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20 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News optimized utilization of AVEVA's Marine software. "DNS regards AVEVA as a long-term strategic partner that is committed to providing continuous quality serv- ice and proven solutions that will contribute to the growth of DNS," said Mr. Ma Yande, Deputy Chief

Engineer and Director of the Design Division at DNS.

With 4,300 employees and a state-of-the-art production lines, DNS has the capability to build and repair a vari- ety of ships, tankers, bulk carriers under 300,000-dwt class as well as major offshore and marine products, land-based machinery equipment, and steel structures for high buildings and bridges. The company's technical staff are divided into two main divisions, the Ship

Design & Research Institute, which is supported by 280 designers, and the Technology & Planning Division.

In order to better service the growing Chinese marine market, AVEVA recently established a China Marine

Division.

AVEVA also signed a contract to provide its design and production solutions to China's New Century

Shipbuilding (NCS), located southeast of Jingjiang. The shipbuilder — established in August 2001, but is now one of the top 20 shipyards, by dwt, in the world — will use AVEVA's software to enhance its shipbuilding capa- bilities on its latest project - the design and manufacture of a 4,250 teu containership prototype, for which deliv- ery is expected in 2007.

Following its most successful year, AVEVA is not rest- ing on its laurels, instead investing further in the future, seeking to continue its growth.

The increased investment will see an acceleration of

AVEVA's commitment to Microsoft's .Net technology, which has already delivered new levels of productivity, interaction and information sharing to every aspect of industry. The demand for a steady stream of highly qual- ified, up to date IT professionals has created opportuni- ties worldwide, including the opening of a new develop- ment office in Chennai, India to execute a broad spec- trum of product development activities. The initial investment in Chennai has capacity for 70 new staff. "We had a very successful year in 2005 and the trend is not going to stop," said Longdon. "Expanding our operations and investing in new technological develop- ments is the key to maintaining our market-leading sta- tus. The expansion in India and investment in

Microsoft's .net technology will help us to cement our successful business strategy."

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AVEVA VNET 3.3

AVEVA offers VNET, an internet-based technology that enables common applications to be integrated to create an internet- based information portal. VNET version 3.3 was developed in consultation with new and existing customers, including

Jacobs, BP, Shell, Petronas, Woodside, JR McDermotts and

Alstom. VNET allows information created by experts in one business function to be used by non-experts in other parts of the business or in different organizations. "VNET delivers infor- mation in a simple, low-cost way," said Richard Longdon,

CEO, AVEVA Group. AVEVA has enhanced VNET, including the addition of new functionality to allow Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractors and plant owner-operators to interact more effectively without changing their proven sys- tems and existing working practices. "VNET 3.3 offers huge, demonstrable benefits to owner-operators by improving the relationship with the EPC at handover," said Longdon. "Handover has traditionally been regarded as a definitive peri- od at the end of a project but VNET 3.3 brings that process forward, allowing dynamic simulation, plant training proce- dures and even de-bottlenecking studies to be conducted before commissioning. On a typical large oil facility, for exam- ple, this has the potential to bring forward first oil production significantly.”

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