Since 2012, Direct Companies has been delivering industry-leading automation and control solutions to clients across the United States. Our Direct Companies team brings over 100 years of combined expertise in process automation, machine automation, and control systems, optimizing industrial plants across multiple industries. We specialize in designing, integrating, and optimizing DCS, PLCs, SCADA systems, and more to enhance operational efficiency, reliability, and scalability. Our solutions support industries including Ethanol, Water/Wastewater, Sugarbeet, Soybeans, Biodiesel, Oil & Gas, and Power. Built on a foundation of innovation, service excellence, and technical expertise, Direct Companies is a platform-independent provider, allowing us to recommend and implement the best technologies for each client’s unique environment. Whether optimizing a single machine or automating an entire industrial process, we deliver tailored solutions that drive performance, safety, and long-term success.
Interstates offers electrical construction & instrumentation, electrical engineering, and control systems services. For over seventy years, we have tackled complex challenges and developed innovative solutions for the value-added agriculture industry and industrial processing facilities around the world. Our integrated project delivery approach allows us to provide you with one or all of our services. Whether you are looking for design-build electrical services or a complete control system solution, we can tailor our approach to meet your specific needs.
Olsson is an engineering firm made up of people who craft expert solutions and designs that improve communities. An Engineering News-Record Top 100 firm, we handle projects from coast to coast.
OpX Control has optimized/tuned over 2,225 control loops in 96+ weeks at over 47 ethanol plants, with an average 48.7% reduction in range of control /deviation from setpoint. This is done through model-based loop/valve tuning, identification of valve problems (stiction/hysteresis) measurement problems, and tuning to break interactions. Advanced Regulatory Control (ARC) strategies have been implemented at many of these sites, effectively replacing APC. ARC include functions done in the DCS such as feed-forward, constraint, decoupling control, gain-scheduling, and set point ramping.
We are experts in many control system platforms, both legacy and new systems, plus we integrate systems together to leverage existing assets. We feature a range of products designed to overlay your system for increased performance and productivity such as cybersecurity, burner management, data management, and more! PLUS, we offer 24/7 tech support.