This certificate represents for Autoware another testimony to the professionalism and consistency that the company devotes every day to develop appropriate skills and knowledge in the world MES - Manufacturing Execution Systems and certify them.

The Global Education Program is the education program organized by MESA International, a non-profit organization, which has the main objective to collect, share and disseminate knowledge and best practices of companies that have similar ideas and work together to make operations more reliable, capable and profitable.

Record-setting attendance, outstanding speakers and a high level of energy marked the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) 2012 Executive Conference held on April 25-28, 2012, in Scottsdale, Arizona and Autoware, active member of the CSIA, certainly could not miss an opportunity for interaction so important.

Opening keynote speaker Alan Beaulieu, economist and president of the Institute for Trend Research, told the group that the U.S. is in solid economic recovery, despite the public’s perception that the country is in a recession. "All leading indicators are up, a clear indication of economic health", Beaulieu said, "Manufacturing is picking up speed and interest rates are going to stay low." Beaulieu predicts that interest rates will stay low for another year, stimulating borrowing and economic growth through 2013.

Also during the opening plenary session, Jeff Miller, Interstate Control Systems, announced the release of the fourth revision of the CSIA Best Practices and Benchmarks Manual. Miller, who chairs the Best Practices Committee, said the latest revision includes a new section for best practices in service and support and a restructured section related to marketing, business development, and sales and opportunity management.

Other interventions have positively marked these three days, but certainly the participation was the thing that has most impressed. In fact the event was attended by over 472 people between integrators, partners and their guests. Conference attendance has grown 32% in the past three years. Overall, membership has increased nearly 28% since 2009, with 400 companies representing 27 countries.

Automation Alliance Group meets on these days in occasion of the CSIA Executive Conference. Autoware, as active member of the Alliance, will attend the Meeting held on 23/24/25 April 2012!

Three days really dense, in which members of both committees will meet to discuss important business issues, exchanging information, sharing their experiences and developing common strategies.

Automation Alliance Group is a consortium of leading Control Systems Integrators, consists of independent companies from around the world and provides guidelines, procedures and best practices to allow them to work together for a common client. Each company is in fact involved according to their know-how and its geographical location, thus offering the best service to customers of the Alliance: efficient, professional and qualified. Comparison, continuous updating and constant interaction between the business units, allowing each project to ensure quality standards and procedures and therefore to provide their customers a consistent and coherent service, in geographically dislocated around the world.

X-Change 2012 started yesterday in Sun City. The event is a definitive window to the industrial automation landscape and brings together more industry professionals than any other event in South Africa. System integrators, hardware and software suppliers, end-users and international industrial automation authorities come together to X-Change ideas, network and collaborate at what is widely regarded as South Africa’s premier industrial event.

Event even more important if you think that this year celebrates the 20th anniversary and in this crucial year, X-Change 2012 will host the full range of solutions, Invensys Operations Management.

Autoware certainly could not miss this great international event and the Eng. Luigi De Bernardini, CEO of Autoware, will present today (Monday, April 16 2012) and tomorrow (Wednesday, April 17 2012): "Pastas Gallo - a success story in implementing Corporate Energy Management”, a testimony that will show you how Pastas Gallo, Spanish leader in the production of dry and fresh pasta, has implemented with Autoware an Energy Management solution based on the "Corporate Energy Management" package of Wonderware. The system replaced a competitor's energy management product, which didn’t provide the information necessary to completely understand how the costs of energy consumption could be related to each stage of production and what was the energy intensity of each product. The new solution developed by Autoware has been integrated with a MES based on existing Wonderware PEM and has already begun to give significant results within the first 2 to 3 weeks of operation, allowing to have a detailed knowledge of energy profile of the plant which has led to optimize production planning taking account of energy consumption; start a process of energy saving and reducing costs based on continuous improvement and taking into account the standards EN 50001 16001/ISO. A case history really successful, where the customer has repeatedly demonstrated his satisfaction with several statements, such as: "Autoware was a competent and effective partner in implementing our Energy Management System. They were able to understand our needs and to propose innovative solutions based on their experience. The result is a business oriented Energy Management System that provides us information to improve our process efficiency and implement energy saving initiatives.”

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Bindi, Italian Society of Food Product S.I.P.A. S.p.A. has chosen Autoware for the development of its MES - Manufacturing Execution System.

Bindi was born in 1946, specializing in the production of typical bakeries tocatering, to which were added over the years, desserts, ice cream and frozen desserts. All products are characterized by an excellent level of quality, confirmed by the obtained absolute leadership in the area of the house and its distributors. And the primary value which is dear Bindi is the quality: “Quality means adopting daily rigorous measures that guarantee the fulfillment of international standards along the whole process.” By the ingredients to work, to respect the rules, to the conservation, everything is chosen and performed with the utmost care and competence in the industry.

