What SABIA does

SABIA Inc. is a privately held industrial technology company headquartered in San Diego, California (operating under Aratay Inc.), that designs, manufactures, and services Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) bulk-material elemental analyzers and complementary process-control software for the cement, coal mining and power generation, mineral ore beneficiation, and metals recycling industries. The company's core hardware products are the X1-LiNX on-belt analyzer and the patented X1-XP on-pipe slurry analyzer, both utilizing Cf-252 isotopic neutron sources and FPGA-based electronics to deliver continuous, near-real-time elemental analysis of 100% of material flow on conveyors or in slurry pipes. SABIA complements its analyzers with a software stack including RHEA 2.0 (raw mix and mill optimization with fuzzy-logic adaptive control), SOROS 2.0 (stockpile composition management), HELIOS (analyzer monitoring and data management), and the SAGE AI/ML platform (predictive analytics and anomaly detection). Revenue is generated through quote-based hardware sales, software licenses, comprehensive service contracts (remote NOC support, on-site maintenance, source replenishment, regulatory compliance), and Cf-252 neutron source distribution under NRC, California, Canadian CNSC, and Indian AERB licensing.

SABIA sells directly to enterprise customers through a global sales team with regional representatives and channel partners in the United States, India, China, Korea, Southeast Asia, Turkey, Europe, and Peru, supporting an installed base of 200+ analyzers across 15 countries. The company maintains a wholly-owned Indian subsidiary (SABIA Bulk Material Analyzer Private Limited) as its regional hub for India, the Middle East, and North Africa, while primary R&D, electronics manufacturing, and a global Network Operations Center remain in San Diego. The company was founded in 2000 by alumni of Gamma-Metrics who created the first commercial PGNA analyzer in 1986, and was acquired by Hal Grodzins in May 2023, with the current leadership team including CEO Hal Grodzins, CFO Ken Walker, CTO Abhinandan Sheshadri, and Customer Engineering Manager Mohnish Charan. SABIA is ISO 9001:2015 certified and holds 35+ patents, with the development team carrying 140+ years of combined analyzer experience.

Name

SABIA

Legal name

Sabia Inc

Website

https://sabiainc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SABIA Inc. designs and manufactures PGNAA bulk-material elemental analyzers and process-control software for cement, coal mining and power generation, mineral ore beneficiation, and metals recycling enterprises worldwide. The company sells X1-LiNX and X1-XP analyzers plus RHEA, SOROS, HELIOS, and SAGE AI/ML software to industrial customers across 15 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Analyzers

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Process Analytical Instrumentation (Gas analyzers, spectroscopy, pH/ORP, conductivity) (IMAGAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Radiation Detection Instruments & Systems (Portal monitors, spectrometers, contamination monitors) (EUAKAIAK), Nuclear Materials Testing, Assay & Characterization Services (NDA/NDE, radiochemistry, materials analysis) (EUAKAIAL)

Keywords

• PGNAA bulk material analyzers
• Elemental process control
• Cement plant automation
• Coal quality monitoring
• Slurry analysis systems

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. PGNAA Bulk-Material Analyzers (X1-LiNX, X1-XP): Sale of hardware analyzers for elemental analysis in cement, coal, mining, and metals recycling industries. Analyzers are sold directly to enterprise customers as capital equipment with installation and commissioning services. Pricing is quote-based. Includes retrofit/upgrade kits for legacy analyzers from competitors.
2. Process Control Software (RHEA 2.0, SOROS 2.0, HELIOS, SAGE): Software packages sold alongside hardware or independently for raw mix control, stockpile management, and AI/ML-based plant optimization. Licensed as software modules with administration, optimization, feed, analysis, and lab management capabilities.
3. Service Contracts: Comprehensive service contracts covering remote support from NOC, on-site technical support, re-calibrations, nuclear regulatory compliance assistance, radiation safety training, replacement parts, on-site preventive maintenance, and Cf-252 source replenishments. Also includes retrofits for legacy analyzers, leak tests, radiation surveys, RSO training, and licensing assistance.
4. Cf-252 Neutron Source Services: Distribution, installation, replenishment, and spent source removal for Cf-252 sealed neutron sources. SABIA is authorized by NRC, State of California, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, and Indian Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. Sources are NIST-traceable and DOT-certified as Special Form.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SABIA designs, manufactures, and sells Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) bulk material analyzers (X1-LiNX on-belt and X1-XP on-pipe slurry) that provide continuous, real-time elemental analysis of material on conveyor belts and through slurry pipes for cement, coal power, mining, and metals recycling industries. The company complements its analyzers with software platforms (RHEA 2.0, SOROS 2.0, HELIOS, SAGE AI/ML) for process optimization, plus services including Cf-252 neutron source distribution, RSO training, and comprehensive service contracts.

