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BCI Adds New Branch Manager to Kansas City Office:

We are pleased to announce the arrival of Jeff Noland as our new Kansas City Branch Manager.  Jeff not only has a stellar academic background, but excellent experience as well.  Jeff couples his MBA from Georgetown with a PMP certification and considerable industrial experience.

Jeff’s more recent experience reaches back to Shick USA where he was Vice-President and General Manager which provided him with an in-depth knowledge of an ingredient automation company and the challenges associated with large scale systems work.  His next step was into Rockwell Automation as a Solution Architect.  Since BCI is one of approximately 35 Solution Providers in the US and also part of a further subset of “Process Recognized” SP’s, Jeff’s background with the Rockwell technology and its personnel is of significant value to both BCI and our customers.  Jeff moved from Rockwell to Ronning Engineering, a rotary dryer company, as the Executive Vice President/General Manager and was instrumental in the subsequent growth of that company.  Jeff comes to us from his most recent dryer experience.

•  BCI Named 2008 SI of the Year (.pdf)
•  Control Engineering 2008 SI of the Year article (.pdf)
•  Control Engineering Online Automation Integrator Guide
•  2008 SI of the Year Announcement
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•  BCI Finalist for 2007 SI of the Year Award (.pdf)
•  Control Engineering 2007 SI of the Year article (.pdf)

Not All Integration is Created Equal
Are you buying a commodity? Or are system integration services a highly specialized service? BCI President Ray Bachelor leverages his extensive experience in the industry to pen this piece for the June 2008 issue of Plant Engineering magazine. The article outlines the value of structured project methodology for successful and cost-effective systems integration for today's plant managers and plant engineers.

•  Not All Integration is Created Equal
•  Plant Engineering magazine

Food Engineering Article Stresses Importance of Disciplined Project Management Approach
BCI Senior Software Engineer Jerry Leuthold and the Continental Mills' BCI project team give insights into proper project management and methodology for the Integration Projects Require a Disciplined Approach article in the May 2008 issue of Food Engineering.

•  Integration Projects Require a Disciplined Approach (.pdf)
•  Food Engineering magazine
•  Continental Mills case study (.pdf)

Ethanol Plant Upgrade featured in Control Engineering
The May 2008 issue of Control Engineering features an article by BCI Senior Project Engineer Marvin Coker's description of Bachelor Controls' control system upgrade at Golden Triangle Energy Cooperative ethanol production facility.

•  Upgrade Delivers Spare Parts (.pdf)
•  Control Engineering magazine
•  Golden Triangle Energy Cooperative

Automation World's Biofuels / Alternative Energy Article Highlights GTEC Upgrade Project
Bachelor Controls and leaders from Golden Triangle Energy Cooperative ethanol production facility are interviewed for the Biofuels Thrive with Automation article, which is part of Automation World's March 2008 issue (focusing on "Green Automation").

•  Biofuels Thrive With Automation (.pdf)
•  Automation World magazine
•  Golden Triangle Energy Cooperative

Control System Upgrade Has Plant's Future Looking 'Golden' Article in Ethanol Producer
BCI Senior Project Engineer Marvin Coker has been published in the December 2007 Ethanol Producer magazine for his comprehensive article detailing Bachelor Controls' control system upgrade at Golden Triangle Energy Cooperative.

•  Control System Upgrade Has Plant's Future Looking 'Golden' (.pdf)
•  Ethanol Producer magazine
•  Golden Triangle Energy Cooperative

The Journal / SP News — Plantwide Automation Article
BCI is chosen for the first article in a new series entitled SP News, a new section of The Journal showcasing work completed by Rockwell Automation Solution Providers. The June 2007 article details one of BCI's plantwide automation implementations — including batch control, extrusion automation and MES solutions.

•  Pets Need More Than TLC (.pdf)

Petfood Industry Automating Petfood Safety Article
The May 2007 issue of Petfood Industry includes Automating Petfood Safety, based on a presentation given by BCI President Ray Bachelor at Petfood Forum in 2006.

•  Automating Petfood Safety (.pdf)

BCI Passes CSIA Audit...Again
Bachelor Controls passed the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) Best Practices & Benchmarks audit to maintain its CSIA Certified status. Every three years, Certified Members must undergo a rigorous audit process which measures companies against seven critical business areas. BCI is one of the first system integrators to pass the certification audit three times.

•  BCI Renews CSIA Certification (.pdf)
•  Control System Integrators Association (CSIA)

A note from CSIA Headquarters:

CSIA extends its heartiest congratulations to Bachelor Controls, Inc. on achieving "Certified Member" status for your third consecutive three year period. This is no easy task and we commend all of your employees who contributed to and participated in this accomplishment. This "CM" ranking is assurance to all of your clients that they have chosen the very best in selecting Bachelor Controls, Inc. as their Control System Integration partner.

Feed Management Technical Article
The March/April 2006 issue of Feed Management includes Smart Tools for Extrusion Process Control.

•  Smart Tools for Extrusion Process Control (.pdf)

Other News

•  BCI Opens Memphis Office (.pdf)
•  BCI Nominated for American Business Ethics Award (.pdf)
•  BCI Named CSIA “Gold Tier” Registered Member (.pdf)
•  BCI Introduces BCI AUTOPILOT® version 2.0 (.pdf)

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