Why Competitors are Rushing to meet our price: In recent bids, the dominant competitor(s) have reduced their bids to meet our price for APC/MVPC. Is it because:

Their MVPC software is no better than our GMAXC
We have reengineered the art of implementing MVPC applications to reduce costs and project time, while ensuring highly successful applications
We do not insist that the client should buy a database as a pre-requisite
We are a new generation viable alternative to a market dominated by a few large players without serious competition

Let us know your comments and thoughts.

New Products

GMAXC-S: Script add-on to the online GMAXC controller allowing adapative and non-linear control with conventional Multivariable Predictive Control

DEA, Decipher for Events and Alarms: An Intelligent Alarm Management System for Collecting, Archiving, Displaying and Interpreting Process Alarms and Events

Z-Way, Fuzzy Logic Controller: A 6 input by 2 output fuzzy logic controller capable of controlling hard to define/model processes, and where normal PID controllers fail to provide adequate control. Successfully implemented on three Azeotropic Distillation towers.

New Development(s) at IntellOpt:

IntellOpt has teamed up with Spectra Dynamics Ltd. of India for APC projects in India

IntellOpt has joined with CCSLA/ELEDISA, Argentina (www.ccsla.com.ar) in offering APC, MVPC, Advisory Systems and Neural networks based solutions and software products in Latin America. 

Recent Projects Awarded to Intelligent Optimization Group

Air Liquide China: GMAXC, Multivariable Predictive Controller Software sales

Linde, Stolberg (Germany): Air Separation Unit APC/MVPC 

Pluspetrol, Argentina: APC of Natural gas plant (with ELEDISA)

Tuntex, Thailand: APC of PTA Unit, Automation Study, APC Training

Sam Nam Petrochemicals, Korea: Alarm Management System

Oil India Limited (OIL): APC/MVPC Training

Petrocel Temex: TA Oxidation Reactor APC/MVPC

Sam Yang Kasei Co. Ltd, Korea: Advanced Process Control of its PolyCarbonate units (second project)

Air Liquide Industries: World wide license of the GMAXC controller for its industrial gas plants

ISA Conferences (September 10, 2001,  Houston, Texas)

'Minimizing Plant Testing for Multivariable Predictive Control', paper presented by Paul Davis (Cytec) and Hardey Beaver (IntellOpt)

Reengineering the Implementation of Multivariable Predictive Controllers (MVPC) for Lower Cost and Faster Benefits Realization:

IntellOpt introduces an interface between its GMAXC™ MVPC controller and the HYSYS Dynamic Simulator. Now, the entire MVPC controller can be configured, modeled, tuned and tested in a virtual plant environment thereby avoiding costly plant disturbances and testing. The entire implementation time can be reduced by an order of magnitude.

"Advanced Process Control in Record Time", Control magazine, May, 1999.

MVPC Technology Reduced to a Commodity Level

The GMAXC controller has been used successfully to replace other brand name controllers in a minimal amount of time without the need of plant testing for re-modeling. Justification for replacement - reduced life cycle costs and ease of maintenance.

The trend towards commodity type MVPC technology will eventually lead other established vendors of multivariable controllers to offer significant license discounts. However, we emphasize total (software and services) lower costs by supporting in-house implementation, third party services and use of industry accepted open systems interfaces.

Is the present Multivariable Predictive Control Technology sufficient for your frequent process and operating mode changes? If not, update your MVPC Controller and Technology to the Intelligent Control Technology.

IntellOpt offers the world's first Intelligent Controller, I-GMAXC. Now, you can combine MVPC technology, nonlinear control, heuristic control and sequence control in one G2™ Expert System based unified controller which reformulates itself at every execution cycle to provide a best combination of control from start-up to shut-down including process emergencies.

Existing brands of MVPCs can be easily migrated to I-GMAXC without the need of plant re-testing.

Recent Media Coverage of Intelligent Optimization Group

"Rule-Driven Optimization Boosts Plant Performance", an article describing the technology and flexibility needed to deal with discontinuous operating situations, Hydrocarbon Processing, Oct 2005.

"Advanced Process Control in Record Time", an article describing how Air Liquide automated its plant with GMAXC/MVPC. The plant now runs around the clock, but is manned only 40 hours per week.

"MVPC - Reengineering The Implementation", paper presented at the CE Expo 99 conference, Houston, Texas, June 10, 1999.

AIChE CAST Workshop - Intelligent Controllers and Trends in MVPC, Houston, Texas, December, 1998

Paper presented on ‘Intelligent Controller, I-GMAXC – Delayed Coker Process Control at the CE Expo 98, Houston, Texas, June 3, 1998

APC Improves TA/PTA Plant Profits, Hydrocarbon Processing, October, 1997