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CONTENTS
9
2016 System Integrators of the Year
19
2015 System Integrator Giants
61
Dealing with system integration issues
64
System Integration Vendor Partners
75
System Integrator Corporate Close-Ups
NAVIGATING THE ROAD

TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Everyone likes to talk about continuous improvement.
It is a great concept. The idea that we can always get better at whatever we do is a great motivator, and an exciting
idea. But if you focus on the improvement part without
remembering that it also must be continuous, youre
going to get stuck at some point.
We hope you find this years Global System Integrator

Report useful and valuablea resource you can call on
again and again. We want your feedback on further ways
we can make the Report a great resource in print as our
Global System Integrator Database is valuable online at
gspplatform.cfemedia.com/si.
In that spirit, CFE Media has made big improvements

in the Global System Integrator Report in 2015. Weve
created a direct conversation between integrators and our
readers by tapping into the best minds in the industry.
On these pages, youll get a first-hand account of how
integrators can make manufacturing plants more efficient,
safer and more productive. We think this straight-line
conversation is important to help manufacturers understand the value system integrators provide.
You cant make progress if youre standing still. Even in

challenging times, manufacturers can grow. It takes courage, a strong strategy and it takes a great partner.
Welcome to the Global System Integrator Report. No
matter your industry and company size, inside this years
Report youll find a partner who can keep you moving
forward on the road to continuous improvement.
Bob Vavra,
Content Manager, CFE Media
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CSIA HELPS MEMBERS THRIVE
By Jose M. Rivera
CEO, Control System Integrators Association
oth the role of automation system integrators (SIs) and the environment in which they
operate are changing rapidly. We may be facing a very real growth opportunity, perhaps
similar to what the system integration market
faced when large end users began opting to
outsource their SI services starting in the 1990s. That led
to a wave of new SI company creation, and significant
business growth for existing SI companies.
The present opportunity is developing through the confluence of important technology and social trends. There
are real underlying drivers behind heavily promoted
terms like Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Smart
Manufacturing, and Industrie 4.0. SIs will continue to
deliver the critical role of integrating disparate systems
into real solutions, as required by end users, and in the
process will ensure broad adoption of technology across
the board.
What is changing dramatically is the scope of work that
includes areas that were previously off-limits. Borderlines
between domains keep changing. In addition, the market
will push for different business models that shift the delivery toward subscription services. With the increase of
information technology (IT) everywhere, a more extensive use of open platforms and open sharing is expected.
In short, the real value added by system integrators is
shifting, and they will have to adapt if they want not only
to survive but to thrive.
Challenges and changes
We are living out a dramatic but silent transformation in
all aspects of our lives. Important technology and social
trends continue to converge and, in the process, demand
solutions to old and new problems.
Here are a few examples:

Sustainability considerations evolved from more
environmentally conscious consumers who continue
to demand better information reporting on sustainability-relevant data. This includes carbon footprint
tracking for the entire production and logistical chain
or resource consumption per unit of output (such as
quantity of water consumed per quantity of finished
product). Providing these seemingly simple requests
have forced providers to bridge silo systems and
organizations, such as operations and infrastructure,
that previously had no need to interact with each
other.
The gray wave refers to the large number of experts
expected to retire in the coming years. In both mature and emerging economies, this represents a problem. In mature economies, there will be a shortage of
experts not only because the aging demographic will
reduce the pool of candidates, but also because of an
overall dwindling interest in science and technology
by younger generations. In both emerging economies
and high-growth economies like China, the expansion has been so rapid that there hasnt been time
to learn and develop the expertise among necessary

recruits. In all cases, tools are needed to aid in the
transfer of knowledge in the forms of coaching tools
that leverage powerful analytics and Big Data to accelerate the development of experts.
Technology has evolved in an explosive way, making
itself available to the masses, sometimes providing
higher levels of technology for personal use than
what employers can provide for work. Boundaries
have been blurred and previous product definitions
have become historic. One needs only to look at
the traditional phone and how voice-to-voice calls
represent a mere 5% of todays phone use. A better
name for a smartphone could be highly portable
connected compact personal computer, but this is
too long and bound to be obsolete in the near future
where terms like wearable or implanted would
have to be included.
What are the implications for SIs?
IT content in industrial applications will continue to
increase and deliver the rapidly evolving functional-
ity that users are enjoying in their personal lives.

While there has been IT content in automation solutions for decades, the content will grow dramatically.
SIs that dont embrace this run the risk of becoming
the providers of a reduced scope (such as mission
critical only), losing ground to a growing IT contingent of extensive solution providers.
Higher IT content and increased IT player participation will bring with them practices that had not
been widely adopted by the classic automation segment. These include code-sharing and public domain for full components that, in the past, needed
to be created from scratch over and over again.
Code-sharing and the community approach has
allowed IT technology to grow exponentially, and
this is likely to take place in the automation space
as well. Mission criticality may have limited some
of this practice in the past for good reasons, but a
segment of functionality may open up the parts that
are not mission critical to the IT-sharing approach.
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Opportunities for which SIs are well-qualified will be created in

areas outside of the traditional, purely industrial, space.
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Value delivery via a subscription-service model will become a highgrowth segment. This may be new territory for SIs, but they need to
embrace and join the trend now or risk being left out.
Where does CSIA come into play?
The backbone of the Control System Integrators Association
(CSIA) is provided by our Best Practices (BP) Manual, a comprehensive guide to help SIs build and run strong companies. These
BPs are centered more around management topics with less emphasis on technology. This allows the BPs to remain, for the most
part, relevant in the future. System integration is dealt with in a very
universal way, enabling applicability to spaces beyond the traditional industrial one. As a matter of fact, some CSIA SI members serve
other markets, like building automation, already. The BP Manual is
peer-reviewed on a regular basis. Look for version 5.0 to be released
in 2016.
CSIA needs to welcome the IT professionals who want to leverage
our industrial background and BP approach.
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CSIA seeks to play an active role in this, by providing the BP approach to a broad audience.
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In conclusion, the state of the system integration industry is strong,

and is driven by a booming opportunity created by the confluence of
technology, social trends, and the need to put disparate systems together into one solution, which is what system integrators have always
done. SI companies will nevertheless have to adapt to the new realities of higher IT content, an increasing practice of code-sharing, and
the use of public domain componentsand move to a subscriptionbased delivery business model to ensure survival and leverage this
great opportunity for years to come.
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advance the practice of control-system integration to benefit members and
their clients. Founded in 1994, CSIA has more than 400 system integration company members and 100 vendor partners in 27 countries. The
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2016 System Integrator of the Year

Matrix Technologies Maumee, Ohio
Concept Systems Albany, Oregon
ECS Solutions Inc. Evansville, Indiana
Pictured are ( from left) David Bishop of Matrix Technologies, Michael Gurney of Concept Systems and
Timothy Matheny of ECS Solutions. Courtesy: CFE Media
The future is today for 2016 winners

The System Integrators of the Year combine technology
with a customer-centric approach.
By Bob Vavra
Content Manager, CFE Media
he future of system integration will bring people

and machines closer together while expanding
productivity. Thats the same goal of the Digital
Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute
(DMDII), a public/private partnership of education
and manufacturing to deliver innovative solutions
to manufacturing issues.
So it was appropriate the CFE Medias 2016 System Integrators of the Year met at DMDII in Chicago to accept their
awards and discuss the issues facing system integrators, and
manufacturing in general.
The 2016 winners are:
Matrix Technologies, Maumee, Ohio: Large System Integrator Category ($25M and above annual revenue)
Concept Systems, Albany, Ore.: Mid-Sized System Integrator Category ($10M to $25M annual revenue)
ECS Solutions Inc., Evansville, Ind.: Small System Integrator
Category (Up to $10M annual revenue)
The 2016 judges who reviewed the System Integrator of the
Year entries were:
Shari Worthington, president, Telesian Technology Inc.
Paul Barnard, insurance program manager, International
Society of Automation (ISA)
Don Roberts, principal, Exotec LLC
Dennis Brandl, founder, BL&R Consulting

Bob Vavra, content manager, Plant Engineering
Mark T. Hoske, content manager, Control Engineering
Steve Rourke, co-founder, CFE Media
Judges again were impressed with the depth of experience
among system integrators and the variety of projects they
tackle each year. Selecting winners were again a close call, but
the 2016 recipients impressed the judges in a variety of ways.
Concept Systems submission is the best I have seen in all the
years of judging this competition, said Roberts. I am certain
it is a good reflection of how they serve their customers.
ECS Solutions has well documented business skills, technical competence, and customer satisfaction , said Hoske about
the winning entry from ECS. Projects described quantify
savings as a result of system integration and installed automation provided.
The venue provided a great backdrop for the 2016 SIY winners to hear about some of the intriguing technology currently under study at DMDII and to discuss with CFE Media
some of the trends the winners see in the industry.
Beyond the in-person video interviews (see right), additional
discussions include key trends in the industryand also
what makes for a great partnership between integrators and
manufacturerswith each of the 2016 SIY winners. Their
comments can be found on the following pages.
About DMDII
Created in 2014, the Digital Manufacturing and Design
Innovation Institute (DMDII) is the first institute created
by UI LABS to help study and develop new manufacturing strategies and technologies. A partnership between the
federal government, leading manufacturing suppliers and U.S.
universities, DMDIIs stated goal is transforming American manufacturing to be the most competitive in the world
through adoption of digital manufacturing technologies.
UI LABS creates a collaboration between those partners to
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develop and deploy new technologies through manufacturing. Located on Chicagos Goose Island, it is one of several
federal centers of excellence looking at a variety of new
manufacturing technologies. DMDII officials recently announced five new national research grants, totaling more than
$7 million.
For more information about the programs, go to
www.uilabs.org and www.dmdii.org.
In their own words:

2016 System Integrators of the Year
winners discuss industry trends
Representatives of each of the 2016 System Integrators of the
year sat down with CFE Media content manager Bob Vavra to
talk about the state of their industry, the key market and technology drivers, and what this award means of each of them.
Each of the images below will link to the full videos from the
digital edition of this years Global System Integrator Report.
They include individual discussion with representatives of

each of this years SIY winners, as well as a roundtable discussion about trends in the industry.
The videos also are available under the Videos tab at
www.plantengineering.com and www.controleng.com.
ROUNDTABLE: Industry trends
Bob Vavra talks with Tim Matheny (left of center)

of ECS Solutions, Michael Gurney of Concept
Systems, and David Blaida of Matrix Technologies
about the present and future for system integrators.
MATRIX TECHNOLOGIES:
David Bishop (center) and David Blaida (right) of

Matrix Technologies discuss the importance of this
years System Integrator of the Year award
with Bob Vavra.
CONCEPT SYSTEMS:
Michael Gurney (right) of Concept Systems and

Bob Vavra of CFE Media take a look at some of
the specific trends affecting the system integration
industry in the coming year.
ECS SOLUTIONS:
Timothy Matheny (center) and Randy Otto (right)

of ECS Solutions talk with Bob Vavra of the
value of staff development in building a strong
system integration team.
Images courtesy: CFE Media
MATRIX TECHNOLOGIES Maumee, Ohio

LARGE SYSTEM INTEGRATOR CATEGORY ($25M and above annual revenue)
member of the Control Engineering System Integrator Hall of Fame, Matrix Technologies continues to build on its long history of service to
the integrator community. While the company is
proud of its growth in revenue, it also spent the
last four years improving its internal employee
relations program. When you really analyze any service
organization, the single biggest factor in their success is
the people who provide the services, said David Bishop,
president and CEO.
Bishop discussed with CFE Media what makes a good integration project, and what makes a good system integrator
customer.
CFE Media: What is the one thing plant management can

do to help ensure a successful integration process?
Bishop: Engagement and authoritythe most important
factors in the success of any project, integration or otherwise, is that there is clear leadership and engagement on
the customer side. This leader needs to be engaged for the
duration of the project, and be given the authority to make
the nal decision on any aspect of the project.
Two of the biggest challenges we face on projects are
related to this level of engagement and authority. When the
plant representative is disinterested in the project or lacks
authority to make decisions, the system integrator does
not get clear direction and the results will be questionable.
Flippant decisions or decisions by committee often result in
delays on the project or unhappy customers with little buyin from the end users at the plant. The plant representative
must be the champion among the plant team and must have
ultimate decision-making authority so that project scope and
schedules are not affected.
Beyond these items, the second most important related
factor is keeping the project lead consistent throughout the
project. When personnel change midstream, it usually leads
to less-than-perfect project results.
CFE Media: What are your customers looking for in automation projects? In turn, what should they be looking for in
terms of automation in their plants?
Bishop: Providing a project on time and within budget is
the most important result our customers expect.

After that, there are three main themes we see in the marketplace today:
1. Network reliability and security

2. Personnel and equipment safety
3. Support and service.
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As networks become pervasive in the manufacturing environment, it is becoming even more important that those networks
be properly designed, implemented, and maintained to ensure
reliability and security. Many facilities today rely on their
networks to function properly or risk lost production. Security
of networks to protect from internal and external threats is key
to maintaining reliable operation and protection of intellectual
property. Our customers expect us to have this skill set and help
guide them in the right implementation.
The past several years have seen the heightened focus on safety
systems from both an equipment and personnel safety standpoint. Systems must be protected from damage, and personnel
must be kept safe and secure. Lapses in either area can lead to
lost production, nes, and more. Our customers are asking for
the latest in safety evaluation and skills needed to implement
the best-in-class solution.
Finally, there has been a loss of technical resources and subsequent loss of skill sets at the plant level while there are continuing technical advances in the systems that are being installed at
the plant. When these two issues converge, our customers see
more frequent and longer downtime when problems occur on
the equipment. They need our support to help them keep their
systems running at top performance and help them troubleshoot
less common problems.
CFE Media: Describe the project that provided your team with
the most satisfaction in the past year. What was the big challenge, and how did your team overcome that challenge?
Bishop: Its difcult to pick a single projectit seems that
each one has challenges, and our team gets a lot of satisfaction
when the project is complete with a satised customer. If we
have to pick one, it would be the MedImmune Process Control
System (PCS) Split and Unied Computing System (UCS)
Installation. This was a large project with a big team and a
reasonable schedule. The big challenge was incorporating
automation products in a virtual-server environment to such
an extensive scale (hundreds of servers). The team succeeded
through a lot of hard work, methodical testing, and communicating with the end users and supporting vendors to coordinate
what needed to be done.
The PCS split project entailed taking a very large Rockwell

Automation control system and splitting it into logical sections
that would allow conguration changes and upgrades when required without affecting other areas of the operation. The original design of the PCS system used one Rockwell FactoryTalk
directory that spanned more than 30 servers. This design did
not allow the security to be easily divided into areas that were
required. An additional requirement was to have historical data
collected per area of the plant as opposed to one server for all
of the historical data.
Once the power of these systems is known,

the justication for additional investment in
them is simple.
CFE Media: What are the best attributes

of a great manufacturer? What common
thread runs through the best clients you
have that makes them successful?
Bishop: Here are some general traits of our best customers:
1. Strong engineering/automation group: There needs to
be a key individual or organization that manages all the

projects for the customer. This leads to a clear direction and
project methodology that will be repeatable and sustainable.
2. Standards: Our best customers have invested heavily in

Our customers are
asking for the latest
in safety evaluation
and skills needed to
implement the bestin-class solution,
said David Bishop
(right) with David
Blaida of Matrix
Technologies.
The challenge to implementing these changes lay in keeping
the current control system operating while migrating to the
new system, and simultaneously installing a new network infrastructure. It was decided that virtualization was going to be
the only way to succeed with this project, and splitting the virtualization across many servers would hinder the progress for
keeping data ow minimized within the virtualization cores.
The design used template servers for each type of virtual
machine. This allowed for an easy deployment of testing and
training environments at the facility.
When complete, the running system along with the two simulation systems was comprised of more than 200 virtual servers
on one UCS system.
CFE Media: What are the key areas of opportunity for manufacturers to improve their operational efficiency?
Bishop: Measure performance. As the old
adage goes, you cant control what you
dont measure, so the starting point is to put
systems in place to measure the performance
of your production equipment. In many cases,
plants have historians and other types of data
collection that are already available, but they
dont know the best way to take advantage of
those systems to improve their operations.
Starting with simple metrics and growing the
systems from there is the best way to gain
buy-in and backing from plant management.
setting standards for their automation and information systems and work diligently to enforce those standards. Setting
clear expectations in the project requirements ensures that
the customer will get what they want and that the proposals
they receive will be evaluated on an even playing eld.
3. Long-term vision: Having a long-term plan for automation

and information systems, as well as a solid overall business
plan and goals, result in a great customer.
4. Partnership and mutuality: Our best relationships are
with those customers that have established the prior three

items and then look for strong partners that will help them
implement them across their organization. This type of
arrangement helps lead to a win-win arrangement between
the customer and the integrator.
CFE Media: What is your overall outlook for 2016?

Bishop: There are a few key areas we are focused on for
2016:
Employee retention: One of the biggest pressures we face in
our industry is the extremely tight job market. Attracting and
retaining top talent is an important focus.
Process improvement: To improve our protability, it is
important to focus on streamlining our internal processes
to make them more efcient. From the proposal process to
design, implementation and testing, we are looking for ways
to gain efciency and improve margins while maintaining the
quality we always want to deliver.
Expanded offerings: Well look to broaden
our offerings to customers even further so that
we can gain additional services and supply
greater overall value. These include more
turnkey projects and service/support, for
example.
Customer streamlining: Getting closer to
our top customers and stepping away from
marginal customers will help us achieve our
prot goals while reducing frustration caused
by unsophisticated buyers.
CONCEPT SYSTEMS Albany, Oregon

MID-SIZED SYSTEM INTEGRATOR CATEGORY ($10M to $25M annual revenue)
he Pacific Northwest is home to airplanes and the

raw materials for paper airplanes. Its also a home
for outstanding system integration. Albany, Ore.based Concept Systems has built a reputation as a
problem-solver for its customers in aerospace, pulp
and paper, building products, food and beverage,
and metals. Michael Gurney, president of Concept Systems,
discusses his teams success and how to help integration customers get the most out of their projects, in a conversation
with CFE Media.

