It’s not unusual for a prospective customer to ask me if our control room consoles are made of metal and when I reply that they’re not, the conversation either ends, or I have the opportunity to discuss the differences. That said, the type of material shouldn’t be the deciding factor when evaluating control room furniture regardless of the application. I’ve been in the business for many years and sold hundreds of control room consoles and know that the type of material has little Continue reading
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Ternium Buys Americon Control Room Consoles for Mexico Manufacturing Operations
Ternium, a manufacturer of steel products in the US and Latin America has installed the third of three custom Americon control room consoles at individual manufacturing operations in Mexico.
As shown in the inserted photo, each console is a custom design with a steel integrated slatwall for connecting equipment arms. The base is designed to house full size CPUs mounted on front swing-out doors for easy access. Continue reading
Emergency Operations Center Design: The “One Room” Concept
An experienced emergency manager recently said to me that he favored the multi-room concept for emergency operations centers over the “one room” concept. He preferred assigning separate spaces (all within arms length) for all identified emergency operations functions, and was “allergic” to the one room concept that typically signifies a central operations center where the participants are grouped in the same room. Continue reading
A Total Security Surveillance System from Americon
Americon has just released the latest in its line of security consoles with high definition LCD video wall.
The OMNI security console is manufactured in both cockpit and linear styles, and is engineered to meet the needs of specialists working in the surveillance world. The console can be manufactured in custom sizes with many options available for equipment mounting and storage. These consoles are equipped with power strips and segregated cable management. Continue reading
New Control Room for Plains All American Pipeline
I’m pleased to say that our Plains All American Pipeline customer has chosen Americon to provide another control room furniture upgrade to an existing control room in California. My Plains customer took the time to visit us at our Southern California showroom several months ago to see our entire product line and discuss his vision for his project. We eventually provided detailed drawings which met his needs. Continue reading
Command Centers for Monitoring Social Media?
I just picked up an interesting CNNMoney.com article on Linkedin regarding the latest efforts by companies to stay on top of what social media is saying about their businesses. The article called out several companies for centralizing their efforts in newly established command centers designed to monitor and respond to inquiries. I find this interesting because it suggests a potential need for specialized command center furniture and video wall systems to assist in their efforts. Continue reading
FEMA Selects Americon for Emergency Management Training Furniture
The annual federal government push to implement their end of fiscal year budgets is now over. It’s that time of year that has all of us engaged in providing federal agencies with design solutions and proposals to be executed by the end of September. Among the planned purchases we received this year is a large Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) acquisition of 70 Americon Communicator consoles for FEMA’s emergency manager training center in Maryland. Continue reading
Domtar Selects Americon Console for Recovery Boiler Operation
Domtar, a leading manufacturer of sustainable paper products, has ordered a customized Americon control room console for its operation in Arkansas. I enjoyed working with the Domtar project manager for about a year on a design and implementation schedule that met their planned migration from an older control system. As is the case for many manufacturers who are modernizing their systems, not all of the older equipment can be replaced initially. Continue reading
Americon Receives Contract from Shell International for Control Room Consoles
I have to say it’s been a great week. Shell International selected us to provide a custom control room console solution for new plant operations in Texas. Weeks ago, Shell engaged me to do an analysis of their planned console floor plan to come up with a similar solution that met specific budgetary requirements. The project involved six large U-shaped consoles with rotating binder storage between each console. Continue reading
Comcast Operations Center Highlights Americon Control Room Consoles and Video
What a surprise to find an on-line resume and project brief by Ted Lango, a former Comcast customer in the Atlanta area. Ted and I worked together a few years ago to bring his Regional Operations Center (ROC) into being. He brought the vision and we did our part to make his new operations center the most sophisticated operation of its type in the US. I invite you to connect with Ted Lango for interesting insight on how he conceived and executed the project. Continue reading