PSI AG : PSI China wins important steel contract for JISCO TianFeng Stainless
January 23, 2013 at 05:35 pm IST
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New customer Jiuquan Steel and Iron Group decided in favour of PSImetals
Berlin, Beijing, 23 January 2013 - PSI China got a new order for the implementation of the production management system PSImetals at JISCO TianFeng Stainless Company. Jiuquan Steel and Iron Group (JISCO), located in Jiayuguan City in the Gansu Province, is the biggest carbon and stainless steel company in Northwest China. JISCO Stainless is the stainless branch of JISCO with an annual production capacity of 1.2 million tons. The main products are stainless cold rolled and hot rolled carbon steel and a small amount of stainless plates.
PSImetals will cover the whole production process from steel making, hot rolling, cold rolling and plate pickling areas at JISCO Stainless. The functional scope embraces order dressing, production planning and execution, quality management and stock yard management.
As one of the first Manufacturing Execution System (MES) projects in the JISCO Group, this project will be managed by PSI together with the local partner Lanzhou Wanqiao Intelligent Science and Technology Co., Ltd. Both companies successfully worked out consulting and specifications in the past months. During the implementation phase, PSI will be responsible for the software licencing, delivery and customising, consulting and training services while WanQiao will manage most of on-site work such as analysis, data collection, tests and basic on-site customer support.
On the basis of its own software products, PSI AG develops and integrates complete solutions for energy management (electricity, gas, oil, heat), production management (metals, automotive, mechanical engineering, mining, logistics) and infrastructure management for transport and safety. PSI was founded in 1969 and employs approximately 1,600 persons worldwide.
PSI Software AG, formerly PSI Aktiengesellschaft fuer Produkte und Systeme der Informationstechnologie, is a Germany-based company that develops and integrates software for energy suppliers, manufacturers and infrastructure operators. It operates through three segments. The Energy Management segment serves utility companies in the electricity, gas, oil, water, district heating and combined energy sectors, and focuses on solutions for grid management, energy storage, energy trading and virtual power plants. The Production Management segment provides software for production planning, production control and logistics for the metal industry, machinery and plant engineering, the automotive industry and logistics. The Infrastructure Management segment develops control system software for the operation of infrastructure in the areas of rail and road transport and public safety with focus on operation-control technology, depot management and safety and telematics applications.
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