A Team with the Passion for Innovation Progea, a Company with the Passion for Industrial Software Innovation
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A Team with the passion for innovation Progea, a company with the passion for industrial software innovation Progea is a solid international company, the ideal partner for businesses placing automation software at the top of their strategies. Progea proudly represents Italy among international The company is organized for efficiency in planning, automation software platforms producers, founding its supporting and promoting one of the most innovative philosophy upon dynamic evolution. The company has Scada/HMI software platforms on the international been producing industrial software for more than 30 market. Insight and good strategic planning have awarded years, seeing steady growth in sales and profits with its Progea with important market gain both in the Italian expanding international presence. Progea methodically and International markets. The professionalism of the and successfully modulated its growth, investing in Progea overseas distribution network has played a crucial technological innovation, research and development role in this achievement, together with international more than marketing, pursuing long-term goals based on partnerships that include some of the most prestigious concreteness and reliability. As a protagonist in a fast- companies in the world: Phoenix Contact, ASEM, growing automation software sector, Progea continues Panasonic, VIPA, Suetron, to name a few. to gain market share, not only for product quality but also These partnerships prove that the advanced technology for its top-notch product correlated support and services. of the Progea software can be defined as the state-of-art Which are essential componentsof the supply andwhen in SCADA/HMI/MES platforms. missing or poorly provided, can cause high indirect costs for the user. The company team’s enthusiasm in its work is reflected in the top quality products developed for the benefit of customers. 1991 1993 1995 1999 Progea goes into operation Progea initiates its ‘Progea Windows 95 and Windows Progea Deutschland GmbH as a small software house Monitoring Environment NT are released and goes into operation to for the automation sector. Project’, which results in Progea releases Movicon 7, support the expansion of Progea starts focusing its the first release of Movicon a new generation software Progea Srl in the German activities in the industrial (Monitoring, Vision & product for the Win32 (32 market, the most important supervision sector by Control) software product bit) platform, by rewriting in Europe. developing applications for version for Windows 3.11 the previous used 16 bit Windows-based PCs. in 1993. C code with new C++ compilers. The Team Research & Development An extremely dynamic and highly motivated team of Progea is strongly convinced that following the roads managers, design engineers and technicians characterize toward innovation lead to gaining great market Progea’s vocation for innovation. What makes Progea advantages, especially in a sector in which evolution special is group teamwork in which all operators are is fast and constant. By conscious strategic choice, enthusiastically involved in the Movicon™ project. Group Progea continuously invests over 30% of its resources in harmony reinforces optimal information sharing, making Research and Development, analysing the evolutionary product integration possible at all levels. The enthusiasm trends of new technologies, and integrating the best of and efforts behind the team’s work shine through, them into the architectures of its products. It has been resulting product quality that benefits all customers. proven that the market recognizes this commitment and With headquarters in Modena, Italy, the Progea group rewards the players offering the best product aligned leads an international sales and distribution network. with cutting-edge IT technologies that are applied to the Progea currently involves more thanfifty people of whom factory, when technically well supported and offered at a 75% are engineers and technicians dedicated to product fair and sustainable price. development and customer care services. The Progea software technology is designed and Innovative Software Products engineered in its main offices in Modena, Milan and Progea produces and distributes a range of software Padova. The company also has subsidiaries in Germany, products for industrial automation, with Movicon the USA and Switzerland The latter is responsible (SCADA, HMI, MES) at its core. The products are for managing an international distribution network distinguished by openness, scalability, innovation and representing Progea in over 45 Countries worldwide. ease of use, and are used by designers and system integrators all over the world. 2000 2004 2008 2009 Progea expands with a new Generation leap: the Evolution continues with Progea International goes branch in Milan. Over the revolutionary Movicon the release of Movicon11™ into operation with offices following years, Progea X version is released which soon becomes a in Balerna, Switzerland expands its own offices. introducing new technological benchmark with the mission to Movicon 9 is released technology within the in its sector. The driving promote international and gains the company panorama of SCADA/HMI. force of the Movicon11™ distribution and develop more success also due to Important partnerships technology pushes the Progea’s presence supporting Windows CE. begin with automation company to overseas. multinationals. go international. Services Quality and Certification The company is specialized in custom made services for Progea manages its business processes in compliance its customers, guaranteeing added value consultancy with the UNI-EN ISO 9001:2015 quality standard activities in addition to its software product-correlated and with TUV quality system certification since technical assistance services. Progea offers its 2001. In addition, the product development process customers 2 decades of experience in automation satisfies audits according to the UNI-EN 50128 safety software, experience that has matured by facing and standard requirements. In addition to rigorous quality solving everyday issues relating to Programmable Logic certifications, Progea operates within the Microsoft Controllers (PLCs), networks, field buses, and modems. developer circuit and is a participant in the “Microsoft The main services provided include: Certified Partner” program to guarantee that its training, assistance, consultancy, driver development and products are always compliant with the Microsoft custom solutions. standards. Progea is also an active member of the OPC Foundation consortium and holds Chairmanship Mission and Ethical Code for OPC Foundation Italy. Progea is accredited by Progea endorses and promotes an international culture the Ministry of Education, University and Research of innovation and quality, creativity and excellence (MIUR), as testimony of its innovative nature and great in continuously developing innovative software commitment to Research and Development. technology, in customer management and care, in sales and services. Our friendly and flexible team is highly motivated in providing solutions to the daily challenges of technological development, where collaboration and new ideas are welcome and constitute the base of our innovation policies. Our team is considered a model of excellence and a benchmark that defines new goals in the automation software industry. The company adopts a code of ethics that encompasses: • Compliance with enforced laws and regulations. • Protection of confidential information. • Adoption of protection criteria for privacy and data security. • Protection and correct use of company assets. • Implementation of a careful and strict quality policy. • Respect for human rights through proper corporate management. • Internal and external information integrity. • Proper and careful financial management, including long-term investment policy. • Profit sharing with all employees. • Eco-friendly policies. • Management of complaints, suggestions and reporting of misconduct and illegal conduct. 2011 2013 2016 2020 This is the year of Movicon. Progea celebrates 20 Progea celebrates 25 This is the year of the highly NExT™ which leverages the years in activity and a new years in activity and anticipated release of OS generation started by branch, Progea USA LLC: transfers to its current Movicon.NExT 4.0. Windows 8, and is built on opens in Wisconsin, USA. HQ in Via D’Annunzio, in A completely redesigned cutting-edge technology, Modena, Italy: an office software platform leaping ahead of the building designed with revolutionizing once again competition and confirming modern architecture and the international SCADA/ itself as the state-of-art in technology. HMI/MES panorama. SCADA/HMI platforms. 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