bryan texas feb 24 2011 - lisam systems of belgium and the texas a&m university system have announced the joint formation of lisam america inc with lisam systems holding a majority stake in the new venture headquartered in bryan texas lisam america will provide exess(r) software sales services and support to companies operating in the united states that manage workplace environmental health and safety (eh&s) for energy chemicals cosmetics paints and coatings and special chemicals industries lisam america is also expected to become the primary platform for lisam systems to commercialize process safety research and data from the mary kay oconnor process safety center a joint center of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) and texas a&m universitys artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering "we created this joint venture with lisam systems based on their flexible global and scalable eh&s software and technology and their proven industry track record evidenced by more than 500 customers around the world " said brett cornwell associate vice chancellor for the office for technology commercialization at the texas a&m system "with exess(r) we now have a global platform to commercialize process safety research and data gained from extensive collaboration with the chemical energy and other process industries" lisam america immediately increases the operational capabilities of lisam systems to license and support exess(r) software in north america the us subsidiary also strengthens lisam systems preparedness to deliver compliance solutions for the us market including the upcoming us adoption of the global system for harmonization and classification of hazardous chemicals (ghs) volume tracking and reporting for hazardous chemicals and others "by launching lisam america with the texas a&m system we gain a us partner with a strong reputation for collaborating with the chemical energy and other process industries of our customers " said michel hemberg chairman and ceo of lisam systems "we are especially impressed by the quality of research and leadership at texas a&ms mary kay oconnor process safety center and look forward to a close relationship with them as we develop eh&s solutions for the us and global marketplace" about the texas a&m university system the a&m system is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation with a budget of $33 billion through a statewide network of 11 universities seven state agencies and a comprehensive health science center the a&m system educates more than 120 000 students and makes more than 22 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year externally funded research expenditures exceed $772 million and help drive the states economy about the mary kay oconnor process safety center the mary kay oconnor process safety center which is a part of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) and located in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering at texas a&m university was established in 1995 through the generosity of t michael oconnor his goal and the centers mission is to improve safety in the chemical process industry - to make safety second nature the center seeks to develop safer processes equipment procedures and management strategies that will minimize losses in the process industry about lisam systems for more than 20 years lisam systems has provided software and service solutions for environmental health and safety compliance management of the chemical energy cosmetics detergent paint and coverings and special chemicals industry sectors with over 500 customers served from offices in asia europe and the americas lisam systems delivers software for chemicals management inventory management (m) sds authoring and distribution ghs/clp and ghs/jis compliant shipping and labeling reach management and other hazardous chemicals volume tracking and reporting workplace safety and waste management through its telegis subsidiary lisam systems also offers sds authoring and other compliance services about exess(r) developed in microsoft net with microsoft sqlserver exess(r) is lisam systems flagship software for global regulatory compliance solutions in environmental health & safety over 100 lisam systems customers use exess(r) for ghs/clp ghs/jis and reach compliant sds authoring and distribution labeling and classification of hazardous chemicals exess(r) also delivers strong eh&s solutions in the areas of chemicals management inventory management waste management and workplace safety exess(r) provides api integration with erp and other systems and an open strategy with regulatory content providers to support every phase of the product life cycle