Middle east expansion

Company seeks new partners to support demand for GPC

PPCL, formerly, Curvaceous Software Limited, the award-winning British company, is seeking new partners in the Middle East to support demand for its Geometric Process Control (GPC) technology product, CVE 2.5, and the no-maths model-building capabilities of its process modeller (CPM) and Response Surface Visualisation (CRSV) products.

Following the company’s expansion into North America and The Republic of China the Middle East is its next target. The company will have an active presence at two large events in the region later this year: the 2nd Annual World Refining Technology Summit & Exhibition (1st - 2nd November 2010 Abu Dhabi UAE); and the 15th Annual ERTC Meeting (29th November – 2nd December 2010 Istanbul TK).

Robin Brooks, Managing Director of PPCL says: “We’re seeing new markets for our unique product suite develop and are extending our focus into the Middle East. We are working to further extend our partner programme in 2010 and welcome approaches from experienced salespeople who can add to our offer, particularly in the petrochemical, oil, gas and batch chemicals markets.”

Viewing hundreds of process variables

Curvaceous Software's Visual Explorer 2.5 (CVE 2.5) is the only programme that lets you view hundreds of process variables and their alarm limits in a single graph and its new features in Alarm Management have got the process industry talking.

Ian Nimmo, Founder and President of UCDS Inc and a member of the ITE (CEI) in the UK said: “At a recent conference I saw some outstanding alarm work by Dr Robin Brooks of Curvaceous Software Ltd. This was the first alarm management paper in the last ten years that got me excited as he explained how alarms can achieve management objectives, how to understand alarm settings in a new light and how to change them correctly.”

Alarm Rationalisation & Management has been wholly revolutionised in CVE 2.5 with new Consistent HiLo Alarm Limits & Alerts, which work from process history data rather than alarm log data. CVE 2.5 provides instant feedback on Annunciation Rates and Standing Alarm Counts and delivers minimum time savings of 20% to perform Alarm Review meetings as well as delivering ongoing reductions. Curvaceous won the EPSC Award for the invention of Consistent Alarms in 2003.

Dr Robin Brooks, Managing Director of Curvaceous Software said: “We’ve won awards for our work in Alarm Management and are delighted at the overwhelming response our improved Alarm Management features in CVE 2.5 have received from the oil and gas, pharmaceutical and chemical industries.”

Curvaceous’ GPC technology mathematically unites for the first time the three key plant applications of process control, alarm management and quality control to achieve business objectives. It enables a user to see, understand and reduce variability in their processes and delivers significant cost savings and business efficiencies.

Ian Nimmo will be giving a keynote speech at Curvaceous Software Limited’s TAP Forum Customer Event, 24 – 26th March 2010.