motoki@us.yokogawa.com
Telephone 281-340-4211
Regards,
Satoshi Mukade
GM, Strategic Accounts System Sales
Thursday, August 13, 2009
working as 1 needs your suggestions
We want to take this opportunity to remind you about our working as 1 program . Take the chance and make your voice heard!
Do you want to make a suggestion?
Have you worked with someone that truly exemplifies all the characteristics of working as 1?
Do you want to make a suggestion?
- Drop your suggestion at the suggestion box located at your office's cafeteria/employee break room, fill out the form or send an email to workingas1@us.yokogawa.com
- Ensure your suggestion includes the problem, and a solution.
- Answers to previous suggestions have been posted on the intranet -- workingas1 page. If you do not see the answer to your questions, please be patience. All questions will be answered.
Have you worked with someone that truly exemplifies all the characteristics of working as 1?
- To nominate a person or a team, fill out the forms that can be found in your cafeteria/employee break room or online.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Alfred Kania
We are pleased to announce the addition of Alfred Kania to the Analytical Group.
Al is assuming the duties of Regional Sales Manager, Analytical Products. He will
office from the Sugar Land, TX, facility and will report to me.
Al Kania graduated with a BS in Chemical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 1981. For the nearly 30 years, he has been involved in various sales and marketing positions for process analyzers ranging from infrared and oxygen analyzers on up to process gas chromatographs and mass spectrometers. Sales responsibilities included managing domestic sales regions as well as European and Asia-Pacific regions. He has also published and co-authored a number of papers on the use of on-line analyzers in a number of international publications.
During his career, Al had worked for Siemens Applied Automation for over 20 years followed by four years at Emerson Rosemount Analytical. Prior to joining Yokogawa Corporation, he was at Spectral Sensors, Inc where he had been responsible for the sales and marketing of their TDL laser analyzer system.
He lives in Houston, Texas with his wife, Dena. They have four children and one grandchild. His personal interests include gardening, cooking and brewing beer!
You may contact Al Kania at: al.kania@us.yokogawa.com
Telephone 281-727-6323
Regards,
Neal Cronin
Al Kania graduated with a BS in Chemical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 1981. For the nearly 30 years, he has been involved in various sales and marketing positions for process analyzers ranging from infrared and oxygen analyzers on up to process gas chromatographs and mass spectrometers. Sales responsibilities included managing domestic sales regions as well as European and Asia-Pacific regions. He has also published and co-authored a number of papers on the use of on-line analyzers in a number of international publications.
During his career, Al had worked for Siemens Applied Automation for over 20 years followed by four years at Emerson Rosemount Analytical. Prior to joining Yokogawa Corporation, he was at Spectral Sensors, Inc where he had been responsible for the sales and marketing of their TDL laser analyzer system.
He lives in Houston, Texas with his wife, Dena. They have four children and one grandchild. His personal interests include gardening, cooking and brewing beer!
You may contact Al Kania at: al.kania@us.yokogawa.com
Telephone 281-727-6323
Regards,
Neal Cronin
Amit Ajmeri
I am pleased to announce that Amit Ajmeri has agreed to join USMK as
Consultant – Field Network Technology. Amit will remain in Sugarland and will
report to me. Please join me in wishing him success in his new position.
Amit has been working with YCA for the past 6 years as a consultant in asset management solutions and field network technology, most recently with the systems marketing group. Prior to that he worked for Emerson for 12 years as a product specialist and Fieldbus consultant. He has a Batchelor of Engineering in Instrumentation and Control from Gujurat University. He is married to Nazma and they have two children - Sahil (14) and Nabil (12). His interests are traveling, music and reading books.
Part of USMK's mission is to represent Yokogawa on standards committees and industry groups and to that end Amit will represent Yokogawa on the HART Foundation, Fieldbus Foundation, FDT/DTM Group, and the ISA103 & ISA104 standards committees. Amit will also continue to provide customer support on field network technology items.
