Engineering Custom solutions for the toughest Industries
Cates is proud to work with OEMs and end users across a range of industries, supporting their engineering, fabrication, automation, and sourcing needs.
Our experts leverage decades of experience to find industry, process, and goal-specific solutions.
Food and Beverage
We bring 30+ years of experience to projects involving diverse products, partnering with the top 50 manufacturing companies in the industry.
Cates assist in the production of:
- Alcohol
- Coffee
- Juice
- Snacks
- Dairy
- Meat
- Seafood
- Soft drinks
Building Materials
Cates specializes in process control optimization for the top 50 U.S. manufacturers, including these building materials:
- Shingles
- Steel
- Wallboard
- Concrete
Material Handling
Our engineers bring decades of material handling expertise to every job, making Cates the regular partner for top 50 U.S. companies. We tackle any kind of project but specialize in:
- Diverters
- Sorters
- Conveyors
Product Manufacturing
Cates has decades of experience in all aspects of meeting the needs of top 50 U.S. companies in product manufacturing, particularly in system design and integration.
We work with companies making diverse products but specialize in:
- Consumer packaged goods
- Material Handling
- Data Centers
- Chemical processing
- Metals
- Mining
- Pulp & paper
Our engineers bring special expertise to:
Centrifuges
- Packaging systems
- Blown film
- Paint booths
- Chemical delivery systems
Waste and Wastewater
Cates works with leading companies in waste and wastewater treatment in the U.S. and around the globe.
We help automate and optimize all aspects of our clients’ operations but specialize in:
- Irrigation
- Booster applications
- Irrigation
- Filtration & desalination
Oil & Gas
Cates’s engineers and designers have spent decades helping control and optimize the process control experience for oil & gas producers. We specialize in:
- Artificial lift systems
- Hydraulic fracturing
- Custody transfer
- Compressors