Gurney: The most important aspect of the integration
process is managing the risks; identifying and mitigating

each. The types and scale of risk vary from project to project
and change dynamically during the course of a project. This
requires that you have a team that has the skill set and processes in place to handle them.
Partnering with a (Control System Integrators Association
(CSIA) Certied Integrator is a good place to start, as having
processes for risk identication and mitigation is a key qualier. Getting your integration partner engaged early in the process is the one thing that can be done to ensure success.
We understand automation projects and the inherent risks. As
such, we know the right questions to ask to avoid project pitfalls. Most project risks can be identied early in the process
if the right questions are asked and all the information is on
the table. Like any risk in life, the earlier the risk is identied, the better it can be mitigated. With the proper planning,
automation integration should be the norm.
Gurney: Our customers are generally looking for reli-
able and exible systems to increase production, improve

processes, increase efciency, reduce waste, improve quality, improve safety, and/or provide better data intelligence.
These are the things they should be seeking. This covers
a lot of ground, but that is really the nature of automation technology today. Every segment of automation has
evolved/expanded, and will continue to do so to provide
value on the plant oor.
One key is ensuring reliability of the systems in the applications for which they are intended. As technology
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advances, it is easy to get excited about the possibilities

on the plant oor, but integrating a technology before its
time can be costly. Our approach is to continually keep an
eye on emerging technologies and evaluate them for their
readiness. Couple this with our intimate knowledge of our
customers processes, and we know the right time to recommend automation solutions for their unique challenges.
The other key is providing exible systems. Our manufacturing customers are challenged with a dynamic consumer
base and a global market. Being able to have a production/
processing line that can change dynamically with demands
of the market is of tremendous value. More and more, we
are seeing smaller batches, more frequent change-overs, and
even complete overhauls of what the line is making. Todays
automation technology allows for this type of dynamic production/processing line.
CFE Media: Describe the project that provided your team

with the most satisfaction in the past year. What was the
big challenge, and how did your team overcome that challenge?
Gurney: We worked with a small company that had found
a niche in the consumer goods market. They were not an

established manufacturing company operating in any of
the classic industrial sectors, but rather a company with a
unique idea with huge market potential. They were unsure
how to best scale an operation to meet the potential demand.
However, they knew what they wanted to deliver and had
manual processes established that proved to them what they
wanted to do was possible.
The next step was to determine how to scale, or if scaling
was even a viable nancial option. By working closely with
them to understand their process, future capacity needs, and
nancial constraints, we drew from our technology expertise and leveraged process expertise we had garnered in
other industries to identify a solution: a high-speed, reliable,
and exible robotic work cell.
Ultimately, we deployed 30 robotic work cells across eight

regional facilities, giving them the ability to meet customer
demand and the exibility to scale smartly to meet future
demand.
CFE Media: What are the key areas of opportunity for

manufacturers to improve their operational efficiency?
Gurney: There are many opportunities to gain operational
improvements. The lowest-lying fruit, with the biggest gains

that I see across all industries and applications, is real-time
Michael Gurney of Concept

Systems said Manufacturing
has become a very progressive environment, where if
you are not improving, you
cannot survive.
in the traditional pick-and-place sense, but rather

robotics with added sensesthink vision-guided
robots, force-controlled robots, or high-precision
robots. The applications for robots with added
senses have a wide range: flexible infeed systems,
machine tending, painting, and material removal,
to name a few.
By adding senses to robots, we are giving them
the ability to adapt to their environment and to the
raw materials they handle. This goes a long ways
to open up processing areas, eliminate mechanical
fixtures, handle mixed-product runs, provide quick
changeovers, improve product quality/consistency,
and minimize raw material usage, among other possibilities.
CFE Media: What are the best attributes of a

great manufacturer? What common thread runs
through the best clients you have that makes
them successful?
Gurney: The best manufacturers are always look-
data analytics and robotics. With automated systems, all the

data is sitting there on the plant oor. With network capabilities, processing speeds, and open-architecture software,
the tools are there to capture that data and present it in a
meaningful fashion to any/all operational personnel that can
use it to make decisions.
And it does not need to be a six-gure proposition to make
it happen. If you are being told it is, you are talking to the
wrong people. Talk to me, and I will tell you
how. The sky is really the limit on what is
possible with real-time data analytics. The
key is dening what is really needed and
zeroing in on what I call a minimal viable
product. What key piece of information do
you need, on a real-time basis, to improve
your operational decisions? By focusing on
what is key, you can get your architecture in
place and expand from there.
The other key technology that offers
tremendous value is robotics. Not robotics
ing for a competitive advantage, in their manufacturing process and throughout their entire organization. All great manufacturers have a unique
manufacturing process that drives their success.
The best ones continually look at ways to improve
those processes, through automation, their people,
or their operations. They establish a culture of continuous improvement throughout their organization
and invest smartly in initiatives that ensure solid returns.
In many ways, thanks to the rapid evolution of automation
technology, manufacturing has become a very progressive
environment, where if you are not improving, you cannot
survive. Generally, the common thread I see with companies with a progressive approach is that they treat people
right, take safety seriously, and adhere to strict quality
standards. Trying to implement a culture of
continuous improvement is fruitless without these components.
CFE Media: What is your overall outlook

for 2016?
Gurney: The forecasters we follow are
calling for slow, steady growthmuch like

we have seen over the past two years. I
suspect impending inflation will continue
to be held in check to help protect this current, delicate environment.
ECS SOLUTIONS INC. Evansville, Indiana

SMALL SYSTEM INTEGRATOR CATEGORY (Up to $10M annual revenue)
CS Solutions developed its S88 Builder Tool to

write a program that can control a single process
cell. Since its inception, the company has seen a
40% increase in labor revenue without increasing employment. These developments were among
reasons CFE Media judges selected ECS Solutions
as a 2016 System Integrator of the Year.
their chosen integrators like, If we could we would like

to be able to The best integrators, not necessarily the
lowest-cost ones, will come up with a way to solve such a
proposition. The solution may or may not be justiable, but
occasionally it will be worth a lot of money. Peter G. Martin,
PhD, a Schneider Electric VP, is leading this discussion in
the public square.
Tim Matheny, president of ECS Solutions, discussed the opportunities for plant managers to work with system integrators to deliver projects on time, on budget, and to specications, in an interview with CFE Media.
CFE Media: Describe the project that provided your team

with the most satisfaction in the past year. What was the
big challenge, and how did your team overcome that challenge?

Matheny: The Pinnacle Wish-Bone Salad Dressing project

gave ECS both the most satisfaction and our biggest challenge. The satisfaction, for me, is in the fact that we delivered
total process automation, from the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to the end of the packaging line. The challenge came not from any part, but from the sum of the parts.
Matheny: The most important thing for plant or corporate
management to do is assign one individual with the authority

to make project decisions. This person may or may not be a
project manager; a competent integrator can provide capable
project management. This person does not have to be technical; its better that he or she understand the business, since
the integrator is technical.
The next most important thing for customer management to
do is to make certain that the project team understands why,
from a business perspective, the project is being done. What
is the nancial justication? If not in dollars, at least as
goals. How will success be measured? It is particularly important to focus the project team on EXCEEDING measurements. To measure success requires establishing some form
of baseline of the existing system performance to measure
against as business results are achieved.
Matheny: Often customers are looking at automation up-
grades as replacements. These customers specify a new platform to be congured to work like the old, familiar platform
they have been using. Such upgrades may reduce risk of
system failure but produce little, if any, new business value.
Sometimes these customers start reaping business value by
choosing the right integrator who bids the lowest price!
Automation upgrades should be focused on creating business
valuereducing costs, creating capacity, improving quality consistency, etc. Customers should be saying things to
16 DECEMBER 2015
The project included:

50-plus avors using 250-plus ingredients including nine
classes of allergens
Receiving materials from the ERP warehouse management
system (WMS), tracking them throughout the process, and
returning remainders to the WMS if desired
Breakdown of vendor packages into measured amounts,
barcode-labeling containers, and inventorying remainder
partial-vendor packages
Building kits of hand-add ingredients to inventory, then
consuming them in a wet or nal batch of salad dressing
Receiving shop orders from the ERP system, breaking them
down into campaigns of batches, queuing runs for the packaging equipment, and returning WIP and nal goods with
accurate material use to the ERP system
Process cell performance reporting and management dashboard to assist with optimization
Full ISA-88 Batch and recipe (procedure) management
Recipe-based (ISA-88 Procedure) clean-in-place with performance reporting to assist with optimization.
tination as possible, and requires great

software. Our statistical model algorithm
for determining drip, when coupled with
vessel load cells, give phenomenally consistent material
delivery.
Great customers recognize the

value of continuous improvement.
Continuous improvement starts
with an agile
control system,
said Timothy
Matheny (left)
with Randy Otto
of ECS Solutions.
The biggest challenge was the material management and
kit-building to inventory. This was a mid-project change
request that ECS scrambled to honor. We accomplished all
of the customers goals. ECS was awarded a Silver Ignition Firebrand award from Inductive Automation for this
portion of the Wish-Bone project.
A second project that gave us great satisfaction is one that
we did with Southwest Baking, near Phoenix. This project
was done in two phases, two years apart. ECS delivered
only software, no hardware, yet made a 20% improvement
in system performance in each phase. The first improvement came from better utilization of the equipment. The
second came from improving the accuracy of their material
deliveries using our statistical algorithms while eliminating the practice of slowing the rate of the delivery near
the end of the delivery. In addition to the
improvement in batch times, the customer
estimated a $500,000 annual material cost
savings.
CFE Media: What are the key areas of

opportunity for manufacturers to improve
their operational efficiency?
Matheny: Material cost, labor cost, and
quality are all affected by inaccurate material delivery. Accurate delivery requires
measurement as close to the final des-
Clean-in-place (CIP) is another opportunity. We had one

customer create an additional four hours of production capacity per week on his process cell by optimizing his ISA88-procedure-driven CIP. Too many customers have rigid
programmed or pinning-chart-based CIP control that is
inflexible. Customers with manual CIP may have flexibility, but do not have consistent cleaning or a cleaning batch
record to document that cleaning was done properly.
Most batch operations include manual actions, such as
minor ingredient additions. Assets wait on operators to
take actions. Some only record and report delays. ECS has
developed an alert function that lets operators know when
the process is waiting on them, proactively encouraging
operational effectiveness. Letting operators know that
delays are being measured encourages them to learn to anticipate manual actions and plan their work to be available
to take action.
CFE Media: What are the best attributes of a great

manufacturer? What common thread runs through the
best clients you have that makes them successful?
Matheny: Great customers recognize the value of continuous improvement. Continuous improvement starts with
an agile control system. Model-based control is the most
agile. Configured control is next, with programmed control
being the least agile. Secondly, continuous improvement
requires effort and cost. It is critical that improvement not
be limited by budget, but be allowed to continue as long
as the actions are justifiedreturning more business value
than the cost. Finally, an attitude of continuous improvement must be pervasive. As Lean teaches, great ideas can
come from anyone.
CFE Media: What is your overall outlook
for 2016?
Matheny: Our overall outlook for 2016
is excellent. We hope to benefit from
marketing investments made in 2015. We
are humbled and honored to receive the
System Integrator of the Year Award with
the market credibility it brings. It also must
be recognized that there is often a tendency
for businesses to hold back investments
during an election year.
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2015
SYSTEM INTEGRATOR GIANTS
handful.
ou dont have to be physically big to

be one of CFE Medias 2015 System
Integrator Giants. Some companies
that made top 100 ranking assign more
than 1,000 people to system integration functions; others have just a
You dont have to be a financial giant to be on

the Giants list, either. Companies with revenues
between $1 million and $160 million made the
list in 2015.
What makes all of these
companies Giants is
one trait they all share:
Big ideas.
It is the size of the

solution that matters to
manufacturers. Solving
big problems generates
big improvement in the
manufacturing process. Those improvements
can be measured in dollars and cents, and in
productivity and safety. The 2015 System Integrator Giants measure themselves against the
problems they solved and the plants they have
improved.
This years Giants listings are different than in

past years. Weve not only asked our 100 companies for financial and business information,
but weve also solicited their views on issues
such as creating a successful partnership with
manufacturers and their views on how manufacturers can better leverage that relationship with
integrators. We think youll find lots of big ideas
on the following pages.
We also have provided a guide to the associations and affiliations
that our Giants use to
perform their job better.
We hope this is also a
valuable resource guide
for manufacturers.
The 2015 SI Giants
guide is designed as a
place to begin the discussion on how manufacturing can improve, and how effective system
integrators such as this years Giants can help
deliver that improvement.
Bob Vavra,
content manager, CFE Media
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SYSTEM INTEGRATOR GIANTS 2015

TOTAL SYSTEM
INTEGRATION
REVENUE ($ US)
TOTAL GROSS REVENUE

FOR FISCAL YEAR ($ US)
Process Automation Solutions (M+W Automation) $160,000,000
$100 million or more
2001
1,100
Wood Group Mustang
$155,000,000
$50 to $99 million
1987
550
Prime Controls LP
$77,196,194
$50 to $99 million
1991
123
Leidos Engineering LLC
$69,200,000
1909
236
MaverickTechnologies
$68,679,774
$50 to $99 million
1999
412
The Automated Technology Group
$60,000,000
$50 to $99 million
1995
400
CEC Controls Co. Inc.
$49,000,000
$50 to $99 million
1966
140
Mangan Inc.
$44,495,000
$50 to $99 million
1991
230
Intech Process Automation
$42,600,000
$50 to $99 million
1991
273
10
Autopro Automation Consultants
$40,843,639
$10 to $49 million
1990
157
11
Cimation
$38,628,883
$10 to $49 million
2009
12
Dynamysk Automation Ltd.
$38,200,000
$10 to $49 million
2006
10
13
Cotmac Electronics Pvt Ltd.
$36,915,000
$10 to $49 million
1992
350
14
Avanceon
$35,930,000
$10 to $49 million
1984
165
15
Stadler + Schaaf Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH
$35,000,000
$50 to $99 million
1982
180
16
Callisto Integration Corp.
$31,720,000
$10 to $49 million
1988
170
17
Grantek Systems Integration Inc.
$30,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1980
140
18
Matrix Technologies Inc.
$28,990,830
$10 to $49 million
1980
160
19
Premier Automation
$27,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1995
16
20
Champion Technology Services Inc.
$25,300,000
$10 to $49 million
2000
105
21
$24,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1999
42
22
Premier System Integrators Inc.
$22,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1991
90
23
EN Engineering
$21,052,980
2002
110
24
NCC Automated Systems
$20,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1984
35
25
JMP Engineering Inc.
$19,400,000
$10 to $49 million
1987
90
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CONTROL ENGINEERS
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FIRM NAME
TOTAL SYSTEM
INTEGRATION
REVENUE ($ US)
TOTAL GROSS REVENUE

TOTAL AUTOMATION &

YEAR
CONTROL ENGINEERS
FOUNDED ASSIGNED TO SI PROJECTS
26
Epic Systems Inc.
$19,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1995
27
Varec Inc.
$18,990,000
$10 to $49 million
1928
52
28
United Controls Group
$18,500,000
$1 to $9 million
2006
16
29
Revere Control Systems Inc.
$18,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1980
165
30
Burrow Global Companies
$17,000,000
2010
75
30
Hallam-ICS
$17,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1981
35
32
Testengeer Inc.
$16,589,049
$10 to $49 million
1979
50
33
Applied Control Engineering Inc.
$16,500,000
$10 to $49 million
1991
93
34
$16,400,000
$10 to $49 million
1996
115
35
Integrity Integration Resources (I2R)
$16,391,181
$10 to $49 million
1978
20
36
Integro Technologies
$15,000,000
$10 to $49 million
2001
25
36
TriCore Inc.
$15,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1991
50
38
Automated Control Technologies LLC
$14,500,000
$10 to $49 million
2002
10
39
Thermo Systems LLC
$14,100,000
$10 to $49 million
1998
40
E-Technologies Group Inc.
$13,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1993
90
40
Stone Technologies Inc.
$13,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1996
54
42
DcR Engineering Services Inc.
$12,830,000
$10 to $49 million
1995
42
43
Avid Solutions
$12,600,000
$10 to $49 million
1987
65
44
Trimax Systems
$12,400,000
$10 to $49 million
1983
21
45
Automation & Control Concepts Inc.
$10,139,925
$10 to $49 million
1996
47
46
DMC Inc.
$10,042,766
$1 to $9 million
1996
54
47
Indeff
$10,000,000
$10 to $49 million
2003
70
47
Keystone Engineering Inc.
$10,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1988
28
47
Superior Controls Inc.
$10,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1993
50
50
Esco Automation
$9,500,000
$10 to $49 million
1988
75

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SYSTEM INTEGRATOR GIANTS 2015

RANK
FIRM NAME
TOTAL SYSTEM
INTEGRATION
REVENUE ($ US)
TOTAL GROSS REVENUE

YEAR
FOUNDED
TOTAL AUTOMATION &

CONTROL ENGINEERS
ASSIGNED TO SI PROJECTS
51
Insist Avtomatika LLC
$9,192,779
$10 to $49 million
1993
115
52
aeSolutions
$8,900,000
$10 to $49 million
1998
28
53
Industrial Automation Group
$8,200,000
$10 to $49 million
2000
40
54
Malisko Engineering Inc.
$8,100,000
$1 to $9 million
1994
30
55
Hargrove Controls + Automation
$8,000,000
$10 to $49 million
2012
58
55
Industrial Automated Systems
$8,000,000
$10 to $49 million
2000
26
57
Frakes Engineering
$7,788,224
$1 to $9 million
1978
33
58
Adaptive Resources
$7,300,000
$1 to $9 million
1995
40
59
ESE Inc.
$7,000,000
$1 to $9 million
1981
20
59
Patti Engineering Inc.
$7,000,000
$1 to $9 million
1991
40
61
Iastech Automao de Sistemas Ltda.
$6,860,380
$1 to $9 million
2002
50
62
Instrument Control Services
$6,500,000
$1 to $9 million
1994
63
Control & Power Systems Inc.
$6,200,000
$10 to $49 million
1979
31
64
Industria Sigrama S.A. de C.V.
$6,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1987
50
64
River Consulting
$6,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1981
60
66
Clark Machine Tool & Die Inc.
$5,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1967
66
Faith Technologies
$5,000,000
1972
25
66
Quantum Solutions Inc.
$5,000,000
$1 to $9 million
1997
26
66
TMT Solutions Inc.
$5,000,000
$1 to $9 million
2011
70
Machine Vision Consulting
$4,500,000
$1 to $9 million
2002
71
Advanced Integration Group Inc.
$4,200,000
$1 to $9 million
2000
71
Mikro Kontrol
$4,200,000
$1 to $9 million
1996
24
73
Cogent Industrial Technologies Ltd.
$4,181,336
$1 to $9 million
2005
18
74
Dennis Group LLC, The
$4,000,000
1987
20
74
Mertek Solutions Inc.
$4,000,000
$1 to $9 million
2010
20
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RANK
FIRM NAME
TOTAL SYSTEM
INTEGRATION
REVENUE ($ US)
TOTAL GROSS REVENUE

