What Engineering Consultants Group, Inc. does

Engineering Consultants Group, Inc. (ECG), founded in 1992 and headquartered in Akron, Ohio, is a privately held industrial software and engineering services company specializing in predictive analytics and process monitoring for power generation and adjacent heavy industries. Its core product is Predict-It, a predictive analytics suite built on top of the Aveva (formerly OSIsoft) PI System that combines Advanced Pattern Recognition (APR) for steady-state monitoring, the Pathway module for transient/startup/shutdown analysis, and a Diagnostic Reasoner that uses Bayesian Causal Asset Networks for probabilistic root-cause diagnosis. ECG's portfolio is rounded out by Glance (an HTML5 visualization client supporting OPC DA/HDA/UA and Aveva/InfluxDB historians), E-Notification (enterprise-wide alerting and reporting), AccuTrack (real-time coal tracking with stochastic bunker modeling), and Roll-Bowl COP (a patented coal pulverizer monitoring technique).

Underlying technology leverages multivariate statistical analysis, dynamic time warping, DBSCAN outlier filtering, Enhanced Similarity Based Modeling (SBM), and a proprietary modified KNN data imputation engine. ECG's go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales targeting utilities and power generators (e.g., DTE Energy, Ameren, First Energy, AGL, TAQA Morocco, Spectra) with a network of regional distributors covering Australia/New Zealand, UK/Ireland, Iberia/Morocco/West Africa, and global coverage via Power Vision. Revenue is generated through software licenses (per named-site, server connection/tag count, or unlimited end-user configurations), Technical Service Agreements (TSAs) for monitoring and maintenance, custom software development, and specialized engineering services such as pulverizer diagnostics and first-principles modeling. The company maintains nine-country customer reach across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America, and partners with Microsoft (Silver Certified), Aveva, Mitsubishi Power, and PTC Kepware.

Name

Engineering Consultants Group, Inc.

Legal name

Engineering Consultants Group, Inc.

Website

https://ecg-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Engineering Consultants Group (ECG) is a privately held industrial software firm that builds predictive analytics, visualization, and diagnostic solutions on the Aveva PI System for power generation utilities and heavy industrial operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Monitoring and Predictive Analytics Software

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Dashboarding & KPI/Performance Management (HDAEAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Risk Reporting & Performance Management (BI, KPIs, Attribution) (EUAGAJAL), Enterprise Application Reporting, BI & Analytics Enablement (BPAEAGAK)

Keywords

• Predictive maintenance software
• Industrial process monitoring
• Power generation analytics
• Equipment health monitoring
• PI system integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Fairlawn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: ECG generates revenue through the sale of its proprietary software product suite (Predict-It, Glance, E-Notification, AccuTrack, Roll-Bowl COP), typically sold as licensed software to enterprise customers in power generation and heavy industry. Licensing models include per named-site, server connection/tag count, and unlimited end-user configurations.
2. Custom Software Development: ECG provides bespoke software development services drawing on over 31 years of power plant engineering experience and Aveva PI System expertise. Services include analysis and design, programming, interface development, and ongoing maintenance, delivered as one-time projects or via long-term maintenance agreements.
3. Monitoring and Maintenance Services: Technical Service Agreements (TSAs) providing ongoing support for ECG software applications, ranging from 24/7 coverage to business-hours plans, tailored to customer needs. These recurring service contracts provide stable maintenance revenue and strengthen customer retention.
4. Engineering and Analytics Services: Consulting services including pulverizer diagnostics, custom data acquisition systems, diagnostic reasoner engine consulting, coal quality impact studies, first principles modeling, and thermal performance monitoring. These services are often bundled with software deployments or sold independently.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Engineering Consultants Group, Inc. (ECG) develops and sells proprietary industrial software for real-time process monitoring, predictive analytics, and visualization in power generation and heavy industry. Its core product Predict-It is a four-module predictive analytics suite (APR, Pathway, Diagnostic Reasoner, and supporting monitoring) that runs on Aveva PI System data to detect equipment anomalies weeks to months in advance and diagnose root causes via Bayesian networks. Complementing Predict-It are Glance (HTML5 visualization), E-Notification (enterprise alerting), AccuTrack (real-time coal fuel tracking), and Roll-Bowl COP (patented pulverizer monitoring), sold alongside custom software, monitoring/maintenance, and engineering services.

