GrayMatter Accelerates Industrial Intelligence Platform with Ohio System Integrator Strategic Merger

January 13, 2023

PITTSBURGH - GrayMatter is excited to announce the expansion of its Industrial Intelligence Platform of premiere industrial technology solution providers with the strategic merger of Columbus, Ohio-based Phantom Technical Services, Inc.

"Expanding GrayMatter's presence in the industrial automation space is a big priority," said GrayMatter CEO James Gillespie. "Phantom's exceptional reputation gives an unfair advantage to our automation and control solutions that our customers are demanding."

Phantom Technical Services is the third system integrator to join GrayMatter's family of industrial technology brands since 2020. E-Merge Systems, Inc., of Richmond, Va., joined GrayMatter in December 2020. HTSE, Inc. of Kalamazoo, Mich., joined in August 2022.

With the addition of Phantom, GrayMatter has nearly 200 employees working in the U.S., Canada, India and elsewhere.

Phantom Technical Services has built an outstanding reputation in the food & beverage, automotive, consumer packaged goods (CPG), metals and discrete manufacturing industries. Phantom specializes in control system design, UL 508A panel builds, controls automation, process & batching, SCADA & MES and data analytics.