YEAR
FOUNDED
TOTAL AUTOMATION &

CONTROL ENGINEERS
ASSIGNED TO SI PROJECTS
74
Tycon Automation Pvt. Ltd.
$4,000,000
$1 to $9 million
1996
15
77
Browns Hill Engineering & Controls
$3,900,000
$1 to $9 million
2000
78
Custom Controls Technology Inc.
$3,790,000
$1 to $9 million
1987
79
Panacea Technologies Inc.
$3,500,000
$1 to $9 million
1996
24
80
GES Automation Technology Inc.
$3,473,964
$1 to $9 million
1986
18
81
Control Associates Inc.
$3,200,000
$50 to $99 million
1933
15
81
McEnery Automation
$3,200,000
$1 to $9 million
1993
20
83
Crossmuller Technology
$3,000,000
$1 to $9 million
1989
17
83
Electro Controles del Noroeste S.A. de C.V
$3,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1991
50
83
Synergy Systems
$3,000,000
$1 to $9 million
1979
12
86
Tamaki Control Ltd.
$2,782,000
$1 to $9 million
1988
31
87
Qspec Solutions Inc.
$2,616,000
$1 to $9 million
1999
11
88
Primary Systems Inc.
$2,500,000
$1 to $9 million
1989
10
89
George T. Hall Co.
$2,100,000
$10 to $49 million
1932
15
89
Process Plus LLC
$2,100,000
$10 to $49 million
1996
21
91
KOM Automation Inc.
$2,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1963
91
Logicon Technosolutions Pvt. Ltd.
$2,000,000
$1 to $9 million
2004
40
91
R&L Engineering
$2,000,000
$1 to $9 million
1978
10
91
Wes-Tech Automation Solutions
$2,000,000
$10 to $49 million
1987
95
Aaron Associates of Connecticut Inc.
$1,800,000
$1 to $9 million
1972
13
95
Jordan Engineering Inc.
$1,800,000
$1 to $9 million
1999
11
97
Casco Systems LLC
$1,500,000
$1 to $9 million
2001
13
97
Paragon Industrial Controls inc.
$1,500,000
$1 to $9 million
1993
97
Portland Engineering Inc.
$1,500,000
$1 to $9 million
1992
10
100
Panel Master LLC
$1,052,000
$10 to $49 million
1985

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(M+W Automation)
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Life Sciences
Biotechnology
Pharmaceuticals
Automotive (OEMs, suppliers)
LOCATION: Greenville, SC
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
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Wood Group
Mustang
LOCATION: Houston, TX
WWW.MUSTANGENG.COM
Chemicals, Petrochemicals
Oil & Gas Extraction (onshore, offshore)
Oil & Gas Refining
Prime Controls LP
LOCATION: Lewisville, TX
WWW.PRIME-CONTROLS.COM
Water, Wastewater
Electronics, Semiconductor
ACS, AGA, AIChE, API, ASCE, ASME, ASSE,

AWS, CSIA, CSS/IEEE, NFPA a, NPRA, NSPE,
PMI, SI Hall of Fame
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are SI Giants firms in 31 states. Heres a look at the top 11 states with headquarters for system integration firms:
10%
Texas
9%
Pennsylvania
California
7%
Illinois
7%
Missouri
6%
Ohio
6%
North Carolina
5%
New Jersey
5%
Michigan
4%
Georgia
4%
Wisconsin
4%
Source: 2015 SI Giants Report
Leidos Engineering LLC

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Energy (coal, hydro, nuclear, wind)
Food, Beverage
Bottling, Canning, Brewing, Distilling
Government, Defense
AAEE, ESD, PMI, SI Hall of Fame, AEE,
ASHRAE, CSIA, IEEE, ISA, UL
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Maverick
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LOCATION: Columbia, IL
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Food, Beverage
Oil & Gas Refining
Utilities (electrical, gas)
CSIA, CSIA Certified, PMI, SI Hall of Fame,
AIChE, ASME, AIA, IMS/IEEE, NFPA a, NSPE,
MESA International, SME, UL

The
economys
The Automated
Technology Group
LOCATION: Bedford, Great Britain
WWW.ATG.GB.COM
Food, Beverage
Water, Wastewater
Material Handling, Logistics, Warehousing
IEEE, IET, IMC, MCAA, RIA certified, WEF
Obtaining
sufficient
impact
experienced
on the
automation
engineers
integrator market
2014 SI GIANTS RANK: NR
CEC Controls Co. Inc.

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LOCATION: Warren, MI

Water, Wastewater
Quality Control, Test and Measurement
Automation Forum/NEMA, CE, CSA, CSIA,
CSIA certified, ISO, MHI/MHIA, MHMS
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ISPE, NFPA a, NPRA, PMI, SPE a, SWE, SI
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integrator market
Intech Process Automation
WWW.INTECHWW.COM

Oil & Gas Refining
The
economys
impact
on the
automation
integrator market
CSIA, ISO, SI Hall of Fame, UL
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WWW.AUTOPRO.CA
Oil & Gas Refining
Pulp, Paper, Converting
ASET, CSIA, PMI
LOCATION: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

The
economys
impact
on the
automation
integrator market

MEETING THE SI CHALLENGES
Wood Group Mustang, ranked No. 2 among the 2015 SI Giants, looks at the
industry and how new projects are evolving in a changing landscape.
ith challenging markets and evolving technology, it is an interesting time for the system
integration industry. Wood Group Mustang
Inc., based in Houston, is in the middle of
those challenges. With more than $155 million in system integration revenues in 2015,
the company ranks second in the 2015 SI Giants list. Larry
Perkins, automation vice president of business development
for Wood Group Mustang, discussed some of the ways manufacturers and SIs should work together, and just what makes a
successful SI project.
CFE Media: What is the one thing plant management should

Perkins: The key to a successful integration project
is to ensure the selected system integrator understands and is sensitive to the facilities operational
needs and production processes, not just the control
systems and technologies that are to be deployed.
Ultimately, the control system needs to reflect the
operational philosophies and processes used in the
facility. Ensuring these are appropriately captured
and deployed throughout the project will ensure the
overall operation of the facility is enhanced.
CFE Media: What are your customers looking for in automation projects? In turn, what should they be looking for in terms
of automation in their plants?
Perkins: As should be expected, our customers
expect on-time delivery of reliable, sustainable control solutions that provide smooth and
safe long-term plant operation In general, they
should be looking for projects that deliver process control and safety solutions that allow for
safe and smooth facility start-up, which results in
early achievement of beneficial operation. Additionally, the control system should be viewed and
delivered as a seamless, transparent layer to the
process operations.
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CFE Media: Describe the project that provided your

team with the most satisfaction in the past year. What
was the biggest challenge, and how did your team overcome that challenge?
Perkins: Midyear 2015, we completed a 10-
year refinery automation-migration program

for a large West Coast refiner. This was the
most satisfying due to the overall customer
satisfaction and some of the comments the
users of the automation system gave us including the projects went so smoothly we
did not even know when the work was completed
This program was successful due to a number of key factors, including a strong project
manager from the customer combined with
a clear focus on using lessons learned from
previous projects, plowed back into the overall program. Maintaining key resources in the
execution team also contributed to the overall
success.
One of the most challenging projects was the
implementation of a highly integrated hybrid
control and safety system that controlled a
chain-sequenced seven-reactor/regenerator process. A short timeline combined with
the overall process dynamics and operating
facility presented some key challenges to the
project execution. However, our use of commercially available software for development
and modeling combined with in-house-developed testing applications allowed the overall
system to be designed, engineered, and configured with offline testing that resulted in a
very successful project for the customer.
Great manufacturers also understand and look closely at the

long-term cost of ownership and returned value of an automation system beyond the short-term purchase cost. In general,
they realize the potential impact to facility operation, quality,
and safety that can be provided through a well-designed automation solution that is built around the facilitys operational,
maintenance, and production capabilities and needs.
Perkins: A great manufacturer views their automa-
CFE Media: What are the key areas of opportunity for

manufacturers to improve their operational efficiency?
Perkins: In general, currently installed systems
provide a wealth of information around equipment condition. Improved usage of this information combined with predictive operationalintegrity technologies, such as asset management
systems, smart instruments, and self-diagnostic
reporting of maintenance concerns and condition degradation, can have a major positive
impact.
This can be achieved by using the information

available from these systems through incorporation of the self-diagnostic information into facility maintenance and reliability-planning work
processes.
This allows the facility to move from reactive
instrument, control, and equipment maintenance
into proactive predictive and preventive maintenance that will help to avoid unplanned downtime, spurious trips, production instability, or
interruption.
CFE Media: What are the best attributes of a great manufacturer? What common thread runs through the best clients you
have that makes them successful?
tion, engineering, and equipment providers as key

partners and mutual stakeholders. They closely
engage their partners personnel with their own
operations, maintenance, and engineering staff
while investing the time to allow the partner to
fully understand the operational requirements,
philosophies, and long-term objectives of the
facility.
A great manufacturer also understands and looks
closely at the long-term cost of ownership and
returned value of an automation system beyond
the short-term purchase cost. In general, they
realize the potential impact to facility operation,
quality, and safety that can be provided through
a well-designed automation solution that is built
around the facilitys operational, maintenance, and
production capabilities and needs.
These types of companies typically view their automation systems as value-add to their production
process through improved operability, stability,
and safetyand not just a cost required to construct and start up a facility.
CFE Media: What is your overall outlook for 2016?
Perkins: The overall automation market for upstream oil and gas will be depressed next year,
with some bright spots in chemicals, refining, and
petrochemicals.
Cimation
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WWW.CIMATION.COM
Staffing: Quality
of young
engineers
Oil & Gas Refining
Pipelines
Information and Communication Systems
CSIA
SI Affiliated Associations
NAME
ASME
CE
Full Name
Website
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
www.asme.org
Consumer Electronics Association
www.ce.org
CSA
Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group)
www.csagroup.com
CSIA
Control System Integrators Association
www.controlsys.org
HART
HART Communication Foundation
en.hartcomm.org
IAS/IEEE
Industry Applications Society (IEEE)
ias.ieee.org
IMS/IEEE
Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IEEE)
ias.ieee.org
International Society of Automation
www.isa.org
www.iso.org/iso/home.html
ISA
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISPE
International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers
www.ispe.org
MCAA
Measurement, Control & Automation Association
www.measure.org
MESA
Manufacturing Execution Systems Association
www.mesa.org/en/index.asp
National Fire Protection Association
www.nfpa.org
Parenteral Drug Association
www.pda.org
NFPA (a & b)
PDA
UL
ESD
Underwriters Laboratories
ul.com
Engineering Society of Detroit
ww2.esd.org/home.htm
NSPE
National Society of Professional Engineers
www.nspe.org
OMAC
Organization for Machine Automation and Control
www.omac.org
PMI
AWWA
Project Management Institute
www.pmi.org
American Water Works Association
www.awwa.org
ACEC
American Consulting Engineers Council
www.acec.org
AIChE
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
www.aiche.org
American Society of Civil Engineering
www.asce.org
ASHRAE
ASCE
American Society for Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
www.ashrae.org/home
CSS/IEEE
Control Systems Society (IEEE)
www.ieeecss.org
American Welding Society
www.aws.org
Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA)
www.mhi.org
AWS
MHI/MHIA
30 DECEMBER 2015
SPONSORED BY
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Dynamysk
Automation Ltd.
LOCATION: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
13
Cotmac Electronics
Pvt Ltd.
WWW.DYNAMYSK.COM
LOCATION: Pune, India

Pipelines
WWW.COTMACELECTRONICS.COM
Food, Beverage
Water, Wastewater
ISA, TUV Rheinland
Staffing: Quality
of young
The rising costs
of automation
system integrator
labor
engineers
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Avanceon
WWW.AVANCEON.COM
Food, Beverage
Life Sciences, Biotechnology
Water, Wastewater
Metals (fabricated, steel, primary, forming)
Household, Personal Care Products
CSIA, CSIA Certified, ISPE, PMI,
SI Hall of Fame
LOCATION: Exton, PA
The rising costs
of automation
system integrator
labor

MESIP@MEAU.COM
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Stadler + Schaaf Mess- und

Regeltechnik GmbH
WWW.STADLER-SCHAAF.DE
Identifying
new prospective
clients
LOCATION: Offenbach/Queich, Denmark

Oil & Gas Refining
16
Callisto
Integration Corp.
LOCATION: Oakville, Ontario, Canada

WWW.CALLISTOINTEGRATION.COM

Food, Beverage
Packaging
CSIA, CSIA Certified, SI Hall of Fame

The
economys
impact
on the
automation
integrator market
32 DECEMBER 2015
17
Grantek Systems
Integration Inc.
LOCATION: Oak Brook, IL
WWW.GRANTEK.COM
Food, Beverage
Pharmaceuticals
Staffing: Quality
of young
engineers

E-F@CTORY SOLUTIONS
INTEGRATOR INSIGHTS
INTEGRATION THROUGHOUT MANUFACTURING
System integration projects are as diverse as the companies that create them. In every type of manufacturing plant,
there is a need for integration projects. More than half of the 2015 SI Giants work in the food and beverage industry, but
there are integration projects in every industry from aerospace to marine, and from fabricated metals to pulp and paper.
Here are the top 10 industries served by this years SI Giants:
51%
Food, beverage
32%
21%
Water, Wastewater
19%
Oil & Gas Refining
18%
Pharmaceuticals
17%
17%
14%
Life sciences, Biotechnology

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12%
11%
Matrix
Technologies Inc.
LOCATION: Maumee, OH
WWW.MATRIXTI.COM
Food, Beverage
Oil & Gas Refining
Pharmaceuticals
CSIA, AIChE, AIST, ASQC, CSIA Certified,
HART Foundation, IEEE, ISA, ISO

Maintaining
relationships
with current
clients

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Premier Automation
LOCATION: Monroeville, PA
WWW.PREMIER-AUTOMATION.COM

Plastics
Water, Wastewater
CE, CSA, CSIA, UL

The
economys
impact
on the
automation
integrator market

INTEGRATOR INSIGHTS: Ensuring a successful project

Q: What is the one thing plant management should do to help ensure a
successful integration process?
Derek Turnbull
President,
Tamaki Control Ltd.
Ranked 86 in SI Giants
The integrator is always going to have people giving

their full-time concentration to the project, and the
customer should try to do the same. It doesnt really
matter if it is someone in engineering or someone in
operations who will ease the new process into the
plant, but it needs to be someone full-time who will
see the project through to its conclusion.
Matthew Burton, PE
Controls + Automation
Operations Leader, Hargrove
Controls & Automation
The most successful integration projects occur when

a single team of systems-independent professionals are tasked from FEL-0 (front-end loading, stage
0): Start-up on a project. Too many times, vendors
push their teams; however, these teams are fractured
and many times outsourced for overseas operations.
Though they have standards to comply with for a finished product, many times the engineers implementing the system at start-up were not part of the configuration or design process. Thus, the final product
lacks the value and cohesiveness expected.
Steve Malyszko
President,
Malisko Engineering
Get the stakeholders and the integrator together as early in the project cycle as possible
to discuss scope, schedule, and expectations;
preferably before the project is ever submitted to
the review process.
Issues routinely occur from various aspects
when, for whatever reason, a project begins
and everyone sort of knows what the project
involves; yet, the major players never really got
together to quantify and delineate the project
definition, goals, and expectations prior to getting the project approved. Scope creep, cost
increases, and short cuts to getting the project
implemented can occur. The project manager
becomes stressed because a budget and
schedule must be kept. The plants stakeholders
are concerned because the real issues facing
them might not get completely addressed. And
the integrator is caught in the middle trying to
address the requirements of both parties.
The plant manager achieves very effective results when integration projects begin on the right
foot by pulling everyone together at the start.
John Anderson
Controls Engineering Manager,
Take ownership of the process as soon as possible. This way, the internal support people understand the
systems and will have confidence if issues arise.
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Marc Hunter
President, Synergy Systems Inc.
Look at the production benefits and efficiency enhancements.

Dont just consider the lowest capital cost solution or only
target project objectives to replace obsolete technology.
William Aja
Vice President of
Sales, Panacea
Technologies
Timothy Cole, PE
President,
Applied Control
Engineering (ACE)
Build the project team from project inception. Have the process engineer(s), systems
integrator, and control-system supplier work
together to develop the scopeto float
out innovative ideas while they can still be
implemented.
The short-term mistake is thinking that the
market forces of competitive bidding will
provide the best price. Best price for what?
Step-change innovation/improvement
will outperform any possible cost savings
achieved by going with the lowest bidder.
Systems integration is a repeated negotiation where both players are motivated to
fairly participate.
One thing plant management can and should

do is help facilitate a conversation around
what the end goal for a project is, and what
the end goal is five years from now. We feel
that the conversations in bid meetings can
get tied around hardware, software versions,
automation vendor selection, and so on.
This will guarantee that the delivered solution
matches a spec sheet, but it speaks nothing
to functionality.
A higher-level conversation on automation
philosophy, expansion plans, and overall
desired capability should be had first. Once
standards are in place, and the function of
the system is clearly detailed, the other items
fall into place. This will ultimately drive an
integration process that has hooks for future
migration and expansions, is designed with
the future in mind, and is what the plant
needs. In our book, that is the definition of
successful.
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Champion Technology Services Inc.