Autoware is once again on-line! After 4 days of absolute silence, officially due to a technical problem, but for the superstitious Friday 17 is definitely a day not so lucky, we are back more enthusiastic and active than before! So you prepare for a series of activities, events and news that will see the team Autoware personally involved! We apologize for the inconvenience!

Autoware has obtained the title of "Certified System Integrator" in System Platform/MES Operations of Wonderware. Wonderware MES 4.0/Operations Software capabilities provide a scalable and configurable Manufacturing Execution System (MES) designed to help manufacturers across a wide range of industries improve their operational efficiency, manufacturing responsiveness and brand integrity.

Wonderware MES software fully leverages the Wonderware System Platform and Invensys InFusion Enterprise Control System (ECS) for integration, development and reporting as a result of the underlying ArchestrA technology. This approach reduces deployment and maintenance costs, while also facilitating rapid development and scaling of the application throughout the enterprise.

Certainly this certification represents a moment pride and satisfaction, but also another testimony to the perseverance, enthusiasm and professionalism of the technicians Autoware show every day, trying to be always updated on new technologies and new products on the market!

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Autoware officially becomes member of MESA – Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association, worldwide not-for-profit community of manufacturing companies, information technology hardware and software suppliers, system integrators, consulting service providers, analysts, editors, academics and students. The combined purpose is to improve business results and production operations through optimized application and implementation of information technology and best management practices.

MESA member companies and individuals and our knowledgebase span the full range of manufacturing environments from discrete to batch to mixed model to process. The association's efforts are focused on helping the manufacturing community to use information technology to provide real-time visibility into the production process. Further, MESA is committed to connecting that visibility to create business results, achieving such real value chain objectives such as lean manufacturing, collaborative supply chain management, quality and regulatory compliance, asset performance management, and product lifecycle management.

MESA provides a variety of programs and events that work together to help manufacturers:

• Better understand what is possible in terms of information technology to improve profitability, business value, agility, and customer satisfaction
• Engage "best practices" to see what other manufacturers have done to achieve measurable success
• Approach investment decisions in technology with more confidence
• Learn to improve the deployment of new technology

It's very important for Autoware to be a member of MESA, because it consists of another essential step in its internationalization phase started by several years, in fact in 2008 Autoware had become an active member of the CSIA (Control Systems Integrators Association) and the European unit of the Automation Alliance Group.

Autoware is pleased to announce that Eng. Corrado Castagna has obtained the title "Invensys Wonderware Certified Application Developer" in Intelligence 1.0. An award even more pleased if you think that only two developers in Intelligence 1.0 are certified on over 2300 certified developers around the world.

Wonderware Intelligence is the industry’s first EMI (Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence) product that leverages the Wonderware suite of Reporting and Analysis products. Built on top of Wonderware System Platform, Wonderware Intelligence creates an information framework to take both Wonderware and non-Wonderware data sources (such as an OSIsoft PI Server database or SAP ERP data), format , store, and present that data in an intuitive dashboard, allowing you to make immediate decisions on your plant’s performance. Data is updated according to your needs, to provide you with a current view of plant asset utilization; product quality and yields; throughput; or labor, resource, and energy consumption.

Another success for Autoware, with which it wants to emphasize once again its natural inclination for excellence, its desire to continue to improve day after day without giving up before the obstacles that inevitably arise in many occasions and its nature in propose new solutions. For this reason, the company consists of a team of technical experts, who can rely on a background of experience in the field and of technical skills relating to the products used, which are continuously consolidated and developed thanks to the numerous trainings and updates!

Business Care - BC is a dedicated support program, who takes care of you and your business, through a complete portfolio of services designed specifically to support the entire life cycle of manufacturing systems installed, and therefore to protect and improve the whole business!

Business Care provides: Guarantee of fast response Custom times according to the organization of productione Dedicated number to achieve directly to the answers Possibility of remote monitoring, problem solving and training support of operators Monthly report of activities carried out in order to assess any structural changes to permanently solve the problems

Business Care was created with the aim to provide customer support for all the problems that arise in the daily management of a manufacturing plant, thus reducing the overall cost of ownership. No control system is in fact maintenance free and of the onset of small or big problems during its normal operating cycle. And it’s the small technical problems, which dramatically have an impact on the continuity of production, on the product quality and consequently on the efficiency of the entire business.

Autoware, aware of these problems and having a long experience in the field, is an ideal partner, providing three different levels of support, created to satisfy the specific needs of each customer and to ensure the best possible continuity and consistency of the production process , resulting in actual cost savings, and the minimization of all the unexpected costs related to the interruption of production or its non-performance.

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