Complete projects
End-to-end responsibility, from automation engineering to assisted operation.
- Logic and screen configuration
- Factory acceptance testing (FAT)
- Installation and commissioning
- Start-up and ramp-up
- Assisted operation
Industrial automation
From configuration to start-up, your plant up and running.
We take on complete automation projects, provide specialist consulting and supply engineers for specific or spot jobs, across the market's leading systems.
- years in automation
- 25+
- I/O points delivered
- 32k+
- control platforms
- 10+
- industrial sectors
- 6
Services
Three ways to work with GADOT
From a fixed scope to a short-term boost for your team, you hire exactly what the project needs.
Consulting
An independent technical view for better decisions and more from your existing assets.
- Line and productivity audits
- MES and Industry 4.0
- Pharmaceutical validation (IQ/OQ)
- Specifications and technical documentation
- Project management
Specialist staffing
Engineers ready to reinforce your team for as long as the job requires.
- Specific and spot jobs
- Plant shutdowns and retrofits
- Control system maintenance
- Fault diagnosis
- Profibus network specialization and protocol integration
How we work
The full automation life cycle
- 01
Specification
Requirements, architecture and documents.
- 02
Configuration
Logic, screens and networks.
- 03
FAT
Testing before it reaches the plant.
- 04
Commissioning
Loops, I/O and sequences on site.
- 05
Start-up
A safe plant start.
- 06
Optimization
Ramp-up, audits and continuous improvement.
Systems
Experience on the systems that run industry
We work across vendors and technology generations, including the integration between them.
DCS
- Foxboro I/A
- Yokogawa CENTUM VP / CS3000
- Emerson DeltaV
- Valmet DNA
- ABB 800xA / AC450 / AC110
- GE CE2K
PLC
- Rockwell ControlLogix / PLC-5
- Siemens TIA Portal / S5
- Mitsubishi Q
- Omron
- GE Fanuc 80/35
- B&R
- Beckhoff TwinCAT
- ELAU
SCADA / HMI
- zenon
- InTouch
- iFIX
- CIMPLICITY
- RSView
- Advasoft
- FoxCAE
Networks and protocols
- Profibus
- ControlNet
- DeviceNet
- DH+
- Modbus
- Fieldbus
- Courier
- OPC
- Ethernet
MES and software
- MES
- SQL
- Python
- C++
- .NET
- Visual Basic
- Delphi
Industries
Process knowledge, not just system knowledge
Pulp and paper
Fiber lines, power and recovery boilers, lime kilns and evaporation.
Power
Hydroelectric and thermal plants, substations and auxiliary services.
Food and beverage
Conveyors, fillers, line audits and MES.
Pharmaceutical
Validation, BMS, FMS and CIP systems for regulated environments.
Steel and metals
I/O databases, process networks and plant improvements.
Water and sanitation
Treatment plants, pumping and substation automation.
Portfolio
Projects that went live
Experience built up by GADOT's technical leadership, including projects carried out with manufacturers and system integrators.
Highlights
Veracel
Lime kiln configuration and fiber line start-up, with FAT on the IDEAS simulator.
Foxboro
8,000 I/O pointsKlabin Riocell
Nine months on site: logic and screens, FAT, commissioning, shutdown and mill start-up.
Foxboro
6,700 I/O pointsCERAN
Six generating units: DCS panels, electrical auxiliary services and commissioning manual.
GE 80/35
6,000 I/O pointsCMPC
Power and recovery boilers: configuration, FAT, commissioning and start-up.
Valmet DNA
Sidel
Conveyors, fillers, audits and MES on beverage lines around the world.
Allen-Bradley, Siemens, zenon
Novo Nordisk
FMS and access control testing, validation plan, qualification protocols and reports.
