IPS Wins 2009 Frost & Sullivan South East Asia Customer Service Leadership Award for Safety Systems

Published 6th April 2009

Invensys Process Systems (IPS), a global technology, software and consulting firm, today announced that it has received the 2009 Frost & Sullivan South East Asia Industrial Technologies Award for “Customer Service Leadership for Safety Systems” at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.



“We are honored to receive this award,” said Mr. Nabil Kassem, president, IPS Asia Pacific and Middle East. “Invensys has been a market-leading provider of critical control and safety systems and solutions to the process industry for decades. Our solutions can be found in more than 8,000 locations worldwide and have provided more than 500 million hours of uninterrupted operation. We look forward to continuing to provide our clients best-in-class technology and industry-leading expertise to create and deliver enhanced value.”



Across the globe, IPS powers thousands of companies in the oil and gas, petrochemical, fossil and nuclear power, hydrocarbon processing and specialty chemicals industries, helping to secure safer, more efficient operations. As part of its commitment to client service and success, the company will host its annual Safety & Critical Control Forum in Prague, Czech Republic, April 20 - 22, 2009. The Forum will focus on improving plant safety, reliability and efficiency and the role that people, process, technology and support play in sustainable safety assurance. To register or to learn more about the Forum, please visit

http://www.ips.invensys.com/en/aboutips/pages/SafetyCriticalControl.aspx.



“Today, safety systems do more than prevent hazardous accidents. Invensys understands and offers unique solutions that address our clients’ specific business challenges. Through state-of-the-art, high-fidelity technology and well developed technical support centers across the globe, our clients can rest assured that Invensys is aligned with their goal of ensuring continuous, safe and reliable operations,” Nabil said.



The Frost & Sullivan awards recognize outstanding performances by companies across the RFID and securities, electronics, industrial automation and process control, energy and power systems, environment and building technologies, and emerging technologies fields.



About IPS (Invensys Process Systems)

Invensys Process Systems (IPS), headquartered in Plano, Texas, is a global technology, software and consulting firm leading significant change in process manufacturing, plant optimization, business operations and enterprise performance. IPS clients are some of the world’s most important industrial organizations — companies that operate large oil refineries; plants that process chemicals, gas, LNG, power, pharmaceutical and minerals; and pulp and paper mills. IPS solutions, used at over 50,000 locations around the globe, include field devices and controls from Foxboro and Triconex, advanced applications from SimSci-Esscor, operations management from Avantis, and the world’s first truly open enterprise control system, InFusion™.



The company’s approximately 7,500 employees integrate these capabilities to create solutions that impact and increase efficiency, boost productivity, and accelerate performance. These results help industrial companies run safer, operate more efficiently, and extract useful knowledge from their operations to make faster, better decisions. To learn more about IPS visit www.ips.invensys.com.



In Asia Pacific, IPS serves more than 2,400 customers across 21 countries in 10 major industries, providing Safety and Automation Solutions, Manufacturing Operations and Optimization Software, and Plant-to-Business Intelligence Solutions.



The Invensys Group (www.invensys.com) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ISYS.L), with approximately 25,000 employees working in 60 countries.



Invensys, Avantis, Foxboro, SimSci-Esscor, Triconex, InFusion, I/A Series and the IPS logo are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries or affiliates. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.