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Jun 06, 2006
New Logic and Simulator Functions for Orion
New software features include:
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Jun 06, 2006
New Business Win: ADM Biodiesel Facility
NovaTech recently expanded its presence in the renewable fuels market when ADM selected the D/3® System and 8000 Series I/O for the Velva, North Dakota greenfield biodiesel production facility. This award represents ADM’s first implementation of the recently introduced 8000 Series I/O product. The 8000 Series I/O provides NovaTech customers with a completely integrated, native…
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Mar 06, 2006
New Business Wins: WE Energies, Archer Daniels Midland, more…
WE Energies NovaTech has been awarded a multi-year contract to supply Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) for new and retrofit applications by WE Energies of Milwaukee, WI. NovaTech was selected by WE Energies for this procurement from a field of several qualified vendors. Under the terms of the contract, NovaTech will supply WE Energies with a…
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Feb 28, 2006
Ray Wright Presents to IEEE on Data Acquisition Trends
IEEE Members attend Ray Wright’s “SCADA – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” lecture at Lehigh University BETHLEHEM, PA – NovaTech VP of Marketing Ray Wright presented an analysis of historic and emerging trends in substation data acquisition at a recent IEEE meeting hosted by Lehigh University. The talk summarized the technological and, in some cases, political…
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Jan 26, 2006
NovaView Plus Wins Frost & Sullivan Growth Strategy Leadership Award
NovaTech, LLC. Frost & Sullivan is pleased to present the 2005 Growth Strategy Award to NovaTech, LLC., for the introduction of a SCADA solution that has successfully penetrated the medium and small utility sector. This is no small feat. SCADA systems have historically been available only to large and medium-sized utilities. Because of their high…
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Jan 10, 2006
Hurricane Katrina Recovery Efforts
We would like to acknowledge the efforts of our employees for their contributions to relief efforts for the gulf states, and to send our best wishes for recovery to all those affected. Notable efforts include: Ken Hood, Maryland Air National Guard and NovaTech development engineer, spent several weeks in Gulf Port Mississippi. In his words,…
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Sep 30, 2005
NovaTech and MTL to Offer New Input/Output Modules for Process Automation
NovaTech LLC, a leading manufacturer of process automation software and systems, has entered into an agreement with MTL Open System Technologies (MOST), a leading producer of hardware and technology-based components for process automation. The two companies will work together to develop the NovaTech 8000 Series of high-performance Input/Output (I/O) modules optimized for use with the…
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Sep 13, 2005
Alliance Agreement with Johnson Controls Inc (JCI)
NovaTech has teamed up with JCI to offer enhanced energy and facility management for the industrial and process industries. With the high cost of energy, managers are increasingly aware of the opportunity for utility-related cost savings. Decisions on when and how to start, stop, and manage operations have a large impact on the cost of…
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Sep 13, 2005
Virtual Ethanol Plant Attracts Interest from Big Corn
KANSAS CITY, MO – Big Oil has competition. Subsidies in President Bush’s Energy Policy Act of 2005 will give a boost to the nascent ethanol industry, and new offerings from NovaTech have been created to aid this growing market sector. The Virtual Ethanol Plant (VEP) is a pre-configured D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS) customized for any…
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Sep 13, 2005
State-of-the-Art Encryption Device Designed for Harsh Substation Environment
The great northeastern blackout of 2003 had many effects on the electrical utility industry. The cascading fault highlighted what faults at key locations could do to the country as a whole. Thus, the prevention of cyber-attacks on electric utility infrastructure became a priority. Although there have been few press-worthy cyber-attacks, the North American Electric Reliability…
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Sep 07, 2005
Johnson Controls and NovaTech to Offer Combined Solutions to Industrial Customers
New Alliance Leverages Integration, Process Control, and Financial Strengths MILWAUKEE – (Sept.1, 2005) – Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE: JCI) and privately-held NovaTech, LLC, of Quakertown, PA, have announced a joint marketing and sales alliance that will leverage the strengths of both companies to offer industrial and manufacturing customers a more complete suite of products and…
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Mar 04, 2005
D/3 Version 12.1 Released
NovaTech Process Solutions, LLC announces the latest release of the D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS). Version 12.1, running under Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional, includes new hardware interfaces for Modbus/TCP and Allen-Bradley DF-1 Ethernet I/O protocols, and enhanced support of ControlNet. This latest D/3 version also includes software enhancements to trending, configuration, the…
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Feb 17, 2005
New Business Wins
NovaTech recently secured the following new projects: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) ADM recently awarded NovaTech a global support contract under its Facets service program to provide support coverage for 29 D/3® Systems located throughout the U.S and Europe. The Facets program offers a comprehensive array of support services tailored to address a variety of automation…
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Jan 25, 2005
White Paper: Putting Your DA to the Test
Eric Shultz and Pat Russo of our Kansas office recently collaborated with WE Energies on a white paper entitled “From Tactical to Practial : Putting Your DA to the Test”. The paper was presented at this year’s DistribuTECH in San Diego. Abstract: Distribution Automation (DA) systems, particularly feeder automation schemes, look great on paper, but…
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Oct 13, 2004
NovaTech, LLC acquires Belgian Systems Integration Company
NovaTech, LLC has purchased Newton Integrated Services (Newton IS), a systems integration company located in Belgium. Since 2001, Newton IS has been installing and servicing the products of NovaTech and its predecessor company, GSE Systems. NovaTech, a twenty-five year old company now headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, purchased the Process Control operations of GSE Systems in…
