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Talk Plant Technology With Direct at FEW
Direct Companies helps ethanol producers support the systems that keep plants running. Meet with us at FEW to talk automation, data, IT/OT, security, tank gauging, and fabrication, all from one coordinated partner.
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Why Direct
Why Ethanol Plants Work With Direct
Most ethanol plants are managing controls, IT/OT, data, and security across multiple providers. When something breaks or a project crosses multiple systems, you’re the one making calls and coordinating between vendors who don’t talk to each other. That’s time you don’t have and risk you shouldn’t be carrying.
One Partner Across Plant Technology
We support automation, data, IT/OT, tank gauging, security systems, network infrastructure, lifecycle planning, and design/fabrication.
Independent Platform Expertise
We work across all major control platforms and recommend what fits your plant best. No vendor bias. No forced standardization.
Our Services
How We Help Ethanol Producers
Whether you're dealing with aging controls, gaps in data visibility, cybersecurity exposure, or plant technology that hasn't kept pace with your operation, we can help. Here's what that typically looks like.
Industrial Automation and Controls
We assess PLC, HMI, SCADA, and DCS environments and help plants build a modernization path around uptime, lifecycle risk, and long-term support. If your control systems are aging or due for a platform review, that's a good place to start.
Operational Data and Visibility
We connect historians, lab systems, ERP data, and production reporting into unified dashboards so operators and leadership have real-time visibility into plant performance. If your data is scattered across systems or still being pulled manually, we can help consolidate it.
Tank Gauging Systems
Still relying on manual tank checks, aging gauges, or disconnected tank data? We help ethanol producers improve level monitoring, inventory accuracy, overfill prevention, and tank data integration with SCADA and plant systems. If your setup has gaps, we can help evaluate practical modernization options.
Lifecycle and Obsolescence Planning
End-of-life controllers and discontinued DCS platforms are some of the most avoidable causes of unplanned downtime. We help producers build a modernization roadmap so aging equipment gets replaced on your schedule, not the equipment's.
IT/OT Cybersecurity Solutions
We help plants strengthen IT/OT environments through network segmentation, secure remote access, endpoint protection, and ICS-aware visibility across control and business network boundaries. If you're not sure what's exposed or where your biggest risks are, we can show you.
Industrial Design & Fabrication
We support ethanol projects with custom control panels, industrial fabrication, skids, modified containers, field-ready assemblies, and electrical infrastructure. If your project needs more than programming or consulting, our team can turn plans into equipment that’s built, documented, and ready for installation.
Our Advantage
The Advantage of One Accountable Team
When your priorities stay with one team, they don’t get lost between vendors. Direct gives ethanol producers clearer planning, stronger technical support, and faster answers when something needs attention. When a problem touches multiple systems, one accountable team means one conversation, not three.
Your Platform. Our Proven Expertise.
WHAT TO EXPECT
This Is What 30 Minutes With Direct Gets You
Talk Through Your Plant Priorities
Your systems, your challenges, your goals. We’ll ask the right questions and focus the conversation on what’s actually going on at your facility.
Get an Honest Assessment
We’ll give you a straight read on where you stand, whether that’s aging controls, data gaps, cybersecurity exposure, or a fabrication need, and what’s worth prioritizing.
Leave With a Clear Direction
You won’t walk away with a vague follow-up. We’ll identify concrete next steps, what makes sense to keep talking about, and what that looks like after FEW.
Stay Connected After the Show
Our team follows up with the right technical resources: a deeper evaluation, a site review, or a project planning conversation, depending on where the conversation goes.
Thirty minutes is enough time to have a real conversation. We’ll focus on your plant, give you an honest read, and make sure you leave with something useful.
What Ethanol Producers Say About Direct
Why Meet With Us
Make Your Time at FEW Count
FEW goes fast. Between sessions, the show floor, and everything pulling at your attention, it’s easy to leave without the conversations that actually move something forward. A 30-minute meeting with Direct gives you dedicated time with people who know plant operations and can help you figure out what’s worth acting on after the show.
Focused on Your Plant
This isn't a product demo. We'll spend the time on your specific systems, your challenges, and what realistic progress looks like for your operation.
Talk With the Right Experts
You'll meet with Direct Companies leadership and technical specialists who can speak to automation, IT/OT, cybersecurity, tank gauging, and fabrication without handing you off to someone else.
You Won't Leave Empty-Handed
Whether it's a clearer picture of your risks, a prioritized list of next steps, or a plan to keep the conversation going, you'll walk away with something worth acting on.
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Ready to Meet With Direct at FEW?
Book your 30-minute meeting at FEW and walk away with a clear direction, concrete next steps, and the right team behind you after the show.
