Our Future Direction

Circumnavigating the Globe with Total Automation
Even though Total Automation already serves a global clientele and has offices in various parts of the world, we continue to seek ways to improve our levels of services to our customers.  With the acquisition of the Group by Wartsila Corporation and access to their global network, it is believed Total Automation will have the opportunity to offer its customers more support in the near future. 

One way we seek to do this is to establish new offices in regions where we do not have a strong presence, but where our customers are. We seek to establish an office in North America to better service our customers in the U.S.A and Latin America.

We also seek to add additional services to current offices. In Europe, we aim to add our traditional Service & Repair services to our current Manufacturing & Gauging services. We aim for each of our offices to be able to perform traditional Service & Repair, Project & System Integration, and have capability in Manufacturing & Gauging.

Growing through Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
While we aim to grow Total Automation by increasing the level and type of services offered, we also aim to grow Total Automation through technology acquisitions or joint ventures.

We look at companies that are involved in technology which we understand and can use, but may not have the global strength, the financial muscle, or the technical manpower to grow that business.

We are always on the look out for companies that will increase our ability to offer total solutions.

LNG and Offshore Oil Boom
Over the next few years, we continue to see the rising importance of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and offshore oil. We expect to see these two booms translate into strong growth drivers for our business.

With LNG production expected to double in the decade, we expect increased demand for our skills and products. There are currently in excess of 50 new LNG carriers under construction in Japan, Korea, China and France which offer opportunity for Whessoe gauges and our system integration services.

Total Automation also expects to benefit from the offshore oil boom with the growing number of conversions from crude oil carriers to FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) and FSO (floating storage and offloading). This is becoming increasingly popular as a more cost effective solution for the offshore gas industry.

At the same time, both oil and gas carriers are being upgraded to handle more stringent regulations and shipping demands.

Along with the offshore boom, land-based storage terminals are also being built which offer us the opportunity to supply plant automation control systems.