FMS
All projects 30
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2025
KHS
Food and beverage · Worldwide
TIA Portal, SIMOTION, zenon -
2008–2025
Sidel
Food and beverage · Worldwide
Allen-Bradley, Siemens, zenon -
2023–2024
ACMI / Marchiani
Food and beverage · Worldwide
TIA Portal, Rockwell -
2023
CMPC
Pulp and paper · Guaíba, RS
Valmet DNA -
2022
LD Celulose
Pulp and paper · Uberlândia, MG
Valmet DNA -
2012
Eldorado
Pulp and paper · Três Lagoas, MS
Yokogawa CENTUM VP -
2011
Veracel
Pulp and paper · Eunápolis, BA
Foxboro I/A -
2010
ThyssenKrupp CSA
Steel and metals · Santa Cruz, RJ
Alstom, ABB 800xA -
2008
Bahia Pulp
Pulp and paper · Salvador, BA
Yokogawa CS3000 -
2008
Veracel
Pulp and paper · Eunápolis, BA
Foxboro, Siemens -
2007
Celulosa Arauco
Pulp and paper · Licantén, Chile
InTouch 9.6, Mitsubishi Q -
2007
Cristália
Pharmaceutical · Itapira, SP
-
2006–2007
Allergan
Pharmaceutical · Guarulhos, SP
BMS -
2006
Merial / Aventis
Pharmaceutical · Paulínia, SP
CIP -
2006
Eurofarma
Pharmaceutical · Itapevi, SP
-
2005–2006
Novo Nordisk
Pharmaceutical · Montes Claros, MG
FMS -
2005
Votorantim Metais
Steel and metals · Niquelândia, GO
ControlLogix, InTouch1,200 I/O points -
2005
Veracel
Pulp and paper · Eunápolis, BA
Foxboro8,000 I/O points -
2004–2005
VCP
Pulp and paper · Jacareí, SP
Courier, Modbus -
2004
Barra Grande
Power · Anita Garibaldi, RS
GE 80/35, CIMPLICITY3,000 I/O points -
2003
CERAN
Power · Bento Gonçalves, RS
GE 80/356,000 I/O points -
2003
Itaipu
Power · Foz do Iguaçu, PR
GE CE2K2,000 I/O points -
2003
Klabin
Pulp and paper · Telêmaco Borba, PR
ABB AC450, Rockwell -
2003
SABESP
Water and sanitation · Riacho Grande, SP
ABB AC110, Advasoft -
2003
Corn Products
Food and beverage · Mogi Guaçu, SP
Rockwell, Foxboro, DeltaV -
2002–2003
Alunorte
Steel and metals · Barcarena, PA
ABB AC450 -
2002
Termobahia
Power · Candeias, BA
ABB AC110, iFIX -
2002
Klabin Riocell
Pulp and paper · Guaíba, RS
Foxboro6,700 I/O points -
2001
CST (Arcelor)
Steel and metals · Vitória, ES
ControlLogix, InTouch5,200 I/O points -
2001
CSN
Steel and metals · Volta Redonda, RJ
Allen-Bradley PLC-5, RSView
Our essence
What GADOT stands for
Five Portuguese words form our name and guide every project.
- G
Gerenciar Manage
Projects, schedules and teams under control.
- A
Adaptar Adapt
Every solution tailored to the plant and the system.
- D
Desenvolver Develop
Logic, screens and integrations that work.
- O
Otimizar Optimize
More productive, more efficient processes.
- T
Trabalhar Work
On site, alongside the client, through start-up.
About
Engineering from people who are on site at start-up
GADOT Automation has been providing development and technical consulting since 2006 for a wide range of industrial systems and facilities.
Our technical leadership combines production engineering, mechatronics and data processing, with more than 25 years of field work in Brazil and abroad.
Service in Portuguese, English and Spanish.
- 2001
Technical foundation in PLC, SCADA and industrial networks, with Rockwell Automation.
- 2002
DCS and PLC in pulp, power, steel and water.
- 2005
Pharmaceutical validation for ANVISA, WHO and FDA certification.
- 2006
GADOT Automation begins.
- 2008
Beverage lines worldwide: engineering, start-up, MES and audits.
- 2022
Valmet DNA boilers and new global beverage projects.
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