ORSI Automazione has a 15 year experience in the field of industrial automation. It is based in Genova, Italy with 220 highly trained technicians. It was founded in 1982 and now has subsidiaries in the USA, UK, Spain, Germany. It has partnerships in, Poland, Brasil, Russia, Rumania, South Africa, Venezuela, Mexico, Korea, Australia, Argentina, China and other countries. It has two divisions, a Systems Divisions, and a Products divisions. The System Division is made up of 100 technicians especially trained in the realization and commisining of sophisticated turn-key electrical packages including systems for production process control and management as well as for service automation. The System Division has developed a deep know-how in steel, sugar, and energy applications thanks to relevant projects developed in Italy and abroad. The Products Division is made up of over 100 people which develop, produce, and market the products to its System division or to it's partner network. The products are a distributed control system, a SCADA Windows NT based monitoring system, and a real-time expert system based optimization tool.