WWW.CHAMPTECHNOLOGY.COM
The rising costs
of automation
system integrator
labor
LOCATION: Baton Rouge, LA

Oil & Gas Refining
Pipelines
CSIA, ISA, IEEE, NFPA b
INTEGRATOR INSIGHTS
Every project is unique and every day is a new opportunity for a system integrator. Here are a few of
the common issues that challenge SI Giants in their business:
Staffing: Quality of young engineers
31%
Identifying new prospective clients
15%
The economys impact on the automation integrator market
13%
Competition from product suppliers
7%
The rising costs of automation system integrator labor
7%
Evolving information technologies for design or project management
4%
Maintaining relationships with current clients
4%
Staffing: Keeping older engineers trained/current
4%
The rising costs of automation system integration materials and equipment prices
Keeping abreast of changing codes and standards
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3%
2%
Customers ability to get projects approved
1%
Delays in capital spending
1%
Finding quality engineers
1%
Learning new markets as we grow and expand
1%
Locating qualified resources
1%
Merging into new ownership
1%
Obtaining sufficient experienced engineers
1%
Recruiting qualified engineers
1%
Staffing: Finding enough Quality engineering candidates
1%
SPONSORED BY
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LOCATION: Albany, OR
WWW.CONCEPTSYSTEMSINC.COM
22

Food, Beverage
Aerospace, Aircraft
23
Premier System
Integrators Inc.
LOCATION: Smyrna, TN
WWW.PREMIER-SYSTEM.COM

Food, Beverage
BIGGEST CORPORATE CHALLENGE:

CSIA, CSIA Certified, ISA, NFPA a, UL

EN Engineering
LOCATION: Olathe, KS
WWW.ENENGINEERING.COM
Food, Beverage
Oil & Gas Refining
Pipelines
24
NCC Automated
Systems
LOCATION: Souderton, PA
WWW.NCCAS.COM
ACS, AGA, AIChE, API, ASME, AWWA,
CSIA, IEEE, ISA, ISO

Food, Beverage
Pharmaceuticals

The economys impact on the
automation integrator market

The economys impact on the
automation integrator market

MESIP@MEAU.COM
26
25
Epic Systems Inc.

LOCATION: St. Louis, MO
WWW.EPICSYSINC.COM

LOCATION: London, Ontario, Canada

WWW.JMPENG.COM

Cogeneration
Food, Beverage
Packaging
27
Varec Inc.
LOCATION: Peachtree Corners, GA

WWW.VAREC.COM

Oil & Gas Refining
Government, Defense

API

28
United Controls Group

LOCATION: Mount Vernon, OH
WWW.UNITEDCONTROLSGROUP.COM
The rising costs of automation system
integration materials and equipment prices
29
Revere Control Systems Inc.

LOCATION: Birmingham, AL
WWW.REVERECONTROL.COM
Evolving information technologies for design or
project management
38 DECEMBER 2015

Pipelines
CSA, ISO, UL

Food, Beverage
Water, Wastewater
CSIA, CSIA Certified

E-F@CTORY SOLUTIONS
30
Burrow Global
Companies
30
TIE
TIE

Oil & Gas Refining
ASQC, CSIA, ISA, ISO, ISPE, NFPA a,
NSPE, PMI, SEMI, TAPPI, UL, USGBC


Keeping abreast of changing
codes and standards
2014 SI GIANTS RANK: #NR
Testengeer Inc.
LOCATION: Port Lavaca, TX
WWW.TESTENGEER.COM
Staffing: Keeping older engineers
trained/current
33
LOCATION: South Burlington, VT

WWW.HALLAM-ICS.COM
Food, Beverage
Pharmaceuticals
Electronics, Semiconductor
WWW.BURROWGLOBAL.COM
32
Hallam-ICS

Cogeneration
Oil & Gas Refining
AFPA, ASME, CSIA, CSS/IEEE, NFPA a, NSPE, PMI, SAE
Applied Control
Engineering Inc.
LOCATION: Newark, DE
WWW.ACE-NET.COM
Evolving information technologies for design or
project management


Pharmaceuticals
AIChE, ACM, CSIA, ACS, IEEE, IMS/IEEE,
ISA, ISPE, NSPE, PMI
INTEGRATOR INSIGHTS: Designing better automation

Q: What are your customers looking for in automation projects? In turn,
what should they be looking for in terms of automation in their plants?
Derek Turnbull
President,
Tamaki Control Ltd.
The customer doesnt want automationit is

usually just something they need to get a new
plant or a new process running. Or, sadly, it is
something they might now need to purchase
because their existing systems are obsolete.
They seldom know the difference between
functional automation and excellent automation, and what it can do for their plant. It is our
job to demonstrate excellent automation and
to get customers thinking that this is something their plants need just as much as they
think they need that Line 2 upgrade.
Matthew Burton, PE
Operations Leader,
Hargrove Controls
& Automation
Ranked 55 In SI Giants
We see projects being put on the fast track where

more detailed design is being asked for in FEL2 and
FEL3 (front-end loading) deliverables. It is making
the initial phases more expensive and extending the
timelines of the project. Furthermore, once the early
phases are complete, the final execution is being
pushed too late in the overall project; thus, creating
tougher deadlines with less scheduled time for internal testing and staging. This, in the end, creates
quality issues and does not lower cost.
William Aja
Vice President of Sales, Panacea Technologies
Customers are looking for automation projects that solve a problem they have now. Their control system is obsolete so they ask for a newer one. Theyre bringing in a new line so they ask for expansion. What they should
be looking for is designing for the future. Automation projects are a lot like designing safety systems, in the
sense that the best way to mitigate risk is to design it out. The first round of PLCs were put in to replace physical relays and their logic. Through the years, replacements of obsolete PLCs end up becoming old programs
in new plastic. Why not take advantage of the new capabilities and optimize a process, or increase efficiency
somewhere? Its like doing enormous amounts of body work on an old car, but not touching the engine. The car
will look nice, but it still runs the same.
The other thing they should be looking for is planning for the future. Using standard libraries and functions can
make migrating in the future easier, as there will be less rework and fewer changes to be made. This all boils
down to a simple statement: Customers should be looking for automation projects that easily solve an immediate need, but are designed to accommodate future needs as well.
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Timothy Cole, PE
President, Applied Control Engineering (ACE)
Too many customers are solely focused on low-cost solutions.

Unfortunately, this is not always the best approach when it comes
to professional services. Would you choose the cheapest heart
surgeon over the one with the best reputation? Customers should
be looking at maximizing value instead of minimizing cost.
Marc Hunter
President, Synergy
Systems Inc.
It seems that we are putting in the latest

technology for the sake of using the latest technology. Value and unified system
architecture should drive the automation
architecture and design, not using the latest gizmo with enhanced features.
This means focusing on easy-to-use,
reliable, and documented automation
systems with readily available support.
Steve Malyszko
President,
Malisko Engineering
Return on investment (ROI) in areas that most

affect the operation and efficiency of their manufacturing facilities. Automation in their plants must help
clients increase their product quality and consistency while at the same time help drive down their
cost of manufacturing.
Automation projects can touch many facets of a
manufacturing facility. The typical areas of better, more consistent, faster have been mainstays
of why to apply automation. But other areas are
also important to address by automation, such as
technical competency and manufacturing knowledge in the workforce along with the shrinking
talent pool. Automation needs to be effective,
supportable, and maintainable if a good ROI is to
be achieved.
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LOCATION: Sioux Center, IA
WWW.INTERSTATES.COM
Integrity Integration
Resources (I2R)
35
LOCATION: Plano, TX
WWW.I2R.COM
36
TIE
LOCATION: Salisbury, NC
WWW.INTEGRO-TECH.COM
Food, Beverage
Pharmaceuticals
Plastics
36
TIE

Agriculture
Food, Beverage

Food, Beverage
Oil & Gas Refining
Paints, Coatings
Aerospace, Aircraft
Packaging
Building Materials
CSIA, CSIA Certified, NSPE, PMI,
SI Hall of Fame, UL, ASME, IEEE
TriCore Inc.
LOCATION: Racine, WI
WWW.TRICORE.COM
Agriculture
Food, Beverage
AIA Certified
CSIA, CSIA Certified


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SPONSORED BY
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Automated Control
Technologies LLC

Government, Defense
ISCC/MHIA
LOCATION: Tempe, AZ

The rising costs of automation
system integrator labor
Thermo Systems LLC

Delays in capital spending
WWW.ACTLLC.COM
39
LOCATION: East Windsor, NJ
WWW.THERMOSYSTEMS.COM
40
TIE
E-Technologies Group Inc.

LOCATION: West Chester, OH
WWW.ETECH-GROUP.COM
Food, Beverage
Packaging
CSIA, CSIA Certified, ISA, OMAC
40
TIE
Stone Technologies Inc.

LOCATION: Chesterfield, MO
WWW.STONETEK.COM
Food, Beverage
CSIA, CSIA Certified, ISA, ISPE, MESA
International, OMAC, SI Hall of Fame, WBF
42
DcR Engineering
Services Inc.
LOCATION: Tampa, FL
WWW.DCRENG.COM

MESIP@MEAU.COM

Mining, Aggregates, Cement
Maintaining relationships
with current clients
43
Avid Solutions
LOCATION: Winston-Salem, NC
WWW.AVIDSOLUTIONSINC.COM
44
Trimax Systems
LOCATION: Brea, CA
WWW.TRIMAXSYSTEMS.COM


Food, Beverage
Water, Wastewater
AIChE, CSIA, CSIA Certified, IEEE,
IMS/IEEE, ISA, ISPE, NSPE, TAPPI


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Automation & Control

Concepts Inc.
WWW.A-CC.COM
LOCATION: Chicago, IL
WWW.DMCINFO.COM

Food, Beverage

Food, Beverage
CSIA, CSS/IEEE, IEEE, ISA, MESA
International, OPC Foundation, SME
CSIA Certified, CSIA

The rising costs of automation
system integrator labor

Learning new markets as we
grow and expand
47
TIE
46
DMC Inc.
Indeff
LOCATION: Capellen, Luxembourg, Belgium

WWW.INDEFF.COM
44 DECEMBER 2015

Food, Beverage
CSIA
E-F@CTORY SOLUTIONS
47
TIE
Keystone Engineering Inc.
47
LOCATION: Mandeville, LA
WWW.KEYSTONEENGR.COM
Oil & Gas Refining
TIE
Superior Controls Inc.

LOCATION: Seabrook, NH
WWW.SUPERIORCONTROLS.COM
Food, Beverage
AGA, ASCE, ASME, Fieldbus Foundation, HART
Foundation, IAS/IEEE, CSS/IEEE, NFPA a, SWE
CSIA, CSIA Certified, ISPE, SI Hall of Fame


Staffing: Keeping older engineers trained/current
50

Agriculture
Food, Beverage
Packaging
Esco Automation
LOCATION: Marion, IA
CSIA
WWW.THEESCOGROUP.COM

The rising costs of automation system integrator labor
INTEGRATOR INSIGHTS
TOP 10 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
SI Giants receive their professional guidance and recognition from a number of associations and groups.
Here are the top 10 groups SI Giants use as resources:
51%
CSIA
26%
CSIA certified
24%
ISA
21%
UL
SI Hall of Fame
PMI
IEEE
NFPA a
14%
13%
12%
ISPE
10%
NSPE
10%

15%
INTEGRATOR INSIGHTS: Improving operational efficiency

Q: What are the key areas of opportunity for manufacturers to improve
their operational efficiency?
Matthew Burton, PE
Operations Leader,
Hargrove Controls
& Automation
Derek Turnbull
President,
Tamaki Control Ltd.
Excellent automation. There is an

amazing number of factories limping
along at 70%, with everyone thinking
they are doing about as good as
can be expected.
Most automation systems installed are still focused

on regulatory control. Product manufacturers now
are including better tools to gather equipmentperformance data so they can develop KPIs (key
performance indicators) for equipment. However,
there seems to be a push to merely upgrade systems and keep them executing with the same level
of controls as the legacy system; taking advantage
of new tools is looked at as too expensive to implement.
Operational-efficiency KPIs are not being implemented, even though they would allow for quicker
diagnosis of equipment degradation and, thus,
potentially lower costs by troubleshooting equipment issues sooner rather than later.
Timothy Cole, PE
President, Applied Control Engineering (ACE)
By definition, operational effectiveness means doing the best you can within existing constraints; not thinking outside the box or changing strategy. Therefore, increasing operational efficiency means measuring
key performance indicators and displaying the metrics to those with the ability to increase efficiency. Our
customers are focused on saving energy and money while increasing production and improving quality.
Other areas for operational improvement include keeping control systems and Level 3 systems current,
standardizing where it makes sense, and implementing advanced control (where applicable) and state-ofthe-art MES solutions.
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Steve Malyszko
President, Malisko Engineering
Look for the bottlenecks and the major contributors to downtime, waste, and
lost-production occurrences. Manufacturing facilities need to have tools and
methods in place to accurately and effectively look at and track process and
packaging performance, so they can identify the areas holding them back
from running a smooth operation.
William Aja
Spend a little more time as well as funds on the design of an automation system. By putting in a little more
effort into initial design, you can build a system that can generate massive amounts of operational data that
can be used to optimize the production flow.
By thinking a little more critically on the overall design of an automation system, you can parse out areas
where energy can be conserved, transfers can be automated for speed or increased accuracy, or determine any other number of methods to decrease costs and time to market while increasing throughput.
Simply putting in a PLC that does nothing more than act as a condensed relay cabinet doesnt accomplish much for a client. We have always been huge advocates of spending more time in the design phase,
because the payoff in the end is incredible.
Insist Avtomatika LLC
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LOCATION: Omsk, Russia

WWW.INDUSTRIALSYSTEMS.RUEN
aeSolutions
52
LOCATION: Greenville, SC
WWW.AESOLNS.COM
53
Industrial Automation Group

LOCATION: Modesto, CA
AUTOMATIONGROUP.COM
54
Malisko Engineering Inc.

WWW.MALISKO.COM
55
55
LOCATION: Mobile, AL
WWW.HARGROVE-EPC.COM

LOCATION: Wilcon, NC
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Frakes Engineering
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LOCATION: Indianapolis, IN
WWW.FRAKESENGINEERING.COM
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA, CSIA

Certified, SI Hall of Fame, ISA

-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Oil & Gas Refining

-- Food, Beverage -- Bottling, Canning, Brewing,
Distilling -- Glass, Stone, Clay
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA, UL

-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Food, Beverage
-- Life Sciences, Biotechnology -- Pharmaceuticals
-- Bottling, Canning, Brewing, Distilling
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA, CSIA Certified, NSPE
Hargrove Controls + Automation
TIE

-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Oil & Gas
Extraction (onshore, offshore) -- Metals (fabricated,
steel, primary, forming)

-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Oil & Gas Extraction
(onshore, offshore) -- Automotive (OEMs, suppliers)

-- Pharmaceuticals -- Wire, Cable -- Rubber, Tires

-- Water, Wastewater -- Automotive (OEMs,
suppliers) -- Information and Communication Systems
CSIA Certified, PMI, TUV Rheinland, AWWA, CSIA, ISA
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A good integrator will develop a control system that is tolerant of changes in a plants process
and daily operations; however, there needs to be an owner within the plant that understands
the control system and can make small system adjustments on a daily or weekly basis.
Chris Hanson,
Power and Controls Group Manager, Epic Systems, Inc.
Adaptive Resources
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LOCATION: Carnegie, PA
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ESE Inc.
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LOCATION: Marshfield, WI
TIE
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WWW.ESE1.COM
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA

Distilling -- Quality Control, Test and Measurement
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA Certified, UL
Patti Engineering Inc.

-- Food, Beverage -- Water, Wastewater
-- Automotive (OEMs, suppliers) -- Textiles, Apparel,
Fibers -- Material Handling, Logistics, Warehousing
LOCATION: Auburn Hills, MI
TIE

-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Energy (coal, hydro,
nuclear, wind) -- Food, Beverage
WWW.PATTIENG.COM

MESIP@MEAU.COM
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA, CSIA Certified, ESD, NFPA a, NSPE, OMAC, SI Hall of Fame, UL
IASTECH Automao
de Sistemas Ltda.
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LOCATION: Sao Paulo, Brazil

WWW.IASTECH.COM
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Instrument Control Services

LOCATION: Ventura, CA
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Control & Power Systems Inc.

LOCATION: Fairfield, NJ
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Industria Sigrama S.A. de C.V.

LOCATION: Torren, Coah, Mexico
WWW.SIGRAMA.COM.MX
River Consulting
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LOCATION: Columbus, OH
WWW.RIVERCONSULTING.COM
66
Clark Machine Tool & Die Inc.
TIE
50 DECEMBER 2015

-- Food, Beverage -- Life Sciences, Biotechnology
-- Pharmaceuticals
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA, CSIA Certified, ESD, NFPA a, NSPE, OMAC, SI Hall of Fame, UL

-- Cogeneration -- Oil & Gas Extraction (onshore,
offshore) -- Water, Wastewater
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: UL
-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Life Sciences,
Biotechnology -- Pharmaceuticals
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: ASME, CE, CSA, CSIA,
CSIA Certified, HART Foundation, IEEE, IMS/IEEE, ISA, ISO,
ISPE, MCAA, MESA International, NFPA a, PDA, UL
-- Energy (coal, hydro, nuclear, wind) -- Food,
Beverage -- Mining, Aggregates, Cement

-- Energy (coal, hydro, nuclear, wind) -- Food,
Beverage -- Oil & Gas Refining
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: ACEC, AIChE, ASCE,
ASHRAE, ASME, AWS, CSIA, CSS/IEEE, IEEE, IMS/
IEEE, ISA, MHI/MHIA, NFPA a, NSPE, PMI
LOCATION: Nicholasville, KY

-- Automotive (OEMs, suppliers) -- Machine Building
-- Glass, Stone, Clay
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and plant efficiency. Recognizing and respecting each others value in solving challenges
makes for a much better working relationship.
Chris Hanson,
Power and Controls Group Manager, EPIC Systems, Inc.
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Faith Technologies
LOCATION: Menasha, WI
FAITHTECHNOLOGIES.COM
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Quantum Solutions Inc.

LOCATION: Columbia, IL
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TMT Solutions Inc.

