Steele Solutions
Controls and Automated Material Handling Solutions
For integrators, OEMs, and end users in material handling who are frustrated by slow, inconsistent controls delivery, Steele Solutions’ purpose-built material handling controls division focuses on delivering intelligent, turnkey controls and automation solutions, leveraging process automation and QA-driven workflows to ensure consistent, repeatable delivery.
Unlike traditional control providers who rebuild from scratch every time, we leverage modular architecture, emulation-first logic, and diagnostic-ready design to reduce project risk, accelerate timelines, and scale efficiently—all backed by Steele Solutions’ decades of industry expertise.
Steele Solutions Controls and Automation Overview
Steele Solutions’ approach to industrial material handling controls and automation uses a modular codebase and a standardized library of pre-tested code templates we can reuse, validate, and scale.
- Modular, reusable codebase
- Pre-tested templates
- Emulation and digital twin validation
- Built-in diagnostics
For our customers, this means faster development, cleaner commissioning, and a more reliable outcome. Most importantly, we’re not locked into any one hardware vendor—we’re committed to being platform-agnostic.
Material Handling Automation System Innovation to Optimize Speed and Performance
Traditional controls execution is slow, inconsistent, and poorly integrated across partners. At Steele Solutions we follow a structured approach: Define, Design, Develop, Deploy, and Commission.
- Define: We collaborate early to understand your facility, flow, and functional requirements and provide full turnkey automated controls systems for parcel, e-commerce, retail distribution, and warehouse customers.
- Design: We apply digital twin commissioning, AI automation, and predictive maintenance tools to design smart, future-ready control architectures.
- Develop: Our engineers build modular logic and validated templates using platforms like Rockwell Studio 5000 and Siemens TIA, reducing engineering time, ensuring consistency, and improving repeatability through process automation.
- Deploy: We deliver plug-and-play sequences and structured field plans, minimizing installation friction and enabling faster startup.
- Commission: Pre-tested logic and built-in diagnostics accelerate go-live and reduce issue resolution time, with post-launch support options available via SLA.
When you choose Steele Solutions Controls, you can feel confident that your project will move forward with a clear, tested, and proactive approach. Our structured commissioning plan and extensive pre-testing process means your systems will be up and running on schedule, with less downtime and without incident.
Our Services
Controls Innovation
We’re not just delivering a project—we’re changing the way controls are done in material handling.
Our approach bridges the gap between outdated, panel-bound thinking and the next generation of modular, connectorized, and globally scalable controls architecture. We built this division within Steele Solutions to operate at that next level because that’s where the industry is heading, and where we intend to lead.
We understand where you’re trying to go, because we’re already doing it:
- Connectorized, modular design: That’s not a concept for us—it’s the foundation of how we deliver faster, cleaner, and more scalable systems.
- Platform flexibility with proven results: We’ve deployed and integrated distributed architectures across multiple platforms, with redundancy, safety, and performance built in from the start.
- Alignment with modern operational priorities: From distributed power and rapid field-connect systems to multi-sourced components and pre-validated configurations, our designs are engineered to deploy quickly and operate reliably—anywhere.
- Practical compliance expertise: We know how to navigate specifications, regulations, and client standards without compromising scalability or safety.
Steele Solutions’ controls and automated material handling solutions stands out because it offers execution without compromise. We’re not following the trend—we’re building the infrastructure for it.
Industries Served
We specialize in controls solutions for Parcel and Warehouse Distribution — where speed, scale, and reliability matter most. These markets demand the modular, emulation-validated, and repeatable execution model we’ve built.
Retrofits & Re-controls are a key part of our work — bringing modern, standardized controls to existing systems. These projects prove our approach and create immediate value for operators.
We are also being evaluated for full turnkey programs with some of the industry’s largest players — including next-generation ARS facilities. While our priority is to stay focused on our core plan, we remain open to opportunities that accelerate our mission and expand our impact.
The Steele Solution Difference
Steele Solutions controls and automated material handing systems are designed to ensure faster delivery, engineering consistency, and diagnostic-rich commissioning. Our difference is in execution—we remove the guesswork with validated logic, standardized workflows, and diagnostics designed in from day one.
Since 1996, Steele Solutions has been delivering high-quality products and customer service to help ensure every project is a success. Our team is focused on building designs to keep products and people moving, minimizing congestion and obstacles, and maximizing efficient flow from shelf to delivery truck.
Whether it’s platforms, chutes, lockers or controls, our team is dedicated to helping your next project arrive on time, with less friction and exceptional customer service, all while ensuring optimal system safety, performance, and longevity.
Automation and Controls FAQs
Steele Solutions Controls is a division of Steele Solutions focused on turnkey controls and automated material handling systems with validated sequences for faster commissioning, improved reliability, and the ability to scale quickly.
Following our unique process, Define, Design, Develop, Deploy, and Commission, you can feel confident your project will move forward with pre-validated code, automated QA workflows, and structured field support to accelerate startup and ensure long-term reliability.
Steele Solutions Controls supports the parcel, warehouse, and distribution industries with custom and module-based control and automation systems.
Steele Solutions Controls provides turnkey automation controls systems, including new installations, retrofits, system upgrades.
Our team of engineers works hand-in-hand to develop and deploy a validated pre-tested system designed to get you up and running faster, without delays. From PLC/HMI programming, panel design, installation support, commissioning, and ongoing lifecycle service, we deliver reliable, modular, and scalable controls architecture with simulation-ready logic.
Steele Solutions Controls offers a fast, reliable alternative to traditional controls systems, backed by reusable logic, diagnostics-ready architecture, platform-agnostic execution, and a flexible partnership model designed to reduce cost and complexity.
When you work with Steele Solutions Controls, you can expect responsive, transparent communication, validated systems before commissioning begins, streamlined installation with coordinated field support, dependable post-go-live service, and a team with deep material handling expertise committed to getting it right the first time.