Invensys Process Systems Appoints Tom Kinney Director Of Performance Services


FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, USA - November 2, 2006 - Process control industry veteran, Tom Kinney, has returned to Invensys where he has been appointed director of performance services at the Foxboro, Mass.-based Process Systems division. In this capacity, Mr. Kinney will help to further develop and deliver new and innovative plant-level performance service capabilities in support of Invensys' overall asset performance management (APM) business optimization strategy. Introduced last year, APM utilizes a patented methodology and unique three-tier services model to enable industrial enterprises to continuously balance asset utilization and availability to meet changing business requirements. Mr. Kinney will focus his efforts on process control performance management, alarm management, and related base performance services at the plant level.

Prior to this position, Mr. Kinney served as vice president for worldwide sales at ExperTune Inc., where he helped the company achieve record loop optimization sales. Mr. Kinney had previously worked for Foxboro and Invensys for 22 years with responsibility for advanced process control (APC) and APC services for a wide variety of processes. He has been awarded seven process control-related patents and has published numerous technical papers.

Invensys' team of performance professionals offers platform-independent, value-added services that can be delivered in conjunction with a specific project, as an ongoing service, or as part of a master plan rollout. For more information, readers should contact their Invensys Process Systems sales representative, call the Invensys Customer Satisfaction Center at 866-746-6477 (508-549-2424 outside the US or Canada), or visit www.foxboro.com/LTO.

For more information on Invensys' unique Asset Performance Management approach, readers can visit www.InFusionECS.com.

About Invensys

Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys' automation businesses includes industry-leading 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 upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills. For more information on Invensys' process automation businesses, please visit www.invensys.com/ps.

The Invensys Group (www.invensys.com) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

Invensys, InFusion, Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware and Avantis are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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