Solon Consulting
Consulting and Engineering Services
We help you make the decisions that shape the business: the plan and budget, the facility and process design, regulatory work, and owner representation through the build.
Within that practice we design and build automation and controls, supply equipment, support installation and commission systems. Tell us where you are and we’ll start there.
Our consulting is organized by what you make. Brewery consultants, distillery consultants and winery consultants cover beverage producers, food and beverage consultants and food manufacturing consultants cover plants that make other products, and industrial automation consultants, food engineering consultants and beverage manufacturing consultants cover the process and controls. CIP consulting and beverage development consulting support the work in between.
Choose your starting point
What are you trying to decide, build or fix?
As consultants and owner’s representatives we carry those decisions together, so the plan, the facility and the equipment serve the same operating outcome. Whether you need a defined project, day-to-day representation through a build, or ongoing advisory support as your operation runs, the scope fits the responsibility you hand us.
Business planning and capital
Before a facility or equipment commitment, we compare the realistic paths: building new, using existing capacity, or acquiring an operation. Capital requirements, operating costs and payback are worked through so the decision is made with the full picture.
Regulatory and permitting guidance
Permits and compliance shape what the process can be. We map the regulatory path into design decisions, and represent your interests with authorities, architects and vendors as the project moves.
Representing your interests through the build
Keep the schedule, technical requirements and supplier decisions connected to your operating priorities. We coordinate delivery, support installation and commission systems, helping the team prepare for production.
Process design for commercial production
Translate the product and production target into a process your facility can support. Flow diagrams, process descriptions and material and energy balances connect equipment choices with utilities, sanitation and packaging.
A facility designed around the operation
Develop the layout and utility requirements together so equipment placement supports product flow, access and production capacity. Those requirements give the architects and construction team a practical basis for the build.
Automation and controls we design and build
Control panels, PLCs and operator interfaces designed around your process, so conditions like temperature and pressure are visible and your team can run production with confidence.
Improve the way your operation works
Improving an operation can mean changing the process or the equipment, or working through how distribution is organized, how the team is staffed and how daily decisions are made. We advise on those questions as they arise, and when the work calls for it we review the operation on site and help turn the findings into practical changes, with ongoing advisory support available.
Where to look next
- Clean-in-place consulting
- Equipment services
- Industrial automation consulting
- Recipe and beverage development
- Start a beer brand
- Brewery consulting
- Distillery consulting
- Winery consulting
- Beverage production design
- Food manufacturing consulting
- Government services
- Design food production areas for washdown, allergens and storage
Choose and supply the equipment your process calls for
When the plan calls for hardware, we specify it against the process rather than starting from a catalog. We supply new, used and refurbished packages and engineered systems, and we can build and program the control panels that tie the line together.
faq
Questions about working with Solon
Can you design the space and line, supply equipment and program it?
Yes. Adding a line can mean changing the space and process, choosing equipment and programming controls. We do that work, help with installation and commission systems too. Read about commissioning and startup services for getting the equipment running and bringing it into production.
Can I buy the equipment and the programmed controls from you?
Yes. We sell equipment packages that solve industrial problems and program them if you want. We’re a dealer and distributor supplying new packages, used and refurbished equipment, and engineered systems. We build and program control panels, help with installation and commission systems when they’re ready to run.
Can I hire you by the hour or on a monthly retainer?
We offer hourly project work, monthly advisory or project management retainers, on-site work and equipment supply. The arrangement depends on the responsibility and support your project needs; we discuss that scope before arranging the work.
Start the conversation about your project
Tell us what you’re building, deciding or stuck on, and what it’s costing you. You don’t need to pick a category before you get in touch.