Intergraph® 2011 Australia Conferences Achieve Record Numbers

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Intergraph®, the leading global provider of engineering software for the process, power and marine industries, has successfully concluded its Intergraph 2011 Australia conferences in three Australian cities. More than 200 delegates attended, marking the highest-ever attendance for these annual user conferences in Australia.

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Intergraph 2011 Australia was held in August this year in three cities: Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane. It was part of a series of successful Asia-Pacific user conferences held in six countries, which attracted nearly 2,000 delegates overall. Intergraph 2011 Australia featured Intergraph's next-generation SmartPlant® Enterprise portfolio and Leica Geosystems' Smart Scanning solutions, offering attendees unprecedented scope and value. Employing the theme "Building A Smarter World", the Australian conferences demonstrated Intergraph technology that empowers organisations to build a smarter world through industry-specific technologies that make process facilities and infrastructure better, safer and smarter.

Intergraph global and regional management delivered insightful keynote presentations on industry trends and latest innovations at Intergraph 2011 Australia. The conferences also featured a compelling customer testimonial by Woodside Energy, highlighting the benefits of integrated operations systems and the role Intergraph technology is playing in reaching their vision. Intergraph's SmartPlant Enterprise solutions continue to make waves in the Australian marketplace, drawing keen interest from delegates eager to learn more about the integrated suite of SmartPlant Enterprise solutions and leverage Intergraph technology for enhanced safety, improved quality and increased productivity of their plants and offshore facilities.

"Based on customer demand, Intergraph 2011 Australia was held in three cities to ensure that our customers had the opportunity to attend these industry-leading user conferences, and learn more about the latest technology innovations," said Greg Rohde, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine vice president in Australia. "We are pleased to achieve this year's record attendance numbers, validating Intergraph's leadership position in the Australian market, and demonstrating our commitment to our customers in supporting their business for continued success. We will continue to work closely with our customers on their projects as their trusted technology partner, and look forward to welcoming them back at next year's conferences."

SmartPlant Enterprise offers a powerful portfolio of industry-leading, best-in-class design and data management solutions, enabling companies in the process, power and marine industries to capture integrated engineering knowledge at the enterprise level for the competitive advantage needed in today's and tomorrow's market. SmartPlant Enterprise's integrated suite of solutions enables proven productivity gains, improving engineering efficiency by up to 30 percent. This is why the majority of plants built worldwide are designed using Intergraph solutions.

The ARC Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst firm, ranked Intergraph the No. 1 overall engineering design 3D software and process engineering tools (PET) provider worldwide according to its PET Worldwide Outlook Market Analysis and Forecast through 2013.

About Intergraph

Intergraph is the leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software that enables customers to visualise complex data. Businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on Intergraph's industry-specific software to organize vast amounts of data to make processes and infrastructure better, safer and smarter. The company's software and services empower customers to build and operate more efficient plants and ships, create intelligent maps, and protect critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world.

Intergraph operates through two divisions: Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) and Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I).  Intergraph PP&M provides enterprise engineering software for the design, construction, operation and data management of plants, ships and offshore facilities. Intergraph SG&I provides geospatially powered solutions to the public safety and security, defence and intelligence, government, transportation, photogrammetry, and utilities and communications industries. Intergraph Government Solutions (IGS) is an independent subsidiary for SG&I's U.S. federal and classified business.

Intergraph is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexagon AB, (Nordic exchange: HEXA B) and (Swiss exchange: HEXN). For more information, visit www.intergraph.com and www.hexagon.se.  

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