收購將會擴展艾默生在精煉、石化和相關產業中的過程控制和項目管理能力. 德州奧斯汀（2008年1月8日）消息，艾默生于當天宣布其已經收購了位于德州休斯頓的自動化集團（TAG），TAG將成為艾默生過程管理公司的一部分，對艾默生服務于精煉、石化、油氣產品及其它行業的過程自動化設計、工程及執行能力和管理服務進行擴展. 艾默生過程管理公司總裁John Berra說：“TAG在更新現有設備的專門技術深度上和新項目的傳遞上對我們現有的能力是一個補充.此收購可以幫助我們提高滿足自動化工程和項目管理解決方案的工業需求的能力.我們的目標就是發展我們在世界范圍內的設計、工程安排和執行能力，此收購恰好能為我們實現目標做出貢獻.” TAG總裁Steve Paulson說：“艾默生全球性的延伸和科技領導水平將幫助我們更好地服務我們現有的寶貴客戶，以及未來開發的用戶.我們一直關注于滿足我們在精煉、油氣產品行業用戶的需求.加入艾默生將使加大過程控制系統在執行上的優勢成為可能，滿足日益復雜的需求.” TAG主要為精煉、石化、化學和煤電行業提供過程自動化/控制系統工程、儀器使用和電氣設計、項目管理等服務.公司總部位于德州休斯頓，分別在德州柯柏斯克里斯提、明尼蘇達州Bloomington，加州Concord和路易斯安那州Baton Rouge設有分支機構.TAG支持所有領先的過程自動化技術，并且會繼續下去. TAG覆蓋的過程自動化專家技術包括分布式控制系統（DCS），安全停產系統，PLC、人機界面、數據采集監視控制、過程分析儀、網絡控制、控制室設計和系統文件. [FONT=times] original text [/FONT] [font=times][Color=#708090]Acquisition expands Emerson’s process control engineering and project management capabilities for refining, petrochemical and related industries AUSTIN, TEXAS （January 8, 2008） – Emerson today announced that it has acquired The Automation Group （TAG） of Houston, Texas. TAG becomes part of Emerson Process Management, expanding Emerson’s capabilities for providing technical and management services for the design, engineering and implementation of process automation systems for the refinery, petrochemical, oil and gas production and other industries. Terms of the deal were not announced. "TAG’s depth of expertise for upgrading existing facilities and delivering new projects is highly complementary to our own existing capabilities," said John Berra, president, Emerson Process Management. "The acquisition expands our ability to address industry needs for automation engineering and project management solutions. We are committed to growing our worldwide design, engineering and implementation capabilities and this acquisition will make a substantial contribution to that goal." "Emerson‘s global reach and technological leadership will help us to better serve our valued existing customers, as well as new ones," said Steve Paulson, president of TAG. "Our organizations are well aligned in terms of our strong focus on meeting customer needs and our shared commitment to the refining, petrochemical and oil and gas production industries. Joining Emerson will make it possible to deliver a broader advantage in the implementation of process control systems required to meet increasingly complex needs." TAG provides process automation/control system engineering, instrument and electrical design, project management services to the refining, petrochemical, chemical and coal power industries. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and has branches in Corpus Christi, Texas; Bloomington, Minnesota; Concord, California; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. TAG supports all of the leading process automation systems and will continue to do so. TAG‘s expertise covers a wide range of process automation technologies including distributed control systems （DCSs）, safety shutdown systems, programmable logic controllers （PLCs）, human machine interfaces （HMIs）, supervisory control and data acquisition （SCADA）, process analyzers, control networks, control room design and system documentation.[/color][/font]