Control System Modernization & Factory Automation Retrofit
Phased obsolescence planning for Tampa Bay plants, and full-line controls retrofits for machine builders and OEMs: one team, one point of contact.
Control System Update in Tampa
Most plants don’t have the budget to replace every obsolete control system at once, and they shouldn’t try to. The right approach is a prioritized plan, not a single big-bang project. This is for the plant or operations manager thinking ahead of a failure rather than reacting to one.
We start with a assessment that inventories every control platform in the plant and flags what’s genuinely at risk versus what still has years of life left. From there, we help you build a phased modernization plan: which lines get addressed first, roughly what each phase costs, and how to sequence the work around your production calendar, so obsolescence becomes a budget line item you control, instead of an emergency that controls you.
Machine Controls Retrofit
A single piece of production equipment often has three or four obsolescence problems stacked on top of each other: an old processor, a dead-end HMI, a legacy drive, relay logic mixed into what’s supposed to be a PLC-controlled system. Fixing one piece at a time usually costs more in the long run than treating the whole machine as one retrofit.
We take on full machine controls retrofits: new PLC and HMI, updated drives, a rebuilt UL 508A panel, and a control philosophy that reflects how the machine is actually used today rather than how it was specified decades ago. You get one point of contact, one project, and one commissioning event instead of three separate vendors and three separate outages.
This is for machine builders, OEMs, and plants running higher-volume automated production (packaging lines, discrete manufacturing cells, material handling systems), where a controls retrofit touches multiple machines and multiple disciplines at once, not a single panel.
We handle full factory automation retrofits across Tampa Bay: system architecture and re-design, PLC/HMI/SCADA integration across a line, UL 508A panel fabrication for every station, and coordinated on-site commissioning so a multi-machine changeover happens on a schedule you control. We work from SolidWorks and SolidWorks Electrical CAD, so mechanical and electrical stay coordinated through the whole project rather than reconciled after the fact.
Factory Automation Retrofit
Why ICS?
UL 508A Certified
Every panel we build is fabricated and labeled to UL 508A standard, in-house.
Local Largo Shop
Pinellas County shop with fast turnaround, with no shipping panels across the country.
CAD Through Commissioning
Design, fabrication, and on-site startup, all under one roof, one point of contact.
How it works
Retrofit Assessment
We walk the plant, inventory every control platform, and hand you a written report: what is obsolete, what a failure would cost, and what we would recommend.
Written Scope
A fixed-price proposal for the retrofit, with a schedule that works around your production calendar.
Build, Install, Commission
Panel built and tested in our Largo shop, installed on your timeline, commissioned on-site with your team.
Frequently asked questions
No. This page covers larger-scope work: a full machine with multiple obsolete systems stacked together, a phased plant-wide modernization plan, or a multi-machine factory automation retrofit. A single PLC or panel issue is handled faster and more affordably as its own retrofit.
That’s exactly what the modernization planning side of this page is for. We inventory every platform, flag what’s genuinely at risk, and help you build a phased plan sequenced around your budget and production calendar.
Yes. We work from SolidWorks and SolidWorks Electrical CAD, so mechanical and electrical stay coordinated on multi-machine and OEM projects, not reconciled after the fact.
Not sure where to start?
A Retrofit Assessment inventories every platform in your plant or on your machine, so you can plan instead of react.