Turnkey systems integration & automation for leading food and beverage manufacturer

Outcome

For more than 15 years, MARCH has supported the client as a European Approved Systems Integrator, delivering turnkey automation and systems integration projects across multiple UK and European sites. Through plant improvements, production upgrades and infrastructure modernisation, MARCH has helped increase production capacity, restore critical operations, improve security and ensure manufacturing facilities operate efficiently and compliantly.

Challenge

Anaerobic digester offline
Significant downtime costs
Production capacity constraints
Legacy PLC infrastructure
OT security risks
Obsolete hardware and software

Solution

Turnkey project delivery
Controls system design
PLC and SCADA upgrades
Instrument design and procurement
Virtual server implementation
Thin client deployment

Results

Anaerobic digester restored
30% production uplift
Enhanced OT security
Reduced obsolescence risks
Improved operational efficiency
Compliant manufacturing facilities

Services

Systems integration
Automation engineering
Project management
Controls design and development
Electrical engineering
OT infrastructure modernisation

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Reliability improvement saving £425,000

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Energy efficiency and carbon savings of 13.67 tonnes

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