Industrial Automation and Controls Malaysia
Automation & Controls
The need to automate certain processes become more common as the manufacturing industry evolves. Hence, automation will become the norm in the near future. Automating helps increase production yield, increases quality, cuts down on human error and decreases labour dependency. With abundant resources and parts available in the market, automation can be applied easily with moderate initial start-up costs. Additionally, a few government agencies are encouraging automation by periodically offering subsidies and grants to various sectors including manufacturing.
Industrial Automation and Control Systems in Malaysia
As Malaysian manufacturing moves further into automation, the bottleneck is rarely the machine — it is the control system that has to sequence it, protect it and report on it. Merit Berg designs, builds and integrates industrial control systems for production lines across the chemical, food and beverage, oleochemical, semiconductor, electronic and automotive sectors.
Our Automation and Controls Scope
- Control panel design and build — schematic design, panel fabrication, wiring and factory acceptance testing
- PLC programming — sequence logic, I/O configuration, recipe handling and fault diagnostics
- HMI and SCADA — operator screens, alarm management, data logging and reporting
- System integration — linking new equipment into existing lines, BMS and plant networks
- Instrumentation — sensor selection, calibration and loop checking
- Drives and motion — inverter and VSD setup, servo and motion control
- Safety circuits — interlocks, guarding logic, emergency stop architecture and risk-appropriate safety relays
- Retrofit and obsolescence upgrade — replacing end-of-support PLCs and control hardware without rebuilding the machine
Automation That Fits the Plant You Already Have
Most of our automation work is brownfield: a line that runs, needs to run faster or more consistently, and cannot be shut down for long. We scope it against the existing mechanical installation, plan the changeover, and commission in the shortest practical window.
Related Capabilities
Control work sits alongside our equipment installation, piping works and instrumentation and conveyor systems teams, and the resulting system is supported by maintenance and repair. We also handle PLC and SCADA integration for automated waste collection systems and for drum palletiser lines.
Talk to Us About an Automation Project
Request a quotation or site visit, or contact our Shah Alam office.
