SMAR News

FEICANA/FEIBIO 2008 - February 26, 27 and 28 at Araçatuba, SP - Brazil

Fieldbus Foundation General Assembly 2008 - February 27-29 2008 - Antwerp, Belgium

Hannover Messe - March, 21-25 2008

Fieldbus Educational Seminar - April 10, 2008 - Houston, TX - USA

13th Iran International Oil and Gas & Petrochemical Exhibition - April 16- 20 - Tehran International Fairground

1ra. Reunión Internacional de Usuarios de Buses de Procesos - May 5 and 6 - Buenos Aires, Argentina

52^nd INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF TECHNIQUE AND TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS (UFI) - May 12-16 2008

HET Instrument 2008 - May 20-23 2008 - Jaarbeurs Utrecht - Holland

6th Middle East Refining and Petrochemicals Conference & Exhibition Bahrain International Exhibition Centre - May 25-28 - Manama Bahrain

FEW Ethanol Show - June 16-19 - Nashville, TN - USA

SIMTEC 2008 - July 01-04 - Piracicaba, SP - Brazil

FERSUCRO - July 07-11 - Maceió Maceió, AL - Brazil

FAIMINAS - July 11-13 - Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil

Automation 2008, 4th International Exhibition & Conference - Setember 25-28 - NSE - Mumbai, India

69th Annual Convention of STAI (Sugar Technology) - 20th to 23rd August, 2008 - Aurangabad

ADIPEC 2008 - November 03-06 - Dubai, UAE

ISRACHEM 11th International Exhibition for Industrial Processing - February 17-19 (2009) - Israel

MEOS 2009 16th Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference - March - 15-18 (2009) - Manama, Bahrain

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Business

	SMAR selected for U.S Navy Supply The newly named USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78) is the first of the next generation of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. In conjunction with the introduction of these new ships, is a plan for the incorporation of radical new technologies within. The most critical mission of an aircraft carrier involves the launching and recovery of aircraft. The legacy catapult system used steam to push the craft down the track to launch the aircraft. Read more »

	SMAR and Profibus: Proven Success in Biofuel / Bioenergy Production Brazil has made tremendous progress in consolidating the technical production of biofuel originated from sugar cane, particularly ethanol. Significant investment from joint local and international capital has driven the involvement of various industrial segments. The Brazilian ethanol market is expected to account for production exceeding US $15 billion through 2012. Read more »

	Brazilian Ethanol Provides Opportunity for Automation Suppliers Local ethanol plants see automation as a path to increased production and productivity. Sertãozinho, Brazil, was the stage for two of the largest world ethanol exhibitions Sept. 18-21. Fenasucro and Agrocana had 420 exhibitors and attracted 25,000 visitors. Read more »

Events

	Foundation Fieldbus Users and Suppliers Meet in India SMAR attended the first Foundation Fieldbus Technical Meeting held in Mumbai, India. The company was represented by Business Development Manager Max Ludewig and International Sales Manager Cláudio Borges at the event, which draws FF technology users and suppliers from all over the world. Read more »

	SMAR International Division Sales Manager Quartely Meeting Every three months, the SMAR International Division hosts the sales team members from its international subsidiaries as they attend the quarterly sales meeting. The recent meeting was held October 16-19 at the SMAR Training Center in Sertãozinho, São Paulo Brasil. Read more »

	Bioenergy Australia 2007 SMAR was present at the Bioenergy Australia 2007 event as a member of the Arranjo Produtivo Local de Álcool da Região de Piracicaba (APLA). The “Piracicaba Regional Ethanol Cluster” held the event in Gold Coast, Australia from November 26-30. Read more »

	South Africa Automation Show Renovates World Sugar Market SMAR has been in attendance at each International Society Sugar Cane Technologist Conference since the initial conference in 1987. This year’s event was held July 30 through August 2 in Durban, South Africa. Read more »

	ATAM Mexico Highlights SMAR Brazil Technology The Mexican Sugar Technician’s Association (ATAM) hosted its annual meeting in Veracruz, Mexico and gathered leading engineers, technicians and manufacturers of equipment for the sugar industry. Read more »

CFE Mexico Annual Manufacturer’s Meeting SMAR recently participated in the annual meeting of power plant superintendents promoted by the Mexican Federal Electricity Committee. This meeting was held in Acapulco.The event gathers power plant product manufacturers together to exchange operation experiences and solutions and at the same time provides an opportunity to introduce the latest industry technology to these professionals. Read more »

Technology

SMAR Provides Distinctive Quality Assistance
SMAR clients can now clarify their troubleshooting and application questions quickly and safely, by utilizing the Tech Support option tab on the website at www.SMAR.com/liveperson.asp. With this easy access tool, users may choose to submit technical questions (techsupport@SMAR.com.br), review the on-line FAQ section or complete a data information form. The idea has been developed to provide fast and reliable solutions for all clients. Read more »

Training

	SMAR Brazil Provides Training to Representatives SMAR representatives from Fieldata, Impeco, Fondon Redes y Fluidos and Tecnomatica attended a training program in Brazil on the SMAR 301 product line from November 5 through 16. The course was given by training engineer André Araújo and focused on the operation, installation, configuration and maintenance of SMAR. Read more »

	A Nuclear Automation Perspective - Case study presented in Australia HIMA Australia, a company that manufactures and supplies Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), has entered into a partnership with SMAR to market SYSTEM302 within Australia and New Zealand. Read more »

	New State-of-the-Art SYSTEM302-Studio at Lee College Fieldbus Center SMAR introduces its new series of controllers for complete supervision and horizontal control of a plant during an event promoted by the Fieldbus Educational Center – Lee College, Baytown-Texas as parts of its Educational Technology Partnership Program. All of the installed controllers are connected to High Speed Ethernet I/O (HSE-RIO) with the SYSTEM302 providing the network backbone. Read more »

SYSTEM302

SYSTEM302-7 and its success in the Biofuel market

SYSTEM302-7 and its success in the Biofuel market
Brazil has made great progress in consolidating the technical production of biofuel from sugar cane. By 2012, the ethanol market is expected to be worth US$15 billion. Digital networks are used extensively and today over 50% of new sugar and ethanol plants use PROFIBUS. New projects include Tropical Bioenergia S.A., which has approximately 1000 PROFIBUS nodes connected to SMAR DFI302 DF73 controllers with SYSTEM302-7, a hybrid control system with decentralized architecture, which enabled this facility to quickly double production.In September 2007, Santa Elisa Distillery and SMAR signed a contract for the complete automation of 4 new plants This distillery is owned by the Santelisa-Vale Group, one of the major sugar-ethanol producers. The deal involves the supply of SYSTEM302-7 plus all instrumentation using PROFIBUS. It also includes the infrastructure of a Center of Integrated Operations (COI) similar to the successful Santa Elisa COI. Read more »

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