What Summit Environmental Technologies does

Summit Environmental Technologies is a private, full-service environmental analytical laboratory headquartered in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, operating from a 25,000 square foot single-facility lab where all testing is performed in-house without third-party sample shipment. The company executes EPA-approved analytical methods across SW-846, Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Standard Methods, ASTM, NIOSH, NCASI, and API families using instrumentation including High Resolution Mass Spectrometer, GC/MS, ICP/MS, HPLC, HPLC/MS/MS, IC, TOX, XRF, Gamma Spec Analyzer, Gas Proportional Counters, Liquid Scintillation, and dedicated clean-room Low Level Mercury capability. Testing services span water, wastewater, stormwater, drinking water, soils, sludges, hazardous waste, air emissions, radiological samples, and emerging contaminants (notably PFAS via EPA Methods 1633, 533, and 537, plus Dioxin/Furan via EPA Methods 1613, 8280, 8290, and 23A).

The company serves B2B customers across multiple verticals — environmental consulting firms, manufacturing plants, paper mills, waste disposal facilities, wastewater plants, oil recyclers, petroleum refineries, municipalities, and government agencies — with named enterprise logos including General Electric, Honeywell, Georgia Pacific, Goodyear, Dow Corning, Weyerhaeuser, Waste Management Corp, Monsanto, Los Alamos National Laboratories, and the National Park Service. Summit holds NELAC/NELAP accreditation, USDA/APHIS accreditation, New York State DOH accreditation, and state certifications in 33+ named states spanning drinking water, non-potable water, solid, and air testing categories. The company operates as a subsidiary of Alliance Technical Group.

Revenue is generated through project-based, transaction-fee pricing on a per-analysis basis with quote-based intake (phone or website form), net-30 payment terms, and surcharges for rush analysis or customized reporting. The go-to-market motion is sales-led and consultative, with direct enterprise outreach, technical positioning around turnaround time (described as approximately half the industry norm), transparent pricing without hidden container or facsimile fees, and earned-media visibility from NBC National Interview coverage of the 2023 East Palestine train derailment response and NPR/Ideastream coverage of PFAS consumer-product testing.

Name

Summit Environmental Technologies

Legal name

Summit Environmental Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://settek.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Summit Environmental Technologies is a private, NELAC-accredited environmental analytical laboratory in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, providing EPA-method testing for water, wastewater, soils, air, PFAS, Dioxin/Furan, and radiological samples to enterprise, consulting, and government clients nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Analytical Laboratory Testing Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Testing Laboratories and Services (541380)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Laboratory Testing & Analytical Services (in-house/contract labs; microbiology, metals, organics) (EUANAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emerging Contaminants Testing & Risk Management (PFAS, microplastics, pharmaceuticals) (EUANAJAF), Radiological & Hazardous Materials Monitoring (Radiation, Asbestos, Lead) (EUAHACAJ), Wastewater & Industrial Effluent Monitoring (NPDES/Permit Compliance) (EUAHACAD), Stack/Source Emissions Testing & CEMS Support (EUAHACAB), Soil & Sediment Sampling (Contaminants, Nutrients, Metals) (EUAHACAF)

Keywords

• Environmental analytical testing
• PFAS testing services
• Dioxin Furan analysis
• EPA methods laboratory
• Water wastewater testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Cuyahoga Falls

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Environmental Analytical Testing Services: Project-based environmental testing services for water, wastewater, soils, hazardous waste, air emissions, and radiological samples. Services billed per analysis request with payment terms net 30 days. Pricing is competitive with no hidden charges or extra fees. Customized reports and rush analysis may incur additional charges. Revenue generated through testing fees for EPA Methods, state certifications, and specialized analyses.
2. Specialized Testing and Analysis: Additional charges assessed for customized reports, additional copies, rush analysis, and rapid reporting of rush analysis. Professional services revenue from consulting on testing methods and sample analysis for specific regulatory compliance requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Summit Environmental Technologies operates a 25,000 square foot full-service environmental analytical laboratory in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, performing EPA-approved analytical testing on water, wastewater, soils, sludges, hazardous waste, air emissions, and radiological samples under one roof. The company specializes in PFAS testing (EPA Methods 1633, 533, 537), Dioxin/Furan analysis, Low Level Mercury testing, radiological analysis, TCLP, and method-specific testing across SW-846, CWA, SDWA, ASTM, NIOSH, NCASI, and API frameworks for manufacturing plants, environmental consultants, waste disposal facilities, paper mills, wastewater plants, municipalities, and government agencies nationwide and worldwide.

