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Emerson Wins Contract to Digitally Automate New Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) Advanced Polymers Plant in China

23 Mar 2009 - Emerson Process Management Asia Pacific has been awarded a contract by MCC Advanced Polymers (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. to digitally automate a new advanced polymers plant in Zhejiang Province, Peoples Republic of China. According to the contract, Emerson will provide engineering and project management, and supply PlantWeb® digital architecture. Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, is the majority owner of MCC Advanced Polymers (MAP), which will produce PTMG fibres for use in China’s textiles industry.
 
MAP planners chose PlantWeb digital automation as they were very interested in using FOUNDATION™ fieldbus instrumentation and communications technology in the new plant, which is scheduled for startup in September, 2009. With an initial capacity of 22,700 tonnes per year, this highly automated, state-of-the-art facility is designed to be competitive, safe, and easy to expand.
 
Included will be Emerson’s PlantWeb digital plant architecture with its DeltaV™ digital automation system, fieldbus instrumentation, Safety Instrumented Systems, and the AMS® Suite predictive maintenance software. Instrumentation includes Rosemount® flow, temperature and pressure measurement devices, Micro Motion® Coriolis flowmeters, Rosemount Analytical analysers, and Fisher® regulators and valves with FIELDVUE® digital valve controllers.