Vendor-independent by design
We work across whatever APC and DCS tooling you already run — because the right answer depends on your plant, not our product line.
About us · Since 2011
The conviction hasn’t changed. The scale has.
Alpha Process Control was founded by engineers who'd already spent decades inside refineries and petrochemical plants — not consultants learning the plant floor, but people who'd run it. That expertise is what the company was built to make available.
It now reaches partners across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, through hundreds of projects — however you want to work with us. Bring in our engineers for a bespoke project, or run the same technology yourself. Either way, it's vendor-independent, and it's the same judgment behind it.
Company timeline
2011
Company founded
Alpha Process Control founded in Pisa, Italy.
2012
Team starts growing
Francesca Maggesi joins, later leads the APC team.
2013
First MPC implementation
First full deployment of our real-time MPC technology.
2015
Asia-Pacific expansion
First projects delivered in South Korea and Japan.
2017
ISO 9001 certified
Formal certification of our quality management system.
2018
VPI technology launches
Our visual big-data analytics engine goes live.
2020
NRM launches
First deployment of our proprietary NRM technology.
2024
200th project delivered
A global milestone across every region we serve.
2026
ChatAPC launches
Our AI Advisor for the process industry goes live.
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Leadership
The team behind the projects.
Filippo Trivella
Managing Director
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Master's in Chemical Engineering, University of Pisa. 17 years at AspenTech leading 120+ APC projects. A founder of Alpha Process Control.
Maurizio Rossi
Technical Manager
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Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Pisa. Led major AspenTech projects — hydrocrackers, crude units, ethylene plants. Co-founder of Alpha Process Control.
AB Alessandro Brambilla
Senior Partner
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40+ years in process control. Professor at the University of Pisa. Founded Contas Process Control in 1981, later acquired by AspenTech. A founder of Alpha.
Michela Montesi
Operations Manager
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Chemical Engineering graduate, University of Pisa, 1992. Worked on 250+ projects across Europe and the Middle East. A founder of Alpha, now managing operations.
Francesca Maggesi
APC Team Leader
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Chemical Engineering graduate, University of Pisa, 2010. Joined Alpha Process Control in 2012, and leads the APC team across every project since 2017.
Track record
230+ projects delivered
40+ sites optimized since 2012
150+ combined years of engineering experience
20+ countries across 3 continents
15 years in business
215+ inferentials developed
Trusted by
Teams running plants for the names you already know.
Our approach
Vendor-independent because your plant already is.
Engineering judgment, not a black box
Every project is led by engineers who've spent decades in this exact discipline — not a generic software rollout.
Two ways to put it to work
Bring in our engineers for a hands-on project, or run ChatAPC and the engines behind it yourself. Same expertise, either way.
230+
hands-on projects, since 2011
AlphaPilot The plant knowledge graph every other app reads and writes — the hub of the suite. ChatAPC Ask anything, in plain language. AlphaMax The multi-unit optimizer: tells your APCs where to run and guides the operator on what to do next. AlphaModel Keeps every control loop tuned to your plant's actual dynamics, not generic defaults. AlphaData Connects your existing instrumentation, cleanly — nothing new to install. AlphaNRM Predicts critical product qualities in real time, from instrumentation you already have. AlphaExplorer The plant model, explorable — every object and every connection, browsable on its own.
Partners
Vendor-independent — with two formal partnerships to show for it.
Alpha integrates with whatever DCS or APC platform your plant already runs. Honeywell and Siemens are the two we've formalized into an official partnership.
Honeywell Process Solutions
A business unit of Honeywell International, pioneering process automation for more than 40 years — from legacy control systems to today’s Experion® PKS. Alpha has collaborated with Honeywell since 2013, with deep expertise across the Profit Suite.
Siemens
A global leader in industrial automation and digitalization. Alpha Process Control is Siemens' service partner for advanced process control implementation across oil, gas, and petrochemical operations worldwide.
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