Industrial automation facility
Systems Integration / Southern Africa

Make the complexvisible.

First Vision Automation helps industrial teams see where performance is won, where risk is hiding, and what to do next.

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ACTIVE
LAT
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LON
28.03
THROUGHPUT
94.2%
UPTIME
99.6%
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01 / Why FVA

Your plant is already telling you what it needs.
We help you hear it sooner.

First Vision Automation brings more than 20 years of international experience to PLC / SCADA systems integration, field instrumentation, electrical engineering, and sub-station automation on a turnkey basis.

20+
years of experience
14
countries reached
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Johannesburg base
02 / The FVA Method

From signal to certainty.

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PLC & SCADA systems integration

Expert programming and integration across ABB, Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider, WinCC, FactoryTalk, PlantPAx, DeltaV, and TIA Portal environments.

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Instrumentation & control engineering

Field instrumentation, control-system specifications, conceptual drawings, P&IDs, functional specifications, and instrumentation loop drawings.

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Panels, networks & data

Control-panel design and manufacturing, historians, data loggers, control networks, fibre and copper infrastructure, and data centres.

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Plant readiness & commissioning

Plant I/O testing, startup, commissioning, and FAT support — complementing your team or taking complete responsibility.

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03 / Operational Intelligence

One view. Fewer surprises.

We connect the layers between field equipment and leadership decisions. The result is a live operating picture that makes bottlenecks, alarms, and opportunities impossible to ignore.

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04 / Where We Work

Built for the real world.

High-consequence environments demand more than off-the-shelf answers. We bring engineering discipline to every system we touch.

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Mining & minerals

Hard-rock and surface operations where uptime, throughput, and safety are non-negotiable.

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Water treatment

Process control and instrumentation for municipal and industrial water infrastructure.

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Process manufacturing

Continuous and batch processes tuned for yield, quality, and energy efficiency.

05 / Systems in Practice

Interfaces that operators trust.

SCADA views, control architecture, PLC hardware, and network infrastructure brought together as one dependable operating layer.

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06 / Client References

Work that travels well.

Selected client and project reference assets — a visual record of the environments, organisations, and systems connected to our work.

Trusted by
DRA
NOVO Energy
Extrupet
Deo Water Services
GEA
MechProTech
Ametis Water
ProProcess
Roytec
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07 / The Outcome

Better decisions at the edge.

Because the best automation is not the system with the most features. It is the system your team trusts when the pressure is on.

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Clear operating picture

One trusted source of truth spanning the field floor to the boardroom.

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Faster fault finding

Alarms and trends that point your team straight to the root cause.

03

Safer interventions

Control logic and interlocks engineered to protect people and assets.

08 / Start Here

See what your system can do.

Tell us where the friction is. We will help you find the signal.

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