Product overview

SABIA offers a portfolio of PGNAA (Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis) bulk material analyzers and complementary software solutions for the cement, coal, mining, and metals recycling industries. The core hardware products include the X1-LiNX cross-belt/on-belt analyzer and X1-XP on-pipe slurry analyzer, both utilizing patented neutron source technology. These analyzers integrate with companion software platforms: RHEA 2.0 provides raw mix and mill optimization control; SOROS 2.0 manages stockpile building and composition; HELIOS serves as the core monitoring and data management system; and SAGE applies AI/ML for predictive analytics and anomaly detection. Additional offerings include retrofitted Z1-LiNX upgrade packages for legacy analyzers, CF-252 neutron source services, RSO training, and comprehensive service contracts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• X1-LiNX On-Belt Analyzer Advanced Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) bulk material analyzer designed for installation directly on conveyor belt support structures. Features FPGA-based onboard electronics, ruggedized design requiring only AC power and Ethernet connection, with no moving parts. Used in cement plants and coal mining operations for real-time elemental analysis.
• X1-XP On-Pipe Slurry Analyzer Patented slurry PGNAA analyzer with clamshell design for pipe diameters 6-24 inches. Provides continuous real-time elemental analysis of slurries with approximately 30% solids content, used in gold, iron, nickel, and phosphate ore benefication. First and only analyzer capable of continuous analysis for 100% of slurry material.
• Z1-LiNX Upgrades Low-cost upgrade packages for owners of legacy PGNAA analyzers (CBX, CBGN, CBA, ECA, 1812, 3612, ASYS units) providing high-performance detectors, electronics, servers, and software using existing analyzer installations and shielding.
• RHEA 2.0 Raw Mix & Mill Optimization Full-featured management, control and optimization software package for cement plants including RHEA Administration Platform, Optimization Manager, Feed Manager, Analysis Manager, and LAB Manager modules. Provides fuzzy logic-based adaptive control algorithms for raw mix chemistry control.
• SOROS 2.0 Stockpile Manager Stockpile building and composition control software that works with X1-LiNX analyzers for better stockpile building to target composition. Supports manual to fully automatic stacker/reclaimer control with optional control drivers for material/tonnage, cost, and composition optimization.
• HELIOS Software Platform Core software system that monitors analyzer conditions, controls the analyzer, and manages data storage and retrieval. Enables historical data, activity, and trends access with state-of-the-art architecture for fast analysis and flexible data display on any device.
• SAGE AI/ML Platform AI/ML digital platform for plant automation that monitors process variations, detects anomalies, and predicts process and quality outcomes. Uses artificial intelligence for supervisory corrective actions to improve throughput, yields and productivity. Features AI predictions on hundreds of parameters and Pyro AI/ML predictions for burning zone, calciner zone, and quality zone outputs.
• Cf-252 Neutron Sources Service Distribution, installation, replenishment and spent source removal services for 252Cf neutron sources used in PGNAA analyzers. NRC, California, Canadian CNSC, and Indian AERB licensed service provider.
• RSO Training Radiation Safety Officer training and license application assistance covering NRC, State, and DOT regulations. Includes site-specific radioactive materials license application and Radiation Protection Program design.
• Service Contracts Comprehensive service contracts providing remote support from NOC Center, on-site technical support, re-calibrations, nuclear regulatory compliance assistance, radiation safety training, replacement parts, preventive maintenance, and source replenishments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fuel savings of $375K USD in first six months for a utility implementing coal receipt monitoring
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability5 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and minor.

