WHO WE ARE
Who We Are
Softech Engineering, headquartered in Hudsonville, MI, is an industrial control system and manufacturing operations engineering and consulting firm. We plan, design, construct and start up production processes and machines, troubleshoot and revamp existing systems, and provide automation expertise to help our customers achieve high quality, reliability, and maintainability they want in their production systems.
Celebrating Employee Ownership
In 2011, Softech Engineering will celebrate 25 years of being 100 percent employee owned. These years are a small portion of our heritage, but they play a formative role in how we continue to serve our clients today. In the highly competitive world of engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and consulting solutions, our ownership mentality sets us apart from the competition. We all share a commitment to client service that means we never stop until the job is done right. After all, what else would you expect from an owner?
Viable and Effective Operations
Your customers or constituents depend on you for the success of the programs and facilities you operate. Every step of the journey, Softech considers operations. Our designers anticipate the needs of the end user; our construction services personnel look for ways to keep you operating during construction. And when projects are completed and systems are running, we are available to operators through the life of the system with the expertise to keep facilities and programs operating smoothly, day to day.
Part of Your Team
Softech offers in-house, single source electrical engineering, electrical construction, instrumentation, and control systems services. From the planning table to the plant floor, Softech is with our clients every step of the way. We will assist with preliminary budgeting and help develop cost effective designs, setting the stage for a quick and efficient startup. Softech helps our clients manage risk and eliminate costly gaps or oversights by focusing on all project activities—from planning through completion.
WHAT WE DO
Electrical Engineering
Nothing changes so much in this world than the designs of electrical control systems. The only way to keep up with the technology is to be constantly involved in state of the art projects. Over the years, we have generated electrical designs using all kinds of components. We have developed an expertise in figuring out somebody else’s electrical prints and troubleshooting their systems. We have tremendous experience with plant floor communications networks and have spent many late nights pinpointing troublesome communications glitch and providing a permanent fix.
Process Automation
From big to small, SofTech Engineering has worked with businesses across the country in many industries to help them with their process. We are known for rolling up the sleeves, sharpening the pencil, and solving process issues to give the customer the quality, reliability, and maintainability that they are looking for. Our experience working on processes of all kinds accounts for our ability in solving mysterious process issues that stump our competition.
Project Management
Avoiding the pitfalls of construction and startup is a determining factor in getting to the end of a project in time and on budget. Our experience serves us well when providing construction management or when called in to rein in some facet of the construction that has gone awry. The best situations are when we are involved in the design, the construction, the programming, and the startup. We are well known for driving projects to completion by keeping an eye on the details, recognizing early what will be the problem areas, and then keenly attacking them.
Programming Services
If we are known best for anything, it is our industrial programming. There are a lot of programmers out there who can write a program and get something to "basically work". But the devil is in the details. The code must be reliable and maintainable which means the underlying structure must be solid as a rock. (How is your alarm interlocking? Do your programs “hang”? Is it easy to map out modifications? Is your HMI easy to use?). We can write your programs or we can define your strategy and your code standards – enterprise wide. Those who we have worked for are, to this day, reaping the many cost benefits of our relationship.
Additional Expertise
Rockwell Integrator
A focus for many industrial companies is to leverage technology to help sustain profitable business growth. As a Rockwell system integrator we have the ability to enhance your competencies and capabilities across Control, Process, Power, Industrial Solutions, and Information Services disciplines.
Add-On Instructions
Softeche can design your automation infrastructure, architecture, and strategy. We build custom AOIs for common pieces of equipment that you have to help you lock down and secure your programming.
KHS Filler Enhancement
Want to get the most out of your KHS Filler? We provide state-of-the-art ehancement sure to bring your experience to the next level. Our wide range of enhancements include: filling valve diagnostics,
Custom Data Applications
Do you have data in your PLCs that you don't have access to? We specialize in MRP Programming, getting you access to the data that matters most. Whether it's grabbing the data and storing it in your database, or pushing data into your PLCs, we have it covered.
