The people behind the plants that run the West.
Rust Automation & Controls connects the best automation, valve, and instrumentation lines with the engineers, plants, and buyers who depend on them, backed by people who answer the phone and expertise you can't get from a catalog.
We represent the lines. We stock the products. We know how they work.
Rust is a manufacturers' representative and a distributor, which means we're on the plant floor and in the engineering conversation, not just shipping boxes.
We know the equipment, the process, and the people. When a line goes down or a project needs a spec, you get someone who's solved it before, and who'll stand behind the answer.
Most of our work happens out where you are.
Whichever side of the spec you're on.
Sizing, support, and a straight answer.
Application engineering, product selection, and on-site help, plus tools that take the guesswork out of sizing and selection.
See the tools →One accountable partner.
Quotes you can plan around, availability you can trust, and a single point of contact across hundreds of lines. Fewer vendors to chase.
Get a quote →Get represented in the West.
Boots on the ground, deep customer relationships, and a team that knows how to sell technical products. Your products, our territory.
Partner with us →Extend your reach.
We work alongside distribution partners to get the right product to the right plant, with the engineering support to back it.
Talk to us →The lines we carry, the people who know them.
What customers are telling us.
The CSR Team at Rust are very professional and have a short response to sales and pricing questions. The technical information is complete and accurate.
They have always went above and beyond for all our requests and urgencies. They have a quick response time getting back to you. They take pride in their business and that is why we keep going back.
My equipment went down and required an actuator. It was later in the day but they managed to get my part to ship overnight. Thank you!
Tools that make the work easier.
Practical tools for the people who do the work. Free, fast, and built from knowing what engineers and buyers actually need.
Engineering calculators
Valve sizing (Cv), pressure drop, unit conversions, and more. The math you'd otherwise do by hand.
Product configurator
Build a part number across a full manufacturer catalogue and drop it straight into a quote.
More on the way
A cross-reference for legacy and competitor part numbers, and a searchable datasheet library. Tell us the tool that would save your team an afternoon — we build the ones people ask for.
Half a century of getting things done, with people, not transactions.
Since 1976, the same name has been over the door. We've grown by doing right by the engineers, plants, and manufacturers who trust us, and by hiring people who stay.
Tell us what you're working on.
Send a parts list, a print, or just the problem. A real person reads it and gets you an answer, with a real lead time rather than an optimistic one.