PP Control & Automation is a strategic outsourcing partner to many of the world’s most successful machinery builders and OEMs.
For more than five decades, the business has helped manufacturers build better machines, protect capacity, improve quality, reduce complexity and create the headroom they need to grow.
From its manufacturing facility in the West Midlands, PP C&A deliver control and automation solutions, electrical systems, cable harnesses, mechanical assemblies, pneumatics, hydraulics, fluid systems and full outsourced manufacturing support for customers operating in some of the most demanding industrial sectors.
But what PP C&A build is only part of the story.
“Our real value is helping customers make outsourcing work – commercially, operationally and strategically.”
Pinaki Banerjee, CEO
PP C&A’s West Midlands facility provides more than 5,500m² of manufacturing space and has been continually developed to support the needs of growing OEMs.
Investment in automation, cable processing, crimping technology, ESD manufacturing, testing, training and process improvement helps deliver consistent quality at scale. These investments are made because every customers demands confidence. Confidence that work will be delivered correctly. Confidence that capacity can flex. Confidence that documentation, traceability and standards will be maintained. Confidence that outsourcing will strengthen their business rather than introduce more risk.
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We are thrilled to announce that Pinaki Banerjee, CEO of PP Control & Automation, has been recognised in the first-ever Great 100 list by Made in Group – a celebration of unsung heroes powering British manufacturing and engineering.
Malcolm Condon and Richard Spears received the prestigious honour last night in front of 250 people at the NEC in Birmingham.
At the Business Desk West Midlands Leadership Awards, CEO Tony Hague collected two awards, and the fourth individual accolade since collecting the EMA Industry Leader of the Year award in September.
PP Control & Automation’s Tony Hague was named as CEO of the Year at the Business Desk West Midlands Awards last night.
PP Control & Automation enjoyed a double triumph at the national Engineering & Manufacturing Awards.
Attracting more females into engineering is the mission for a Black Country electrical engineer that has won a clutch of awards in the early part of her career.
The Manufacturer Top 100 celebrated the exceptional achievements and contributions of individuals within the manufacturing industry and among the 100 remarkable talents was our very own Sophie Young.
PP C&A is pleased to share that CEO, Tony Hague, and apprentice, Sophie Young, have been shortlisted for prestigious accolades at the Engineering & Manufacturing Awards.
Over 18 months ago, PP Control & Automation became the latest manufacturer to be selected for the Sharing in Growth (SiG) transformation programme. This new collaboration would act as a catalyst for further improvement.
A female electrical engineer, who has already delivered a £1m plus new product introduction, was named as the Black Country’s best Engineering & Manufacturing apprentice on the evening of Thursday 3rd November.
Technology, systems and facilities matter. But in manufacturing, people still make the difference.
PP C&A has grown from a handful of people when it was established in 1967, to over 200 today through customer focus, continuous learning and improvement. Every employee is encouraged to challenge processes, solve problems, suggest better ways of working and take pride in the role they play in the success story of every customer.
PP C&A invests time where it can make a real difference – from an internal training school offering up to 200 learning hours per employee each year, to community programmes supporting wellbeing, ESG and volunteering. This commitment also extends into continuous improvement, business acumen training and customer centricity programmes, helping our people, our customers and our communities move forward together.
At PP C&A you’ll witness a culture of knowledge, care, ownership and the willingness to do things properly.
Frank was there when original founder, David Fox first acquired Power Panels and was integral in overseeing three facility extensions, and the evolution of the brand from Power Panels, the control panel manufacturer, to PP Control & Automation, the strategic outsourcing partner.
Ian Knight, Chief Information Officer at PP Control & Automation (PP C&A) challenges the prevailing, often vague narrative around AI adoption and reframes the conversation around a more practical starting point: operational constraints.
Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept for manufacturers. It is already being explored across quotation, production planning, engineering, quality, supply chain and customer service functions. Yet, for many organisations, the gap between experimentation and meaningful operational impact remains difficult to close.
A leading aquaculture specialist – that is changing the way fish are vaccinated safely – has signed a major manufacturing deal.
On paper, defined discipline-specific suppliers can look organised. However, every additional supplier introduces another handoff, and every handoff creates another point where time, quality, communication and accountability can be lost.
Very rarely does growth not surface because an OEM lacks ambition. Shortcomings arise because operating models built to support such ambition don’t evolve quickly enough.
Recent weeks have brought two important industry moments into sharp focus, concluding that demand for AI and automation is rising, but investment, skills, and long-term thinking must follow.
For decades, one question has sat at the heart of operational strategy for machine builders and OEMs: make or buy? It’s a familiar debate and it isn’t the wrong question by any means, but perhaps it is an incomplete one.
In most machine building businesses, change is still treated as an exception. A late-stage drawing revision, component substitution, or wiring tweak discovered during build. Each one is handled, resolved, and signed off. And then everyone moves on. But what if that’s the wrong way to think about it? What if change isn’t the disruption to the system but the system itself?
Our ideas. Now in audio. This series turns our latest opinion pieces into easy-to-access insights, exploring the real-world challenges facing machine builders and OEMs today. Simple. Practical. On demand. EXPLORE THE SERIES ON SPOTIFY In this feature, Tony Hague, Director at PP Control & Automation draws on decades of experience …
Global expansion is on the agenda for PP Control & Automation after it announced a major acquisition drive.
PP C&A manufacturing capability has been developed around the real-world needs of OEMs.
The facility supports everything from individual control panels and cable assemblies through to complex electro-mechanical assemblies, modular systems and full machine build.
This breadth means customers no longer have to think in isolation about supplier relationships behind crucial manufacturing disciplines. Customers increasingly need partners who can bring capability together into one controlled manufacturing environment.
PP C&A helps OEMs and machine builders:
〉Increase manufacturing capacity without unnecessary internal expansion
〉Reduce operational complexity
〉Improve quality, consistency and repeatability
〉Strengthen supply chain resilience
〉Access specialist skills, systems and facilities
〉Support new product introduction and scaling
〉Improve focus on core machine design and customer value
〉Build long-term outsourcing strategies, not just short-term supply fixes
PP Control & Automation has set its sights on breaking the £40m sales revenue barrier in 2024 after having seen sales rise from £24m to £36m over the last twelve months.
The third in a series of six programmes from UK Manufacturing TV looks at the challenge facing SME manufacturers to recruit the skills they need, now and in the future.
Three PP Control & Automation directors roll back the years and document the impact different investments over three decades have made on the business.
PP Control & Automation joined and hosted the WMG, University of Warwick Net Zero Innovation Network Cohort this month as it looks to further boost its green credentials.
PP Control & Automation has completed the installation of 450 sq metres of solar panels on the roof of its world-class facility in Cheslyn Hay.
PP C&A has signalled its intentions to ramp up investment in its recently launched Bright Sparks University (BSU).
PP C&A has invested over £100,000 into creating a new Electrostatic Discharge manufacturing facility.
A world first in ‘crimping’ technology has been installed PP C&A to help with increased demand for its strategic services.
A new £1m factory extension has been unveiled by PP Control & Automation as it singled its intention to double sales by 2021.
We believe in meeting you, listening and understanding your needs first and foremost.
If you are considering PP C&A’s strategic outsourcing services or you wish to review your outsourcing strategies, we would welcome the opportunity for discussion.
