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Delivering a 1.5 Year ROI on a $2M Line Automation Recontrol

A large steel service center client was seeing troubling trends in its temper mill cut-to-length line: increasing downtime, lower-than-desired yields, and higher scrap losses. The client needed the problem(s) identified and mitigated ASAP so as to avoid more productivity loss and material hemorrhaging. Obstacle: Hack a Standalone Black-Box Control System The client was hampered in its ability to troubleshoot and improve the processes because the OEM equipment and its controls and drives programs were a “black box” solution. This meant only the OEM and its technicians had the source code of the software used to run the equipment. Without expert eyes, there was no way for the client to access and properly reconfigure the equipment and its controls. Solution: Perform a Comprehensive Process Analysis on the Mill Line Enter E Tech Group.  With a 30-year Center of Excellence in the metals industry, electrical and mechanical engineering expertise, and deep knowledge of coordinated drive systems and automation modernization, E Tech Group consultants studied the client’s entire temper mill line. This included evaluating all of the upstream and downstream processes, the equipment and automation platforms, and the variety of alloys being cut to length. E Tech Group has held long-term partnerships with key automation manufacturers having executed thousands upgrades and recontrol projects over the past thirty years. As a Gold Partner with Rockwell and Solution Partner with Siemens, we confidently proposed the Rockwell PLC and Siemens Drives – a combination used often throughout many of E Tech Group’s previous projects that delivers the “best of breed” for both the PLC and Drives platforms. In addition, newly replaced levelers, hydraulic stands and piping were coupled with the far more accurate sensor and data reporting from the new PLCs and Drives back to the operators for enhanced and timely notification and decision making. Results: A Complete Control System Solution … Continued

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New Additions to E Tech Group’s Metals and Life Sciences Teams

We are beginning the New Year with additions to our executive team:    Carmelo Bottari is our new Director of Business for the Metals Division. Carmelo is from the Chicago area and joins us from Kay Manufacturing where he held roles such as Engineer, Engineering Manager, & Plant Manager over his 13 year career with them.  Carmelo has a BS in Engineering and a Master’s in Engineering Management from Northwestern University.  Patricio Gomez is our new Business Development Manager for the Southern California Area. Gomez is from Chile, and has a BS in Computer and Information Engineering and diploma in Telecommunications from Universidad de Santiago de Chile. For 13+ years, he worked for our automation partners at Rockwell, where he led their Latin America marketing divisions, and served as Account Manager for the Waste Water Industry. Welcome to the E Tech Group team!

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Congratulations to Our Recently Promoted Team Members

We are kicking off 2023 with some exciting management promotions.   Laurie Cavanaugh is promoted to Vice President of Business Development for Strategic Industries.  Laurie has been with E Tech Group for more than 7 years. During that time she has demonstrated her ability to grow the business and sales team through her direct sales efforts, leadership and dedication. Jeff Allen has accepted the position as Manager of Application Engineering. Jeff has done a fantastic job leading our Metals team over the past year, and we look forward to him to bringing the same kind of high impact contribution to his new role.  Ryan Brown is promoted to Business Director for our General Industries Program.  Ryan has been with E Tech Group for almost 17 years and has made an impact in variety of technical & sales roles. Within Process Industries, we have also promoted Josh Brumback to PEM for CPG/F&B, Shawn Cochran to GEM for General Industries, & Melissa Bruno-Phelps to GEM for Material Handling. Andrew Maruszewski has been promoted to CRM Manager. Andrew has been instrumental in the planning and implementation of our CRM system company wide and is responsible for its successful adoption and maintaining its data integrity. Thank you all for your dedication and hard work to E Tech Group and our clients.

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E Tech Announces Name Changes for its Family of Brands

Banks Integration, E Technologies, Glenmount Global and Superior Controls all renamed as E Tech Group West Chester, OH – January 2023 – E Tech Group announced today that all of its brands: Banks Integration, E Technologies, Glenmount Global, and Superior Controls, have been renamed as E Tech Group.   E Tech Group acquired Glenmount Global in 2018, acquiring Superior Controls and its subsidiary Banks Integration the following year. Since these acquisitions, E Tech Group has been operating as one entity while migrating these legacy brands over to the E Tech name. “This name change is an important step forward as one of the nation’s largest automation engineering and system integration firms,” said Matt Wise, Chief Executive Officer of E Tech Group. “Each of these brands held a legacy of excellence within their focused industries; however, on their own were limited in capability through size and geographic reach. As one company, E Tech Group embodies the same best-in-class service that they continue to provide, with the added benefit of multi-disciplined resources located throughout North America and strong organizational structure that enables us to partner with clients from the local to corporate level.” What Does E Tech Group’s Name Change Mean? This name change represents our growth; merging these brands under one umbrella creates a stronger E Tech Group, which means more resources for more clients, and improved capabilities in our custom control system services: Effective immediately, Banks Integration, E Technologies, Glenmount Global and Superior Controls will only be known as E Tech Group. The organization has grown to over 600 professionals, positioned across 25 locations covering the US, Canada and Mexico.   Larger, more broadly diversified team with a greater depth in capabilities across life sciences, mission critical, metals, material handling, consumer products and food and beverage. About E Tech Group: … Continued

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Control System Panel Design is Key for an Effective Automation System

There’s more to automation than the technology that performs all the tasks, data collection, processes, etc. And the panel for the control system is more than a black box that keeps all the records of machine-to-machine interaction. The panel is where all the primary human-machine interactions occur, so how the panel is designed is integral to the function of the whole system. Operators need (1) easy access to the system and its parts, (2) clear presentation of processes and operational data, (3) user-friendly processes for reconfiguring the system, including adding new pieces of equipment or expanding a system’s abilities. Custom-designed control system panels keep operators in full control of even the most complex automation systems.