Products4Automation has launched “PILOT Maintain”, the latest module in its proven Felten PILOT MES platform. PILOT Maintain makes it possible not only to plan preventative maintenance for all devices, systems and machines relevant for the production process, but also to carry out the plan in a targeted manner. The launch of the PILOT Maintain module…
Products4Automation, UK distributor for Progea Movicon SCADA, is highlighting the relevance of its SCADA product to ecological issues following a recent application regarding alternative fuels in Italy. Fox Petroli, the Italian leader in the bio-diesel, has optimised and expanded the production process at its Vasta Plant by investing in Progea Movicon SCADA. The company chose…
Products 4 Automation (P4A) has released the latest updated version of its high performance Movicon SCADA software. The new version, Movicon 11.2, now runs on Windows CE to Windows 7 and introduces a series of important new features. These are in the areas of graphics and alarm management, editor, tag, licence and network management, making…
FELTEN PILOT® MES/WDS WEB-BASED PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AND WEIGHING SYSTEM CONTROLS FERMENTATION PLANT AT LONZA BIOTEC Lonza Biotec s.r.o. in the Czech Republic, one of the world‘s leading suppliers to the pharmaceutical, healthcare and life science industries, has invested in a multi-product manufacturing facility that increases the company’s fermentation capacities by 50%. The combined Production Management…
Beiersdorf AG is reporting significant increases in efficiency at its NIVEA production plant in Hamburg, Germany, following the implementation of a PILOT [TPM] Total Productivity Management system from FELTEN. The web-based solution is affordable, scalable, and easy to integrate across multiple lines and numerous locations. With its globally-renowned beauty and skin-care products, Beiersdorf AG owns…
Products 4 Automation (P4A) has concluded an agreement with Panasonic, under which P4A will distribute the Panasonic GN series of flat panel PCs running P4A’s Movicon CE™ software, the most powerful HMI platform currently available for Windows™ CE. The combined package is compact, and capable of satisfying every user need, in terms of visualisation and…
Most production and process engineers in the UK would love to know the detail behind how Beiersdorf (Nivea) and Symrise – one of the world’s largest producers of fragrance, flavours and bulk ingredients – added a substantial amount to their bottom line profitability without any outlay on new machinery. A number of experienced process automation…
Products 4 Automation has launched a new, low cost, highly flexible power monitoring system that can be easily programmed to collect data from external devices, providing centralised monitoring of all types of energy- intensive operations in industry and commerce, to determine areas where savings can be achieved. Easy to install and operate, the power monitoring…
Products 4 Automation’s Movicon™ BA Building Automation software is the 21st century solution to cutting building operating costs, and to providing facilities managers with the benefits of centralised monitoring of their real estate assets. Offering all the open benefits of an XML- based solution, Movicon BA is an all-in-one, powerful, visualisation and control software that…
P4A MD Paul Hurst and MMI solutions MD Dennis Price were causing some consternation at the Drives & Controls exhibition held at the NEC last week, by asking visitors the question “Are you paying too much for your SCADA?” the answer it seems is a resounding ‘Yes!’ Both Paul and Dennis are intent on transforming…