When the production line at a decades-old food processing plant began to falter, the management team faced a tough decision—replace the entire system or find a smarter way forward.


The plant had been operational since the early ’90s. Its control system, once cutting-edge, had become unreliable and costly to maintain. Spare parts were scarce, documentation was incomplete, and downtime was starting to affect customer commitments.


Enter Comptech.


Rather than tearing out the heart of the operation, we proposed a different solution: retrofitting. Our team began by carefully mapping the existing infrastructure, identifying the pain points, and designing a phased upgrade plan that would modernize critical components without halting production.


We replaced obsolete PLCs with modern equivalents, upgraded the SCADA software to a more intuitive and secure platform, and integrated real-time data monitoring across the plant. All of this was done while preserving valuable investments in mechanical equipment and ensuring minimal disruption to daily operations.


The result? A revived facility—more responsive, reliable, and efficient than ever. Operators could now troubleshoot in real time, maintenance teams had predictive insights, and management gained full visibility into plant performance.


What once looked like an aging burden became a competitive asset.


At Comptech, we don’t just modernize systems—we future-proof them.