AVEVA Instrumentation Selected by AMEC

September 2, 2009

CAMBRIDGE, England, September 2 /PRNewswire/ -- AVEVA (LSE:AVV) announced the latest release of its new AVEVA Instrumentation product with the news that AMEC, a leading international engineering and project management company, has confirmed its adoption of AVEVA Instrumentation for Instrumentation and Control design and engineering for its Mining and Metals business in Canada.

AVEVA Instrumentation is the outcome of an important technology acquisition by AVEVA, announced on 30 March 2009. During its evaluation of the technology, AVEVA invited AMEC, a long-standing power user of AVEVA solutions, to provide an independent user's evaluation, comparing AVEVA Instrumentation with competitive products.

AMEC's Mining & Metals business invested in the new product as soon as it was released. AMEC have now deployed AVEVA Instrumentation on a number of projects, in conjunction with the integration of the existing AVEVA portfolio of applications.

The system offers fully customisable reporting options and interfacing, to enable efficient production of project deliverables. It offers efficiency and cost savings for project execution and error-free design for construction.

Commenting on this latest agreement with AMEC, Dave Gibson, AVEVA Instrumentation Project Manager, said: "We are delighted that they have chosen to invest in this new technology and look forward to working with them on this market-leading product."

About AVEVA Instrumentation

AVEVA Instrumentation is an integrated suite of applications for the highly specialised processes of specifying, designing, installing and maintaining all the instrumentation and control systems in complex engineering projects such as process or power plants. For more information, visit http://www.aveva.com/plant.

About AMEC

AMEC (LSE: AMEC) is a focused supplier of high-value consultancy, engineering and project management services to the world's energy, power and process industries. With annual revenues of over GBP2.6 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers. AMEC's Natural Resources, Power and Process and Earth and Environmental businesses employ over 22,000 people in more than 30 countries globally.

For further information please see http://www.amec.com

About AVEVA Group plc

AVEVA is trusted around the world to deliver engineering IT solutions with strategic value to leading companies in the plant and marine industries. For further information please visit http://www.aveva.com or http://www.aveva.com/ednotes

    
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