Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR),
today officially opened the Emerson Innovation Center - Process Systems
and Solutions in Round Rock, Texas, near Austin.
This 282,000-square-foot, nearly $70 million facility is the global
headquarters for Emerson’s automation systems and project services
business, which helps customers safely, reliably and profitably operate
facilities in industries such as oil and gas, refining, chemicals,
power, life sciences, food and beverages, and metals and mining.
This new Emerson Innovation Center is the third globally. The Emerson
Innovation Center in Marshalltown, Iowa, develops and tests flow control
applications and technologies, replicating real-world conditions no
other test or R&D facility in the world can match. The company’s Emerson
Innovation Center in Pune, India focuses on world-class software
application development.
The Emerson Innovation Center in Austin is comprised of several
world-class disciplines under one roof:
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A technology and product design and support center, providing
engineering and development for the company’s DeltaV™ digital
automation system and DeltaV SIS Safety System.
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The first-ever Emerson Integrated Operations (iOps) Center where
customers can explore new ways of managing remote operations and of
enabling easier collaboration by experts located anywhere in the world.
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Emerson Process Management’s Human Centered Design Institute, an
industry-leading consulting and engineering practice that drives
usability-based design into all products Emerson Process Management
designs and manufactures. By designing products that are easier to
use, customers gain improved worker effectiveness and lower the
requirements for specialized knowledge in their workforce.
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A world-class interoperability and testing lab in which Emerson tests
both its own products as well as competitors to ensure safe, reliable
and robust operation.
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The Life Sciences Industry Center that provides consulting,
engineering and project management expertise to support pharmaceutical
and biotechnology customers.
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Educational Services where more than 2,500 customer personnel gain
product, technology, and operational skills on the latest technologies.
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The company’s Project Management Office (PMO) that aligns and
integrates the company’s best practices, processes, systems and
metrics for global project execution.
“No other facility in the world can do what our new Emerson Innovation
Center can do,” said Jim Nyquist, president of process systems and
solutions for Emerson Process Management. “We have the brightest minds
in the industry developing world class automation technologies and
collaborating with customers to imagine, plan and execute their vision
of future operations to deliver breakthrough performance.”
Emerson’s automation systems are widely used in process operations
around the world. The company was awarded more than 30 large customer
projects valued at more than $600 million in 2013. It has changed the
way automation projects are done with its innovative DeltaV Electronic
Marshalling with CHARMs technology, which reduces project complexity and
risks. Its new Innovation Center is a showcase for how customers can
leverage capabilities like these to reengineer their businesses to
become safe, reliable and profitable.
About Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process Management (www.EmersonProcess.com),
an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their
production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas,
refining, pulp and paper, power, water and wastewater treatment, mining
and metals, food and beverage, life sciences and other industries. The
company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific
engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services.
Its brands include PlantWeb™, Syncade™, DeltaV™,
Fisher®, Bettis™, Micro Motion®,
Rosemount®, Daniel™, Ovation™ and AMS
Suite.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE:EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global
leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide
innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and
consumer markets around the world. The company is comprised of five
business segments: Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network
Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential
Solutions. Sales in fiscal 2013 were $24.7 billion. For more
information, visit www.Emerson.com.
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