Avanceon Adds Talent to Support Factory Maintenance Program
Exton, PA – August 4, 2004 – Joseph J. Biehl, a manufacturing industry veteran of both the pharmaceutical and food and beverage sectors, has been named Director of the A PlusSM plant support services offering at Advanced Automation Associates, Inc. (A3).
A Plus is a value-added manufacturing plant support service that offers clients a single point of contact, remote performance monitoring, and technical support management to maximize manufacturing productivity and up-time. A Plus provides 24 x 7 monitoring and remote diagnostics via a secure, web-based software solution and integrated control system technology. A3 offers three different levels of service support based on the client’s business requirements and offers 24-hour emergency dispatch services. The A3 professional engineers constantly monitor the intricate electronic control systems, network connections, and data interfaces across the manufacturing process line to maximize performance. When a failure occurs they notify the appropriate engineer, monitor the repair, and track the results to map failure trends. With today’s cut backs in plant engineering staffs, A3’s engineers are able to augment existing staffs and provide recommendations that greatly improve production performance.
“Joseph Biehl brings both incredible industry experience and an outstanding entrepreneurial background to Advanced Automation Associates,” said Robert A. Zeigenfuse, the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of A3. “He has a record for leadership, management and business planning that are essential to the success of A Plus. In addition, his expertise in manufacturing and systems for the food, beverage, and the pharmaceutical industries is integral to the growth of not only this service line but also our company overall.”
Biehl was the founder, President and Chief Executive Office of ValiCor Associates, Inc. (West Chester, PA), a regulatory compliance and validation service company. He guided the employee-owned company through an unprecedented period of start-up and growth. In the seven years from 1994 to 2001, ValiCor’s sales grew 6,000 percent. During Biehl’s tenure as President and CEO, ValiCor was recognized by The Wharton School as one of the fastest growing companies in the Philadelphia region twice, in 1998 and 1999. His proven record of leadership, customer focus, and FDA regulatory expertise will assure that the A Plus program is delivering what clients need most.
About Advanced Automation Associates
Advanced Automation Associates (A3) is a manufacturing solutions company that helps our clients to solve manufacturing process challenges, automate system control processes, and to integrate supervisory and data management systems to the corporate enterprise. A3 has deep experience in the pharmaceutical, food, beverage, and the commercial printing industries worldwide and is the largest independent controls systems integrator in the world. A3 and has been the industry leader in establishing process control and manufacturing automation standards since 1984. Additional information about the company is available on their web site at http://www.advancedautomation.com.
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