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Yokogawa signs global reseller license agreement with Chevron for PETRO Planning Technology


Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to resell PETRO, Chevron’s proprietary petroleum supply chain planning software. The application supports decision-making regarding feedstock selection, operations parameters, and product mix optimisation, as well as future scenario analysis, at a multi-plant level. Yokogawa’s wholly-owned subsidiary, KBC, will manage the PETRO business with Chevron.


KBC is a world leader in process simulation and optimisation, as well as supply chain scheduling, and will make the PETRO planning application available as part of its supply chain optimisation portfolio. It is anticipated that this combination of the simulation, planning and scheduling technologies will enable oil refi ners and petrochemical producers to take a rigorous, holistic approach to managing their process operations – from feedstock receipt through processing and blending to quality control and outbound logistics as well as utilities and environmental aspects.


PETRO has over 30 years’ development history at Chevron, and has been implemented throughout the company’s global operations for key operational decision-making. “We attribute over $40 million per year in benefi ts from our use of PETRO in a typical refi nery,” explains Walt Szopiak, vice president of Downstream Technology & Services at Chevron Energy Technology Company. “This agreement with Yokogawa is consistent with our on-going commitment to further evolve and refi ne this vital application.”


Recognising that customer issues are requiring more complex, customised, organisation-wide solutions, in 2017 Yokogawa introduced its industrial automation business concept, Synaptic Business Automation, which creates sustainable value by connecting everything within customers’ organisations. Supply chain optimisation is one key area where Yokogawa is integrating its business and domain knowledge with digital automation technologies, and co-innovating with customers to drive their business process transformation.


Mentor Ranga Yogeshwar hands over the award to VEGA Managing Director Isabel Grieshaber and VEGA Marketing Director Matthias Veith (Copyright: KD Busch/compamedia)


For the 25th time, The TOP 100 competition has selected the most innovative German SMEs. This year, VEGA Grieshaber KG is a leading innovator. This was the result of a verdict made by the scientifi c director of TOP 100, Professor Dr. Nikolaus Franke. As mentor of TOP 100, Ranga Yogeshwar honoured the company from Schiltach together with Franke and compamedia on June 29, 2018 at the award ceremony in Ludwigsburg within the framework of the 5th German SME Summit . In the independent selection process, the company, with its 610 employees, particularly shone in the categories “Innovation Climate” and “Innovation- Promoting Top Management”.


Driving forward these developments is a top priority for the third- generation family business with 610 employees. Managing director Isabel Grieshaber ensures the right framework conditions in the innovation work and the appropriate team mix. What is particularly important to her is that all managers are socially competent, devote enough time, space and confi dence to new ideas in their departments, and that they examine these ideas without bias. “Thinking outside the box” is the initiative for fi nding new ideas, in which the employees get complete freedom to look around their environment and talk about innovations. The resulting development processes are deliberately not pressed into the corset of a classical organisational structure in this fi rm, but are driven forward in interdisciplinary and often also intercultural teams by the person(s) who had the idea. This is a good system, because instead of using statistics and often unrealistic project plans, it relies on the many years of experience, self-motivation and high competence of qualifi ed idea providers.


Servomex appoints new VP of sales for the Americas region


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Based in Servomex’s US Business Center in Houston, Texas, Heth will provide customers throughout the Americas region with the benefi t of his expertise in key industrial markets. His leadership will support the delivery of effective sales solutions to client applications, through its network of representatives.


A graduate of Missouri State University, Heth also holds an MBA in Finance from Lindenwood University and has more than 30 years of sales experience in a range of positions from representative and manager, to sales operations and senior executive. He has worked in multiple industries, spending many years in the oil and gas markets, cultivating a reputation for innovation and success.


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Heth will report to Servomex’s Vice President for Global Sales, Luca Marinelli, who said: “Bob is a highly experienced sales expert with strong leadership skills, an impressive track record, and a customer-focused approach.


“His knowledge and understanding of the oil and gas markets and their challenges will inevitably benefi t our clients. I’m delighted to welcome him to Servomex, and wish him continued success in the future.”


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Servomex has appointed Bob Heth as Vice President of Sales, Americas (Industrial Process and Emissions). 47094pr@reply-direct.com


Satoru Kurosu, Yokogawa’s executive vice president and headof the Premium Solutions and Service Business Headquarters comments, “As a main automation contractor, Yokogawa has had a trusting and mutually benefi cial relationship with Chevron over many years. We are proud to announce this agreement today because this major addition to the KBC portfolio will now enable customers in the energy and chemical industries to take advantage of sophisticated, end-to-end supply chain optimisation solutions.”


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Teledyne Falcon will now be an important part of Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. Teledyne’s user markets include instrumentation, aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deep-water oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging, and pharmaceutical research.


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The Teledyne Falcon story began when Teledyne was attracted to Falcon Analytical because of their highly acclaimed, patented CALIDUSTM Ultrafast Gas Chromatograph. Falcon’s installed base of more than 60 blue chip companies, in more than 25 countries, serving lab, online, at line and transportable GC users also caught the attention of the professionals at Teledyne. As the Teledyne Falcon story unfolds the Falcon products will have an even greater global sales, service, support, engineering and manufacturing capacity. Teledyne Falcon will be better able to meet the most demanding requirements in all these critical functions.


And, as another page turns on this new chapter, you can also expect true continuity from Teledyne Falcon. After a conscientious transition process, Teledyne Falcon operations will move to the Teledyne Analytical division headquarters, in Englewood, Colorado U.S.A. All commitments to present customers and distributors will continue uninterrupted.


Perhaps most importantly, Teledyne Falcon will now be the makers of the ultrafast, ultra-user-friendly, highly durable, practical, reliable, versatile and economical CALIDUS Ultrafast Gas Chromatograph. The unique GCs, that are 10 to 50 times faster than traditional GC analysers will continue to be available, along with the PALARUSTM and TALONTM GC Autosamplers, and the outstanding customer service and support Falcon’s customers have come to expect.


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Teledyne Technologies acquire Falcon Analytical Systems


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