Company History

FASTechnology Group (FASTech) was originally founded and incorporated as Digi-Gear Systems, Inc. (DGS) in 1987, and has been serving manufacturers and large industrial firms throughout the United States with quality engineering services and industrial control systems that are custom designed to automate plant-floor manufacturing processes.

FASTechnology Group is a founding member of the Control Systems Integrators Association and a four time consecutive winner of the St. Louis RCGA (Regional Commerce and Growth Association) Fast 50 award.

Company Charter

The systems and solutions typically developed by FASTechnology Group are used to increase productivity and efficiency, decrease waste, and provide management with timely, decision-critical data about the manufacturing process. FASTech is in the business of assisting companies in their quest to produce higher quality products faster, cheaper, and with less waste than ever before

FASTechnology Group is an industrial control systems integration and manufacturing firm that specializes in developing turn-key custom automation solutions for difficult-to-solve manufacturing and plant floor production problems. With over 20 years of successful applications into many different manufacturing and process control environments.

CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS

FASTechnology Group is a veteran CPG packaging integrator with roots in the Commercial Printing vertical segment. FASTech’s core competency is focused in high speed precision product tracking and handling, variable inkjet digital package printing, and retail-ready end cap palletization. With over 1,000 installations nation-wide, FASTech is well-versed in the turnkey application of high volume machine and variable data print controls within the major US Commercial Printing sector.

These core CPG competencies combined with FASTech's consumer targeting expertise that was honed over many years in the complex Commercial Printing segment has formed the cornerstone for our emerging Retail Ready Personalized Packaging (RRPP) initiative, and is designed to improve product sustainability and effectiveness. More specifically, custom geographic, demographic, psychographic and store-centric marketing content can be developed and micro-targeted to a granular level never achievable until now, and ultimately incorporated into the manufacturer supply chain to retail store.

This custom, store-of-the-community retailer / demographic targeted content is now variably printed on pack, and is also truly segmented to the area, route, store, pallet, or even individual customer level. Not only can an overall reduction in bulk retail labelling ordering and inventory costs be realized, but it also yields retailer economies of scale by shifting POS costs and wasted floor space from broad “shotgun approach” POS displays to efficient and effective micro targeting on-pack, on-carrier, and on-pallet.

FASTechnology Group’s intelligent palletization controls yields route sequenced, mixed case, or demographic grouped end-cap pallet displays that are far more retail-ready simply after unwrapping on the floor. FASTech patent pending RRPP systems can be easily overlayed and cost effectively deployed onto any pre-existing filling and packaging lines.

NEWSPAPER MAILROOM SYSTEMS

With the acquisition of Enternet, FASTechnology now offers mid-range newspaper packaging control systems. Still marketed under the Enternet brand, the inserter and collator control systems are offered at price points affordable to almost all newspapers who wish to enjoy the richness and flexibility of the industry's most powerful control software.

PRINTING & FINISHING

FASTechnology is home to seasoned engineers and programmers with a core expertise in the commercial printing market. Today, an advanced, 4th generation state-of-the-art family of bindery controllers by FASTechnology Group incorporates Siemens Automation architecture to handle complete magazine production needs in a controller, including easy operator make-ready procedures, optional vision verification of proper form feeding, control of inkjet or paper label printing, product sorting, and organized product bundling prior to mailing.

FASTechnology drive control solutions in the commercial printing industry using Siemens Simotion technology have been proven to be a faster and more efficient choice for drive upgrade or new multi-drive applications, which can be an integrated choice with a FASTpro Bindery Controller, or implemented as a stand-alone solution. Whether it is a simple control system upgrade, a combination of bindery controllers networked to an office bindery management data system, or a multi-drive application in need of partial or complete upgrade, FASTechnology Group engineering and control solutions combined with Siemens Automation technology can bring the plant production to higher performance levels while minimizing wasted product and operator make-ready downtime. FASTech has the expertise, resources and technology to provide you with a solution tailored to meet your production needs.

 

Our long-standing strategic involvement with Siemens Automation, and today in Partnership with Siemens, has helped FASTech maintain a truly 'Global' attitude toward customer service and technology development. This global approach is evident through applications across the United Sates, and at international project sites such as Japan, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Australia, and Mexico. Our ability to provide CE and UL certified systems with the backing of Siemens technology, provides our clients with additional piece of mind that they have chosen the best systems integrator for the project.

With an installed base of systems throughout Fortune 100 clients and small businesses alike, we have the ability and expertise to develop turn-key solutions for your automation needs, whatever the industry. The bottom line is that if you allow FASTech automation experts to tackle your toughest production and automation challenges, you can have the freedom to focus your resources on your core business activity, "doing what you do best." Contact us today to learn how automation technology can be applied to your manufacturing operation to not only help you maximize your growth potential and decrease your costs, but to also help you finalize those projects that may have been on hold for lack of resources. We look forward in assisting you to maintain the competitive edge!