Product overview

Summit Environmental Technologies is a full-service environmental analytical laboratory testing services provider operating from a 25,000 square foot facility in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of testing services organized around EPA-approved methods including PFAS Testing and UCMR5 Analysis (EPA Methods 1633, 533, 537), Radiological Analysis, Water Testing Laboratories, Restrictive Hazardous Substances testing, Dioxin/Furan Testing (Methods 1613, 8280, 8290, 23A), Low Level Mercury testing (Method 1631E), TCLP Analysis, and Waste Oil/Biodiesel/Ethanol analysis. Testing capabilities span multiple method families including EPA Methods (SW-846, CWA, SDWA), ASTM, NIOSH, NCASI, API, and Standard Methods for analyzing water, soils, sludges, hazardous waste, PCBs, fuels, and stack testing samples. The laboratory provides all testing under one roof with competitive pricing, reliable turnaround times, and state-certified results across most U.S. states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environmental Testing Services Comprehensive environmental analytical laboratory testing services including water, wastewater, air, and solid waste testing for consultants, manufacturing plants, waste disposal facilities, paper mills, and wastewater plants nationwide and worldwide.
• PFAS Testing and UCMR5 Analysis PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) testing services including EPA Method 1633, UCMR5, EPA Method 533, and EPA Method 537 PFAS analysis for drinking water, wastewater, and environmental samples.
• Radiological Analysis Laboratory Radiochemistry analytical services including gross alpha/beta testing, radium 226/228 testing, uranium, thorium, radon, gamma spec, and strontium testing for drinking water, wastewater, soil, and solid waste clients.
• Restrictive Hazardous Substances (RHS) Testing Certified laboratory testing for Restrictive Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment including dioxin/furan, PBB, PBDE, PCB Congeners, mercury, and AOX analysis.
• Water Testing Laboratories EPA drinking water testing services covering VOCs, SOCs, EDB/DBCP, HAAs, herbicides, anions, perchlorate, metals, mercury, and various drinking water parameters.
• API Methods Testing Oil recycling testing services compliant with API standards including density, BTU, PCBs, specific gravity, and viscosity analysis.
• ASTM Methods Testing Material analysis testing using American Society of Testing and Materials methods for oil recycling and waste characterization including acidity, ash, BTU, metals in oil, pour point, and sulfur speciation.
• Dioxin/Furan Testing Services Dioxin and furan testing using EPA Methods 1613, 8280, 8290, and 23A for wastewater, drinking water, soil, sludge, air and tissue analysis.
• Low Level Mercury Method 1631E Testing Specialized low level mercury (LL Hg) testing using EPA Method 1631E with detection limit of 0.2 ng/l, performed in a dedicated clean room with MDL below method requirements.
• NCASI Methods Testing Testing methods for pulp and paper facilities including AOX, chloroform, chlorinated phenolics, methanol, HAPS, dioxins, and furans under National Council for Air and Stream Improvement standards.
• NIOSH Methods Testing Occupational safety testing using National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health approved methods for metals, TOX, hexavalent chromium, and sulfur dioxide.
• PBB-PBDE Testing Services Analysis of Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB), Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs), and PCB Congeners for electrical and electronic equipment compliance.
• Standard Methods Testing Standard Methods analysis including alkalinity, ammonia, BOD, chloramine, COD, conductivity, cyanide, E. Coli, fecal coliform, hardness, radon, surfactants, TOC, and volatile fatty acids.
• SW-846 Methods Testing EPA SW-846 methods for analysis of metals, VOCs, LL Mercury, mercury, SVOCs, pesticides, herbicides, BTEX, GRO, DRO, and TPH.
• TCLP Analysis Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure analysis using SW-846 Method 1311 to profile D-listed waste streams and verify non-hazardous waste criteria.
• Waste Oil, Biodiesel and Ethanol Testing Full-service analysis for waste oil (BSW, ash, flash point, pour point, cetane, BTU, PCB, density, halogen, sulfur, metals, viscosity), biodiesel, and ethanol (distillation, glycerin, sulfated ash).
• EPA Wastewater Methods Testing Wastewater analysis including BOD, COD, TOC, metals, low level mercury, volatiles, semivolatiles, butyltin analysis, methamphetamine analysis, and dioxin/furan analysis.
• EPA Method 26 Testing Air sampling analysis for measuring hydrogen halides (HCl, HBr, HF), chlorine, and bromine gases from stationary sources.
• EPA Method TO-15 Air Testing Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in air collected in specially-prepared canisters and analyzed by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS).
• EPA Method 1633 Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous, Solid, Biosolids, and Tissue Samples by LC-MS/MS for Clean Water Act compliance.
• EPA Method 533 Determination of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Drinking Water by Isotope Dilution Anion Exchange Solid Phase Extraction and Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry.
• EPA Method 537 Determination of Selected Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids in Drinking Water by Solid Phase Extraction and Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS).
• Chain of Custody Services Analysis Request and Chain of Custody form services for sample tracking and documentation in environmental testing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Testing turnaround in almost half the time of most labs across the entire country
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Alliance Technical Groupparent companyOthersSummit Environmental Technologies, LLC is an Alliance Technical Group Company. Alliance Technical Group is the parent company overseeing Summit's operations as part of a larger environmental testing services organization.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pace Analytical Services: One of the largest privately held environmental testing laboratories in the U.S., offering a similar full-service portfolio (water, wastewater, air, soil, PFAS, dioxin) across multiple sites. Pace is the most direct competitor in terms of customer base (environmental consultants, industrial, municipalities) and service breadth.
• GEL Laboratories: U.S. environmental analytical laboratory specializing in high-resolution analyses including dioxins/furans, PFAS, and radiochemistry. Comparable to Summit in specialty testing depth, particularly for dioxin and emerging contaminants, serving similar government and industrial clients.
• Alpha Analytical: Full-service environmental testing laboratory in the eastern U.S. providing similar water, wastewater, soil, and air testing services with NELAP accreditation. Comparable mid-sized direct competitor in the regional/national environmental testing market.
• EMSL Analytical: U.S. environmental and indoor air quality testing laboratory network with comparable service offerings in microbiology, asbestos, lead, PFAS, and dioxin analysis. Competes with Summit across environmental compliance testing segments.

