Industries We Serve
Keep production moving with automation, data, and engineered systems built to improve efficiency, equipment performance, and flexibility across your operation.
Why Direct
Manufacturing environments are constantly changing. New equipment, product shifts, maintenance demands, capacity goals, and evolving manufacturing technology can all put pressure on the systems behind production.
Direct brings controls engineering, data management, OT, equipment design, and fabrication together so improvements can be planned around how your facility actually operates. That helps reduce disconnected upgrades and creates a clearer path from today’s production needs to what’s coming next.
WHAT WE HANDLE
From controls and new equipment to machine health, production data, and secure plant networks, our manufacturing solutions support day-to-day performance while helping facilities prepare for long-term modernization.
Connect machines, PLCs, networks, instrumentation, and production systems with controls engineering built around reliable operation, testing, commissioning, and long-term support.
Plan controls for new production lines, equipment, and facility expansions with system architecture, I/O planning, field coordination, testing, commissioning, and startup support.
Protect connected manufacturing systems with segmentation, asset visibility, secure remote access, backups, monitoring, and OT security built around production uptime.
Use equipment and production data to monitor asset condition, identify performance changes, and give maintenance teams better information before issues become larger disruptions.
Turn production data into dashboards, KPIs, trends, and reporting that give teams clearer visibility into throughput, downtime, equipment performance, and recurring production losses.
Design and build custom equipment for unique production requirements, bringing mechanical design, fabrication, controls, testing, and assembly together under one team.
Support repeat equipment builds with fabrication, assembly, wiring, testing, and documentation delivered to your drawings, specifications, and production requirements.
Move new equipment concepts from design into physical builds with prototyping, fabrication, assembly, testing, and low-volume production for specialized manufacturing applications.
Our Advantage
A manufacturing plant can’t treat every improvement like a standalone technology project. Our teams account for production schedules, changeovers, operator workflows, maintenance access, existing equipment, and future expansion so new systems fit the operation from startup through long-term support.












Let's Talk
Tell us what’s slowing things down, what equipment you’re planning to replace, or where better visibility could help. Our team can bring in the right expertise and help define the next step.
(866) 583-3377
3405 N Louise Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57107
info@directcompanies.com
Move Forward
Planning a new line, modernizing a manufacturing facility, or improving existing equipment? Bring the right technical expertise in early so each investment supports today's needs and future flexibility.
Use our free 20-point operational data assessment to uncover disconnected systems, manual reporting, visibility gaps, and opportunities to improve your operation.
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Use our free 20-point cybersecurity assessment to uncover security gaps, overlooked risks, and areas where stronger protection is needed.
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Use the free 10-point checklist to uncover reliability gaps, aging components, documentation issues, and modernization risks before they lead to unexpected downtime.
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Evaluate 20 areas across systems, infrastructure, data, security, and support to identify gaps and opportunities to improve.
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Plan your control panel project with fewer surprises. Get the free guide to organize key requirements and prepare for fabrication with confidence.
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Download the Emerson white paper on tank gauging accuracy, safety compliance, and modernization.