Process Optimization

Optimization Solutions for Process Applications

From control system security and virtualization to burner/combustion control and energy management, the experts at Cross Company’s Process Solutions group can help you increase the efficiency of your process. We can help you ensure that you’re maximizing product and throughput while minimizing waste and rework.

Our engineers and process control experts look at your process from a holistic perspective, taking into account everything from cybersecurity to how energy is being expended. We can even create virtual representations of your entire plant to find points of optimization and ways that you can improve your processes.

If you’re not meeting the goals you should or struggling with older systems, Cross Company can help.

Taking Control of Your Processes

Cross Company’s process optimization solutions are not just about efficiency; they are about revolutionizing your manufacturing processes to meet short, medium, and long-term goals. And when your process is effectively optimized, it helps you meet those goals while also improving throughput, safety, and overall process efficiency.

Partnering with Cross Company Process Solutions is a commitment to optimizing your manufacturing, commercial, or municipal processes. With our team of process experts, we’ll work with you as an extension of your own team to ensure your systems are not just operating, they’re optimized.

If you’re actively using burners or controlled combustion reactions in your process, controlling those processes is critical to both production efficiency and industrial safety. Let us work with you to control burners and combustions to optimize your throughput.

Burner and Combustion Control →

Many industrial process operations are operating using legacy software or hardware. These can represent holes in your cybersecurity. We’ll make sure you’re using the best, most up-to-date equipment.

Control System Software and Hardware Upgrades →

Energy optimization is the cornerstone of sustainable manufacturing and cost reduction. Cross Company’s energy management solutions are tailored to your unique energy consumption needs, reducing costs, enhancing sustainability, and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.

Energy Management →

Ensure that your control systems are protected from cyber threats. We’ll inspect, audit, and overhaul your security systems to ensure you’re protected, no matter what the threat.

Control System Security →

Our Process Control System Simulation solutions let you model your exact operation within a safe, digital version of your process. Partnering with Cross Company for industrial control system (ICS) simulation gives your teams a powerful tool to maintain safe, efficient, and profitable production.

Control System Simulation →

For many process operations, remote access is a critical part of monitoring. We’ll work with you to make sure that your remote access connections are secure, compliant, and protected from unwanted intrusion.

Remote Access Security →

In today’s fast-paced manufacturing environment, flexibility and scalability are key. Virtualization technology provides the means to streamline operations, reduce hardware costs, and enhance system adaptability. Cross Company’s virtualization solutions empower you to create a nimble and efficient manufacturing ecosystem.

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Benefits of Partnering With Cross for Process Optimization

Implementing industrial process optimization solutions can revolutionize your process application. Some of the primary benefits of partnering with Cross Company include greater efficiency, lower costs, and increased product quality.

Greater Efficiency

We work directly with you to streamline workflows and optimize critical processes to increase overall operational efficiency. That means reduced lead times, less waste, and better resource utilization

Lower Costs

By improving energy efficiency, reducing maintenance expenses, and minimizing resource waste during the production process, Cross can help you significantly lower operational costs in your operation

Increased Quality

Through partnering with Cross to improve, optimize, or update precision control over critical processes, you can achieve consistent product quality and ensure compliance with regulatory standards

Offering Solutions From Leading Brands

Application Note: Cross Implements New Combustion Controls To Meet Modernization Stadards

Cross Company’s Process Solutions group implemented PCS 7 combustion controls of new boiler to meet modernization and production demands at paper mill. We accounted for customer requirements, implementation goals, industry standards, and other requirements to ensure the system was optimized and modernized without significant production stoppage.

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Complete Optimization of a Process Facility

A Cross Company Case Study with the Jack Daniel’s Distillery

The Jack Daniel’s facility in Lynchburg, TN was operating at full capacity to meet product demand. See how Cross Company collaborated with the Jack Daniel’s team to develop a new facility that would be state-of-the-art, scalable, and fully automated. All while preserving the existing operating philosophies and tradition at the heart of the Jack Daniel’s brand.

More Cross Company Process Solutions Success Stories

Take a look at some real-life case studies and application notes from Cross Company’s Process Solutions group. 

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Our customer is a large multinational manufacturer of food flavorings and fragrances. In their facility in Florida, they have three boilers which generate steam to provide heat for their production
April 9, 2026
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Learn how Cross Process Solutions utilized the KATflow 150 to solve water billing inaccuracies and identify steam leaks for a major manufacturer. Discover the advantages of non-invasive ultrasonic technology for
February 9, 2026
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Cross Company helped a major automotive manufacturing facility in Alabama improve their operation by replacing legacy ultrasonic flow meters. Learn More!
February 5, 2026

Why Cross Process Optimization?

At Cross Process Solutions, we understand that each manufacturing operation is a unique entity with its distinct set of challenges and aspirations. Our approach is centered on providing customized solutions that align with your specific needs and goals, driving innovation across both your products and processes.

Embracing complete solutions for your process is not merely a choice but a necessity for businesses striving to thrive in the digital age. Whether you seek to enhance product quality, reduce costs, or minimize your environmental footprint, Cross Company Process Solutions has the tailored solutions to meet your unique needs.

Contact us today to embark on a journey toward operational excellence and sustainable success.

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Related Solutions for Process Applications

At Cross, we offer much more than just process optimization solutions. We can also provide the solutions our process manufacturing partners need to succeed. Check out our other process solutions equipment and see for yourself.

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