What Automation Mechatronics Industries does

Automation Mechatronics Industries (AMI) is a private, Australian-owned engineering firm founded in 1985 and headquartered in Moorabbin, Melbourne, with a second office in Perth. The company designs, engineers, manufactures, installs, commissions, and delivers operator training for turnkey process plants serving food, beverage, life science, and adjacent process manufacturing customers. Core service lines include project management, process engineering, industrial automation, hazardous area engineering, custom Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) driven by traditional and open IIoT data sources, 3D scanning with point cloud integration, and 3D plant design. Specialist offerings include dual-stream Clean-In-Place (CIP) systems with automatic queuing, syrup room solutions, water filtration plants, distilleries, and automated valve manifolds.

The business operates a project-based, quote-driven revenue model delivering large one-off turnkey plant deployments for enterprise customers including Asahi Beverages, Fonterra, Saputo, Coca-Cola EuroPacific Partners, Bega, Carlton & United Breweries, Starward Distillery, Fiji Water, Pure Harvest, Mr Black Spirits, IFF, Kerry, ALB, Vesco, Viva Energy, James Hardie, and Reckitt Benckiser. Smaller clients are serviced through hourly-rate engineering support. Technology delivery rests on a tightly integrated partner ecosystem of Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Endress+Hauser, Alfa Laval, and Beca Technologies, supplemented by Ignition and Sepasoft OEE platform certifications. Geographic reach spans all Australian states and international projects in Asia, Fiji, the UK, Poland, the USA, and South Africa, executed using both local on-site delivery and remote project technologies. The current team has delivered projects in excess of AU$8M in cumulative contract value, primarily across beverage, dairy, brewing and distillation, flavours and ingredients, water, and wellness and natural beauty end-markets.

Name

Automation Mechatronics Industries

Legal name

Automation Mechatronics

Website

https://automech.biz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Automation Mechatronics Industries is a private Australian engineering firm founded in 1985 that delivers turnkey process plant design, engineering, installation, commissioning, and operator training for food, beverage, and life science manufacturers across Australia and select international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Automation and Process Engineering Services

NAICS

Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)

akta.pro primary industry

Factory Automation Cells & Integrated Systems (Assembly, Welding, Painting Lines) (IMAHAHAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Process Industries IIoT (Oil & Gas/Chemicals/Pharma/Food) (IMAIAMAM), Process & Batch Control Software (Recipe Management, ISA-88) (IMAGABAH)

Keywords

• Industrial automation engineering
• Process plant solutions
• Turnkey process engineering
• Food beverage processing
• Clean-in-place systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Moorabbin

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Turnkey Project Delivery: Complete design, engineering, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, and training for process plants. Projects include wet process overhaul, CIP plants, syrup rooms, water treatment, distilleries, and automated valve manifolds.
2. Hourly Rate Services: Ongoing engineering and technical services billed at hourly rates for ongoing activities, servicing small clients and providing support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Automation Mechatronics Industries is an Australian-owned engineering company that delivers turnkey process plant solutions for the food, beverage, and life science industries. The company designs, engineers, manufactures, installs, commissions, and provides operator training for complete operating plants, with specialisations in dairy processing, brewing and distillation, water filtration, syrup rooms, CIP/SIP systems, pharmaceuticals, and wellness/natural beauty manufacturing. In addition to large turnkey projects, the company offers hourly-rate engineering services for ongoing client support.

Product overview

Automation Mechatronics is an Australian-owned engineering company offering a unified portfolio of turnkey process plant solutions for food, beverage, and life science industries. The core offering comprises integrated services including Project Management, Process Engineering, Industrial Automation, Hazardous Area Engineering, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), 3D Scanning, and 3D Plant Design. The company specializes in delivering complete operating plants from concept through commissioning and operator training, with specific expertise in CIP systems, syrup rooms, water filtration, and hazardous area design. Services are delivered as a cohesive turnkey offering rather than standalone modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Turnkey Process Plant Solutions End-to-end design, engineering, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, and operator training for complete operating plants serving food, beverage, and life science industries. Each solution is customised to the unique requirements of the customer and delivered under single-point accountability.
• Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects delivered in excess of AU$8M with significant process items including syrup rooms, CIP systems, water treatment plants, distilleries, large tanks and fully automated valve manifolds

Named customers21 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Rockwell AutomationcoreTechnology or IntegrationMajor industrial automation partner providing automation hardware, software and system integration capabilities essential for process plant automation projects.
• SiemenscoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner for industrial automation, control systems and process instrumentation used in food, beverage and life science plant solutions.
• Endress+HausercoreTechnology or IntegrationProcess instrumentation partner providing measurement solutions for level, flow, pressure and analytics in process plant applications.
• Alfa LavalcoreTechnology or IntegrationProcess technology partner supplying heat transfer, separation and fluid handling equipment for food, beverage and dairy processing applications.
• Beca TechnologiescoreTechnology or IntegrationEngineering and technology partner providing process engineering expertise and solutions for industrial automation projects.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tetra Pak: Provides processing and packaging solutions for the food and beverage industry including complete plant engineering. Closely comparable to AMI in target verticals (dairy, beverage, liquid food) and integrated delivery approach.
• Krones AG: German manufacturer of integrated beverage processing and packaging lines for breweries, dairies and soft drinks. Comparable to AMI in delivering turnkey beverage plants (syrup rooms, CIP, process automation) to enterprise beverage customers.
• SPX Flow: Supplies process equipment and engineering solutions for food, beverage and industrial markets, including mixers, heat exchangers and process systems. Comparable in offering engineered process plant components and integrated solutions.
• GEA Group: Global manufacturer of process equipment and integrated plant solutions for food, beverage, dairy and pharmaceutical industries. Directly comparable to AMI's turnkey process plant delivery model, though at much larger scale.
• Alfa Laval: Global supplier of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling equipment used in food, dairy, beverage and pharma plants. Both a peer and a stated AMI technology partner, with overlapping food/beverage process plant capability.

Regional players

• Hatch: Canadian-headquartered engineering and project delivery firm with strong Australian presence in industrial and process plant work. Comparable as a regional engineering services peer focused on process plant delivery in ANZ.
• Beca Group: Asia-Pacific engineering and consulting firm headquartered in New Zealand with food and beverage process plant capability. Comparable as an ANZ-based engineering services peer; also a stated AMI technology partner.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Large global engineering services firm with industrial process capabilities. A broader incumbent that competes with AMI for design, engineering and project delivery work in food/beverage and industrial segments, but at significantly larger scale.
• Rockwell Automation: Global industrial automation hardware and software provider whose products AMI integrates. Comparable as the broader incumbent whose automation platforms AMI's solutions are built upon, and a channel partner for AMI's MES and turnkey work.
• Jacobs Solutions: Global engineering services and consulting firm serving advanced manufacturing, life sciences and consumer goods. Comparable in providing integrated engineering and automation services to enterprise process customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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