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Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Awards $6 Million+ Order to Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation PlantPAx process automation system provides a
flexible, scalable platform to deliver integrated information, control,
power and safety.
MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2011--
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), a South Korean
shipbuilder established in 1973 in South Korea, has awarded a $6
million+ order to Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) and its Global
Solutions team to provide emergency shutdown, fire and gas safety
systems, and engineering services for four new DSME offshore drill ships
and options for three more ships. Rockwell Automation will provide
leading safety system technology using its PlantPAx process automation
system, FactoryTalk View, AADvance process safety and project management
expertise.
Three orders have already been signed; additional orders are expected by
mid-2012.
“Rockwell Automation offers a proven, robust safety system for DSME’s
offshore vessels and rigs. They have the experience and expertise to
design, develop and deliver these systems, working with their partners
here in Korea,” said H.G. Choi, director of purchasing, DSME. “Based on
our long, successful relationship, we are confident in the ability
Rockwell Automation has to provide the integrated information, control,
power and safety systems we need for this important project.”
“This win is significant because it propels Rockwell Automation to the
forefront of control and safety solutions for offshore vessels and
drilling rigs,” said Terry Gebert, vice president and general manager,
Rockwell Automation Global Solutions. “Our solution is unique as it
provides a single, flexible, scalable platform using the PlantPAx system
to meet the specifications of an integrated control and safety system.
Our experience, oil and gas domain expertise, and global resources will
help DSME run a profitable and sustainable operation.”
To better serve its Korean customers, Rockwell Automation recently
opened a new customer briefing and competency center in Seoul. The
center houses working models that demonstrate integrated, flexible and
scalable automation systems operated by multidisciplined controls and
the PlantPax system. “This new facility highlights plantwide
optimization, machine builder performance and sustainable production
solutions using a wide range of our advanced automation products, and
information architecture,” said Bob Ruff, president, Rockwell Automation
Asia Pacific. “Our customers, partners and others will be able to
visualize the power of advanced technology.”
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell
Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated
to industrial automation and information, makes its customers more
productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee,
Wis., Rockwell Automation employs about 21,000 people serving customers
in more than 80 countries.
About Rockwell Automation Global Solutions
The thousands of engineers on Rockwell Automation Global Solutions team
design, build and upgrade control, power, safety and information
solutions for manufacturing clients. Working in tandem with a scalable
PartnerNetwork, the company’s global solutions business can address a
wide range of projects including challenging multi-million dollar
enterprise projects than span two or more countries. Clients include:
oil and gas, petrochemicals, consumer industries, life sciences,
automotive, tire and heavy industries such as cement, metals, mining,
pulp and paper, and power and water utilities.
About Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine, established in 1973 in South Korea, has
developed into the world’s premium specialized shipbuilding and offshore
contractor that builds various vessels, offshore platforms, drilling
rigs and floating oil production units.
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Media Contact:
Keith Lester
Rockwell Automation
414-382-4871
klester@ra.rockwell.com