You don’t have to slow down to catch up.
Barrels filled by hand. Small-batch mixers that each keep their own history. Downtime tracked by hand. Specialty chemical plants run high-mix, changeover-heavy production on controls that were due for replacement years ago, because shutting down to replace them was never on the table. GrayMatter’s Insiders work around your production schedule: a few machines first, then the rest of the plant. Modern controls, one phase at a time.
We’ve built a fix for every mix
GrayMatter has experts who know every part of your processes — from continuous processing to the high-mix, small-batch formulation work that makes the industry’s changeovers so demanding.
Specialty & performance chemical Manufacturing
Plant-wide downtime tracking and phased operations visibility for continuous and batch chemical processes.
Polymers & plastics production
Legacy PLC and SCADA modernization for extrusion, molding, and other high-changeover production lines.
Paints & coatings manufacturing
Centralized batch control and quality tracking for small-batch, high-mix formulation.
Batch & formulation-intensive chemical production
Connecting previously disconnected mixers, filling lines, and quality checks onto one shared operating picture.
The long goal and the next phase, same team.
Chemical plants modernize in phases, sometimes over years, because they can’t stop to do it all at once. GrayMatter is built for that horizon. The Thinkers and Doers who map the long goal are the ones commissioning the first phase. We have the staying power to complete your transformation.
Talk with a specialty chemical Insider“GrayMatter is the company that sets the bar for how I compare other OT solution providers.”
— An Ohio-based chemical company
Proof from batch floors and continuous lines.
Tell us the big goal, we’ll give you the first steps
Lights-out, fully traceable, or just off paper. The first phase starts on the floor you have today, while production keeps running.
Talk with a Factory AdvisorFAQs
Yes. We build monitoring in phases — start with the machines causing the most unplanned downtime, then expand asset coverage as the first phase proves out.
No. We do the reprogramming and testing offline first, then handle installation and commissioning in a scheduled window, with hands-on support during the first production runs after the changeover.
Yes. We consolidate small-batch and mixer operations onto a single platform with a shared batch ID system, so batches are tracked the same way across every line.
Yes — our experience spans both continuous chemical processing and batch/formulation-intensive production like paints, coatings, and specialty polymers.
Yes. We scope projects to match the team you have, from a phase-one pilot to ongoing managed support through Command24.
Yes. GrayMatter has extensive experience controlling chemical manufacturing processes and equipment with both DCS and PLC control technologies and their operator interfaces.