
ADI HERITAGE
Automation Displays, inc. was founded in 1971 by two engineers who left a major control OEM in Minneapolis to start a Graphic Control Panel Manufacturing Company. They started out producing custom graphic control panels for the Process Control and Mass Transit industries. 14 years after its founding Member, Richard Carroll and 3 partners, whom were all ADi employees at the time, purchased ADi. They grew the business by servicing customers in the Building Automation, Detention, and Oil industries. In 2019, Brenden Carroll purchased all outstanding shares from his father.
ADi supplies system integrators and installers in the building automation, detention and access control, fire signaling, oil and gas, and industrial control industries.
Automation Displays, inc. designs and manufactures all of its products in Eau Claire Wisconsin and has a world-wide footprint, predominantly in North America and the Middle East.
SPECIALIZED SKILL SET
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Design of electrical enclosures and metal fabrication processes.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Embedded Controls, Industrial Controls, Relay Controls, Industrial signaling, and PLC programming.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Firmware development for embedded systems, ability to program in several industrial protocols, and several programming languages.
TECHNICAL ADVISORS
Includes a former Cray Computer chip designer with a Phd in Electrical Engineering from Stanford.
SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE
Specifically in Smoke Control, Fire Alarm Signaling, and Industrial Controls.
SOLID REPUTATION
ADi has built its success and solid reputation through long-standing relationships with OEMs, installers and integrators of electrical and mechanical systems.
THE PROCESS
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Brief / Technical Inquiry
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Costing
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Design Options
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Create Prototype
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Fabrication / Construction
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Testing
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Deliver

BRAND HERITAGE
CUSTOM ENGINEERING
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE