# Schneider Electric upgrades Dow Corning's control system in Kentucky

Schneider Electric helped Dow Corning upgrade its distributed control system at the Carrollton, Kentucky plant to the EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS, reducing capital expenditure by 50% and completing the project ahead of schedule.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-02-27
- Where: Carrollton, Kentucky, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS, distributed control system
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Schneider Electric](https://endata.com/companies/2048.md) (supplier)
- [Dow Corning](https://endata.com/companies/17562.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/schneider-electrics-ecostruxure-foxboro-dcs-enables-faster-time-to-profit-for-dow-corning-300604658.html), 2018-02-27: "Modernizing its existing Foxboro I/A Series control system to the new EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS is expected to help Dow Corning's Carrollton, Kentucky, plant reduce its capital expenditure by 50 percent."

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