Dematec Automation

Engineering automation for high-cost economies

Dematec Automation is an Australian engineering company. It argues that businesses based in high-cost economies can stay competitive through automation and Industry 4.0 techniques. The firm's case is that advanced technology and skilled engineering make it more cost-effective to keep production close to home or in-house than it used to be. It says this generates prosperity for an advanced economy and creates high-value jobs, and it names water, defence and manufacturing as the sectors it serves most.

The firm states that the biggest competitive threat does not come from low-cost producers. It points instead to advanced economies that have mastered the needs of their own markets and produce high-value goods with the right technology, so that they are profitable and hard to beat on price.

Engineering services in the Dematec catalogue

The firm lists a set of industrial-grade capabilities. These include automation engineering design and consulting, electrical and control system design, and communication and telemetry network design. It also builds industrial internet of things platforms and integrates automation systems that combine robotics, programmable logic controllers and supervisory control and data acquisition. Its work covers production monitoring and reporting systems, and the construction and installation of electrical switchboards.

Dematec also offers system commissioning and maintenance, engineering support with an on-call facility that runs around the clock, research and development covering concept and prototype work, and project management through to system delivery.

How an engagement is organised

According to the firm, its work starts with a discussion of each client's requirements and pain points. It then engineers the right solution, transforms the business so that it can become a leader in its industry, and provides ongoing support and system enhancement after delivery. Its site presents solutions for industrial asset monitoring, control and optimisation, product tracking and quality control, remote asset operations and management, and energy automation that aims to minimise energy costs.

The firm says it helps clients to reduce costs while lifting production rates, so that they can compete with global rivals. It describes its own track record as built on experience and fact, and it says it automates companies where the commercial case is compelling.

Sectors and the D-TEKT product

Its target industries cover water and wastewater, farming, defence, utilities and renewable energy, manufacturing, and mining and raw materials processing. Among its named products is D-TEKT, an industrial internet of things solution that the site presents as a way to monitor and manage industrial assets.

For more than thirty years, according to the firm, its aim has been to raise profits, productivity and capability while lowering operational risk through custom and innovative systems.

Dematec Automation is an Australian engineering company that designs and installs automation, control and monitoring systems for industry. It states that it has worked with businesses for more than 30 years, helping them lift output and reduce operating risk through custom systems.

What Dematec Automation does

• Automation engineering: design work and consulting on automated plant.
• Control and electrical design: control systems, switchboards and their installation.
• Systems integration: robotics, PLC and SCADA systems.
• Industrial IoT: platform creation and rollout, including remote asset monitoring.
• Monitoring and reporting: production tracking and quality control tools.
• Support: commissioning, maintenance and an on-call engineering service.
• Research and delivery: prototype development and project management.

Customers and markets

Sectors named are water and wastewater, agriculture, defence, utilities and renewable energy, and mining and raw materials processing. Clients include a local council and a defence project.

Key facts

• Based in: Australia
• Experience: over 30 years
• Product: D-TEKT industrial IoT solution