LOCATION: San Marcos, TX
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Distilling -- Building Engineering, Construction
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: ISA , UL

-- Food, Beverage -- Oil & Gas Extraction (onshore,
offshore) -- Packaging

-- Food, Beverage -- Mining, Aggregates, Cement
-- Oil & Gas Refining
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA Certified, ISA, UL
INTEGRATOR INSIGHTS: What makes a great manufacturer?

Q: What are the best attributes of a great manufacturer? What
common thread runs through the best clients you have that makes
them successful?
Derek Turnbull
President,
Tamaki Control Ltd.
Weve been in business 30 years, so we have

seen companies we work for rise and fall,
acquire and be acquired. In many cases they
prospered or faltered because they were in the
right or wrong place at the right or wrong time.
And in those 30 years while entire industries
have come and gone, we have been fortunate
enough to prosper by providing essentially the
same serviceunderstanding processes and
applying HMI and PLC to make them better.
So wed say that successful companies are
those flexible enough to always keep ahead
of the changing needs of a changing world.
But we say that as observers only, since we
havent really been tested ourselves.
Steve Malyszko
President,
Malisko Engineering
No two clients are alikeeach has unique qualities

and methods that make them successful. All of them
do well in carrying out their mission statements and
business models. The integrators role should be to
help each client become a greater manufacturer in
the way the client sees it. The best manufacturers
become better by having the integrator become one
of their partners, and who routinely communicate to
the integrator their goals and objectives. It is critical
for the integrator to listen intently to what the manufacturer needs, and then help that manufacturer
achieve its goal.
Matthew Burton, PE
Controls + Automation Operations Leader, Hargrove Controls & Automation
Clients that rely on relationships with integrators seem to have the most consistent project execution.
From an integrator perspective, being able to provide a consistently staffed execution team that knows
the clients methods and standards and is familiar with the site is much more efficient than always
trying something new every time.
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William Aja
One of the main attributes of a great

manufacturer is seeing the extreme value in
automation engineering. They are usually the ones
that will shield the engineering and automation
team during a layoff scenario. They understand that
maintenance and engineering budgets are important,
and although the maintenance and engineering team
doesnt generate revenue in the same way as other
budgeted areas that receive a budget, their budget
(and time) is arguably one of the most important.
Marc Hunter
President,
Synergy Systems Inc.
Focus on core competency and letting us

provide our core competencyautomation.
Clients that get too involved in the technical
details of what system integrators do tend to
have projects introduced with more deficiencies or problems and that perform less than
optimum. Clients need to allow system integrators to have the technical views without
the bias that internal people may have.
Timothy Cole, PE
President,
Applied Control
Engineering (ACE)
The best attributes are a long-term focus and a

willingness to invest in the future. Our best clients
are concerned with team building and partnership
both internally and externally. As manufacturers run
with minimal staff, good working relationshipsespecially those with process automation and systems
engineering service providersbecome increasingly
necessary. When customers, suppliers, and integrators work together, we are all successful.
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Machine Vision Consulting

LOCATION: Westborough, MA
WWW.MACHINEVC.COM
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Advanced Integration Group Inc.

LOCATION: McKees Rocks, PA
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TIE
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The Dennis Group LLC

LOCATION: Duluth, GA
WWW.DENNISGRP.COM
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TIE
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA, CSS/

IEEE, UL
WWW.MIKROKONTROL.RS
LOCATION: Richmond, B.C., Canada
TIE

-- Energy (coal, hydro, nuclear, wind) -- Metals
(fabricated, steel, primary, forming)
-- Transportation Equipment
LOCATION: Belgrade, Serbia
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-- Energy (coal, hydro, nuclear, wind) -- Mining,
Aggregates, Cement -- Water, Wastewater
Mikro Kontrol
71

-- Packaging

-- Utilities (electrical, gas) -- Water, Wastewater
-- Wood, Lumber Products
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA, SI Hall
of Fame

-- Food, Beverage
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: IEEE, IoPP,
NFPA a, PMI
Mertek Solutions Inc.

LOCATION: Sanford, NC
WWW.MERTEKNC.COM
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Skill development is the

foremost focus of a great
manufacturer, and skill
and knowledge sharing
(within and outside the
organization) is the best
attribute in successful
manufacturers. All successful manufacturers
lead the way in technological advancements
with significant investments in research and
development and therefore always have a keen
eye on the future.
Intech Process Engineering, Ltd.
Tycon Automation Pvt. Ltd.
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LOCATION: Noida, India

WWW.TYCONAUTOMATION.COM
Browns Hill Engineering & Controls

LOCATION: Littleton, CO
BROWNSHILLENG.COM
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Custom Controls Technology Inc.

LOCATION: Hialeah, FL
WWW.CUSTOMCONTROL.NET

MESIP@MEAU.COM

-- Cogeneration -- Energy (coal, hydro, nuclear,
wind) -- Pulp, Paper, Converting

-- Food, Beverage -- Oil & Gas Extraction (onshore, offshore) -- Water, Wastewater
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: AWWA, UL

-- Cogeneration -- Water, Wastewater
-- Material Handling, Logistics, Warehousing
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSS/IEEE, UL
Panacea Technologies Inc.
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LOCATION: Montgomeryville, PA
WWW.PANACEATECH.COM
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GES Automation Technology Inc.

LOCATION: Harrisburg, PA
WWW.GES-AUTOMATION.COM
Control Associates Inc.
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TIE
LOCATION: Allendale, NJ
WWW.CONTROL-ASSOCIATES.COM

-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Life Sciences,
Biotechnology -- Pharmaceuticals
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CE, CSIA, UL,

Automation Forum/NEMA, IEEE, ISA

-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Cogeneration
-- Pharmaceuticals
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: AGA , ISPE
McEnery Automation
81

WWW.MCENERYAUTOMATION.COM
TIE
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Crossmuller Technology
LOCATION: New South Wales, Australia
TIE
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Electro Controles del Noroeste

S.A. de C.V
LOCATION: Hermosillo, Mexico
WWW.ECN.COM.MX
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-- Food, Beverage -- Water, Wastewater
-- Bottling, Canning, Brewing, Distilling

-- Food, Beverage -- Packaging -- Information
and Communication Systems

-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Food,
Beverage -- Mining, Aggregates, Cement
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA Certified

E-F@CTORY SOLUTIONS
INTEGRATOR INSIGHTS
The project involved a sizable plant expansion that

included a collaborative
effort among plant, project manager, integrator
and automation vendors
near the beginning of the
project. The plants technical stakeholders wanted to
use a different automation
platform than the legacy
systems at the plant. The
biggest challenge for the
team was to educate and
familiarize the stakeholders
with the automation platform of choice with respect
Steve Malyszko
President, Malisko Engineering
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Synergy Systems
LOCATION: Lisle, IL
WWW.SYNSYSINC.COM
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Tamaki Control Ltd.

LOCATION: Portales, NM
WWW.TAMAKI.CO.NZ
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Qspec Solutions Inc.

LOCATION: Lenexa, KS
WWW.QSPEC.COM

to addressing all of their
needs and expectations.

-- Cogeneration -- Food, Beverage -- Utilities
(electrical, gas)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA, CSIA
certified, NFPA a

-- Food, Beverage -- Pulp, Paper, Converting
-- Water, Wastewater

-- Pharmaceuticals
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSS/IEEE, PDA
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LOCATION: Old Bridge, NJ

WWW.PRIMARYSYS.COM
George T. Hall Co.
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LOCATION: Anaheim, CA
TIE
WWW.GEORGETHALL.COM
Process Plus LLC
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LOCATION: Cincinnati, OH
TIE
WWW.PROCESSPLUS.COM
KOM Automation Inc.
91
TIE
LOCATION: Amherst, NY
WWW.KOMAUTOMATION.COM
91
Logicon Technosolutions Pvt. Ltd.
TIE
LOCATION: Pune, India

WWW.LOGICONTECH.COM
91
TIE
R&L Engineering
LOCATION: Albany, GA
RLENG.COM
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-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Paints, Coatings
-- Pharmaceuticals
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSIA, ISA

-- Mining, Aggregates, Cement -- Water, Wastewater
-- Metals (fabricated, steel, primary, forming)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: ASHRAE, CSIA, UL

-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Food, Beverage
-- Pharmaceuticals

-- Energy (coal, hydro, nuclear, wind) -- Food, Beverage -- Automotive (OEMs, suppliers)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: AHTD, CSIA, ISA

-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Oil & Gas Refining
-- Household, Personal Care Products
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: ISA

-- Mining, Aggregates, Cement -- Pulp, Paper,
Converting -- Wood, Lumber Products
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: SWE, UL
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Q: What is your overall outlook for 2016?
William Aja
Vice President of Sales,
Panacea Technologies
Our outlook is great! We have expanded our employee base

and are moving into new markets. There seems to be no slowdown of automation projects available, and we plan to move
ahead full-steam.
Matthew Burton, P.E.

Controls + Automation Operations Leader,
Hargrove Controls & Automation
(We think) 2016 looks much stronger than 2015. I feel the issues with oil will
stabilize and the new norm will be realized, which will allow oil companies to
commit to spending plans. Right now, because of volatility, everyone is holding
tight on projects to see which ones they should execute until things stabilize.
Derek Turnbull
President, Tamaki Control Ltd.
Steve Malyszko
President,
Malisko Engineering
Manufacturing will continue to

grow in the U.S., and existing facilities will continue to retool. Both
trends should mean good activity
for integrators who invest in having
resources who are knowledgeable
and experienced in the newer technology platforms for automation including networking and security.

MESIP@MEAU.COM
Were looking forward to the best year yetand we have

bet on it, to be honest. We have staffed up, developed new
products, and are setting up in Europe as well as in additional U.S. states.
Timothy Cole, PE
President,
Applied Control Engineering (ACE)
Bullish. As manufacturing companies begin to understand the

difficulty of maintaining operations with minimal and multi-organizational support staff, the value of long-term relationships will
increase the need for our services.
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Aaron Associates of Connecticut Inc.

LOCATION: Waterbury, CT
WWW.AARONCT.COM
Jordan Engineering Inc.

LOCATION: Beamsville, Ontario, Canada
WWW.JORDANSYNERGIST.COM
Casco Systems LLC
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TIE

-- Food, Beverage -- Pharmaceuticals -- Research,
R&D, Laboratories
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: CSA, CSIA
WWW.CASCO-SYSTEMS.COM
WWW.PARAGON-IND.COM
Portland Engineering Inc.

LOCATION: Portland, OR
WWW.PORTLANDENGINEERS.COM
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LOCATION: Cumberland, ME
LOCATION: Tustin, CA
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-- Water, Wastewater -- Marine -- Quality Control,
Test and Measurement

-- Cogeneration -- Energy (coal, hydro, nuclear, wind)
-- Utilities (electrical, gas)
Paragon Industrial Controls Inc.
TIE
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LOCATION: Buffalo Grove, IL
Panel Master LLC

-- Aerospace, Aircraft -- Machine Building -- Metals
(fabricated, steel, primary, forming)

-- Cogeneration -- Food, Beverage -- Water, Wastewater
LOCATION: LaGrange, OH

-- Chemicals, Petrochemicals -- Water, Wastewater
-- Machine Building -- Building Materials
WWW.PANELMASTER.COM

E-F@CTORY SOLUTIONS
DEALING WITH SYSTEM

INTEGRATION ISSUES
Satisfying the business requirements while ensuring the

technical integrity of the project.
By David McCarthy
TriCore Inc.
ne of the early issues system integrators face is

understanding the business issues that drive
a project. Successful integration projects not
only result in solidly performing automation
systems, but also provide solutions to business concerns. Too often, the conversations
are solely about technical issues with technical people.
This narrowed view can lead to projects that succeed when
viewed through a technology lens, but fail miserably in
meeting their prime objectives. Only after the why, what,
when, and who of a project are thoroughly understood is it
wise to determine how to apply the best technical solution.
There are also many nontechnical requirements that

must be sorted out early because they can influence
technical decisions. Most projects will likely require a
variety of:
Materials and system resources
Unencumbered access to production systems
A reasonable timeframe for design/build activities
Adequate production downtime for installation
Sufficient time and access to operations and maintenance staff for training.
Each of these items has one or more stakeholders,
whose interests can often conflict with each other and
your project requirements. Navigating these competing
interests can challenge even the most seasoned system
integration firm.
The best approach begins with effective communication and planning. When you have a firm understanding of the business drivers, communicate your requirements early with all of the stakeholders. For example,
it may not be obvious to a facilities manager that you
need plant utilities operational during system installationeven if plant production is otherwise down. You
must identify to these stakeholders all of the resources

you need to accomplish your project, while accommodating any issues they may have with meeting these
needs.
Getting stakeholders on the same page can require
creative negotiations. Phased systems installation,
around-the-clock installation, multishift training,
parallel operations between new and old systems, advanced finished-product inventory accumulation, and
even production outsourcing can come into play. With
some up-front effort, it is possible to strike the right
balance among lost production, installation savings,
resources, access, and business concerns. After the plan
is in place, keep the stakeholders engaged throughout
the processthis is the best pathway to a successful
ending.
Managing risk
After the project logistics are sorted out, a system
integrator can begin to design the physical and functional aspects of the system. There are risks to manage
throughout this process and throughout the lifecycle
of the system. It often falls on the system integrator to
help manage themsometimes long after the project is
completed. Security, controls, software, and testing are
important considerations.
Security risks: Managing security risks is becoming increasingly challenging for system integrators.
This is due in part to the availability and presence of
smart devices on the plant floor, and the desire to take
advantage and integrate the information they provide
across systems and platforms. This is a large and growing issue, with many layers and nuances. PLCs, HMIs,
servers, workstations, networks, and applications have
security vulnerabilities. Balancing the advantages of access and integration with the concerns of security is becoming increasingly complex. Understanding the risks,
defining the security zones, identifying the data that
grators frequently deal with issues like this.

They can be a great resource to help manage
these activities over the life of the system.
In addition to best design and installation practices,

system integrators can provide full electrical design and
documentation. Courtesy: TriCore Inc.
move between the zones, and identifying the physical and logical entry point for each zone are essential
aspects in developing a robust security strategy.
Control equipment operation: The safe and effective operation of the control equipment over the
lifecycle of the system is another risk to manage.
Control equipment must be vetted to ensure conformance with intended use, input/output signal types,
power requirements, corporate standards, and more.
Where this equipment is physically installed must
also be considered. There is a big difference between
equipment designed to be dust resistant and equipment designed to resist 80 lb of hose-directed water
with airborne corrosives. When shipping the control
equipment, excessive vibration can damage delicate
electronic components. The effects of this might not
be immediately apparent. Shipping via Air-Ride van or
other vibration-reducing methods will help mitigate
the risk of in-transit damage.
Software: Systems usually include various types of
software. One type is referred to as commercial offthe-shelf (COTS) software, which includes operating
systems, security software, visualization platforms,
database platforms, and more. There is a unique risk
associated with how various COTS software products
interact with each other over time. For example, a
routine service pack upgrade by your IT staff on your
workstation COTS operating system may render your
COTS user interface software inoperable. System inte62 DECEMBER 2015
Customized software: One of the most

challenging parts of any system integration project is customized software. It can
be found running plant-floor controllers,
graphical user interfaces, customized scripting, database management, and much more.
Ensuring this software meets the needs of
all stakeholders is one of the largest risks
to manage. A solid functional specification,
thoroughly reviewed by all stakeholders, is
the best approach. This details all automated
operations including:
Interlocks, sequencing, and device activations
How people interact with the system
HMI screen definitions, security, overrides, alarms,
configuration, and navigation
What data are collected, how it is queried, and how it
is presented
Any information exchanged with other systems.
A well-written functional specification will serve as a
basis to measure software development as well as to
ensure the system is operating properly over time.
Testing, commissioning: Ensuring equipment,
software, and systems are installed and tested properly
presents its own challenges. A site installation plan
based on the functional specification and electrical
design documentsis needed to keep track of which
devices and functions were tested. This is very important on large-scale integration projects involving
hundreds or thousands of devices and operations. It is
not uncommon on large projects that certain smaller
areas are initially untested during installation. This
can be due to lack of equipment, utilities, raw material, or other items necessary to test the operation. It
is essential to keep track of these areas and to involve
the system integrator prior to putting such areas into
production.
Making the right connections
As plant floor devices continue to get smarter, and the
cost of both bandwidth and storage continue to plummet, information exchange on the plant floor and across
the enterprise is becoming an essential part of most
system integration projects. Industrial networks on
the plant floor have special requirements not normally

found in traditional corporate IT environments. The
design and installation of robust industrial networks
that operate reliably over the lifecycle of your system
present unique challenges to system integration firms.
Unlike an office or home environment, industrial applications are often electrically noisy places. In addition
to high electromagnetic interference (EMI), these environments are subject as a class to temperature ranges,
dust, humidity, and a host of other factors not normally
found in a home or office.
The first step in designing a robust industrial network
is choosing cable media. So, whats the right choice?
ANSI/TIA-1005: Telecommunications Infrastructure
Standard for Industrial Premises states that Category
6 or better cabling should be used for hosts or devices
that are exposed to an industrial environment. Category 6 cable is good for up to 1 GB at 100 meters, and
category 6e cable can do up to 10 GB at that distance.
When installing network cable, shielded Ethernet cable
may perform better in high EMI environments if run
outside of conduit. The key to using shielded cable is in
proper grounding. Using one single ground reference is
essential. Multiple ground connections can cause what
is referred to as ground loops, where the difference in
voltage potential at the ground connections can induce
noise into the cable. Use a grounded RJ45 connector
only on one end of the cable. On the other end, use a
nonconductive RJ45 connector to eliminate the possibility of ground loops.
If your Ethernet cable must cross power lines, always do
so at right angles. Separate parallel Ethernet and power
cables by at least 8 to 12 in., with more distance for
higher voltages and longer parallel runs. If the Ethernet
cable is in a metal pathway or conduit, each section of the
pathway or conduit must be bonded to the adjacent section ensuring electrical continuity along its entire path.
In general, route Ethernet cables away from equipment
that generates EMI, such as motors, motor control
equipment, lighting, and power conductors. Within
panels, separate Ethernet cables from conductors by
at least 2 in. When routing away from EMI sources
within a panel, follow the recommended bend radius
for the cable, which can be obtained from the cable
manufacturer.
From a network architecture perspective, never use

