Siemens PTI Announces New Sweeping Enhancements to its Distribution Portfolio
23 January 2008 - 6:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
A World Leader in Transmission Capabilities Follows Suit in the
Distribution Space RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens
Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc., through its Siemens
Power Technologies International group (Siemens PTI), recently
announced new capabilities and organization across its entire
distribution and industrial portfolio. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) "Siemens
PTI has organized to deliver on its goal of enabling our customers
to achieve outstanding reliability, profitable growth and business
excellence in the distribution and industrial arenas. We have
developed a comprehensive solution portfolio for the distribution
and industrial marketplace by enhancing our software products, our
educational services, and our consulting support," said Michael
Edmonds, Siemens PTI vice president and general manager. First,
Siemens PTI has released its most recent version of PSS(TM)SINCAL
-- the comprehensive distribution and industrial network planning
and analysis tool. This new version of PSS(TM)SINCAL, adopted
world-wide by utility and industrial companies and engineering
consulting firms for basic and advanced network analyses, now adds
advanced reliability calculations and extended protection
coordination capabilities into its already comprehensive
capabilities. Second, Siemens PTI has also enhanced its Power
Academy TD training offerings to include additional courses that
extend the practical knowledge of distribution and industrial
engineers. Power Academy TD's extensive curriculum empowers the
student to improve their knowledge of planning methodologies and
examines new technologies and trends. Increased system efficiencies
and cost reductions result, enabling the utility to succeed better
in today's competitive utility environment. Finally, Siemens PTI's
network consulting practice has expanded with distribution planning
and industrial systems analysis capabilities. Siemens PTI's
additional technical skills, extensive real world experience and
electrical system knowledge are now available to the distribution
and industrial sectors. "Individually, any one of these product or
service organizational changes would be significant. But, taken as
a whole, they demonstrate Siemens PTI's commitment to provide the
breadth, depth and unique cross-functional synergies in a solution
that Siemens is delivering today to the distribution and industrial
marketplace," said Kevin O'Hara, vice president and general manager
of Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc., Service
Solutions Division. About Siemens Power Transmission &
Distribution (USA) Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution,
Inc., headquartered in Raleigh, NC, creates innovative product,
system and service solutions for its customers -- electric
utilities, transmission organizations, Independent System
Operators, and large energy consumers. It is a leading supplier of
high and medium voltage power delivery equipment, energy management
systems, network planning and power system engineering software for
regulated and deregulated generation, transmission, and
distribution markets. The company's products and systems are used
to increase power system capacity and improve the reliability,
stability and flexibility of power delivery and network control
systems. It has operations in Wendell, NC; Jackson, MS;
Minneapolis, MN; San Jose, CA; Schenectady, NY; Jackson, TN; Heber
Springs, AR; and Atlanta, GA. For more information visit us at:
http://www.usa.siemens.com/energy.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Siemens Power Transmission
& Distribution, Inc. CONTACT: Holly Bounds of Siemens Power
Transmission & Distribution, Inc., +1-678-427-6700, Web site:
http://www.usa.siemens.com/energy
http://www.energy-portal.siemens.com/
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