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Automation & Controls

Custom, full-service

From precision motion controls to legacy system retrofits, Prism has decades of global experience delivering complex controls solutions. 

End-to-End Automation Capabilities

For more than three decades, Prism's controls engineers have designed, built, and maintained the systems that keep plants running around the globe — for Fortune 500 manufacturers and family-run shops alike.

CFSE/CFSP  •  ASTM F24  •  ISO 13849-1  •  SIL-ratings  •  ISO 12100  •  TÜV Certifications  •  IEC 60812

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Seamless technical partnership

We maintain fluency in every major platform: whether you run Rockwell, Siemens, Beckhoff, ABB, Honeywell, PLC-5, or a system older than the engineers who service it, we get to know where your system is today rather than pushing upgrades on you.

Unlike many integrators, we don't stop at PLC systems, with experience in robotics, autonomy, RFID, entertainment, and more. We’re able to write the software, design the panels, and build the networks that tie it all together.


We specialize in the systems where safety matters most. From emissions management and mixed-autonomy to animatronics and electromagnetic launches - if you can name it, we've likely done it.

Our customers value the difference between an integrator assembling parts and an engineering team that owns the outcome.

WHAT WE DO

PLC, DCS, & Hybrid Controls

Control logic, I/O, PID & continuous loops, process control, and more.

Access Control, RFID, IIoT, MRP interfaces, audio-visual (AV), and other tied-in systems.

Full Integration

Safety-Critical Systems

Redundancy, machine stops, SIL logic, and systems architecture + evaluation.

Motion Control

Industrial robotics, VFDs, servos, conveyors, sortation, palletizing, and more.

Autonomous Systems

Machine vision, positioning systems, AGVs/AMRs, robotics, and more.

Control Panels

UL508A panels - designed, built, and tested in-house.

Industrial Protocols

Intimate familiarity with modbus, EtherCAT, CIP, OPC UA, Profibus, Industrial Ethernet, and more.

HMIs & SCADA

Powerful dashboards, interfaces, alarming, historians, trending, and more.

Migrations & Upgrades

Legacy systems modernization, hot cutovers, and obsolescence control.

TRUSTED BY INNOVATIVE LEADERS

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Global Experience

Industries

For more than three decades, Prism's engineers have built the control systems that keep plants running — across six continents, for Fortune 500 manufacturers and small shops alike.

From steel mills and paper plants to theme parks and detention centers, we've developed the skills to meet industry-specific challenges of all shapes and sizes.

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Engage at any point of the project lifecycle

How We Work

We build systems that help organizations collect better information, reduce manual work, connect disconnected systems, and make day-to-day operations easier to manage. 

Whether a project is brownfield, retrofit, or an open-ended development scope, we get to know your project to deliver a full Functional Design Spec (FDS) outlining what your system needs to succeed.

Programming, FAT testing, documentation development and more bring your system into reality - in our facilities, in yours, or with an engineer staffed as part of your team.

Site leadership, commissioning, and testing coordination to bring systems online, faster. When possible, simulation is used to keep field work minimal.

We have a storied track record delivering scopes of all scales, complexities, industries, and geographic conditions - from ideation to training and turnover.

Contract support and premium 24/7 service that ensures our engineers are available to protect your systems long after launch.

News-Worthy Work

Featured Stories in Automation & Controls

Case studies, news, and updates from our Controls Engineering Team.

Handle multiple scopes at once

complementary strengths

Rather than piecing together off-the-shelf tools like many integrators, we architect holistic solutions across multiple scopes - a control panel built, software tying the system together, a network to support it all - and deliver it in one stop.

Get in Touch

We are always open to discussing potential projects of all types.

Contact the Controls Team
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