hubs in this type of environment. If your network contains multicast traffic, a managed switch is an absolute
must. Multicast traffic typically comes from smart
devices on plant floor process networks in a connection-oriented producer/consumer-based technology.
EtherNet/IP (Ethernet industrial protocol), managed
by ODVA, is an application layer communication protocol that uses this technology. In addition to handling
multicast traffic, this class of switch usually provides
error logs, control of individual port speeds, duplex settings, and the ability to mirror ports. This functionality
will help optimize and maintain the industrial network
over time.
Trending toward the future
System integrators must necessarily face many challenges when dealing with clients, including project
management best practices, stakeholder engagement,
and ensuring stakeholder expectations are aligned with
business goals. Risk abatement is also a big part of
the system integrators world, and an ever challenging
one, particularly on technology fronts. System integrators must follow core design principles and face the
inherent challenges when it comes time to put these
principles into practice. Finally, with the explosion of
information on the plant floor, system integrators must
face the challenges of putting an industrial network
infrastructure in place to best leverage what these technologies offer.
While you are likely to encounter many of these issues
on a system integration project, they are just a sample
of the entire universe of issues we deal with on a regular basis. Technology will continue to evolve, as will the
particulars of the technical issues encountered by the
system integration community. What remains constant
is the approach to dealing with these issues. These
best practices should serve you well now and into the
future.
Excerpted from an article in Applied Automation, April
2015.
David McCarthy is president and CEO of TriCore
Inc., a national system integration firm based in
Racine, WI, with offices in Santa Fe Springs, CA, and
Mesa, AZ. McCarthy, who has more than 30 years of
experience in automation, is a computer scientist from
Rochester Institute of Technology.
System Integration
Vendor Partners
The relationship between automation vendors and system integrators is a
strong one. The system integrators primary job is to deliver the
best technology solution to the manufacturing plant. The vendors want to
be identified with such solutions and work to bring them to the
attention of the integrator.
Vendors and system integrators share another relationship: they both remain close to their customers. It is the manufacturers who identify
production or productivity issues and bring them to the vendors
and system integrators in search of solutions.
The top automation vendors celebrate this relationship by recognizing the
top system integration firms they work with throughout the year:
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CAROLINA AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
GAMER, NORTH CAROLINA
The members of the ABB Channel Partner Program deliver authorized offerings
of sales, support, service and engineering. They bring ABBs products and
services straight to the customer front door. Partners have in-depth knowledge
of local markets and are conversant with the defined ABB products and processes.
We are looking to find best-in-class system integrators and
distributors dedicated to developing business with ABB.
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SYSTEM INTEGRATORS SPONSORED BY KEPWARE TECHNOLOGIES

Kepware Technologies is a private software development company established in 1995 and headquartered in Portland, Maine.
Kepware provides a portfolio of software solutions to help businesses connect diverse automation devices and software
applications. We serve customers in more than 120 countries through both direct sales and our partner channel.
Connected System Integrators are an integral element of
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Because Kepware does not offer system integration
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customers. Kepwares Connected System Integrators have firsthand knowledge
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and Water & Wastewater. Each Connected System Integrator has been carefully
selected and vetted for participation.
Please visit Kepware online at kepware.com/partners to learn more.
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SYSTEM INTEGRATORS SPONSORED BY MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC

The objective of the Mitsubishi Electric Automation Inc. (MEAU) Systems Integrator Program (MESIP) is to develop a relationship with select system integrator partners that will create new and improved existing customer relationships. The
program is designed to create revenue growth of MEAU Hardware and Software products while increasing revenue for
authorized systems integrators (SI).
ADVANCED ENGINEERING
The programs intent is to provide a prospective equipment builder and/or end

user with a qualified technical resource who is trained and tested in
providing product application development, start-up assistance and/or support,
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Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. (MEAU) has developed this program to build
and support a vast equipment builder & end-user customer base. The focus is on
executing joint value propositions in the marketplace, including client quality
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Building Solutions Together

When your automation project requires expert knowledge and engineering skills, reduce your risk by working with
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The goal of our system integrator program is to develop strengths in implementing and supporting our control systems through partnerships. We strongly believe the manufacturer should
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amount of risk.
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If your company offers system integration services and is interested in participating in this program, contact your local
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BWCSI
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COMPLETE INTEGRATION & SERVICES
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COVECTRA
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CSE SERVICES LLC
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DC ELECTRIC
DIVERSIFIED AUTOMATION, INC.
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DRIVES & CONTROL SERVICES
DRM LLC
DUSOUTH INDUSTRIES, DST CONTROLS DIVISION
ECS SOLUTIONS, INC.
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ELECTRONIC DRIVES & CONTROLS INC, EDC SYSTEMS DIVI
ELTECH ELECTRIC
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ENVIROTROL LLC
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ETHOSENERGY
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HPI LLC
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System Integrator
Corporate Close-Ups
They are very different in company size, in industries served and
in locations around the world. Despite those differences,
system integrators all have one thing in common:
THEY SOLVE PROBLEMS.

Some of the top system integrators discuss their own service
offerings in the 2015 Corporate Close-Ups.
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CEC Controls Company, Inc.
Champion Technology Services, Inc.
Cimation
Concept Systems
Custom Controls Technology, Inc.
ECS Solutions
Faith Technologies
Huffman Engineering, Inc.
Innovative Control, Inc.
Integrity Integrated Resources (I2R)
Integro Technolgies
JMP Engineering, Inc.
Leidos Engineering
Malisko Engineering
Mangan Inc.
Nidec Industrial Solutions
Onyx Engineering, Ltd.
Patti Engineering
Premier Automation
Quantum Design
RoviSys
Stone Technologies
Tesco Controls, Inc.
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Ausenco
Automation & Control Concepts
Brock Solutions
Contact Automation
Control & Power Systems
ESCO Automation (ESCO Group)
FASTechnology Group
Industrial Automation
KOM Automation
Martin Control Systems, Inc.
Matrix Technologies
MAVERICK Technologies
NorthWind Technical Services
Outbound Technologies, Inc.
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Polytron, Inc.
Portland Engineering, Inc.
Quantum Solutions, Inc.
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Avanceon
TOMORROWS SOLUTIONS, TODAY.

Avanceon is one of the largest systems integration companies in North America. Specializing
in the definition, development, execution and
implementation of manufacturing automation
and information solutions and support programs.
Susan Schlegel, Manager of

Business Development
Telephone: (610) 458-8700 x300
Fax: (610) 458-0606
Email: sschlegel@avanceon.com
Website: www.avanceon.com
Corporate Headquarters: Exton, PA
AUTOMATION
MES
SUPPORT
With our friendly, expert engineers and project

managers, we approach each project inclusively,
keeping customers in the loop through every
step, soliciting their input and prioritizing their
needs. Avanceon applies thirty years of industry
experience to anticipate customers needs, and
will actively uncover and coordinate all the essential information for a successful project. Customers can
count on our support beyond a projects completion and can rely on our responsive support for as long as
needed. We dont consider a project complete until the customer does.
Primary Industries
Consumer Packaged Goods
Food & Beverage
Life Sciences
Metals
Water
Avanceons services include: planning and specification development; equipment selection and OEM management; electrical and mechanical systems engineering; custom application programming; Manufacturing
Execution Systems; field installation and start-up; training; and long-term factory support.
Other office locations
With over 200 associates, Avanceon has the depth of resources needed for responsive performance. We
pride ourselves on giving clients the personal attention and service they have come to expect from us.
Avanceon has extensive real-world experience working across many industries, with core competencies in
food and beverage, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods and metals.
Middle East
Southeast Asia
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CEC Controls Company, Inc.

Founded in 1966, CEC Controls Company, Inc. has nearly 50 years of experience and over 160 engineers
committed to providing your business with our engineering strengths and dedicated service across all sectors
of our company.
CEC Controls is a complete full service
System Integration facility, ready to support our
customers from initial project conception
through the final stages of implementation.
Our commitment ensures that our products are
on-time, defect free and continuously improving.
Robert S. Scheper, President

World Headquarters: Warren, MI
Telephone: (586) 779-0222
Fax: (586) 779-0266
Email: bscheper@ceccontrols.com
Website: www.ceccontrols.com
At CEC we take pride in our ability to analyze your

needs and collaborate with your team to construct
the most effective solution. We not only run your
process but also provide production and maintenance data for maximum efficiency and traceability.
Primary Industries
Automotive
Material Handling
Quality Control
Water & Wastewater

USA
Atlanta, GA
Kansas City, MO
Louisville, KY
Norfolk, VA
Tampa, FL
International
Chicago, IL
Leander, TX
Nashville, TN
St. Louis, MO
Wixom, MI
Burlington, Ontario Canada

Silao, Mexico
Bucharest, Romania
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CEC Controls excels in the design and commissioning of the following products and services:
Industrial & Process Controls Systems
Mistake Proofing
Material Handling Control Systems
Kitting & Sequencing Systems
SCADA Control
Comprehensive Equipment Monitoring Systems
Vision Inspection Systems
Our Business Management System and remote offices, located worldwide, are a valuable component to our
continued industry success, which boasts repeat business with 90% of our customers. Our strong corporate
structure and dedicated management team provide the engineering support you expect and the service
response you deserve.
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Champion Technology Services, Inc.
AUTOMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS

DELIVERED FOR YOUR SUCCESS
Gary Hamer, President
Telephone: (225) 291-5548
Email: info@champtechnology.com
Website: www.champtechnology.com
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Primary Industries
Chemical, Petrochemicals
Metals and Mining
Oil & Gas Refining
Pipelines
Lake Charles, LA
Lafayette, LA
New Orleans, LA
Houston, TX
Denver, CO
Grand Junction, CO
Salt Lake City, UT
Champion Technology Services, Inc. headquartered in Baton

Rouge, LA is a leading systems integrator providing concept
to completion automation and telecommunication solutions
using the most advanced technology. Our automation
services include the design, fabrication, integration,
installation, commissioning, and follow-up maintenance of
control systems using the latest DCS, PLC, HMI, and hybrid
systems. Champions telecom specialists provide wireless
design and installation, path surveys, and tower maintenance.
Since our founding in 2000, Champion has opened offices nationwide from the Gulf Coast to the Rocky
Mountain Region in order to better serve customers locally and throughout the country.
As a manufacturer-independent integrator, our automation team has expertise in major control systems
utilized across multiple industries which allows Champion to effectively integrate diverse systems. Our
telecommunication group specializes in microwave radio design/installation, two layer and three layer
networking, cabling systems, and providing emergency support for network infrastructure.
The foundation of Champions business model includes building strong customer relationships that extend well
beyond project closeout. We provide maintenance and support for solutions implemented to promote efficient
operation. Champion consistently monitors the pulse of upcoming technology innovations, ensuring we provide
the most practical and effective solutions.
When it comes to technology, weve got it under control!
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Cimation
OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS TO SUIT YOUR

AUTOMATION, INDUSTRIAL IT, AND CYBER SECURITY NEEDS
Van Wilson, Chief Operating Officer
Houston, TX
Telephone: (713) 580-4365
Email: vwilson@cimation.com
Website: www.cimation.com
Primary Industries
Oil & Gas Refining
Pipelines
Information and Communication
Systems

Englewood, CO
Canonsburg, PA
Metairie, LA
Lafayette, LA
Calgary, AB
London, UK
Cimation is an operations consulting company

delivering secure technology solutions to the
global energy industry. With experience in process automation, industrial IT, enterprise data,
and ICS cyber security solutions and more than
190 employees in 7 global offices, we are ready
to execute even the most complex operations
technology strategies.
Armed with diverse project experience, process
knowledge, and technical expertise, we improve
energy operations by engineering and integrating
industrial technology.
In our years, Cimation has executed thousands of reliable systems integration and engineering projects for oil
and gas, refining, chemical, power, utilities, and storage businesses. We understand the processes and objectives that drive industrial operations and help companies improve safety and efficiency through holistic solutions
customized to meet their business needs.
Since opening our doors in 2009, we have grown by developing trusted partnerships with both clients and
vendors. More than 300 customers in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa including independent
companies, mid-size operators, and global super majors trust their operations technology infrastructure to Cimation. By tailoring our services to the unique needs and requirements, we help realize process efficiency and longterm cost-savings in spite of market volatility. Speak to one of our leading industry experts today to learn more!
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Concept Systems
WE MAKE SOLUTIONS
Headquarters:
1957 Fescue Street SE
Albany, OR 97322
Telephone: (886) 791-8140
Email: contact-us@conceptsystemsinc.com
Website: conceptsystemsinc.com
Primary Industries
Our engineers thrive on challenge the tougher, the better. Show us a problem; tell us your goals. Well
dive into your manufacturing process and build a smart, precisely tailored automation solution. Weve done
it more than a thousand times already.
Our job is to listento understand your operation, your concerns and your goalsand then
deliver the right solution. The right solution
means you see measurable results and return
on investment. We evaluate our success based
on your success
Aerospace
Building Products
Food & Beverage
Metals
Pulp and Paper
And in the end, its our goal that you come to

think of us not as a consultant or a vendor, or
even as a nice bunch of engineersbut as
a valuable and trustworthy partner who has
helped make your business stronger and more
profitable.
We are a CSIA Certified member, providing automated solutions that improve efficiency, yield, and worker
safety across manufacturing lines worldwide. We are dedicated to providing you with cutting-edge solutions that support complex retrofits, vision and robotic solutions and plant-wide Main Automation Contractor projects. Contact us.
Denver, CO
Seattle, WA
Charlotte, NC
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Custom Controls Technology, Inc.
CUSTOM CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY, INC. ...

COMBINING SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT
& EXCELLENT CUSTOMER FOCUS!
705 West 20 Street
Hialeah, Florida 33010
Telephone: (888) 693-4495
Fax: (305) 805-3440
Email: info@cct-inc.com
Website: http://cct-inc.us
Primary Industries
Baggage & Handling
Oil & Gas
Pumping Systems
Power Generation
Marrietta, GA USA
Honduras, Central America
Venezuela, South America
CCT is a premier custom control panel builder in the South Florida with capacity to serve National and
International markets. We provide full services for design, fabrication, and integration of industrial control
systems. Our main focus is Industrial Automation, System Integration, Custom Control Panels, Custom
Programming, Operator visualization, and more.
Custom Controls Technology offer a wide variety
of products and services. As a technology
business specializing in full system integration,
CCT is capable of taking on projects ranging
from small electrical panels, to medium size
system integration, to large distributed control
systems while letting the customer specify
exact level of involvement. Our customers can
take advantage of the engineering and technical
departments at CCT and the many years of experience in providing high quality control system solution
to get the job done right, the first time. CCT specializes in Industrial control and Automation. Services in
retrofitting and automating existing machinery. New Pump Panels, PLC Panels, VFD panels, Municipalities
Pump Panels. Service to OEM for Control Panels for their equipment.
CCT is a UL 508A & 698A certified panel shop and proud supporter of the Buy American Act. Please Call
or Email us if you have any question. We are here to serve you!
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ECS Solutions
ECS SOLUTIONS DELIVERS TOTAL PROCESS AUTOMATION
Randy Otto, Vice President

Telephone: (812) 479-5170
Fax: (812) 479-5145
Email: randy.otto@ecssolutions.com
Website: www.ecssolutions.com
Primary Industries
Chemical
Food & Beverage
Metals Fabrication
Packaging
After more than three decades of delivering Total Process Automation, ECS has the experience and
expertise to deliver high performance batch
and continuous process automation for your
facilities. Total Process Automation improves
both performance (capacity) and quality
(yield).
Our customers benefit from a more agile
control system that allows them to meet
even the most aggressive schedules and to
continuously improve, add new projects, and
expand capacity throughout the automation
lifecycle.
Due to an extremely high degree of reuse,
Total Process Automation offers a high level
of features, such as statistically calculated material deliveries, with competitive pricing. Controls that
focus the operator on the process rather than the equipment improve both operator effectiveness and
productivity. A lower system price puts money in your pocket once, effectiveness puts money in your
pocket every year.
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Faith Technologies
FAITH TECHNOLOGIES AUTOMATION AND PROCESS CONTROLS
GROUP: YOUR SINGLE SOURCE FOR TURN-KEY PROJECT DELIVERY.
Jim Mansfield, Automation &
Process Controls Group Leader
Faith Technologies, Inc.
Office Telephone: (920) 967-2791
Cell: (423) 504-5161
Primary Industries
Consumer Products
Critical Infrastructure
Food & Beverage
Pharma & Life Sciences
Transportation
Neenah, WI
Kansas City, MO
Atlanta, GA
12 other locations across the Mid-West
and South Eastern, US
Faith Technologies Automation & Process Controls (APC) Group supports businesses throughout many
markets, including industrial, manufacturing, and mission critical. APC delivers turn-key solutions that
solve todays most complex manufacturing and operational challenges including Levels 0, 1, 2 and 3 in the
ISA S-95 and S-88 Standards.
Knowing that each business is different, our approach
is always customized to the goal, initiative and/or
need. Beginning with a multi-phase methodology,
we engage the business and process leaders in an
executive workshop, followed by discovery phase
to gain the full perspective. Then, we consider our
arsenal of manufacturing and operational solutions
based on a technology agnostic approach which could
include: Programmable Logic and Automation Controllers (PLC/PAC), Human Machine Interface (HMI),
Supervisory-Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA), Plant
and Enterprise Level Visualization / Reporting, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) / Manufacturing
Operations Management (MOM) and Corporate Energy Management (CEM).
Faith Technologies APC Group has more than 15 years of proven success in supporting hundreds of
customers throughout the United States. Through proven project methodologies and defined lifecycle we
work with our customers to bring the vision to reality through measurable ROI.
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HUFFMAN ENGINEERING, INC. PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL AND

