# MAK Solutions > Industrial automation and controls company helping manufacturing plants improve control systems, production visibility, equipment reliability, and plant-wide standardization. Founded and operated by Matthew Kuss. Veteran-owned. Based in Northern Wisconsin (Eau Claire / Chippewa Falls area) with on-site work across Wisconsin (River Falls, LaCrosse, Wausau, and statewide) and remote design + programming support nationwide. MAK Solutions provides hands-on automation engineering for industrial customers: PLC programming, HMI and SCADA development, control panel design, industrial data collection, OT networking, and on-site troubleshooting and commissioning. Platform-capable across Rockwell/Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Modicon, Mitsubishi, Omron, Ignition by Inductive Automation, and the standard industrial protocols (Ethernet/IP, PROFINET, Modbus TCP/RTU, OPC UA, MQTT Sparkplug). Matthew Kuss is Ignition Core Certified through Inductive Automation. One-person shop, no offshore team, no account managers; the person who writes the proposal is the person who does the work. ## Services - [PLC Programming and Controls](https://maksolutions.co/services/plc-programming/): Greenfield PLC development, brownfield upgrades, platform migrations (Rockwell to Siemens, legacy to modern), sequencing, recipe and batch control, safety-related programming, code standardization and reusable function block libraries, version-controlled source. Platforms: Rockwell/Allen-Bradley (Studio 5000, RSLogix 500, Connected Components Workbench), Siemens (S7, TIA Portal), Modicon, Mitsubishi, Omron. - [HMI and SCADA Development](https://maksolutions.co/services/hmi-scada/): Operator-facing HMI screens, plant-wide SCADA architecture, alarm management and rationalization, production reporting, OEE dashboards, downtime tracking, shift handover screens, mobile and tablet dashboards for managers and maintenance. Platforms: Rockwell FactoryTalk View, Studio 5000 View Designer, Siemens WinCC and WinCC Unified, Ignition by Inductive Automation, AVEVA, Wonderware. - [Control Panel Design](https://maksolutions.co/services/control-panel-design/): Electrical schematics, panel layouts, hardware selection (PLCs, I/O, drives, contactors, power supplies, network gear), VFD and motor control center integration, network architecture, panel shop coordination, customer-format bill of materials, field commissioning support. Tooling: AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, SolidWorks Electrical. Drives: Rockwell, Siemens, ABB, Yaskawa, Schneider. - [Industrial Data Collection](https://maksolutions.co/services/data-collection/): PLC-to-database logging with reliable buffering, time-series storage tuned for plant-floor volumes (TimescaleDB, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL), dashboards for operators/managers/executives/maintenance, production records and traceability, batch genealogy, OEE foundations, integration with ERP/MES/quality systems. Protocols: MQTT, OPC UA, Sparkplug, Ethernet/IP, PROFINET, Modbus TCP/RTU. Dashboarding: Grafana, Ignition Perspective. - [Industrial Networking and OT](https://maksolutions.co/services/networking/): OT network design and segmentation (VLANs, subnets, firewalls), industrial protocol expertise (Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP, PROFINET, OPC UA), managed switch configuration and standardization, device addressing schemes, secure remote access (jump hosts, VPN, vendor access policies), network audits and documentation. Hardware: Cisco IE, Rockwell Stratix, Hirschmann, Phoenix Contact, Moxa. Firewalls: pfSense, OPNsense, vendor firewalls. Diagnostics: Wireshark and OT-specific protocol analyzers. - [Troubleshooting and Commissioning](https://maksolutions.co/services/troubleshooting/): On-site troubleshooting for controls/electrical/mechanical/process issues, new equipment commissioning and startup, drive/sensor/instrumentation diagnostics, process bottleneck identification, root cause analysis with corrective action recommendations, post-event documentation. Tools: oscilloscopes, thermal cameras, megohmmeters, protocol analyzers across all PLC/HMI/drive/instrumentation platforms. ## Service areas - [Eau Claire, Wisconsin](https://maksolutions.co/service-area/eau-claire/): Chippewa Valley base; same-day on-site response for breakdowns. Industries: food processing, wood and paper, plastics, medical devices, agriculture. - [Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin](https://maksolutions.co/service-area/chippewa-falls/): 15 minutes from Eau Claire; same-day on-site. Industries: brewing (specialty), food processing, defense and aerospace, electronics, metal fab. - [River Falls, Wisconsin](https://maksolutions.co/service-area/river-falls/): About 1 hour west toward Twin Cities corridor; scheduled visits, same-day emergency if call comes in early. Industries: dairy (specialty), food processing, ag-support, plastics, Twin Cities healthcare manufacturing. - [LaCrosse, Wisconsin](https://maksolutions.co/service-area/lacrosse/): About 2 hours south in the Coulee Region; planned visits, next-day emergency. Industries: healthcare and medical devices, HVAC equipment, food and beverage, plastics, brewing. - [Wausau, Wisconsin](https://maksolutions.co/service-area/wausau/): About 1.5 hours northeast in north-central Wisconsin; planned-visit sweet spot. Industries: paper (brownfield migration specialty), window/door, wood products, food processing, plastics. - [Remote, Nationwide](https://maksolutions.co/service-area/remote/): PLC programming, HMI design, control system review, and project support delivered remotely across the United States. Wisconsin-based, US-only, Central Time business hours. Service modem and VPN options for on-site commissioning work. ## About the company - [About MAK Solutions](https://maksolutions.co/about/): Founder background, 20+ years of plant-floor experience, capabilities overview, safety and regulatory training (HASC, OSHA fall protection, 40-hour HAZWOPER, basic first aid, CPR), engagement philosophy, what to expect from a project. - [Contact](https://maksolutions.co/contact/): Direct email contact form; replies within one business day. Business email: matthew.kuss@maksolutions.co. ## Optional - [Sitemap](https://maksolutions.co/sitemap/): User-facing site index. - [XML sitemap](https://maksolutions.co/sitemap-index.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawlers. - [llms-full.txt](https://maksolutions.co/llms-full.txt): Full concatenated page content for deeper AI ingestion. - [Privacy Policy](https://maksolutions.co/privacy/): What data the site collects and how it is used. - [Terms of Service](https://maksolutions.co/terms/): Website use terms.