Intergraph® Presents Third Annual SmartPlant® Engineering & Schematics Excellence Awards to 15 Customers

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Intergraph^® has presented its 2012 SmartPlant^® Engineering & Schematics Excellence Awards to recognize 15 customers who have deployed and rolled out Intergraph engineering and schematics solutions and taken the extra step to stretch the solutions' capabilities to achieve maximum benefits for their respective organizations worldwide.  

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Customers were chosen to receive the third annual awards by members of Intergraph's Engineering & Schematics team for being valuable contributors in making Intergraph products successful – not only for their own companies, but also for the entire industry.  

The 2012 Intergraph Engineering & Schematics Excellence Awards recipients are:

• Ljubomir Lozo, AMEC
• Raksa Padjar, BP Tangguh Indonesia
• Kyle Miller, Burns & McDonnell
• Mariana Popa, Candu
• Christine Rech, CAXperts
• Gerhard Brown, ESKOM
• Peter Hughes, Essar (formerly Shell)
• Niamh Hodnett, GSK Cork Ireland
• Lu lin, Keppel Fels Ltd.
• Yoshiyuki Otsuka, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
• Sirinada Niamyai, PTTCHEM
• Emanuele Stringara, Saipem
• Gabriele Martini, Saipem
• John Chirio, SKM
• Rika Roux, Synfuels

Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president, said, "Our customers receiving this year's Engineering & Schematics Excellence Awards have taken full advantage of the benefits that Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise solutions provide to increase productivity, engineering quality, and data accessibility in their project execution or plant operations. We look forward to continuing our partnership with them in the future to achieve even greater goals."

Intergraph SmartPlant Engineering & Schematics applications contribute significantly toward the bottom line for EPCs and plant owners, delivering improved safety, design quality, and productivity, resulting in reduced execution and operational risks. The unique capabilities of Engineering & Schematics, such as rules and connectivity-driven design, support the work process for all parties involved, yielding true business benefits.

The ARC Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst firm, ranked Intergraph as the No. 1 overall worldwide provider of engineering design solutions for industry according to its "Engineering Design Tools for Industry and Infrastructure Worldwide Outlook Market Analysis and Forecast Through 2016."

About Intergraph

Intergraph is the leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software that enables customers to visualize 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, including ERDAS technologies, to the public safety and security, defense 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 business.

Intergraph is part of Hexagon (Nordic exchange: HEXA B; www.hexagon.com), a leading global provider of design, measurement, and visualization technologies that enable customers to design, measure and position objects, and process and present data.

For more information, visit www.intergraph.com.

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