News | March 22, 2006

Teaming Agreement For Nuclear Power Plant Safety Related Applications

Foxboro, MA - Invensys Process Systems and Westinghouse Electric Company have signed a long-term teaming agreement that establishes a structure for an option to work together to provide solutions for safety related applications in nuclear power plants.

The teaming agreement provides customers the option of combining - in a unified solution - complementary products and services of both companies: Westinghouse's experience as an NSSS vendor in nuclear power plant functional design, application engineering, system integration, testing and licensing; with Invensys' expertise in Nuclear-qualified instrumentation, systems, and product support.

Westinghouse in the nuclear power industry

Westinghouse Electric Company, wholly owned by BNFL plc of the United Kingdom, is the world's pioneering nuclear power company and is a leading supplier of nuclear plant products and technologies to utilities throughout the world. Today, Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately one-half of the world's operating nuclear plants.

Invensys in the nuclear power industry

Invensys Process Systems, a business unit of Invensys plc, provides products, services and solutions for the automation and optimization of industrial process plants. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions group, Invensys Process Systems includes brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world's largest refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills.

With nearly five decades of nuclear industry experience worldwide, a 1E qualified safety system platform from Triconex, and the ability to team with Westinghouse, Invensys brings together the expertise and resources to provide digital safety system upgrade solutions.

SOURCE: The Invensys Group