Industrial Control Loop Performance Management System
Developed For the End User, By the End User
Half a century ago, a small group of engineers developed data acquisition and analytic tools for their own use to help them solve process problems at their plant. The tool was so powerful, that it soon became a software serving all production sites of their company.
Nearly two decades later, in 1997, this team founded Capstone Technology. They packed all their practical experience into a toolkit, dataPARC. It was launched in 1999 and since that has been helping various industries to run their processes in a more efficient way. Year 2024, more than 800 production sites around the globe rely on dataPARC.
Capstone´s other flagship, MACS, a modern APC system was developed to maximize plant efficiency and product consistency, while keeping product variability to a minimum. It has helped hundreds of production sites of different industries to cut down their operation costs and produce uniform quality.
APC systems need to be built on rock solid base. This means reliable measurements and well-functioning control loops. Without these basics, APC systems tend to fail in a matter of time. In 2008 Capstone engineers recognized the need to sustain the benefits of APC and developed a toolkit, CONTROLsuite, for keeping control loops in a good shape and thus supporting APC system. This toolkit helped to identify weak links in the control system and pointed out potential problems in a very early stage. It soon became an essential part of any APC systems and has also shown its high value on traditional control loop maintenance and improvement. Here again, the group created the software for their own needs – built by users for users.
In 2016, CONTROLsuite was acquired by BTG group, a multinational provider of highly specialized industrial process solutions With more than 100 years of experience producing world class instruments and consumable products for industrial customers, digital tools were a great addition to the offering of the BTG Group.
Three years later, the Voith Group acquired the BTG Group and, with it, CONTROLsuite. For nearly 150 years, Voith has been a provider of innovative solutions to industry verticals like Hydro, Paper, Transportation, Steel, Oil & Gas, and others.
Today, we realize that many customers can benefit from the advantages of CONTROLsuite for their operations, and we are very proud to support them on their journey.