• Kiss Industrial & Scientific (KI&S)supportingTechnology or IntegrationSABIA works with KI&S to expand its knowledge base about XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence) technology and to provide customers access to XRF resources. KI&S provides support and equipment sales to Mission Critical analytical process control environments in ASEAN countries (Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam). Founded in 1988, KI&S has the largest and most experienced team of X-Ray specialists in Thailand and works with major equipment suppliers including FLSmidth Automation, SICK Maihak, In-Process Instruments, and SABIA Inc.
• SME (Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSABIA's involvement with SME has helped learn more about how PGNAA analyzers can benefit new customers in mining and metallurgy. SABIA participates in SME events, maintains a booth, and presents slurry project profiles and technical presentations at SME conferences.
• CW ResearchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSABIA references CW Research reports on cement plant automation and market trends. CW Research publishes the World Cement Equipment Market and Forecast report which highlights the growing importance of automation, control, and testing in cement production.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bruker Corporation: Analytical instruments group offering XRF, OES and ED-XRF spectrometers used by mining and metals customers. While not a PGNAA incumbent, it competes for the analytical capex budget at the same mining and metals recycling buyers SABIA targets.
• Rigaku Corporation: Japanese analytical and X-ray instruments vendor with XRF and online process analyzers used in cement and mining. Hal Grodzins' previous role as Executive Consultant to the CEO at Rigaku Group highlights industry overlap; competes for similar buyer profiles on elemental measurement.
• Endress+Hauser: Global leader in industrial process instrumentation with adjacent offerings in elemental composition and slurry analysis via subsidiary subsidiaries/Analytical Products. Competes in the same plant-level procurement RfPs for cement, mining, and metals customers and offers a much broader portfolio that can crowd out single-product suppliers like SABIA.
• SICK AG: German industrial sensor and process-instrumentation vendor with measurement products for emissions, coal/biomass quality and bulk material analysis. Competes for the same plant-level capital budget as SABIA, especially in coal-fired power and mineral processing in Europe and Asia.
• Malvern Panalytical (Spectris): Major supplier of XRF, XRD and online elemental analyzers for cement, mining and mineral processing. Overlaps SABIA on the customer side (cement producers, base-metal miners) and provides complementary laboratory and at-line analysis that competes for the QA/QC budget.
• SPECTRO Analytical Instruments (AMETEK): Specialist in OES and XRF elemental analyzers with strong presence in metals and recycling applications, including non-ferrous metals sorting - one of SABIA's stated verticals at ReMA. Competes for metals-recycling QA/QC capital spending.

Emerging players

• X-ray Fluorescence / XRF specialty vendors (e.g., Thermo Niton, SciAps, Olympus / Evident): Portable and handheld XRF manufacturers including Evident (formerly Olympus Industrial), SciAps and Thermo Niton (Grodzins' prior company) that compete against PGNAA in metals recycling, mining exploration and metals sorting applications where SABIA is promoting through ReMA convention outreach.

Direct peers

• Thermo Fisher Scientific (Gamma-Metrics / Process Instruments): SABIA's founders and engineering lineage come directly from Gamma-Metrics, which Thermo Fisher acquired. Thermo Fisher continues to serve legacy PGNAA and online elemental analyzer customers (CBX, 1812, 3612 families) and is the incumbent whose installed base SABIA's Z1-LiNX retrofit program is designed to convert.
• FLSmidth: Large Danish cement and mining process-equipment supplier that offers PGNAA cross-belt analyzers and the QCX plant-control platform that SABIA's RHEA integrates with. Directly competes in raw-mix optimization, pyroprocess control and bulk-material analysis in the cement vertical, the same buyers SABIA targets through FICEM and Copper Extraction.
• Scantech Analytical Pty Ltd: Australian manufacturer of PGNAA on-belt and cross-belt analyzers (Geoscan, TBM) serving cement, coal, and mineral processing. Closest pure-play head-to-head competitor to SABIA's X1-LiNX in the cement, alumina, and minerals markets and the most comparable in product architecture and end-customer profile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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