November 2006

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HP Control: Jim Ford's views on advanced process control

C. F. Picou Associates, Inc. (CFPA), an affiliate of Maverick Technologies, was founded in 1974 by Dr. Courtney Picou. Originally aiming to provide process engineering consulting to the refining indus..

Friedman, Y. Z., Petrocontrol

C. F. Picou Associates, Inc. (CFPA), an affiliate of Maverick Technologies, was founded in 1974 by Dr. Courtney Picou. Originally aiming to provide process engineering consulting to the refining industry, the company quickly moved into advanced process control (APC), executed many projects worldwide in the 1980s and 1990s, and has remained a small, but well-regarded, APC provider with good experienced engineers. With that in mind, I have asked Dr. Jim Ford, the president of CFPA, to air his opinion of the APC industry. Jim has spent most of his career with CFPA, starting as an APC engineer and going through the ranks to eventually become the CFPA president. Zak: What differentiates you

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