Invensys receives $3 million automation contract for major power plant expansion project in China

Invensys receives $3 million automation contract for major power plant expansion project in China

Foxboro and Triconex systems will help Jiangsu Zhenjiang Power Generation Company meet eastern China’s rapidly growing electric power requirements in a safe, reliable, and environmentally responsible manner

FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS – April 29, 2004– Shanghai Foxboro Company Limited (SFCL), an Invensys joint venture, has been awarded a US $3 million dollar automation contract for a 1200 MW capacity expansion project at the Jiangsu Zhenjiang Power Generation Co., Ltd. in China’s Jiangsu Province. Under this contract, Invensys will implement Foxboro I/A Series control and data acquisition systems and Triconex TS-3000 turbo-machinery control systems in two new 600 MW supercritical gas turbine units currently under construction.

All four of the existing 135 MW coal-fired units at the power generation station are already monitored and controlled by Foxboro automation systems provided by SFCL. "Invensys considers it a privilege to be able to include the Jiangsu Zhenjiang Power Generation Company as one of our long-standing customers in China," said Mike Caliel, president of Invensys Process Systems. "As automation vendor for this major expansion project, we’re committed to helping the company meet the rapidly growing power requirements of the province in a safe, reliable, efficient, and environmentally responsible manner."

"Jiangsu Zhenjiang Power Generation Company is a highly valued customer. We’ve worked long and hard to earn their trust and look forward to continuing this mutually beneficial relationship into the future as the company continues to expand its generating capacity," added John Sun, general manager of Shanghai-Foxboro Company Limited.

Under this significant automation contract, Invensys will supply fully applied Foxboro I/A Series automation systems in advanced fault-tolerant configurations to deliver the following functionality:

• Modulating Control System for regulatory control
• Furnace Safetyguard Supervisory System
• Sequence Control System
• Data Acquisition System
• Digital Electro-Hydraulic Control System
• Micro-Electro-Hydraulic Control System
• Invensys will also implement Triconex TMR (Triple Modular Redundant) TS-3000 turbomachinery control systems. These are designed to help ensure safe operation while minimizing unnecessary "nuisance" trips.

Additionally, Invensys – through SFCL -- will implement a variety of advanced power industry applications designed to ensure maximum utilization of the customers’ generating assets. SFCL will also provide ongoing technical support for the entire Invensys automation solution.

The two new units, #5 and #6, are scheduled to start up in 2005 and 2006, respectively.

For more information contact:
Paul Miller, +508/549-6240

About Shanghai-Foxboro Company Limited

With the formation of the Shanghai-Foxboro Company Limited (SFCL) in 1982, Foxboro (now part of Invensys) became the first major American manufacturer to establish a joint venture in China. Today, SFCL manufactures a wide variety of state-of-the-art automation products at its factory in Shanghai for both domestic use and export purposes. In 1991, SFCL became the first company in China to be certified under the stringent ISO 2001 international quality standard.

SFCL has implemented state-of-the-art process control systems in hundreds of different world-class industrial facilities throughout China. These include oil refineries, petrochemical plants, electric power generation plants, steel mills, cement plants, float glass plants, pharmaceutical plants, and food processing plants.

About Invensys

Invensys is a global leader in production technology. The group helps customers improve productivity, performance and profitability using innovative services and technologies and a deep understanding of their industries and applications.

Invensys works closely with customers to increase performance of production assets, maximize return on investment in production and data management technologies and remove cost and cash from the supply chain. The company includes APV, Avantis, Eurotherm, Foxboro, IMServ, SimSci-Esscor, Triconex and Wonderware, and other well-known brands. These businesses address process and batch industries -- including oil and gas, chemicals, power and utilities, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals and personal health care products, metals and mining -- plus the discrete and hybrid manufacturing sectors.

Invensys operates in more than 60 countries, with its headquarters in London.

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