Siemens to modernize automation system at Bayer CropScience
 
西門子為拜耳作物科學更新自動化系統

ATLANTA, April 9, 2008 - Siemens Energy & Automation has been awarded a project valued at more than $1 million to modernize the automation system at the Bayer CropScience site in Institute, West Virginia, with Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 distributed control system (DCS).

亞特蘭大4月9日消息——西門子能源和自動化集團被授予了一份價值超過一百萬美元的項目，為拜耳作物科學在西弗吉尼亞大學的研究所的自動化系統更新為西門子的SIMATIC PCS 7分布式控制系統（DCS）。

Bayer CropScience is one of the world's leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agriculture pest control, seeds, and plant biotechnology. The migration to the PCS 7 DCS will enable Bayer CropScience to meet challenging scheduling requirements while modernizing two manufacturing processes at the Institute site.

拜耳作物科學公司是在作物保護、非農業蟲害防治、種子和植物生物技術等領域世界領先的創新作物科學公司之一。轉換成PCS 7分布式控制系統將使得拜耳作物科學可以滿足具有挑戰性的進度需求，同時更新了該研究所的兩個制造工序。

"The timing of this project is critical to avoid disrupting production," said Vinay Devgon, head of engineering at the Bayer CropScience Institute site. "The ability to use a single integrated platform for DCS, batch, safety, and process simulation technology is the main reason we were able to meet our tight deadline. In addition, now we can do a rigorous S88 implementation and documentation of the batch process."

拜耳作物科學研究所工程主管Vinay Devgon表示：“這個項目的時間表是避免干擾生產的關鍵。對分布式控制系統、批量、安全以及流程模擬技術使用一個單一集成平臺的能力是我們能夠應付緊張期限的主要原因。此外，目前我們可以實施嚴謹的S88以及批次處理的文檔分類。”

Kevin McDevitt, Siemens Project Management Office manager, says in addition to competitive pricing, Siemens was awarded the project based on the overall long-term value presented to Bayer CropScience.

西門子項目管理辦公室經理Kevin McDevitt表示除了有競爭力的報價之外，西門子獲得這個項目還因為可以為拜耳作物科學提供全面的長期價值。

"Siemens can deliver attractive lifecycle costs minimizing total cost of ownership because process automation modernization is a core competence of our team in the U.S.," says McDevitt, who is overseeing the project execution. "We provide this value by data mining the intellectual property of the installed system so that we can preserve the existing process know-how and extend it within PCS 7 by using the system's powerful engineering tools."

負責監管本項目執行的McDevitt表示：“西門子能夠提供有吸引力的生命周期成本，使總體擁有成本最小化，因為過程自動化的現代化是我們在美國的團隊的核心競爭力。我們通過數據挖掘安裝系統的知識產權，提供這個價值，使我們可以保持現有的流程訣竅，并利用系統強大的工程工具在PCS 7里面擴展它。”

Devgon says another way Siemens adds value to the conversion project is by partnering with local systems integrator and full service engineering company Augusta Engineering. He says Siemens technology and global support combined with Augusta Engineering's local support was a significant reason for winning the project.

Devgon表示，西門子為這個轉換項目帶來價值的另一種方式是與當地系統集成商和全服務工程公司Augusta工程公司的合作。他表示西門子的技術以及全球支持，結合Augusta工程公司的本地支持，是贏得這一項目的一個重要原因。

Scott Cloherty, Augusta Engineering's information and control systems manager, agrees a strong selling point was local, ongoing support. "With all of us working together, Bayer CropScience is getting an integrated and comprehensive automation system that is locally supported. We are available when they need us."

Augusta工程公司信息與控制系統經理Scott Cloherty也同意本地化的持續支持是一個強大的賣點。“通過我們所有人的共同努力，拜耳作物科學正取得一個有本地化支持的一體化綜合自動化系統。在他們需要我們的時候，我們隨時到達。”

About Siemens
關于西門子

Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. is one of Siemens' operating companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Ga., Siemens Energy & Automation manufactures and markets one of the world's broadest ranges of electrical and electronic products, systems and services to industrial and construction market customers. Its technologies range from circuit protection and energy management systems to process control, industrial software and totally integrated automation solutions. The company also has expertise in systems integration, technical services and turnkey industrial systems.

西門子能源和自動化公司是西門子在美國運作的公司之一。總部位于喬治亞州亞特蘭大郊區的Alpharetta。西門子能源和自動化公司為工業和建筑市場客戶生產和銷售電氣電子產品、系統以及服務，是全球提供最多領域產品的公司之一。其技術含蓋從電路保護和能源管理系統到過程控制、工業軟件和完整集成自動化解決方案等。在系統集成、技術服務以及全承包的工業系統，公司同樣具有領先的技術。