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Automation Engineering DCS and PLC Systems

Our automation engineers work across the full range of PLC and DCS environments — from machine-level control to large-scale process automation. Engineering and application programming can be delivered as a complete project scope or as embedded engineering resources integrated into your project team.

Automation Engineering That Holds Up in Production

In production automation, what matters is not how a system looks on paper during the design phase — but how it performs in practice when production runs at full capacity, conditions shift, and operators rely on it every day. A working solution comes from aligning project objectives, production constraints, and technical implementation from the outset. This reduces risk and keeps project scope from drifting.

The result: production starts up in a controlled manner, the system performs as specified, and the overall solution stays manageable — not just at handover, but years into operation.

Understand the Process for Optimal Solution

The work starts with understanding how the process actually operates. System functions, operating modes, and abnormal conditions are worked through in sufficient depth before implementation begins. A well-defined scope is more than documentation — it is a shared model of how the process is intended to behave. When that foundation is in place, solutions remain consistent after commissioning and in day-to-day operation.

Engineering Across PLC and DCS Environments

We deliver automation engineering for PLC and DCS environments in greenfield investments and brownfield modernisations alike. The scope includes application engineering, operator interfaces, testing, and commissioning preparation and support. Control logic, operator interfaces, and field-level functionality are integrated so that the system behaves predictably — even when production conditions change or operational staff turns over.

One Scope, from Specification to Commissioning

We stay involved from specification through to commissioning — one team, one set of documentation, and full responsibility throughout. Experienced project delivery means coordinating across multiple contractors and keeping parallel workstreams aligned. Clear specifications, structured pre-testing, and systematic verification reduce the volume of changes during site work. The result is smoother commissioning and production start-up on schedule — without the last-minute changes that affect cost and timeline. The goal is a system that functions correctly as part of the wider production environment — not just technically, but in practice.

Systems Built for Long-Term Operation

Automation engineering doesn't end at commissioning. We support systems after handover — through development, maintenance, and modernisation.
Practical experience shows in systems that remain clear and manageable years after handover. When the engineering foundation is well built, the system can absorb change.
The goal is automation that serves production reliably throughout its entire lifecycle.

Sectors and Applications:

  • Machine and process automation for pulp, paper, and bioproduct industries
  • Automation for energy production and process control
  • Chemical and food & beverage industry processes
  • Conveyor and material handling automation
  • Machine and equipment control, including motion control
  • Automation modernisation, lifecycle upgrades, and system migrations
  • Safety automation engineering and functional safety

Our Service Scope Includes:

  • Functional specification
    • Functional walkthrough
    • Functional description
    • Interlock diagram
    • Control description
    • Sequence diagram
  • Application engineering
    • PLC programming
    • DCS programming
  • Safety automation
  • Operator interface engineering
    • HMI engineering
    • SCADA engineering
  • Functional testing
    • Pre-FAT testing
    • Factory Acceptance Test (FAT)
    • Site Acceptance Test (SAT)
  • Commissioning
  • Operator training
  • Control optimisation
  • Control loop tuning
  • Modification engineering
  • Scheduled proof testing
  • Fault diagnosis and troubleshooting
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Technology Expertise

Modern production facilities rarely run on a single platform. Equipment from different vendors, built across different decades, has to work together as one system. Our engineers know the platforms, protocols, and integration patterns that make that possible — from control systems and operator interfaces down to fieldbus networks, drives, and motor management.

Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

  • ABB System 800xA
  • Allen-Bradley / Rockwell
  • Beckhoff
  • HIMA safety controllers
  • SICK Flexi Soft
  • Siemens S5, S7, S7 F/H, TIA Portal
  • Siemens PCS7
  • Unitronics
  • Valmet DNA

Operator Interfaces (HMI / SCADA)

  • Rockwell RSView / FactoryTalk
  • Intouch
  • Valmet DNA
  • WinCC

Fieldbus and Industrial Communication

  • PROFINET
  • PROFIBUS DP / PA
  • Industrial Ethernet
  • Modbus TCP / RTU
  • OPC UA
  • AS-Interface (ASi)
  • IO-Link

Variable Speed Drives and Drive Systems

  • ABB ACS series
  • Danfoss VLT
  • Siemens SINAMICS V, G and S series
  • Vacon
  • SEW-EURODRIVE
  • Schneider Electric
  • Rockwell PowerFlex

Motor Management and Protection Systems

  • ABB UMC
  • Siemens SIMOCODE pro V
  • Schneider Electric

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We work to be the engineering team our clients trust and come back to — on the next project and the ones after that.

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