The Process, Power & Marine division of Intergraph Corporation has announced that Foster Wheeler has renewed its Global Alliance Agreement for another three-year term. The agreement provides for unlimited use of software licences for SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Review, SmartPlant Electrical, SmartPlant Explorer, SmartSketch, INtools, PDS (plant design system) and Pelican Forge SupportModeler. Foster Wheeler engineering centres in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific are covered under the agreement. The Global Alliance Agreement provides flexible software use and a worldwide software standard to reduce administrative and project costs while improving competitive advantage.

"Intergraph software is key to timely and efficient completion of Foster Wheeler's projects worldwide and the Intergraph portfolio supports a sizeable part of our business processes," says Keith Lucas, manager of applications IT, Foster Wheeler Energy, a UK affiliate of Foster Wheeler.

For more information contact Pat Thomson, Intergraph Systems SA, 011 313 1222, pthomson@intergraph.co.za