Product overview

ECG offers a portfolio of specialized industrial software solutions focused on process optimization, visualization, and predictive analytics for power generation and related industries. The core platform is Predict-It, a predictive analytics suite comprising four modules: Advanced Pattern Recognition (APR) for continuous process monitoring, Pathway for transient/start-up/shutdown analysis, and Diagnostic Reasoner for Bayesian-based root cause analysis. These are complemented by Glance (graphical visualization client for PI/OPC data), E-Notification (enterprise-wide alerting and reporting), AccuTrack (real-time fuel tracking and inventory management), and Roll-Bowl COP (coal pulverizer monitoring). ECG also provides professional services including custom software development, monitoring and maintenance agreements, and specialized engineering consulting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Predict-It: Predictive analytics software suite that monitors critical equipment in real-time process environments using advanced computational methods to recognize potential future outages. Includes four modules: APR (Advanced Pattern Recognition), Pathway, Diagnostic Reasoner, and additional monitoring capabilities.
• Glance
• E-Notification
• AccuTrack
• Roll-Bowl COP

Products and services

• Predict-It Predict-It is a predictive analytics software suite for power generation and heavy industrial operators that monitors critical assets (pulverizers, boilers, turbines, generators, air heaters) in real-time process environments by leveraging Aveva PI System data. It combines Advanced Pattern Recognition (APR) for steady-state anomaly detection, Pathway for transient startup/shutdown analysis, and a Diagnostic Reasoner powered by Bayesian Causal Asset Networks to detect equipment degradation weeks to months in advance and suggest multiple root causes with exact probability rankings.
• Glance Glance is an HTML5-based graphical visualization client that connects OPC, InfluxDB, and Aveva PI System users to real-time and historical process data on any modern mobile device or desktop browser without add-ons. It includes a built-in display builder, supports one-time conversion of existing Aveva PI ProcessBook files to a web-friendly format, and offers affordable licensing models including per named-site and server connection/tag count options with unlimited end-users.
• E-Notification E-Notification is a monitoring and reporting platform integrated with the Aveva PI System that delivers event-based process notifications via email, SMS, and pager with support for custom limit configurations, deadbands, directional alarming, and scheduled or event-based reporting. It supports Windows Domain and corporate LDAP authentication and allows end users to view Excel PIDataLink and PI ProcessBook reports from email clients or mobile devices.
• AccuTrack AccuTrack is a full-featured real-time fuel tracking and inventory management system for coal-fired power plants that tracks coal from shipment to burner, integrates with online coal analyzers, and uses stochastic bunker flow modeling to identify coal characteristics and predict granular solid movement through bulk containers. It supports coal blend optimization and environmental compliance reporting (Sarbanes-Oxley, EPA).
• Roll-Bowl COP Roll-Bowl COP is a coal pulverizer monitoring system that uses patented time-domain and frequency-domain analysis techniques with APR-based diagnostics to characterize normal operation and detect anomalies including collapsed/broken springs, improperly adjusted rolls, spalled material, excessive wear, and bearing/drive train issues — all without removing the mill from service.
• Predict-It Pathway Module Predict-It Pathway is a transient analysis module that monitors batch processes, asset start-ups, and shutdowns using univariate and multivariate models (MVDA), dynamic time warping, and overlay of process maturity events to detect equipment anomalies during the most vulnerable stages of operation that steady-state APR alone cannot see.
• Custom Software Solutions Custom Software Solutions is a professional service offering in which ECG's engineers and developers design, program, and integrate bespoke software systems for power generation and industrial customers. ECG leverages Aveva PI System expertise and Microsoft Silver Certified Partner status to build custom solutions and interfaces, delivered as one-time projects or long-term maintenance agreements.
• Monitoring and Maintenance Services Monitoring and Maintenance Services provide Technical Service Agreements (TSAs) for all ECG software products, with custom plans ranging from 24/7 support to business-hours-only coverage. The offering includes online product support, guides, manuals, software downloads, and patches, delivered as recurring service contracts that strengthen customer retention.
• Engineering Services Engineering Services encompass business analytics, pulverizer diagnostics, custom data acquisition systems, Diagnostic Reasoner engine consulting, custom image analysis, first principles modeling, thermal performance monitoring, and coal quality impact studies — often bundled with software deployments or sold independently to power generation and industrial customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Detected steam turbine bearing failure 9+ months in advance, preventing forced outage at a major U.S. utility
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability8 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and regional.

