Industrial and process equipment depends on control panels that hold up to the plant, not the catalog. If you are a project, maintenance, or plant engineer in manufacturing, mining, water and wastewater, or process heavy materials, you have seen what happens when an off-the-shelf panel meets real operating conditions: nuisance faults, premature failures, and unplanned […]

Managing engineering and operations for a small to medium municipal power provider, or utility is a challenge with limited resources and tight schedules. A substation upgrade or greenfield  project calls for relay control panels built to your protection scheme and delivered to meet the schedule. ACS will work with you as a partner to develop […]

Proof-of-concept Improved Modular Fuel Delivery System (iMFDS) will help the Navy convert commercial tankers into E-STREAM-compliant refueling assets — strengthening fuel logistics for Distributed Maritime Operations. IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. — July 8, 2026 — Appleton Control Systems (ACS), a division of True Bear Engineering, LLC, has been awarded a contract to develop and demonstrate a […]

Last week, I attended the Shipbuilders Council of America spring meeting in Washington, D.C. The Thursday agenda was packed with presentations from members of Congress, Navy and Coast Guard acquisition leaders, and senior officials shaping the future of American shipbuilding. The message coming out of D.C. was consistent and urgent: the U.S. needs to build […]