Distance and response
One-hour drive means scheduled on-site work is straightforward and emergency response is same-day if call comes in early.
western Wisconsin
Industrial Automation and Controls in River Falls
PLC programming, HMI development, and control system support for River Falls and western Wisconsin manufacturers. MAK Solutions serves the dairy, food processing, and ag-supply customer base from our Eau Claire base, with on-site visits planned ahead and remote design and programming delivered any time.
Distance: About 1 hour west toward the Twin Cities corridor Typical response: Scheduled on-site, next-day emergency Service area: River Falls, WI and surrounding
Industries
Industries common to the River Falls area
MAK Solutions has hands-on experience or active pipeline across these industry types in and around River Falls. The work itself is the same controls and automation discipline; the industry context shapes how the system needs to run, how operators interact with it, and what regulatory layer applies.
- Dairy and dairy processing
- Food processing
- Agriculture support manufacturing
- Light manufacturing and plastics
- Healthcare manufacturing (Twin Cities corridor)
What we cover
Services available for River Falls customers
Full service coverage with the scheduled on-site, next-day emergency approach noted above. Each service area below links to a detail page with capabilities, scenarios, and the platforms we work with.
SVC-01
PLC Programming & Controls
PLC development, troubleshooting, upgrades, sequencing, safety-related integration, and control system modernization for industrial equipment and production processes.
SVC-02HMI & SCADA Development
Operator screens, alarming, equipment status, production visibility, reporting interfaces, and supervisory systems designed around how operators and managers actually use them.
SVC-03Control Panel Design
Practical panel layouts, electrical design support, hardware selection, VFD integration, network architecture, and coordination with panel shops and installation teams.
SVC-04Industrial Data Collection
PLC-to-database logging, dashboards, production records, traceability, metrics, OEE foundations. Solutions tailored to the customer: PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB, Grafana, Node-RED, Ignition, custom middleware.
SVC-05Industrial Networking & OT
Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP, VLAN planning, device addressing, switch configuration, remote access planning, and more reliable plant-floor connectivity.
SVC-06Troubleshooting & Commissioning
On-site support for equipment startup, downtime issues, process bottlenecks, instrumentation problems, drives, sensors, controls, and electromechanical systems.
Why hire a local integrator
Working with a Wisconsin-based controls shop
Industry context
Dairy industry controls work (pasteurization, packaging, refrigeration, traceability) is a strong fit for MAK Solutions' background in process control and plant data systems.
Veteran-owned and Ignition Core Certified
Matthew Kuss is a Navy veteran (5 years as an Electronics Technician on submarines) and an Inductive Automation Ignition Core Certified integrator. The credibility a local customer expects is on the wall.
Single point of contact
The person you talk to is the person who writes the code, designs the panel, and shows up for commissioning. No account manager, no offshore team, no project handoffs.
Need controls help in River Falls?
Let's talk about your River Falls project
Send a message describing the equipment, the timeline, and the problem. We will reply within one business day with next steps for River Falls area customers.