The city of Pontiac isn’t known for large industrial parks or high-volume manufacturing plants. This rural regional county municipality is situated along the Ottawa River in western Quebec and has farms, sawmills, custom fabrication, construction suppliers, equipment repair, and manufacturing to serve communities across the Outaouais and Ottawa Valley. As demand has been growing, so has the number of problems that have to be addressed to provide quality workmanship and reliable service, from which many local businesses have benefited.

As a business owner in Pontiac, you’ve likely experienced the challenges of hiring qualified employees. Experienced employees are hard to replace, wage rates are increasing, and time is spent performing repetitive jobs that do not add value to production. When your workforce is dedicated to heavy materials handling, loading and unloading machinery, or repetitive activities, it can be difficult to boost production without increasing expenses.

We, at Capital Automation, are here to help with business automation in the region. We do not think of replacing your entire operation or the “big boys” system that you may not need. Rather, we analyse your production process to find where time is being wasted, and then craft a practical automation that makes sense for your production processes.

Built for the Way Businesses Operate in Pontiac

Not all businesses are the same, and neither are all their automation systems. There are companies that process timber and wood products. Others fabricate agricultural machinery, metal parts, or supply the local construction sector. Each operation has varying production targets, equipment, and hindrances. 

Our first step to automation is understanding your business. Perhaps your greatest problem is having to lift and move high volume items between stations on a regular basis. Maybe your operators take hours to load and unload equipment, or you’re slowing production in the packaging operation at the end of each shift. Those slowdowns not only impact productivity, but also labor costs, unnecessary downtime, and added strain on workload.

We don’t prescribe an off-the-shelf automation package, but rather custom-tailored solutions to how your business functions.

Where Automation Makes the Biggest Difference

Many business owners believe that automation applies to big factories only. However, we have noticed that some of the quickest results are recorded by small and mid-sized businesses as they get help eliminating repetitive tasks that waste precious labour time on a daily basis.

Below are our priority areas when working with companies in Pontiac.

Automation is not meant to supplant skilled personnel. It’s about providing them with more tools to make their work more efficient, so they can stop doing repetitive tasks and do the work for which they have been hired.

Practical Automation That Fits Your Operation

All of our automation initiatives begin with a discussion—no catalog. We visit your premises, learn how your products are moving through the production process, and determine where you are losing time or money. In some cases, the answer is simply to make material handling improvements. In other cases, it could be the addition of conveyors, machine tending, robotic assembly, or packaging equipment to eliminate repetitive manual tasks. Each system is custom-built, and you are buying equipment that will benefit your business rather than forcing your business to fit the equipment. 

We want to be able to help our customers run their fabrication shop, woodworking business, agricultural equipment manufacturing operation, or any other industrial business in Pontiac as efficiently as possible, while simultaneously providing them with the tools necessary for their employees to help their business continue to grow.

A Local Partner That Understands Your Business

A true automation company will go beyond just selling equipment. You’d like someone who knows your business, is available for communication, and is ready to be there for you long after you’re done. We at Capital Automation work on all aspects of your project, from consultation and engineering to programming, installation, commissioning, and support. You will always know where your project is and always have a team that is dedicated to helping your business succeed.

If you’re looking for ways to eliminate manual tasks, increase production in your Pontiac shop, and get ready for growth, we’d love to help you see how we can help! We can work together to create an automation solution that can meet the needs of your business now and into the future.