Press Archive 2007/2008

23-12-2008 - Excellence in the Asia Pacific Region

Frost & Sullivan presents the “2008 Asia Pacific Emerging Safety Systems Company of the Year Award” to HIMA

HIMA is this year’s recipient of the “2008 Asia Pacific Emerging Safety Systems Company of the Year Award” from Frost & Sullivan. This is second time this year that HIMA, based in Brühl Germany, has received an award from the international management consultancy. Earlier this year, Frost & Sullivan recognised with “2008 Global Safety Solutions Product Value Leadership of the Year Award” to HIMA for its safety control system H41q/H51q.

 

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Dieter Seiger, General Manager Asia Pacific, accepted the award on behalf of HIMA at the official ceremony in Singapore.

October 08 - HIMA’s new safety system HIMax commercially available worldwide

HIMax: Improving process plant safety and profitability with uninterrupted operation
for the life of the plant

HIMA today announced the worldwide commercial release of its latest safety product, HIMax.

HIMax is the first safety system designed to provide uninterrupted system operation throughout the entire life of a processing facility. It is based on HIMA’s revolutionary Nonstop XMR technology that combines diagnostic-based SIL 3 safety integrity with a scalable fault-tolerant architecture that eliminates false trips and provides for unlimited changes, modifications, expansions, upgrades and regulatory proof testing without taking the plant off-line.

 

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19-8-2008 - Pressing ahead with safety - HIMatrix controllers safeguard new presses at auto parts manufacturer

Safety-related controllers from HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG reliably safeguard presses against risks to people and materials at South Korean car-parts supplier DONG HEE Industrial Co. Ltd  in  Zilina, Slovakia.

DONG HEE produces bodywork components for car-manufacturer KIA motors on its new pressing line. HIMA was commissioned by the Slovenian press manufacturer Ravne Presses Stroji, d.o.o. to replace its earlier hardware solution (35 control units per press) with HIMA technology. The HIMA Systems allow for safe operation of the press machinery and also help avoid unintentional stoppage. A fast error diagnosis guarantees a fast system re-start. The HIMA Systems therefore increase the overall efficiency of the machinery.

 

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A 1000-tonne RAVNE tandem press for manufacturing tanks at Dong Hee Industrial Co. Ltd. in Zilina, Slovakia.

 

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A twofold operating press from RAVNE to deep draw driving cab parts at MAZ, the Minsk Automotive plant in Belarus.

 

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A twofold operating press from RAVNE to deep draw driving cab parts at MAZ, the Minsk Automotive plant in Belarus.

 

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HIMatrix systems are networked via safeethernet.

15-7-2008 - Safety. Nonstop. With Distinction.

HIMA receives Award for Product Value Leadership from Frost & Sullivan

The growth partnership company Frost & Sullivan awarded HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG with the 2008 Global Safety Solutions Product Value Leadership of the Year Award for its innovative H41q/H51q  safety controllers. According to Frost & Sullivan, the family of safety controllers offers higher process availability to the international process industry. This is evidenced by increased flexibility, simple integration and a commendable value-to-cost ratio.

 

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As part of the Awards ceremony on 15 April in San Antonio (Texas) Sven Grone, Managing Director of HIMA Americas Inc, receives the accolade from Art Robbins, President of Frost & Sullivan North America.

May 2008 - HIMax establishes new benchmark for safety systems

Flexible safety system from HIMA designed to increase plant profitability

HIMA is launching a safety system on the market which sets new standards in the process industry in terms of performance, safety and availability. In the development of flexible, intelligent safety platforms HIMA’s special focus was on increasing the availability and profitability of process plants. Offering unique features, HIMax ideally satisfies the global process industry’s demand for increasing the profitability of safety-oriented applications.

The profitability of automated production processes crucially depends on continuous operation. In the event of a safety-critical situation, the installed safety system must shut the system down safely – but only when needed. For this reason, in addition to maximum fault tolerance, care was taken in the development of HIMax to ensure that all maintenance, expansion and modification work at the system can always be performed online during process operation – without cutting back on safety. This even includes the execution of proof tests which are mandatory according to IEC 61508/11. ...

 

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HIMax delivers high performance in time-critical applications and when high I/O counts are needed.

 

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Thanks to its flexibility and architecture, online modifications can be made to the HIMax configuration to enable new process requirements at any time.

 

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18-02-08 - HIMA FSCS to present 2 papers at the Safety Control and Instrumentation Systems Conference 2008

HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG a leading provider of safety systems, solutions and functional safety consulting services, announced today that it will present 2 papers at the Safety Control and Instrumentation Systems Conference 2008 organised by IDC Technologies in Singapore on March 12-13, 2008. ...
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26-09-07 - TÜV certificate for safety standards: outstanding performance
HIMA becomes the first company to receive the EN ISO 13849-1 and EN IEC 62061 certificate

TÜV Rheinland Industrie GmbH has certified HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG in accordance with the latest machine safety standard, EN ISO 13849-1 and the standard EN IEC 62061 - making HIMA the first company to receive certification. The subject of the test was the HIMatrix series of safety-related controllers. The testing authority’s certificate also confirmed HIMatrix for the latest burner standards in the US market, NFPA 85:207 and NFPA 86:2007. ... Download press release

 

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HIMatrix systems are certified for use up to SIL 3 (IEC 61508, IEC 61511 and EN 62061), Category 4 (EN 954-1) and PL e (EN ISO 13849).