CUSTOM SOLUTIONS TO REGULATED INDUSTRIES
Howard Huffman, President

5301 North 57th Street
Lincoln, NE 68507
Telephone: (402) 464-6823
Fax: (402) 464-6892
Email: info@huffmaneng.com
Website: www.huffmaneng.com
Innovative. Professional. Knowledgeable. Thorough. This

is how Huffman Engineering, Inc.s customers describe
the work we do. Our complete approach to systems
integration includes understanding customer processes,
designing systems to meet process needs, and implementing the right system to improve production.
We have provided quality engineered systems and services to industrial, manufacturing, and utility customers,
with an emphasis on regulated industries since 1987. At
Huffman Engineering, our degreed and licensed engineers and technicians approach every control integration
project with the customer in mind.
Our thorough and professional care with each project involves listening carefully to customer needs,
developing a plan, and following through with execution, testing, and documentation. Huffman Engineerings extensive background with regulated industries, such as pharmaceuticals and utilities, means we
understand the requirements and documentation necessary to complete projects successfully. Our experience across multiple manufacturers with various customer processes ensures that we are innovative and
creative in delivering the most beneficial solution.
Primary Industries
Food
Life Sciences
Pharmaceutical
Utilities
Water/Wastewater
Huffman Engineering is CSIA certified, a Rockwell Process Integrator, a Wonderware Certified Systems
Integrator, and has been written into multiple specifications as a single source integrator. A recognized
leader in Control Systems Integration in the Midwest, Huffman Engineering is the choice for customers
seeking value.
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Innovative Control, Inc.
QUALITY SOLUTIONS WITH A LIFE CYCLE MINDSET

At Innovative Control, Inc., we work closely with customers and their staff to communicate, educate, and
share automation best practices and strategies, while providing quality solutions at the best price. As an integrated team, each individual contributes their own expertise to provide the best solutions for our customers.
Dave Stock, President

Crystal Lake, IL
Telephone: (815) 455-3319
Email: daves@innovativecontrolinc.com
Primary Industries
Building Envelope, Controlled
Atmosphere
Glass, Stone, Clay
Paints, Coatings
Pharmaceuticals
We specialize in Process Control and Automation, utilizing

PC-based operator interfaces in conjunction with PLCs,
remote I/O, and advanced control software. Our experience enables customers to achieve effective paybacks
and greater ROIs on deployed projects. We offer a variety
of additional services to help complete projects quickly
and efficiently. These services include control panel
design and assembly, P&ID and functional system documentation, PLC programming, SCADA/HMI development,
data collection and reporting, and custom application development.
Over our 22-year history, ICI has successfully completed and commissioned thousands of projects for our
customers. Our experience has ranged across multiple industries including, but not limited to:
Specialty Chemical
Pharmaceutical
Coating/Finishing
Food/Beverage
Oil/Gas
Biotechnology
Packaging
Waste Water Handling.
We recognize that our problem solving approach and project execution expertise can benefit any industrial
segment. By applying our clients process knowledge in conjunction with our extensive application/development experience, your projects will be Assured Success and Reduced Time to Delivery. Please contact us for
more information.
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Integrity Integrated Resources (I2R)
UPGRADING A LEGACY SYSTEM?

In todays global economy, a major concern for businesses that utilize legacy systems for their automation processes is a lack of spare parts for no longer supported PLC hardware. The potential for
unplanned downtime due to unavailable and/or very expensive hardware is no longer worth the risk.
Chris Smith, Sales Manager

4001 E. Plano Pkwy
Suite 500
Plano, TX 75074
Telephone: (972) 665-3200
Mobile Telephone: (972) 679-9038
Fax: (972) 665-3232
Website: www.i2r.com
A migration path to the latest PLC platform is something that all Engineering, Plant and Maintenance
Managers should be planning. These migrations can be done over time and at the convenience of
the customer to satisfy ongoing production
schedules and reduce risks associated with
upgrading an entire facility all at once.
Benefits:
Increased flexibility
Maximized returns on existing assets
through improved control and monitoring
Increased access to plant and production
information.
Primary Industries
Food & Beverage
Oil & Gas
Paints & Coatings
Building Materials
Packaging
Integrity Integration Resources (I2R) has successfully completed multiple PLC upgrade projects on a
variety of platforms. I2R is uniquely positioned to provide the highest quality solutions with a supporting staff of engineers that have the knowledge and experience to design and migrate you to the current
platform. For over 35 years, I2R has offered Control System Upgrades, UL508A Control Panel Design
and Assembly, Start-up and Commissioning, Training, and Production Support.
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WE SEE WHAT OTHERS CANT!

Shawn Campion, President
Email: sales@integro-tech.com
Telephone: (704) 636-9666
Website: www.integro-tech.com
Primary Industries
Primary Industries
Pharmaceuticals
Plastics
Packaging
Rubber, Tires
Franklin, TN
Salisbury, NC (headquarters)
Spartanburg, SC
Pendleton, IN
Charlottesville, VA
Birmingham, AL
Hagerstown, MD
Integro Technologies is a turnkey, machine vision company with offices and dedicated resources in NC, SC,
VA, MD, TN, AL, and IN. At Integro, we design and develop custom solutions utilizing a range of machine
vision systems, robotics, system integration, and 3D vision system applications.
Since its founding in 2001, Integro Technologies has cultivated strategic partnerships with recognized machine vision suppliers, and we continuously provide superior solutions for the most challenging applications.
We are an Advanced Imaging Association (AIA)
Certified Integrator, 1 of only 8 internationally.
We are a Cognex PSI that is fully-trained and
authorized on Cognexs entire product line, and
we have been recognized as the TOP Cognex PSI
in North America. We are certified vision integrators for Keyence, Omron, Universal Robotics
(3D systems) and Microscan as well. Our other
partnerships include, Moritex, Kuka Robotics,
Universal Robotics, and Yamaha Robotics.
Our staff is well-trained, leveraging a combined 450+ years of hands-on industrial vision experience. Our
clients, including numerous Fortune 500 companies, rely on our expertise to solve their most demanding
vision applications on-time and within budget.
We also offer several training opportunities at our headquarters throughout the year including Cognex In-Sight
Spreadsheets training and Maintenance and Troubleshooting training.
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CONTINUALLY REDEFINING WHAT IS POSSIBLE

Steve Szamocki, Vice President
of Sales and Marketing
4026 Meadowbrook Drive, Unit 143
London, Ontario N6L 1C9, Canada
Telephone: (262) 573-4657
Fax: (519) 652-6040
Email: sszamocki@jmpeng.com
Website: www.jmpeng.com
Primary Industries
Food & Beverage
Automotive
Energy
Water, Wastewater
Oil & Gas
London, Ontario
Burlington, Ontario
Cambridge, Ontario Toronto, Ontario
Vaughan, Ontario Calgary, Alberta
Montreal, Quebec Philadelphia, PA
San Antonio, TX
Houston, TX
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
JMP Engineering provides solutions in Controls, Information and Smart Robotic applications. With ten offices
throughout North America, we serve Fortune 500 customers in segments like Automotive, F&B, CPG, Chemical, Oil & Gas, Power Generation, and Energy. Customers
choose JMP because of our ability to bridge the gap
between corporate engineering, plant engineering, and
manufacturing IT. We provide solutions that successfully
increase production yield, quality, and regulatory compliance, while reducing costs, time to value, and project
risk. JMPs promise of guaranteed performance, radical
commitment, and exceptional communications provide
our customers with unparalleled service and project
execution - our Extraordinary Customer Experience.
JMP has delivered more than 10,000 projects worldwide over the last 27 years. JMP provides technical
excellence, project management, change management, program management, and multi-site coordination services. JMP has many product and application certifications including being both a CSIA Certified
Member and RIA Certified Robot Integrator.
While many companies talk about customer satisfaction, at JMP we live it! JMP continues to redefine
customer satisfaction by monitoring our Net Promoter Score (NPS) versus industry leaders, one customer
at a time. Through personal surveys completed at the end of each customer engagement, our NPS process
ensures the highest levels of satisfaction. Call us today and begin your Extraordinary Customer Experience.
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Leidos Engineering
ACTIVATE TOMORROW, TODAY
Telephone: (248) 926-3500

Fax: (248) 669-1150
Email: engineering@leidos.com
Website: www.leidos.com/engineering
Primary Industries
Walled Lake, MI
Harrisburg, PA
Oklahoma City, OK
St. Louis, MO
San Diego, CA
Leidos Engineering is a trusted and future-focused solutions provider. Our 3,000 employees integrate
technology, data, and decades of industry experience to activate meaningful results for our clients. We are
known for our energy efficiency, systems integration and controls, DesignBuildSM, grid engineering, and
energy asset transaction expertise, among other capabilities. Many of the countrys leading manufacturers,
general contractors, utilities, and government
agencies call on us to help take on the
connected world.
As a true systems integrator, Leidos is an
unbiased solutions provider not a product
vendor. We serve as our clients trusted
advisor and make their successes our core
business. Our experts understand the
complexities of real-time information systems
and use the best-suited technologies to provide
actionable information in a sustainable solution.
Our integrated approach evaluates both internal and external factors to optimize solutions from an
enterprise-wide perspective. We help our clients derive value from their investments and gain
data-driven insights, efficiencies, and advantages.
Our parent company, Leidos, is a science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the
worlds toughest challenges in national security, health, and engineering. The Companys 19,000 employees
develop innovative solutions to defend our digital and physical infrastructure from new world threats.
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Malisko Engineering
BEST IN CLASS YOUR ALLIES IN INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION

In 2015, Malisko Engineering was chosen as one of Control Engineerings System Integrator of the Year
winners for a good reason.
Steve Malyszko, President & CEO

Telephone: (314) 881-5410
Fax: (314) 621-4774
Email: smalyszko@malisko.com
Website: www.malisko.com
Primary Industries
Food & Beverage
Brewing
Dairy
Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences
Specialty Chemical
St Louis, MO
Denver, CO
Eau Claire, WI
At Malisko, were experienced in efficiency

and effectiveness; were integrators for
you. We analyze your production challenges inside and out, searching the many
possibilities to find the best solution. And
we align every solution with your goals. We
design and deploy automated production
systems with the manufacturers ROI at the
forefront efficient, consistent and safe
production that minimizes risks through
manufacturing automation. And we collaborate with your team to produce the best
system for you. Your production is an investment. Working with us helps you maximize your investment
and your Companys objectives.
Over the years, weve built a strong reputation for delivering consistently high-quality solutions for automated manufacturing operations large, medium, small; local, national, and international. Weve built and
maintained strong relationships with our clients. Over 80 percent of our business is repeat. When you work
with us, youre not just investing in process automation, youre investing in a long-term business partnership with a group of dedicated and committed professionals. Well be there for you 10 days, 10 months or
10 years after your system is commissioned to help you continue to succeed.
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Mangan Inc.
MANGAN IS PROUD TO BE AN INDUSTRY LEADER
Nathan Groathouse,
Director of Marketing
3901 Via Oro Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90810
Primary Industries
Biopharmaceuticals
Oil & Gas
Pipeline
Refinery
Renewable Energy
Sugar Land, TX
Alpharetta, GA
Cary, NC
Hampton, NH
Houston, TX
Mangan Inc. is a nationally-recognized Specialty Engineering, Automation, and Integration company,

providing a full-range of services for the Gas & Oil, Refining, Pipeline, Renewables, Chemicals, and Life
Sciences Industries. Specifically, our core
competencies lie within Automation, Design,
Engineering, Control System Integration,
Safety Instrumented Systems, Software
Solutions, Safety Lifecycle Management,
Commissioning, Compliance, SmartPlant
Instrumentation/INtools, Data Historian,
and Project and Construction Management,
among others.
Established in Long Beach, California in
1990, Mangan is extremely proud this
year to be celebrating 25 years of business
excellence. With ten office locations spanning coast-to-coast across the US including California, Colorado,
Georgia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Texas, our 400 employee-owners are able to proudly represent Mangan to some of the largest companies in the world. And with Mangans deeply-ingrained and
widely-recognized safety culture, we are proud to have over 2.5 million safe hours worked without a single
recordable injury thus demonstrating our level of commitment to making sure that our employees and our
clients stay safe.
Mangan has truly become a clear leader within these rapidly evolving and highly competitive industries in
which we proudly serve.
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Nidec Industrial Solutions
EXPERIENCE COUNTS
Bill Niro, Business Development

Telephone: (216) 642-1230 x1337
Fax: (216) 642-6037
Email: bill.niro@nidec-avtron.com
Website: www.nidec-avtron.com/nis
Primary Industries
Material Handling, Cranes & Conveyors
Metals
Oil & Gas, Mining
Pulp & Paper
Tire & Rubber, Plastics

Cleveland, OH
St. Louis, MO
Houston, TX
Nidec Industrial Solutions offers a wide range of powerful, efficient and rugged motor, drive and control
products built to perform for the life of your plant.
Whether your goal is to improve the efficiency of a
manufacturing process, modernize aging equipment,
or design a new site, Nidec engineers will help you
create a solution that works the way you do. From
stand-alone electric motors, drives and encoders, to
complete industrial automation and control systems,
Nidec designs, manufactures and installs equipment
that improves process efficiency, increases flexibility,
and reduces operating costs.
The control systems we build lie at the heart of the
manufacturing process. Because efficiency and absolute reliability are essential to plant performance, we
provide outstanding customer support from initial concept design to decommissioning. We also provide
technical assistance 24/7/365.
Our customers come in all sizes, from small manufacturing facilities to multi-national corporations, to high
security government installations.
Our services include:
Project and Automation Engineering
System Integration
Project Management
Turn-key Installations
Field Commissioning and Service
Training Classes (Factory and On-Site)
24/7/365 Support
Call us today to find out how Nidec Industrial Solutions can put our experience to work for you.
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Onyx Engineering, Ltd.
WE ENGINEER SOLUTIONS. ITS WHAT WE DO.

We are systems integrators. Onyx Engineerings role as systems integrators is to engineer, fabricate,
and implement solutions for you. Our top down approach is to understand your internal processes,
understand your requirements and the challenges you face and the goals you wish to achieve. Then
together we put together a plan in place
and execute it.
Dino Oliva, P.Eng.

Vice President
Main office:
2960 Jefferson Blvd.
Windsor, Ontario
Telephone: (519) 948-4324
Fax: (519) 948-4840
Website: www.onyxengineering.com
Primary Industries
Electrical Equipment
Food & Beverage
Water, Wastewater
We leverage our experience. Onyx

engineering is able to not only engineer
systems and code the latest controllers, but we can properly leverage the
technologies available to give you the
best results. We are able to utilize our
best practices and knowledge to give you
optimal performance and reliability in a
controls system.
We give you peace of mind. You can trust that an Onyx Engineering project will be backed up with an
engineering, fabrication, and service plan that is well thought out and well executed. We believe that
your success is ultimately our success.
Most importantly, We Engineer Solutions. Its what we do!
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Patti Engineering
Founded in 1991, Patti Engineering is a CSIA Certified Control Systems Integrator with recognized
partnerships across the industry. Patti Engineering is trusted for engineering and software development of shop floor level controls and front office business systems. From designing and building new
control systems, to upgrading antiquated technology,
Patti Engineering provides complete, turnkey control
systems integration services.
Sam Hoff, CEO
Telephone: (800) 852-0994
Email: shoff@pattieng.com
Website: www.pattiengineering.com
Primary Industries
Automotive
Distribution & Sortation
Food & Beverage
Oil & Gas
Water & Wastewater
Outstanding customer satisfaction and project success

earned Patti Engineering placement in Control
Engineering magazines System Integrator Hall of
Fame.

Austin, TX
Chattanooga, TN
Kokomo, IN
Massachusetts
Patti Engineering is a Siemens Solution Partner and

an Authorized Mitsubishi Integrator. Patti Engineering is also in the integrator programs for Phoenix
Contact, Matrox, Indusoft, Iconics, Comau, FANUC,
and Kawasaki Robotics. Patti Engineering provides
proven innovative solutions, honest advice, reliable
support and excellent engineering to enable customers
to increase their profit through productivity, efficiency,
and quality improvement.
Patti Engineering is based in Michigan with offices in

Massachusetts and Texas, and newly opened offices
in Tennessee and Indiana.
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Premier Automation
INNOVATIVE ANSWERS. PASSIONATE ENGINEERING.

POWERING INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION.
Is your current Automation Technology part of your problem, or part of your solution? At Premier
Automation, we evaluate your Control System needs and provide custom designed solutions using the
technology of your choice. How can we help you?
James Smith, Sales Manager
Telephone: (724) 840-0921
Email: jsmith@premierautomation.com
Website: premierautomation.com
Primary Industries
OEMs: You know your equipment and process, but you

are not experts at the control and automation technology
that your customers want and that your competitors have.
Industrial End Users: Your technology is getting outdated,
processes are inefficient, downtime is unscheduled, and
management reporting software is lacking.
Metals
Glass & Plastics
Energy & Utilities
Water & Wastewater
Material Handling
Premier Automation is an engineered solutions company

that specializes in providing automation, drive and electrical
control solutions and services to industrial markets. With Premier Automations cost-effective, industryspecific technology solutions, we will help you achieve increased productivity, efficiency, and overall
system performance. Well work closely with you to understand the way your process or facility works and
develop the best control system to meet your unique needs. From concept to completion, our engineering,
production, and field service staff are unmatched in industrial automation experience and ability.
Our Solutions:
Automation
AC & DC Drive and Motors
Retrofits/Greenfield
Control Panel Design & Fabrication
Monroeville, PA
System Integration
Control System Upgrades/Conversions
Power & Distribution
Repair, Field Services & Commissioning
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AUTOMATION. SOLUTIONS. COMPETENCE.

