Applied Engineering Services for Smarter Manufacturing

GLOBAL delivers applied engineering services that turn complex manufacturing challenges into practical, production-ready automation. From early feasibility studies to turnkey robotic cells, line upgrades, and on-site engineering talent, our team aligns technology with throughput, quality, safety, and uptime goals. Use one experienced partner to design the system, launch it successfully, and support the people and processes behind it.

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Our Applied Engineering Services

Integrated engineering, robotics, modernization, and talent solutions for demanding manufacturing environments.

Automation Consulting

Evaluate processes, cycle times, facility constraints, and return potential before committing to automation. GLOBAL develops practical concepts and implementation recommendations for high-value manufacturing improvements.

Turnkey System Integration

Bring robotic automation from concept through simulation, controls engineering, build, installation, commissioning, training, documentation, and long-term production support with one accountable engineering partner.

Line Upgrades

Modernize existing production lines for new launches, capacity needs, model changeovers, or improved automation while helping minimize downtime and unnecessary capital investment.

Machine Vision Guidance

Use vision-guided robotics for part location, inspection, moving-line tracking, random bin picking, and in-line validation that reduces fixturing, scrap, and rework.

Material Handling

Engineer flexible robotic pick-and-place, palletizing, depalletizing, racking, transfer, and conveyor-integrated handling systems around your parts, floor space, cycle times, and production requirements.

Automation Staffing

Add qualified controls engineers, PLC programmers, robotics technicians, designers, project managers, and commissioning specialists through contract, contract-to-hire, or direct placement options.

End-to-End Automation

Engineering That Moves Production Forward

Applied engineering is most valuable when it connects a business objective to a system that performs on the plant floor. GLOBAL combines feasibility analysis, concept and detailed design, simulation, robotic integration, controls, machine vision, factory acceptance testing, installation, and commissioning in one coordinated offering, with technical staffing available to sustain the result. Engineers work through each phase—study, design, build, test, install, and run-off—so the objective carries through to production release. The work is designed around your actual equipment, parts, quality requirements, and operating constraints to improve throughput, consistency, traceability, safety, and long-term production resilience.

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The GLOBAL Difference

Why Choose GLOBAL?

One partner for the automation system and the engineering talent behind it.

Unified Delivery

Robotic integration and technical staffing work together under one partner, simplifying complex project execution.

FANUC Level 5 Integrator

Level 5 is the top tier of FANUC's Authorized System Integrator program, reserved for partners with demonstrated engineering capability across a broad range of applications.

Factory-Focused

Our 110+ team members support demanding plant-floor, simulation-lab, and customer-site engineering work.

Smarter Launches

AI-assisted simulation helps reduce programming time and uncover issues before deployment and commissioning.

Meet the GLOBAL Team

Automation specialists focused on solving real manufacturing problems.

Founded in 2008, GLOBAL Automation Technologies was built to solve manufacturing problems through automation, bringing systems integration and technical staffing together as a single source for robotic automation and the engineers to run it. Across 18+ years the team has grown to 110+ members working in simulation environments, on plant floors, and at customer sites, with offices in four countries and project experience in 22 countries. Applying lessons from automotive, EV, heavy equipment, and aerospace work, GLOBAL delivers the system and the people behind it with accountability from concept through production support.

18+ YearsAutomation expertise since 2008
110+ Team MembersEngineering and technical professionals
630+ RobotsSold worldwide

Frequently Asked Questions

What engineering services does GLOBAL provide?

GLOBAL delivers applied engineering services that turn a production objective into a working system—feasibility studies, concept and detailed design, robot and controls engineering, project management, and on-site installation and commissioning support. Manufacturers can engage GLOBAL for a full turnkey project or for specific engineering phases that supplement an in-house team. The focus is practical output on the plant floor, not analysis for its own sake.

Which industries use GLOBAL's applied engineering services?

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Can GLOBAL upgrade an existing line, and how do we start?

Talk to an Automation Expert

You don't need a defined project to start a conversation. Tell us about your products, your processes, and your automation goals, and learn how GLOBAL approaches automation.

Where GLOBAL Works

Engineering support for manufacturers across North America and global production environments.

22 Countries

Experience

5 Continents

Global Reach

110+ Members

Team Size

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Certifications & Recognition

Certifications & Recognition

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FANUC Level 5 Authorized System Integrator

Level 5 is the top tier of FANUC's Authorized System Integrator program, reflecting proven engineering depth, factory training, and application experience.

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FANUC America 2025 Sales Growth Award

Recognized by FANUC America with its 2025 Sales Growth Award.

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#1 FANUC Robot Purchaser in North America (2025)

Purchased more FANUC robots than any other North American integrator in 2025.

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WBENC Certified

Certified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council, which supports OEM and Tier 1 supplier diversity requirements.

Turn Manufacturing Challenges Into Progress

Tell us about your process, production goals, and current constraints. A GLOBAL specialist can help identify the next practical engineering step.

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