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Company & Organizational News
InduSoft Launches Certified Integrator Program
Certification entitles integrators to discount pricing on runtime licenses, special pricing on InduSoft products, and free technical training–all without annual support fees.

Intergraph SmartPlant and PAS Integrity/DOC4000 to be integrated
Intergraph will integrate SmartPlant Enterprise with the PAS Integrity/DOC4000 to provide plant owners with a consolidated view of their control infrastructure.

Autodesk reports 1Q revenue of $599 Million
Autodesk reported revenue of $599 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, an increase of 18 percent over the first quarter of fiscal 2008.

Innova Robotics & Automation changes name to CoroWare
Innova acquired CoroWare Technologies in 2006 and prefers its logo and brand recognition.

Green Hills Software supports Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs
Software includes INTEGRITY RTOS, C/C++ compilers, MULTI integrated development environment (IDE), virtual prototyping platform, and DoubleCheck static analyzer.

Application News
ABB supplies Expert Optimizer software to Dyckerhoff cement plant
Dyckerhoff selected ABB’s Expert Optimizer Collaborative Production Management software to optimize the raw mills, raw mix, kilns and cement mills at their Göllheim plant.

Honeywell to supply planning software to Rabigh Refining  
Software includes ASSAY2, BLEND, Production Scheduler, Refinery and Petrochemical Modeling System (RPMS), and Production Analyst

GainSpan selects Green Hills Software for Wi-Fi Sensor Network  
GainSpan provides Wi-Fi semiconductor and software solutions that enable sensors and other devices to run up to 10 years on a single AA battery.

Invensys to supply SimSci-Esscor Simulation Software to SunPine
Swedish bio-refinery SunPine will use Invensys SimSci-Esscor’s PRO/II simulation software for modeling a new biodiesel refining operation.

Emerson installs Scenario Simulation at Fawley Power Station
In January 2008, Emerson installed Scenario simulation technology at this 40-year-old, oil-fired power plant in the UK to train operators.