Pierre Lavergne, Director of
2131 Woodruff Road Suite 2100

Greenville, SC 29607
Direct Telephone: (514) 393-0330 x250
Email: pierre.lavergne@pa-ats.com
Website: www.pa-ats.com
Primary Industries
Automotive
Chemical and Specialty Chemical
Food and CPG
High-Tech and Semi-Conductor
Pharma and Biotech

Arizona
California
Connecticut
Germany
Mexico
Puerto-Rico
Singapore
U.K.
Belgium
China
Eastern Europe
Indiana
Michigan
Quebec
Texas
Process Automation Solutions (PA Solutions) is a Main Automation Contractor (MAC) that provides
engineering and consulting services in Automation, Manufacturing IT and Project Management. Its mission
is to provide the process and high-tech industries with solutions, processes, and services that are costeffective, improve productivity and achieve regulatory compliance.
As a MAC, PA Solutions will be the
single point of responsibility for
automation, materials & equipment,
systems integration, electrical
/ mechanical installation. PA
Solutions focuses on value-added
delivery and has built a strong
reputation as a trusted advisor to
its clients, establishing long-term
client partnerships. Being involved early in the definition and design phases of projects provides the most
benefits to our clients. Our company portfolio demonstrates our capacity to deliver solutions, integrating
multiple systems and platforms, with functions such as process control, historical data management,
building management, reporting, and analytics, up to execution systems and ERP. Process Automation
Solutions has established partnerships with the world leading suppliers of industrial hardware and software
systems such as Rockwell, Wonderware, OSIsoft, Emerson, Siemens, ABB, Invensys, Honeywell, GE
Fanuc, SAP and others.
PA Solutions worldwide counts on a dedicated workforce of 1,100 employees, with offices in 51 locations
across North America, Europe and Asia. Since 2014, PA Solutions is a Company of ATS Automation
Tooling Systems Inc. (www.atsautomation.com)
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Quantum Design
QUANTUM DESIGN INC. IS A CONTROLS SYSTEM INTEGRATOR PROVIDING
TURNKEY SOLUTIONS FROM DESIGN THROUGH COMMISSIONING
Curt Rosenwinkel, Manager,

System Integration Sales
8400 E. Riverside Blvd.
Loves Park, IL 61111
Telephone: (815) 885-1300
Fax: (815) 885-1370
Email: crosenwinkel@quantumdi.com
Website: www.quantumdi.com
Primary Industries
Agriculture
Aerospace, Aircraft
Food & Beverage
Since 1986, Quantum Design has been a leading systems integrator serving the automation controls market
by designing, building and deploying control systems
throughout the world. We are committed to providing our
customers with cost effective solutions using the most appropriate technology and products with proven reliability in
a wide range of demanding environments and applications.
Our controls engineering knowledge and panel production
excellence is unique and provides customers a complete,
turnkey solution.
Quantum Designs team of engineers come from many different industry backgrounds and deliver broad
ranging expertise in the following key areas:
Electrical engineering and design
Control system and panel design
Motion control design and programming
CNC design and implementation
Legacy system upgrades
Logic programming and HMI development
Plant data integration, reporting and visualization
Industrial network implementation
Plant floor intelligence
And more ...
Quantum Design provides full support throughout the project including installation support, start up, field
service and training.
Quantum Design is a self-certifying, UL508A panel assembly shop, and we are proficient at developing CE
compliant controls systems. We employ the best assembly personnel and technicians and each system is inspected by our dedicated Quality Assurance staff. Our ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System ensures
adherence to requirements and empowers our staff to continuously improve.
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RoviSys
FOCUSED ON YOUR SUCCESS

PROCESS AUTOMATION & INFORMATION SOLUTIONS THAT DELIVER
John Hall,
Business Development Director
The RoviSys Company
Global Headquarters
Aurora, OH
RoviSys is distinctively qualified to deliver solutions that improve operational and financial results. For over 25
years, we have provided independent process automation, systems integration and information solutions for
clients with large and small-scale operations. Our independence combined with experience and innovative
thinking results in efficiency and quality in the creation of functional specifications, instrument specifications,
process documentation, electrical design, system
configuration and commissioning.
Automation is a complex process. We have a thorough
understanding of the most effective methods for building,
analyzing, improving and maintaining automation systems for
these industries:
Email: john.hall@rovisys.com
Telephone: (330) 995-8145
Website: rovisys.com
Chemicals | Food & Beverage | Glass | Life Sciences |

Metals | Oil & Gas | Power & Energy | Water/Wastewater |
Paper & Wood
Primary Industries
Chemicals
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Glass
Life Sciences
Metals
Deep process knowledge and exceptional service. Our solutions range from problem identification to project
completion, and include these services:
Control Systems | Validated Systems | Building Automation | Electrical & Instrumentation Design |
Manufacturing IT | Software Development | Test Automation | Industrial Network Services | ERP
Southeast - Raleigh-Durham, NC
Northeast - Boston, MA
Southwest - Houston, TX
Asia Pacific - Singapore
When clients are asked why they choose RoviSys time and again, the prevalent response is our unique
ability to manage, deliver and support projects. Our flexibility to do whats right for customers is the key to
satisfaction and success.
Full Profile at www.cfemedia.com/global-si-database/RoviSys
Stone Technologies
EXPERIENCE, PRACTICE, PRINCIPLES, & ETHICS

Operations Consulting- Unbiased advisory services for manufacturing process and technology
Enterprise Inter-operability Evaluation &
Analysis of Current Operations
Opportunity Analysis
Determination of Business Cases and ROI
Technology Selection
Dan Engelhard,
Director of Business Development
Telephone: (314) 630-4592
Email: dengelhard@stonetek.com
Website: www.stonetek.com
Primary Industries
Food & Beverage
Intelligence
Manufacturing Operations Management (MES/MOM)
Equipment Performance (OEE)
Manufacturing Intelligence (MI) Systems
Track and Trace
Plant - Enterprise Integration
Quality Systems
Automation
Process Control
Batching / Blending
Legacy Systems Migration Program Management (MPM)
Front End Engineering Design (FEED)
Packaging
Material Handling
Electrical and Controls Design
2010 Control Engineering Magazine Systems Integrator of the Year
2010 Packing Digest Magazine Systems Integrator of the Year
Control Engineering Magazine System Integrator Giant in 2014
Over 95% Employee Retention for Past 10 Years
Long-term client relationships Of our top 20 clients since the inception of the company in 1996, we are
still working with ALL of them.
Full Profile at www.cfemedia.com/global-si-database/StoneTechnologies

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Tesco Controls, Inc.
INNOVATION | SOLUTIONS | SUPPORT

Focused on the water, wastewater, and transportation industries, Tesco delivers innovative solutions
designed to optimize operations, improve communication and reduce operating costs.
As a system integrator and OEM, Tesco has successfully completed over 50,000 projects and 400+
SCADA systems. Our control systems are developed using the most recent advances in technology,
which enables us to keep pace with evolving
industry trends, including the need for cyber
security solutions to protect critical infrastructure systems.
Shain Thomas, CEO

Telephone: (916) 395-8800
Fax: (916) 429-8217
8440 Florin Road
Sacramento, CA 95828
Website: www.tescocontrols.com
Email: sales@tescocontrols.com
Primary Industries
Water, Wastewater
Transportation Equipment
Electrical Equipment
Roads, Bridges, Tunnels, Harbors
Agriculture

Temecula, CA
Salinas, CA
Carson City, NV
Baton Rouge, LA
Tesco is a UL-certified OEM, with the ability

to design and fabricate custom control panels
and motor control centers, instrumentation,
battery backup systems, PLCs, VFDs, and metered/unmetered pedestalsmanufactured to
strict specificationswith custom dimensions,
cabinet colors, configurations and materials.
Founded in 1972, we are a 100% employee-owned company with five regional locations from California
to Louisiana. Tesco staff are empowered to provide clients with meaningful solutions to complex industry challenges. Whether you are improving a single pump station or designing a new treatment facility
Tesco will support you with quality products and exemplary 24/7/365 customer service.
Full Profile at www.cfemedia.com/global-si-database/TescoControls
Wood Group Mustang
WOOD GROUP MUSTANG AUTOMATION & CONTROL

Larry Perkins,
VP Business Development
Telephone: (832) 809-6295
Email: automationsales@woodgroup.com
Website: www.woodgroup.com/mustang
Primary Industries
Oil & Gas Refining
Manufacturing
Power

USA
Mexico
Argentina
Chile
UK
Saudi Arabia
Canada
Colombia
Peru
Bolivia
Norway
Wood Group Mustang is a leading provider of design, engineering, and integration of control, automation and information systems. We provide a vendor-independent
approach, assuring our clients the most appropriate hardware and
software for their projects success. Our project experience extends from front-end design to commissioning ranging from small
upgrades to Main Automation Contractor/ Main Instrument Vendor
programs. We emphasize fit-for-purpose solutions to the refining,
chemical, upstream oil & gas, power, and other process industries.
Key Service Areas
Safety Instrument Systems (SIS)
Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
Human machine Interface (HMI)
Process Safety (PHA, LOPA, SIL)
Advanced Process Control (APC)
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
Environmental Consulting Services
Cyber Security
Alarm Management
Functional Safety
With an experienced cadre of industry and IT veterans, we provide a life-cycle model that addresses legacy
and new technology systems with design, engineering, installation, maintenance and decommissioning
capabilities. Our broad expertise has twice earned us the distinction of Control Engineering magazines
System Integrator of the Year Award and a membership in the System Integrator Hall of Fame.
Full Profile at www.cfemedia.com/global-si-database/WoodGroupMustang
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AIV Solutions
Ausenco
AUTOMATION, INTEGRATION AND

VALIDATION SERVICES
THE AUSENCO AUTOMATION AND

CONTROLS GROUP OFFERS SCADA AND
AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS THAT DELIVER
OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
AIV Solutions is a full service

Control system integrator
that has over 500 man-years
of experience specializing
in providing automation,
integration and validation
services to the Biotech,
Pharmaceutical and Chemical
Process industries. Using
their software standards,
tools and methodology,
AIV Solutions delivers their
services efficiently and
accurately on all projects.
Arch Chawla,
Manager, Automation
Mount Laurel, NJ
Telephone: (856) 234-2806
Email: achawla@aivsolutions.com
Website: www.aivsolutions.com
Primary Industries
Our engineers are

Biotech
experienced in Batch
Pharmaceutical
Processes, utilizing ISA S88
Chemical Process
standards in our Projects.
Our Process control experience includes the use of ABB 800xA,
MOD 300, Emerson DeltaV, Rockwell Automation ControLogix and
FactoryTalk, Wonderware Archestra Control system platforms for
software design, implementation and validation services.
Ausenco has more than thirty-five years of experience in industrial

system integration, specializing in SCADA, process automation and
data management systems.
Our systems deliver control
and intelligence to provide
effective management of
Steven A. Young,
complex operations. A key
BS, MS, MBA
to our success is listening to
Vice President Business
and fully understanding our
Development
clients operational needs. Our
Americas/Europe
experts have the experience
Ausenco
to integrate a diverse array of
1320 Willow Pass Road
instruments, controllers and
Suite 300
communication networks into
Concord, CA 94520 USA
one cohesive system. As a
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Primary Industries
System Integrators
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Mining
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Energy (renewable/oil/gas)
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improvement.
Automation & Control Concepts
SYSTEM INTEGRATION EXCELLECE
ENGINEERING AND AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS

FOR TODAYS INDUSTRIAL CHALLENGES
ACC is a St. Louis-based

systems integration firm
that focuses on client
satisfaction through
excellence, innovation
integrity and attention to
detail.
ACC has a record of
retaining satisfied
customers, as over 90%
of our new work is repeat
business.
ACC is one of the most
recognized Systems
Integrators in the Midwest
for their GE Intelligent
Platforms, Wonderware,
Rockwell Automation,
TracKSYS, LineView and
Modicon Systems
Integration Capabilities.
100 N Broadway
Saint Louis, MO 63102
Email: hr@a-cc.com
Website: www.a-cc.com
Primary Industries
Food & Beverage
Solar Renewable Energy
Packaging Optimization
Autopro Automation is an
engineering and integration
firm that specializes in the
design and implementation
Glen Roberts, Vice President
of high value industrial
automation solutions.
Telephone: (888) 539-2450
As one of North Americas
Email: sales@autopro.ca
largest vendor-independent
Website: autopro.ca
integrators, we provide a
single source of vendor
independent expertise
Primary Industries
in all technologies that
Oil & Gas
encompass industrial
Pulp & Paper
automationfrom
Petrochemical & Refining
instrumentation and
electrical engineering to
design and integration of process control & data handling systems.
Our goal is to understand our customers unique business drivers
and provide technical solutions that help them improve their
business. Autopro was established in 1990 and has eight offices
across Western Canada.
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Brock Solutions
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS THAT PERFORM
TURNKEY EPC, SPECIALTY AUTOMATION

FROM CONCEPT TO OPERATION
Brock Solutions is focused

on providing Systems
Integration services in the
real-time space for manufacturing, transportation,
and logistics environments.
We bring the required mix
of skills and methodology
Stephanie Mikelbrencis,
to help our clients extract
Manufacturing Operations
value from their real-time
Management Practice Leader
operational solutions. This
Email:
includes technical depth
smikelbrencis@brocksolutions.com
and delivery in automation
Telephone: (519) 571-1522
(PLC, DCS, Drives, etc.),
Website: www.brocksolutions.com
Manufacturing Execution
Systems (MES), process and
software design, and the
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ability to integrate holistically
Transportation & Logistics
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tion. This is not integration
Automotive
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true to our vision statement,
the solutions we implement are measured by the success of our
customers and our ability to positively impact their businesses.
Burrow Globals automation

division provides turnkey
design, engineering,
installation and
commissioning for
Nigel James,
instrumentation,
President-Burrow
analyzers, DCS, PLC/HMI,
Global Automation Division
SIS and other related
Direct Telephone: (832) 726-0258
automation systems.
Our vendor independent
Email: Nigel.James@burrowglobal.com
approach, ingrained
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mindset reduce your total
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experience, broad vendor platform proficiency and comprehensive
automation knowledge. We focus on delivering superior value, right first
time quality services from FELs and PSM Compliance Support to DCS/
SCADA Migrations and Main Automation Contractor (MAC) alliances.
Contact Automation
Control & Power Systems
CONTACT AUTOMATION, YOUR

AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS PROVIDER
CUSTOM PROCESS SOLUTIONS AND

TURNKEY AUTOMATION SYSTEMS SINCE 1979
At Contact Automation,
we take pride in our
dedication to customer
service, professionalism,
high ethical standards, and
technical expertise.
Custom Process Skids and

Automation Solutions for
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Dan Penczak, Business
for all industriesWhatever
Development Manager
your challenge is, CPS has
Control & Power Systems, Inc.
the critical engineering skills
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to design and integrate large
Fairfield, NJ 07004
total process solutions
Telephone: (973) 575-3300 x30
including Process Design,
Website: www.c-p-s.com
Proof of Concept, Engineering,
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tion. CPS delivers custom
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I/O Control, Filtration, Drying, GMP HVAC. Experienced with S88 Batch,
3-D Models, Vision Inspection, PAT (Real Time Control NIR, FTIR,
Spectrometers) 21CFR Part 11 Electronic Reports, GMP Documentation.
Lane Johnson, President

Telephone: (403) 504-4969
Fax: (403) 581-0113
Email: lane@cai.ca
Website: cai.ca
As a professional automated
solutions provider, our
focus is to provide our
customers with the
technology and experience
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This effectively creates a
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their business to prosper.
Our solutions are based on our customers needs.
Our portfolio includes consultation and integration of Automated

Control Systems, Panel Development and Fabrication, SCADA system
design and maintenance, HMI development, Electronic Product
Innovation, and site commissioning with start-up assistance.
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ESCO Automation (ESCO Group)
EXCELLENCE, INTEGRITY, ACHIEVEMENT
ESCO AUTOMATION, A TRUE PARTNER

IN BUSINESS
provides plant-wide control
and information systems
integration, with expertise
in PLC/HMI based systems,
industrial data centers,
electrical design,
virtualization, data
collection, MES/MOM
applications, reporting
applications, and batch
solutions. Our staff has a
proven track record leading
projects for major
corporations from minor
upgrades to new facilities.
Ben Durbin, President

2950 Xenium Ln N
Plymouth, MN 55441
Telephone: (763) 519-7816
Fax: (763) 519-7800
Email: bdurbin@cybertrol.com
Website: www.cybertrol.com
Primary Industries
Food & Beverage
Life Sciences
Oil & Gas, Chemical, and Utilities
We are committed to
excellence in providing the
highest quality solutions that meet our clients needs in all phases
of a project: project management, design, programming, testing,
UL listed control panels, checkout/start-up, and on-going support.
ESCO Automation is a total

systems integrator with the
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Hill Swayze
ESCO Group
Telephone: (319) 739-2268
Email:
HillSwayze@theESCOGroup.com
Primary Industries
Food & Beverage
Agriculture (seed and grain)
Utilities/Municipals
ESCO Automation
surrounds our clients with
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Experience the excellence, partner with us in business.
FASTechnology Group
BUILDING BRAND TRUST, ENGAGEMENT

AND SHOPPER CONVENIENCE WITH
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innovative technology brings
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heightened trust to your
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marketing campaigns
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through package-specific
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serialization and lineage
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Implementation is
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unique customized per-pack experience marries the physical and
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(IAS) understands the critical
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We have implemented turn-key
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being founded in 2000, including numerous Fortune 500
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solutions for your manufacturing and packaging processes
to allow you to get results with
reduced investments in material
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Kimberly Pelkey,
Sales Engineer
4189 Dixie Inn Road
Wilson, NC 27893
Fax: (252) 237-4099
Email: kpelkey@ias-nc.com
Website: www.ias-nc.com
Primary Industries
Pharmaceuticals
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Our expertise is:

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| Software Development | Data Collection Implementation | Electrical
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Construction | Upgrading legacy control systems.
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KOM Automation
CUSTOM CONTROLS & ENGINEERING
UNIQUE NEEDS REQUIRE

ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS
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La Crosse, WI
Telephone: (608) 781-6878
Email:
jstammeyer@industrialautomation.us
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is up and running, our partnership does not end. We will be available
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regular maintenance to safeguard its long-lasting performance.
Martin Control Systems, Inc.
Matrix Technologies
DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES
PROCESS DESIGN & AUTOMATION

ENGINEERING FOR THE WORLDS LEADING
INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURERS
MartinCSI solves industrial

manufacturing and process
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forward-thinking systems
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valued employees through
moral business practices.
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Project Manager
Telephone: (614) 761-5600
Fax: (614) 761-5601
Email: saleseng@martincsi.com
Website: www.martincsi.com
Our mission is
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term employees with
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their own futures; and a
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engineers on your project. MartinCSI has been CSIA Certified since
2002 and is proud to be the 2015 CSIA Integrator Member of the
Year.
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Matrix Technologies has singlesource capability for any process,

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