Company Profile

Founded in 1994, Process Plant Computing Limited (PPCL) improves the business efficiency of process plants worldwide, through the research, development and delivery of innovative end-user applications based on its unique Geometric Process Control (GPC) technology. The company previously traded as Curvaceous Software Limited in Europe and Asia and C-Visual Inc in North America.

PPCL’s clients include over 120 blue-chip users from the Pharmaceuticals, Commodity and Speciality Chemicals, Oil Refining, Petrochemicals, Oil Exploration and Production, Cement, Glass, Paper, Food and Minerals Processing industries.

PPCL has won awards for its innovative technology from:

European Process Safety Centre (EPSC)
Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
Chemical Industry Association (CIA)
Institution of Engineering Technology (IET)
British Computer Society (BCS)
The Carbon Trust
PPCL has delivered many world firsts:


Unification of Alarms, Process Control and achievement of Business Operating Objectives
No-maths MIMO Controller for batch and continuous processes
A real solution to the process analytical technology (PAT) and Quality by Design (QbD) requirements in the Pharmaceutical industry
The only method to find values for Alarm and Operating Limits
The first method to find, display and use the multi-variable Operating Envelope of a steady or unsteady state process
Significant enhancements to Six Sigma and similar process improvement methodologies