You may contact Amit at: amit.ajmeri@us.yokogawa.com
Telephone 281-340-3817
Regards,
Maurice Wilkins
Amit has been working with YCA for the past 6 years as a consultant in asset management solutions and field network technology, most recently with the systems marketing group. Prior to that he worked for Emerson for 12 years as a product specialist and Fieldbus consultant. He has a Batchelor of Engineering in Instrumentation and Control from Gujurat University. He is married to Nazma and they have two children - Sahil (14) and Nabil (12). His interests are traveling, music and reading books.
Part of USMK's mission is to represent Yokogawa on standards committees and industry groups and to that end Amit will represent Yokogawa on the HART Foundation, Fieldbus Foundation, FDT/DTM Group, and the ISA103 & ISA104 standards committees. Amit will also continue to provide customer support on field network technology items.
You may contact Amit at: amit.ajmeri@us.yokogawa.com
Telephone 281-340-3817
Regards,
Maurice Wilkins
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Release of new firmware version for DLM2000
The DLM2000 is a bench-top oscilloscope for electronic design or debug. It's ergonomic and easy to use, and packed with features. With bandwidths from 200 to 500MHz and memory from 1 to 125 MP, you can be certain there is a DLM2000 to meet your application and budget.
With the DLM2000's industry first “flexible MSO input”, you can choose to activate channel four as an analog input, or use it to acquire 8 bits of logic instead. Modern electronics include analog and digital circuitry—and the DLM2000’s flexible MSO input lets you measure both, including mixed signal triggers and decoding of parallel or serial bit patterns.
Released on July 8, 2009
With the DLM2000's industry first “flexible MSO input”, you can choose to activate channel four as an analog input, or use it to acquire 8 bits of logic instead. Modern electronics include analog and digital circuitry—and the DLM2000’s flexible MSO input lets you measure both, including mixed signal triggers and decoding of parallel or serial bit patterns.
Released on July 8, 2009
Yokogawa receives control systems contract for coal fired power plant in Vietnam
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary Yokogawa Engineering Asia Pte. Ltd. has received a contract from LILAMA Corporation to supply control systems and instrumentation for the Vung Ang 1 power plant, which is being built for the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam). The contract is estimated to be worth $16.6 million.
Situated in Ha Tihn Province, the Vung Ang 1 power plant will have two 600 MW units, for a combined generating capacity of 1,200 MW. Unit 1 is planned to be operational by mid-2012 and unit 2 by early 2013.
In this project, Yokogawa Engineering Asia is providing control systems and instrumentation for the boilers and other utilities. These include a CENTUM series integrated production control system, the ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System, the Exaquantum™ Plant Information Management System, and DPharp series pressure/differential pressure transmitters. As part of its full turnkey project solution, Yokogawa Engineering Asia is also providing engineering, installation supervision, and commissioning services.
One major reason why Yokogawa Engineering Asia won this contract lies in the strong reputation that the company has established over the years for providing reliable products to the thermal power control system market in Southeast Asia. Another positive factor was the extensive expertise and engineering capabilities demonstrated by the company in international projects.
Situated in Ha Tihn Province, the Vung Ang 1 power plant will have two 600 MW units, for a combined generating capacity of 1,200 MW. Unit 1 is planned to be operational by mid-2012 and unit 2 by early 2013.
In this project, Yokogawa Engineering Asia is providing control systems and instrumentation for the boilers and other utilities. These include a CENTUM series integrated production control system, the ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System, the Exaquantum™ Plant Information Management System, and DPharp series pressure/differential pressure transmitters. As part of its full turnkey project solution, Yokogawa Engineering Asia is also providing engineering, installation supervision, and commissioning services.
One major reason why Yokogawa Engineering Asia won this contract lies in the strong reputation that the company has established over the years for providing reliable products to the thermal power control system market in Southeast Asia. Another positive factor was the extensive expertise and engineering capabilities demonstrated by the company in international projects.
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