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WHAT IS PRODUCTION INTELLIGENCE?

The concept of Business Intelligence (BI) has been bandied about by software companies for the past few years – and has come to mean many different things. However, the concept of Production Intelligence (PI) has been developed by specialist MES supplier FELTEN Group as a necessity. PI has been developed to help improve production efficiency…

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PROGEA MOVICON 11 SCADA REDUCES OPERATING DOWNTIME TO A MINIMUM GREATLY IMPROVING WATER SERVICES FOR USERS ACROSS TUSCANY REGION

Products 4 Automation in the UK is highlighting how its Progea Movicon 11 SCADA can provide complete across- the- board remote control of integrated water facilities over large areas, with real time visualisation, access and control, via Movicon’s WEB client. The project that illustrates these features was recently undertaken by the Acque S.p.A. Group, which…

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PROGEA MOVICON SCADA DELIVERS FLEXIBLE LOW COST WAY TO CUT FACILITIES MANAGEMENT COSTS AT ITALY’S LARGEST SHOPPING MALL

Products 4 Automation’s Movicon™ SCADA is providing an open, flexible & low cost way to cut facilities management costs at the Leonardo Shopping Centre, near Rome, the biggest and most modern in Italy. The Movicon platform is delivering the benefits of centralised monitoring of assets to facilities managers at the Centre, enabling the integration and…

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NEW FELTEN OEE-LITE ENABLES COMPANIES ON LIMITED BUDGETS TO MONITOR & ANALYSE PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE WITHOUT FULL MES

Products4Automation’s new PILOT OEE-Lite, from production intelligence specialist, FELTEN is a small, low cost, highly functional OEE module that enables organisations on limited budgets to monitor their production performance without having to spend excessive amounts on full MES solutions. The PILOT OEE-Lite enables users to benchmark and record a wide range of production data, analyse…

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P4AS FIRST UK PROGEA MOVICON SCADA WORKSHOP ATTRACTS OVER 30 SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS TO NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM AT GAYDON

Over 30 UK systems integrators attended the first UK workshop for Progea Movicon SCADA held by Products4 Automation on 20th April at the National Motor Museum at Gaydon in Warwickshire. Attendees to the workshop were also treated to new product introductions from P4A, including the company’s highly innovative, low cost OEE-Lite module, which allows organisations…

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MOVICON SCADA EXPANDS AND OPTIMISES PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR ITALIAN LEADER IN BIO-DIESEL PRODUCTION

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…

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P4A RELEASES HIGHER FUNCTIONALITY VERSION OF MOVICON XML – BASED SCADA PACKAGE FOR ALL-IN-ONE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS

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…

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MODULAR MES SYSTEM CONTROLS €50M CZECH LONZA BIOTEC PLANT

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…

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NIVEA BOTTLING LINES GET AN EFFICIENCY BOOST WITH PILOT PRODUCTION DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

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…

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