In 2017, The Monarch Cement Co. invested in the latest version – Version 9.0 – of ABB’s Knowledge Manager with ABB Ability™ System 800xA control system integration, as well as ABB’s Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). It also upgraded its older AC  410 controllers to the latest AC 800M series. The LIMS project was completed in July of 2017 and the change over to Knowledge Manager occurred in the fall.