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Control Panel Design & Build
Custom panel builds for OEM machine builders, electrical contractors and systems integrators — designed for pumps, machinery, process systems and building plant room services.
Established 2012 · New Zealand
Automation & PLC
control specialists
Precision Engineered · Alignment Driven
Machines · Plantrooms · Motion Control · 6DOF Motion Simulators. Prototype builds, R&D and more — specialist PLC control and integration for OEM machine builders and electrical contractors.
Machine Automation
Motion Control Systems
Industrial Control
Control Panel Builder
HMI Design & Integration
About Align Automation
Real projects. Real engineering. Real automation.
PLC control panelAlign Automation provides specialist PLC control and integration solutions for OEM machine builders and electrical contractors across the commercial and industrial sectors. We provide the PLC control and safety logic and system intelligence that drives modern machinery — specialising in the design, programming, and construction of PLC control panels and complex motion architectures, including high-performance 6DOF (Six Degrees of Freedom) motion platforms.
Operating as a specialist technical lab, we provide the focused expertise required for niche applications that demand more than a standard electrical install. We serve as a dedicated extension of your team, handling the complex control and integration layer to ensure systems perform with absolute precision in the real world.
Align Automation is built on a strong international and New Zealand industrial history, with a long and varied background in electromechanical engineering and electrical services — from a seven-year apprenticeship within Vosper Thornycroft's Controls Division building advanced naval control systems, through pharmaceutical process control and hazardous area engineering, to service engineering, systems design, integration, maintenance and commissioning support in New Zealand.
From the beginning of 2019, the focus of work shifted solely toward machine and plant services incorporating PLC control systems design and programming in conjunction with industrial automation and control system development.
2012
In business since
6DOF
Motion platforms
NZ
Designed & built
Services
PLC automation & HMI control solutions
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PLC & HMI Programming
Custom HMI (Human Machine Interface) and PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) programming, delivering the control logic and system intelligence that drives modern machinery.
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Legacy Panel & Control Upgrades
Legacy support for OEM and systems integrators, including safety control upgrades to meet current requirements.
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Motion Control & Mechatronics
Multi-axis motion control cabinets with modular PLCs and Lexium servo drives, including advanced 6–8 axis Modbus TCP/IP PTO motion architectures.
OEM Builders
Align Automation partners with OEM machine builders to deliver robust, scalable control systems that enhance machine performance and simplify integration. Beyond design and programming, we actively support the implementation phase — working alongside your team and contractors to ensure systems are installed, integrated, brought online and perform as intended. While we are not electrical contractors, we provide full automation capability, including the design, build, and supply of control panels and field devices.
Electrical Contractors
We support electrical contractors not just in design, but through the implementation of automation systems on site. We integrate alongside your team to ensure control systems are installed, configured, and commissioned correctly — first time. By working alongside your team during the design, implementation and commissioning stages, we help reduce delivery time, minimise risk, and help ensure a smooth path from install to fully operational system.
Solutions & Projects
Systems built for the real world
Commercial Pool & Spa PLC Heating Control Integration
Commercial HVAC Load Shedding & Automation
Off-Grid Distributed Energy Network — Multi-Dwelling Solar, Battery & Generator System
Modular 6DOF Stewart Platform Motion Control Cabinet
What we use
Schneider Electric automation platform
Modicon PLCs and PACs, Lexium servo drives and Schneider Variable Speed Drives (Variable Frequency Drives), with Zelio panel designs for simple machine and plant room control.
Designed, assembled, inspected and tested to
- AS/NZS 61439 — Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies
- AS/NZS 3000 — Electrical Installations (Wiring Rules)
- AS/NZS 4024 Series — Safety of Machinery (where applicable)
- IEC/EN 60204-1 — Electrical Equipment of Machines (where applicable)
- AS/NZS 60529 — Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosures (IP Code)
- AS/NZS 61000 Series — Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
- Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010
Where a project requires prescribed electrical work (PEW), that work is undertaken by appropriately licensed and registered personnel in accordance with applicable New Zealand regulations and standards.
Motion Control & Mechatronics
6DOF motion simulation for vehicles and flight simulators
Complex motion architectures, including high-performance 6DOF (Six Degrees of Freedom) motion platforms, designed, programmed and built in New Zealand.
Why Align Automation
No ego. No territory.
Just engineering.
At Align Automation, we integrate easily with your team. There's no ego, no territorial behaviour, and no unnecessary complexity — just straightforward collaboration with a shared goal of getting the job done properly.
We take ownership of our part in the project. From first engagement through to commissioning, we stay accountable, responsive, and committed to seeing things through. That support doesn't stop at handover — we provide ongoing technical support when it's needed, so you're not left chasing answers after the job is complete.
And importantly, we respect your reputation. Whether you're an OEM builder or an electrical contractor, our role is to strengthen your delivery — not compromise it.
We've been in business since 2012, so we have a proven track record of what we can deliver.
Accountable
Ownership from first engagement through to commissioning.
Responsive
Ongoing technical support after handover.
Practical
Focused on reliability and long-term maintainability.
Collaborative
A dedicated extension of your team.
Get in touch
Real projects. Real engineering. Real automation.
If you value directness, honesty, accountability, facts over fiction and a partner who focuses on real outcomes over noise, Align Automation is built for that.