• Aveva (formerly OSIsoft)coreTechnology or IntegrationECG is described as Aveva PI System experts and specializes in integrating with the PI System. ECG's software products (Predict-It, Glance, E-Notification, Roll-Bowl COP) write data to the Aveva PI System and leverage PI AF configurations. ECG provides PI System installation, implementation, and optimization services.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationECG is a Microsoft Silver Certified Partner with over 31 years of experience using Microsoft technologies. ECG's developers build custom solutions using Microsoft technologies and leverage Microsoft Azure/Cloud infrastructure for PI System-based information sharing.
• Mitsubishi PowercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECG co-hosts its annual Predict-It User Group Meeting with Mitsubishi Power at their Orlando facility. Mitsubishi Power's world-class Monitoring & Diagnostics (M&D) Center hosts the conference and provides guided tours. The event facilitates customer benchmarking and peer exchange across the power generation industry.
• PIMSOFTminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerECG worked with PIMSOFT to establish the OSIsoft PI System Asset Framework for the TAQA Morocco E-Monitoring Center project. PIMSOFT implemented the PI AF framework on which ECG deployed its Predict-It models.
• Power VisioncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPower Vision is a global distributor of ECG software, specializing in the electric utility industry. Power Vision combines ECG's Predict-It with its own PlantView PdM asset management module, deploying the integrated solution at customer sites including TAQA Morocco.
• Orbit Machinery Analytics (OMA)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOMA is the authorized distributor for ECG products in Australia and New Zealand, providing tailored services including AI anomaly detection, rotating equipment vibration analysis, and Integrated Asset Performance Management solutions to oil and gas, mining, power generation, and other sectors.
• Smart Energy AnalyticsregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSmart Energy Analytics is the authorized distributor for ECG products in Spain, Portugal, Morocco, and West Africa, providing consultancy services and implementing proven ECG solutions in power generation using advanced analytics tools based on machine learning and physics-based models.
• MitacronregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMitacron is the authorized distributor for ECG products in the UK and Ireland, operating as an accredited PI System specialist with over 20 years of engineering experience. Mitacron provides analysis, implementation, configuration, integration, training, and ongoing support for ECG solutions.
• EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerECG participates in EPRI's Generation and Reliability Technical Week and Fleetwide Monitoring Workshop, collaborating with industry peers on monitoring and diagnostic programs, transient process analysis, and advanced data analytics for power generation reliability.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bentley Systems (AssetWise APM): Bentley's AssetWise Asset Performance Management targets the same industrial predictive-maintenance use case as ECG's Predict-It, including anomaly detection and reliability analytics for power generation and process plants.
• Aspen Technology (aspenONE APM): AspenTech's aspenONE Asset Performance Management suite competes directly with Predict-It for reliability and predictive maintenance budgets in power, chemicals, and refining customers.

Broad incumbents

• GE Vernova (Asset Performance Management / Predix): GE Vernova's APM/Predix offering is a broad incumbent in industrial predictive analytics for power generation, overlapping with ECG's equipment-health monitoring and diagnostic reasoning capabilities.
• Hitachi Energy (Lumada APM): Hitachi Energy's Lumada APM provides predictive maintenance for power and transmission assets, directly comparable to ECG's value proposition for utility customers seeking early-warning equipment analytics.
• Siemens Energy (Asset Analytics): Siemens Energy offers industrial analytics for gas turbines, steam plants, and grid assets; combined with Mitsubishi Power's M&D heritage, it competes with ECG's diagnostics and transient monitoring capabilities.
• Honeywell Forge (Connected Plant APM): Honeywell Forge's Connected Plant APM targets anomaly detection and asset health in power and process industries, comparable in scope and customer base to ECG's Predict-It suite.
• ABB Ability Genix APM: ABB Ability's Genix Asset Performance Management suite brings predictive analytics to power and industrial customers, overlapping with ECG's value proposition in condition monitoring and root-cause diagnostics.

Emerging players

• C3.ai (Industrial AI Suite): C3.ai applies AI to predictive maintenance and process optimization in utilities and heavy industry, addressing similar reliability engineering buyers as ECG but as a broader enterprise AI platform.
• Uptake Technologies: Uptake provides AI-driven asset performance and predictive maintenance for industrial customers (including power), comparable in problem framing to ECG but as a pure-play AI vendor.

Others

• OSIsoft/Aveva (PI System ecosystem partners): Aveva PI System is the underlying data historian and asset framework on which ECG's products are built; while a strategic partner, the broader PI System ecosystem (other PI-native analytics apps) represents the closest comparable platform ecosystem for ECG's go-to-market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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