Today chemical companies face a formidable array of challenges: Achieve operational excellence. Optimize current plant assets. Reduce plant costs. Upgrade old automation. Provide validated information to IT. And do it all with shrinking engineering and maintenance staffs.

You need solutions that can help your staff make better decisions and better use of their time.

With PlantWeb architecture, that's what you get. PlantWeb's predictive intelligence enables you to see what's happening not only in your process but also in the equipment running it -- and use that insight to identify and correct potential problems before they affect your operation.

The benefits are substantial--and proven. PlantWeb has not only helped users realize up to 30% savings in installed costs with lower project capital costs but has also helped them operate more efficiently. Our customers are seeing up to 66% improvement in productivity of their maintenance staffs. Customers have also realized at least 2% improvement in overall plant efficiency, with specific process efficiency improvements of 20-30%. That means better output -- and lower costs to operate your plant.

Want proof? Read some of our customers' success stories to see how PlantWeb has helped improve their efficiency.

Shanghai SECCO Petrochemicals Company has awarded a $30 million project to Emerson Process Management to serve as the main instrument vendor for what is expected to be the world's most highly optimized petrochemical facility. SECCO is a US$2.7 billion joint venture between BP, Sinopec, and Shanghai Petrochemical Corporation (SPC). Emerson will integrate its PlantWeb digital architecture, Asset Optimization technologies, and services for the new 10-plant facility, which will produce 2.3 million metric tons of chemical products annually. The SECCO site, located in Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park, will be the world's largest installation of FOUNDATION fieldbus technology. PlantWeb will provide the platform for collecting, analyzing, and sharing operations and diagnostics information to the 750 operations, engineering, and maintenance personnel manning the SECCO site.

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