Plant-floor software, qualified on your production line
The software contractor,the manufacturing engineerand the statistician,from one engineering company.
Rothenberg Industries moves, finishes and builds plant-floor software, then proves it on your production line. The same lead engineer writes the code and runs the qualification, so nothing is lost in a handoff.
Your call is with the lead engineer, not a salesperson. NDA on request.
Screen recording · built by Rothenberg Industries
Work for manufacturers in semiconductor materials and general manufacturing.
The problem
Where manufacturing software projects get stuck
A software engineer can change the code. It takes a manufacturing engineer to say whether the line still makes good product. They are usually different people in different departments, and the project sits between them.
The usual wayThree specialists and someone to manage them
A software contractor to change the code.
A manufacturing engineer to plan and run the trials on the line.
A statistician to say whether the new system is as good as the old one.
Someone on your staff to coordinate all three.
Rothenberg IndustriesOne cell. One lead engineer covers all three.
The same engineer changes the code, stands at the line when it runs, and writes the report.
If a job needs more people, coordinating them is Rothenberg Industries' job, not yours.
You have one company to hold accountable for the result.
Your project
Other work in the queue
Waiting at a handoff
Released to the line
You may recognize one of these
Red tagA system that works, on a PC and a version of Windows that have to go.
Red tagA replacement that your own team or a contractor started and could not finish.
Red tagNew software that runs on a desk and has never been proven on the line.
What Rothenberg Industries takes on
Three kinds of project
Finish an unfinished project
Unfinished project
Your team or a previous contractor started it and it stalled. Rothenberg Industries takes over the code as it stands and finishes it.
Move old software to current Windows
Legacy port
Plant-floor software written years ago, on a PC that has to be replaced. Rothenberg Industries moves it to current Windows and shows on your line that it matches or beats the old system. That includes C++ applications and camera-based inspection systems.
Build new production software
New production software
New C++, web or Ignition SCADA applications for the line, built by an engineer who has worked on production lines and qualified on your line before handover.
Software and hardware Rothenberg Industries has built for manufacturers, commercial clients and its own products.
Manufacturing · M365 Power App
Shop Floor Video Library & Player
Engineered a custom Power App deployed directly to the manufacturing shop floor. It allows operators to instantly load, search, and stream safety and training videos natively within the Microsoft 365 environment.
Printed & deployed
CAD · three-component shield
Commercial AV · Hardware R&D
Custom AV Camera Enclosure
When a commercial AV partner needed to protect a wall-mounted Blackmagic micro camera without sacrificing the room's aesthetics, Rothenberg Industries engineered a custom two-component shield — designed in CAD, 3D-printed, and deployed on standard 1/4-20 mounts.
When an NYC restaurant's off-the-shelf POS system couldn't handle strict NY labor compliance laws, Rothenberg Industries built a standalone React dashboard on .NET and Azure SQL. It tracks employee breaks in real time to keep every shift legally compliant.
Manufacturing · M365 Architecture
Enterprise Teams Command Center
Architected a “headless” Power App using MS Graph API to bypass Microsoft Teams' native limitations. Eliminates browser-redirect friction and consolidates cross-team project channels.
In developmentLive panel · on the sketches that built it
Printed enclosure · CM5 I/O
R&D / Custom AV · Hardware & IoT
Custom Edge IoT & Smart Hardware
Rothenberg Industries also builds physical interfaces. In development: custom smart-home and commercial AV control panels utilizing Raspberry Pi CM5 modules and Waveshare touch displays — from notebook sketch to printed enclosure to live dashboard.
Recent integrations: custom React dashboards interfacing with the Hubitat Maker API for Zigbee networks, and voice-control layers for whole-house audio where standard commercial AV fails.
Photos inside the app screens, via Wikimedia Commons:
oleander by Alvesgaspar,
CC BY 2.5, cropped;
spider plant, public domain.
Industrial & cloud technology stack
PC-DMIS
LabVIEW
Ignition
JMP JSL
Flutter
React
.NET / Azure
M365 Cloud
Google Maps
Selected work
In use on plant floors
Client work is confidential, so it is described without names.
In service since 2019A data-collection web application running at dozens of operator stations across a manufacturing plant, in service since 2019.
23-inch touchscreensA plant waste-recording application rebuilt for 23-inch touchscreens, with controls spaced for operators wearing heavy gloves and a daily report emailed at 7 a.m.
Taken overA legacy C/C++ plugin taken over from a developer who was not delivering, then debugged, extended and completed.
“Michael was able to step in and take over when the previous developer was not providing the results we needed. Michael was available when we needed him, worked with us to add the features we needed and completed the project successfully.”
Client, legacy C/C++ project
“RBI, LLC is great to work with, very thorough and helpful. Professional Access & SQL integration.”
You describe the system and the problem. After the call you get a proposal for how to run the project: whether an assessment comes first, what the qualification covers, and the price.
Op 20
Software
Your lead engineer takes over the code, puts it under version control, and makes the changes.
Held until it passesOp 30
Qualification on your line
The same engineer plans it and runs it, analyzes the results in JMP, and revises the software until the new system matches or beats the old one.
ReleasedOp 40
Handover
You get the validation report, updated documentation, and a clean version-controlled history of the code.
Rothenberg IndustriesMRMichael RothenbergFounder & lead engineerOn site at your plant
Founder & lead engineer
Who leads your project
I'm Michael Rothenberg, founder and lead engineer. Before starting Rothenberg Industries in 2016 I spent four and a half years in manufacturing engineering, as a process engineer on production lines in semiconductor materials manufacturing.
On a production line, software is judged one way: whether the line still makes good product. Every project here is held to that.
As a manufacturing engineer
Led a team that built an automated optical inspection system. It imaged 100% of a part's surface at 0.5 µm in under two minutes and used custom image-processing software to find defects.
Replaced a production measurement system and showed with statistical significance that the new one was more sensitive than the old. Ran the Gage R&R, wrote the procedure, trained the operators and put it into production.
Automated an inspection that took an operator more than ten minutes per part, cutting it to 40 seconds of machine time.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
WCM Green Belt
ISO/TS 16949 Internal Auditor
8D root cause analysis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
JMP training from SAS in design of experiments, ANOVA and regression
Ignition 8.1 Credential, Inductive Automation
First-named inventor on a published U.S. patent application
Before you call
Common questions
How is a project priced?
After a first call. Every project is different, so you get a proposal that fits yours. You approve the scope, the qualification plan and the price before any work starts.
What if the new system does not match the old one?
Your lead engineer changes the software and runs the trial again. How many rounds the proposal covers is agreed before work starts.
Who does the work?
Michael Rothenberg, the founder and lead engineer, leads every project and does the software and the qualification. When a job needs it, Rothenberg Industries brings in outside specialists.
Will anyone outside Rothenberg Industries see our code?
Only with your approval, and under the same confidentiality terms.
Does the work happen on site?
The qualification happens on your production line, so the lead engineer comes to your plant, in the U.S. or abroad.
Why are there no client names here?
Client work is under confidentiality terms, and yours would be too.
What does Rothenberg Industries not do?
Hourly staff augmentation. The company takes responsibility for a result. It does not supply hours for someone else to direct.
Printed & deployed
CAD · three-component shield
In development
Live panel · on the sketches that built it
Printed enclosure · CM5 I/O