Broad incumbents

• Eurofins Scientific: Global environmental testing services giant operating across food, pharma, and environmental verticals with hundreds of labs worldwide. Eurofins competes directly with Summit in PFAS and environmental compliance testing, but operates at vastly greater scale and offers a broader testing portfolio.
• ALS Global: Global testing services provider with significant environmental and life-sciences operations, including PFAS and dioxin capabilities in North America. Competes with Summit for large industrial and municipal environmental testing contracts but at much larger scale.
• SGS: One of the world's largest testing, inspection, and certification companies with extensive environmental laboratory services. Competes with Summit across environmental compliance testing but at global scale across many industries.
• Bureau Veritas: Global TIC (testing, inspection, certification) company with environmental laboratory operations serving industrial and government clients. Overlaps with Summit in environmental compliance and PFAS testing but at significantly larger scale.
• TestAmerica (Eurofins TestAmerica): Once the largest U.S. environmental testing network, now part of Eurofins. Competes head-to-head with Summit for NPDES, drinking water, and air testing contracts, but at much larger scale across multiple U.S. labs.

Emerging players

• Trilogy Analytical Laboratory: U.S. environmental laboratory specializing in PFAS, dioxin, and other trace organic analysis using high-resolution mass spectrometry. Directly comparable specialty capabilities to Summit's PFAS and Dioxin/Furan offerings for clients with sophisticated analytical needs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SummitEnviroLabs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/radon-1

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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