01-08-07 - Blazing for an integrated solution
HIMatrix solution at BASF integrates burner automation into the safety system

HIMA automated an existing combustion plant at the Ludwigshafen production site belonging to BASF Aktiengesellschaft (in the Rheinland-Pfalz region of Germany).  In their solution, the entire automation system for the burner is integrated into the safety system. The standardised BMS application (BMS = Burner Management System) incorporating TÜV-approved function blocks simplifies the programming of the system and makes it easier for the chemical company to convert other burner control systems in the future. ... Download press release

 

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"The BASF facility at Ludwigshafen is the world’s largest uninterrupted chemical site. With ten square kilometres of factories, this combined facility is the headquarters of the company management and also the centre of its research activities."

 

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"The Ethernet-based safeethernet protocol is used for the safety-related networking of the HIMatrix systems."

 

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"Principal factory of the BASF Group, Ludwigshafen"

 

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25-07-07 - Where the thrills are big - but safe
HIMA systems guarantee personal safety in the world’s first wirelessly controlled amusement ride

HIMatrix safety controllers from HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG are ensuring high safety levels on the world’s first ‘Mountain Glider’ at the Walibi amusement park near Brussels in Belgium. The HIMatrix controllers prevent collisions between gliders, and also prevent them from travelling too fast, thus averting a variety of potential injuries. The world’s first wireless safety solution for amusement rides is based around HIMatrix and safeethernet - in other words, a combination of the fastest safety controller and the fastest safety bus.  ...

 

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"The safety-related network is wireless and utilises safeethernet. Communication with the central station is via WLAN."

 

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"Each of the eight Gliders contains one HIMatrix controller and a HIMatrix remote I/O module."

 

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"HIMatrix systems fulfil the SIL 3 safety level required by IEC 61508 and the Cat. 4 requirements of EN 954."

24-07-07 - HIMA strengthens its presence in the Asia-Pacific growth market - New subsidiary in Malaysia guarantees a powerful on-site service

HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG has founded a new subsidiary, HIMA S.E.A. Sdn. Bhd based in Petaling Jaya Selangor, Malaysia, in order to provide customers in the Asia-Pacific region with even better on-site support. This is HIMA’s response to the high demand of the booming industries for its solutions in this important growth region. The team at HIMA S.E.A. Sdn. Bhd markets and supplies complete safety-related automation solutions for the process industry. ... Download press release

 

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"Team at HIMA S.E.A. Sdn. Bhd, in Petaling Jaya Selangor, Malaysia"

 

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14-05-07 - Take-off for the international platform in Italy - Safety specialist establishes a subsidiary in Italy

In April 2007 HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG established its own subsidiary, HIMA Italia S. r. l. The Italian market is a significant international platform for the company. Logitec Automazione S. r. l. has been actively representing HIMA in the southern European country since 1987, and there it has achieved the position of market leader in the area of safety-related controllers, an area which will now be further expanded. ... Download press release

25-04-07 - Highest safety for the queen of the seas
HIMA safety controllers monitor heating installation on the Queen Mary 2

The Queen Mary 2 is a superlative luxury liner and the longest passenger liner in the world. In addition to the new boilers for fuel heating and domestic water heating that Saacke GmbH have delivered for the Queen Mary 2, there are now two H41q controllers from HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG, Germany in operation. The two safety-related controllers, acting as a Boiler Management System, reliably provide operational safety to the application. ... Download press release

 

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"Queen Mary 2 is the longest passenger liner in the world."

 

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"The H41q/H51q systems enable even a single channel operation up to SIL 3."

20-03-07 - Safe and extremely fast
Shell Nederland Chemie relies on HIMA systems for fast data transfer via MODBUS TCP

The Moerdijk facility in the Netherlands belonging to Shell is one of Europe’s most important production sites for ethylene and related products. The Ethylene plant, one of Europe’s biggest with an annual processing capacity of around 1 million tonnes of ethylene, has been revamped, which involved replacing the old safety equipment with 17 safety-related H51q controllers made by HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG. ... Download press release

 

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"The Moerdijk facility in the Netherlands is one of Europe’s most important production sites for ethylene and related products."

 

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"The controllers of the H41q/H51q family were the first safety-related controllers in the world to enable unrestricted use up to SIL 3, even with a single channel."

 

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"In this project, the H51q systems were fitted with the new CPUs, which enable self education in redundant systems."

15-01-07 - Communicative and open for everything
Easy integration of safety controllers at Fina Antwerp Olefins through open communication

Safety-related HIMatrix controllers from HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH +Co KG have been ensuring the reliable monitoring of a new butadiene pipeline owned by Fina Antwerp Olefins (FAO) in the port region of Antwerp (Belgium). Thanks to their high communications capabilities, the HIMA systems could be integrated seamlessly into existing control and safety technology of different manufacturers. .. Download press release

 

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Fina Antwerp Olefins (FAO) in the port region of Antwerp, Belgium.

 

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The safety-related controllers are networked via safeethernet.

 

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The high communication capabilities of the HIMA systems allowed a seamless integration into the existing control and safety technology of different manufacturers.