Minuteman Controls

Specialties

Minuteman Controls has been solving New England’s instrumentation and automation challenges since 1970.

We are a stocking distributor that sells pneumatic, electronic & mechanical components used in industrial & labratory automation. We also design and sell extruded aluminum machine guarding, framing & conveyors as well as a full line of machine safety controls.

Minuteman Controls also has a UL-​508 panel shop where we build turn-​key control systems and offer value added assembly.

History

Established in 1970.

Minuteman Controls was founded by Herb Morton in 1969 and incorporated in 1970. We started out specializing in miniature fluidic components used by the medical device market around Boston.

As the company grew we expanded our core competencies & product lines to service the automation needs of the predominant industries in New England; from laboratory automation, to semiconductor manufacturing, biotech processing, machine tools, the plastics industry, food & packing, consumer goods & electronics, as well as general manufacturing.

With such a high density of the world’s best universities being located here in New England, we don’t know what future industries may be created next, we can only continually strive grow and adapt to the needs of our customers.

Meet the Manager

Bill O.

Manager

With over 25 years’ experience in manufacturing, factory automation and industrial control systems, Bill Oliver joined Minuteman Controls in 1996 to take on the role of Vice President in charge of Engineering and Sales.

Bill has an extensive background in manufacturing. He started his career designing high speed production machines for the light bulb industry, then moved into aerospace/​defense where he designed onboard equipment for nuclear submarines, naval surface vessels and helicopters.

Later he worked as a manufacturing engineer designing assembly equipment and setting up entire production lines for the automotive instrumentation market. This where he found his passion for automation. Bill then made the transition from engineering to technical sales and has been bringing his expertise to his customers ever since.