Production IT and automation, planned together with the plant.
Shop-floor IT, automation, system migrations and digital tooling — from first project definition through to routine operation.
For us, production IT and automation are part of the plant — not a layer bolted on afterwards.
This is not corporate office IT. It is the systems close to the process: automation, control and supervisory environments, server and domain structures, and the data flows around a plant project.
Our strength lies where grown, heterogeneous systems have to be understood and moved cleanly, as a whole, into a new environment.
We work vendor-independently — the solution follows the plant and the requirement, not a product portfolio. And it is built for evidence from the outset: production IT in a regulated environment has to be validatable, not merely running.
From design through to operation.
We support plant projects across phases 01 to 08 — from project definition through to routine operation. IT, data and interface questions are settled early instead of surfacing at handover.
Complete production IT — migrated as one.
The most common case: production IT has to move out of a grown environment into a new domain or structure. We do not migrate individual pieces but entire control and supervisory systems — under control, fully traceable and without losing production. And where building new makes more sense than migrating, we develop the automation as well.
Survey legacy systems and place them in context.
Define the migration path, server and domain structure.
Move components and control systems under control.
Build or extend control and application software.
Hand to operations, stable and fully evidenced.
What we take on.
Specific, not generic.
- ✓Control systems: Siemens PCS 7, DeltaV, Siemens SISTAR
- ✓SCADA & HMI: WinCC, WinCC Unified, WinCC flexible, TIA Portal, iFIX, InTouch
- ✓PLC: SIMATIC S7, SIMATIC S5, SIMATIC S7-1500, Honeywell, B&R
- ✓Data & interfaces: MES, historian, OPC UA, MQTT, MTP
- ✓ERP integration & structured data flows
- ✓GAMP 5 & CSV, EU GMP Annex 11
- ✓21 CFR Part 11 / data integrity (ALCOA+)
Typical starting points.
- →A plant or plant section is to be automated afresh, or the existing control system replaced.
- →Control and application software has to be written from scratch or extended.
- →Existing processes run, but need to become more stable, faster or more energy-efficient.
- →Production IT or an entire control system has to move from one domain to another.
- →New server and system structures are being introduced in a live production environment.
- →Legacy systems have to keep running, be integrated or be phased out under control.
- →Control or supervisory environments are being modernised or consolidated.
- →Plant, control system, documentation and operations need to work together across clean interfaces.
- →Production data needs to become structured, traceable and usable for analysis.
Production IT seen through a plant builder's eyes.
01Part of the plant, not downstream
We think about IT from the process outwards: what the plant needs sets the structure — not the other way round.
02Understand first, migrate second
We take grown, heterogeneous systems seriously. We understand them fully before we move them.
03Controlled, not risky
We plan migrations so that production keeps running and every step stays traceable.
04Not corporate office IT
Our field is the IT close to the process: control systems, automation, data flows and everything around the plant.
05Vendor-independent
We recommend what the plant and the requirement need — not what a product portfolio dictates.
06Validatable from the start
Production IT built along GAMP 5 lines that holds up in an audit — not made “fit for validation” after the fact.
Frequently asked questions.
What does “migrating complete production IT as one” mean?
We do not migrate individual pieces but entire control and supervisory systems, out of a grown environment into a new domain or structure — under control, fully traceable and without losing production. Where building new makes more sense than migrating, we take on the new automation development.
Does production keep running during the migration?
Yes. We plan migrations and new developments so that production keeps running and every step stays traceable — understand first, then plan, then migrate or switch over under control.
Which systems and interfaces do you connect?
Control systems such as Siemens PCS 7, DeltaV and Siemens SISTAR, visualisation via WinCC, TIA Portal, iFIX or InTouch, PLCs from SIMATIC S7 through Honeywell to B&R, plus MES, historians, OPC UA and MTP. On top of that, the controlled integration and phase-out of legacy systems. The aim is clean, documented transitions between plant, control system, documentation and operations.
At what point in the lifecycle do you come in?
Across phases 01 to 08 — from project definition through to routine operation. IT, data and interface questions are settled early instead of surfacing at handover.
Is your production IT validatable and Annex 11 compliant?
Yes. We build production IT for evidence from the outset: along GAMP 5 lines, with EU GMP Annex 11, 21 CFR Part 11 and data integrity (ALCOA+) in view. Formal qualification runs alongside it in the same house — IT and evidence from one source.
Are you tied to particular vendors?
No. We work vendor-independently and recommend what fits the plant and the requirement — not what a product portfolio dictates.
Your contact for production IT and automation.
More than 30 years in automation engineering and plant commissioning — here, production IT is planned together with the process, not after it.
olaf.gasch@ecc-process.comYour automation or production IT project.
Migration, OT/IT integration or automation — tell us what you are planning. You will get an honest technical assessment.
Enquire about a project or email us directly: kontakt@group-ecc.com