The build
A site written for a technical buyer
Specs, materials, tolerances and capacity laid out in the terms a buyer already searches with — so they can qualify you without an enquiry, and enquire already half-scoped.
Machinery & Equipment
Automation & robotics
Automation and robotics buyers don’t buy robots — they buy an outcome: more throughput, better quality, or work off people the labour market can’t fill.
The decision is usually a business case with a payback period, made by people who need to justify the spend internally. Most integrator sites lead with the technology — cell photos, robot brands, axis counts — and leave the buyer to work out the ROI themselves. I build sites that lead with the outcome and the application, prove it with real installations and numbers, and turn a serious integration project into a scoped enquiry rather than a cold "how much for a robot" question.
What I'd build you
A site that gets found, believed and quoted.
Found
Ranked for what you actually make
A page per process, material and sector instead of one “Services” page — every one its own door into the site, matched to how buyers search rather than how the business is organised.
Asked for
Named in the answer, not the results
Buyers ask an assistant before they ask a supplier, and it quotes whoever actually answered. Question-led content and structured data put your words in that answer.
Measured, not claimed
2.9s.
Time to main content on a phone, against 6.9s for the median of 5 comparable firms.
Reported
Numbers you can put in front of the MD
Speed, search visibility and enquiry volume measured on a regular cycle and reported back — so the site is answerable for something rather than just existing.
What I build for automation & robotics
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Outcome-led application pages (throughput, quality, labour, safety) tied to real process problems
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Installation case studies with the before/after and the payback the buyer needs for a business case
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Capability content by process (pick-and-place, palletising, machine tending, welding, inspection) and integration approach
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A project-enquiry flow scoping the process, volumes, cycle time and constraints before the feasibility study
Frequently asked questions.
What manufacturers ask before they hire me. If yours is not here, ask it — the answer is usually short.
Can we show outcomes rather than just the technology?
I build outcome-led application pages — throughput gained, quality improved, labour redeployed — because a buyer approves an automation project on the business case, not on the robot brand, and that’s the language the decision-maker uses.
How do we prove it works well enough to justify the spend?
Installation case studies with the before/after and the payback give a buyer the evidence they need to sell the project internally, which does far more than a photo of a cell ever will.
How do integration enquiries get captured with enough to scope?
A structured enquiry flow captures the process, volumes, cycle time and constraints up front, so you can judge feasibility and respond seriously instead of fielding a bare "how much for a robot" question.
Will we be found for a specific application like palletising or machine tending?
Capability pages target each process directly, so a buyer looking to automate palletising or machine tending finds an integrator who does exactly that, rather than a generalist listing every technology going.
Buyers are nervous automation won’t deliver — can the site reduce that fear?
Content on your process — feasibility, simulation, build, commissioning, support — plus honest case studies shows a cautious buyer how you de-risk the project, which is often what separates you from a cheaper quote they don’t trust.
Will AI assistants recommend us when a buyer describes a process to automate?
Outcome-led, structured application content is exactly what AI matches to a buyer’s described problem — and with Periscope I measure how often ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity name you, then work the pages that move it.
Proof — recent manufacturer work
All case studies
Welding supplies & equipment — trade wholesale
Weldability-SIF
A trade portal for a welding wholesaler founded in 1925 — 3,400 pages, contract pricing, credit and reordering pulled live from the ERP.
Industrial distribution & engineering services
Tidyco
A rebuild for a Derby fluid-power and rail engineering group — seven divisions, one front door, and a 50-guide library that answers buyers before they enquire.
Precision CNC machining
Milltech Precision Engineering
A rebuild for a Norwich CNC subcontractor — four divisions, capability pages that state the tolerance, and a quote path that asks for the drawing.
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