Achieve operational readiness with fully integrated control systems.
Integrated teams, integrated controls systems.
Don’t leave consideration for the technical integration of your manufacturing process systems and equipment until later in your project. This increases the risk of schedule delays and costly workarounds. Instead, working with control systems integration experts who understand the industry and are plugged into your project’s design and construction teams from the start ensures you’re making optimal equipment and systems selections, addressing gaps before they happen, circumventing long-lead times or supply chain issues, and setting your process and facility up for operational readiness on time. This is our end-to-end support of your project.
How can CRB help you?
Leverage the expertise, experience, and deep industry relationships of our Control Systems Integration consultants on your next project to give you deeper insight, more advanced automation capabilities, and opportunities for better process and facilities management. We guide you through all phases of integration:
- Making initial decisions about what technology and equipment your facility needs, who can best deliver those solutions, and how those systems work together
- Anticipating and solving challenges with innovative solutions before equipment is even manufactured
- Collaborating across teams, including with trade partners, to identify all problems and possibilities with your project plans to pave the way for smoother execution
- Ensuring that systems and equipment are in place, fully functional and commissioned on schedule
- Planning and executing your intralogistics and material handling robotics needs from start to finish
Meet the Team
Our Control Systems Integration team at CRB has the consulting expertise and experience to understand how decisions during conception and design can impact a facility throughout the years.
Jim Vortherms, Senior Director of Control Systems Integration, helps clients use and manage data to make smarter manufacturing and equipment decisions. Frequently involved in a project from start to finish, he plays a major role in the scope of work development, scheduling, resource allocation, budget management, and business development support.

Technology and automation should help your facility run more efficiently. Putting those pieces in place shouldn’t slow you down. Our Control Systems Integration services make it easier.
Let’s transform the way your facility performs.
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