June 5, 2020
Grantek’s office in Oak Brook, IL has been named one of the 2020 Best Workplaces in Chicago by Great Place to Work®. The ranking considered over 27,000 responses from Chicago area employees. Great Place to Work®, a global people analytics and consulting firm, evaluated more than 60 elements of team members’ experience on the job.
READ MOREApril 21, 2020
The uncertainty of COVID-19 has altered every aspect of our daily lives. Manufacturers in the United States and Canada are relied upon to create and deliver the vital food and life sciences products needed in our communities. Business Continuity for these manufacturers and the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) who provide the needed equipment can be
READ MOREApril 2, 2020
Engineer in a Box is a solution providing stability during the uncertainty of COVID-19. Grantek will ship you a small industrial PC (din-rail mount form factor) with cellular connection capabilities. Whenever it’s needed, the hardware then gets powered up, and connected to an ethernet switch anywhere on your OT network. It can be disconnected when
READ MOREMarch 17, 2020
The COVID-19 global pandemic is impacting and affecting every individual, every community, and every company across the globe. As a result, Grantek is looking to help our clients, partners and communities by embracing our civic responsibilities with critical engineering services and support. In addition to taking proactive measures to minimize the spread of the virus,
READ MOREFebruary 13, 2020
On February 28, 2020, Grantek engineers will be on the campus of Cleveland State University in Cleveland, OH delivering an interactive PLC workshop for engineering students. This workshops will provide a hands-on learning experience for students. Grantek staff will introduce practical scenarios and discuss how PLCs work within a manufacturing environment, then work directly with the students on applied
READ MOREJanuary 10, 2020
The December 2019 issue of Control Magazine featured a series of articles around Cybersecurity. The “12 Days of Cybersecurity” series devoted an entire article to the work of Grantek in this space. This article quotes Jacob Chapman, Grantek’s Director, Industrial IT and Cybersecurity. This article discusses the impacts of today’s cyber attacks, which have moved
READ MOREJanuary 3, 2020
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recently announced a new revision of the ANSI B11.19 Safety Standard. Prior to this revision, it had been almost 10 years since ANSI B11 had been updated. This revision was over a 2-year journey, which Grantek was the only systems integrator to help in the development of the framework,
READ MOREJanuary 2, 2020
The December 2019 issue of Control Engineering Magazine includes an article recapping a session at the 2019 Ignition Community Conference, hosted by Inductive Automation in Folsom, CA. This article quotes Grantek’s CEO, Dave Patterson. Grantek is a Certified System Integrator of the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA). This article outlines a conversation between Dave Patterson and Jose
READ MOREDecember 13, 2019
In 2019, Grantek has once again been certified as a Great Place to Work® in the United States and a Best Employer in Canada. Grantek was certified a Great Place to Work® in the United States after being assessed against 60 core trust index questions and 2 open ended questions. Grantek has been recognized as
READ MOREDecember 9, 2019
Grantek has been named one of the 2020 top System Integrator Giants in the world by Control Engineering Magazine. Grantek was awarded 20th place on the 2020 System Integrator Giants list. The System Integrator Giants list is compiled annually and ranks the top 100 system integration companies in the world by total system integration revenue.
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