Integrated Environmental Services

What Integrated Environmental Services does

Integrated Environmental Services (IES), founded in 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia (originally as Earth Resources Corporation), is a privately held specialty environmental services firm that provides on-site remediation of highly hazardous materials. Its core capability is deploying proprietary mobile systems to client sites worldwide to neutralize, sample, and dispose of compressed gas cylinders, chemical warfare agents, radiological wastes, and deteriorated or unknown cylinders that U.S. DOT regulations prohibit from being transported. IES serves U.S. federal agencies (DOD, DOE, EPA, US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, multiple national laboratories), state governments, industrial gas majors (Linde/BOC, Ferrellgas), industrial companies (FMC, Honeywell, Alcoa, Johnson Controls, Tyco), oil-field service operators, and university research institutions across more than 20 countries.

IES's competitive position rests on a portfolio of more than 30 patents covering containment, sampling, neutralization, and disposal technologies, and a set of in-house designed and fabricated mobile platforms including the Cylinder Recontainerization Vessel (CRV, patented 1984), the Phoenix-class Cylinder Management Device, the Valkyr Mark III and Mark IV neutralization systems, the Transportable Compressed Gas Recontainerization Skid, the Explosive Destruction System (EDS) developed under license to the U.S. Army since 1994 for chemical weapons demilitarization, mobile laboratories, transport overpacks, wet/dry scrubbers, and non-destructive hydro-vacuum excavation equipment. The company designs most major systems in-house and integrates them at certified fabrication facilities, often to ASME Lethal Service standards.

IES generates revenue through project-based professional services contracts — emergency response and planned remediation engagements — billed on a custom scope basis with no publicly disclosed pricing. It maintains a long-standing licensed technology partnership with the U.S. Army, was selected for the 2001 anthrax decontamination of the U.S. Capitol, and has executed landmark projects including the processing of over 2,000 contaminated cylinders at DOE's Oak Ridge K-25 facility, nearly 1,000 uranium hexafluoride cylinders at DOE's Portsmouth plant, and approximately 10,000 cylinders at the State of Maine junkyard cleanup. Its go-to-market is direct enterprise and government field sales supplemented by technical-conference presence and long-term repeat relationships; it does not rely on traditional marketing channels.

Name

Integrated Environmental Services

Legal name

Integrated Environmental Services, Inc.

Website

https://iescylinders.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Integrated Environmental Services (IES) is an Atlanta-based specialty environmental firm that deploys proprietary mobile systems worldwide to safely neutralize, sample, and dispose of highly hazardous compressed gas cylinders, chemical warfare agents, and radiological wastes on client sites for federal agencies, industrial gas companies, and research institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hazardous Materials Remediation Services

NAICS

Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Remediation Services (56291), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629)

SIC

Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Cleaning & Decontamination (Tank/Vessel/Confined Space) (IMAIAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental & Hazardous Materials Management (Remediation/Asbestos/Spill Response) (IMAIAAAJ), Emergency Decontamination & Site Stabilization (Neutralization, Vapor Suppression, Temporary Caps) (EUAIAMAG), Spill Response & Emergency Environmental Services (Oil/Chemical) (IMAIAGAD), Waste & Hazardous Materials Management (incl. HazMat) (BPAHAJAK)

Keywords

• Hazardous materials remediation
• Gas cylinder neutralization
• Chemical weapons demilitarization
• On-site hazardous disposal
• Environmental remediation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. On-Site Hazardous Material Remediation Services: Project-based services for on-site elimination of highly hazardous materials including compressed gases, radiological wastes, and warfare agents. Services include cylinder remediation, neutralization, sampling, and disposal.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Integrated Environmental Services (IES) provides on-site hazardous materials remediation services focused on highly hazardous compressed gas cylinders, radiological wastes, and chemical/biological warfare agents. The company deploys proprietary mobile containment, neutralization, and cylinder accessing systems to client sites worldwide for sampling, identification, neutralization, recycling, and disposal of damaged or non-functional cylinders and toxic compounds. Services are delivered to federal/state government agencies, private industrial firms, and university research institutions.

Product overview

Integrated Environmental Services (IES) offers a unified portfolio of hazardous materials management services centered on gas cylinder remediation, neutralization, and disposal. The core offerings include gas cylinder remediation, hazardous disposal, on-site cylinder neutralization, cylinder recycling, and engineering & fabrication of specialized equipment. Supporting services include biological & chemical weapons decontamination, radioactive gas management, non-destructive excavation, and transportation compliance. IES operates specialized equipment including the Phoenix-class (CMD), Valkyr Mark III and IV systems, Mobile Laboratory, Transport Overpacks, Cylinder Recontainerization Vessel (CRV), Explosive Destruction System (EDS), and the Transportable Compressed Gas Recontainerization Skid. The company holds over 30 patents for containment, sampling, neutralization, and disposal technologies, enabling mobile deployment of equipment and services worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gas Cylinder Remediation

Quantifiable outcome

• Processed over 2,000 contaminated cylinders within five years at Oak Ridge K-25 facility
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• US ArmycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1994Long-standing partnership since 1994 for chemical weapons demilitarization. IES licenses technology and designs mobile treatment systems like the Explosive Destruction System (EDS), proven effective on nerve agents. Recently expanded internationally addressing World War I munitions to Cold War-era chemical shells.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Environmental Services (North America): Global environmental services giant offering hazardous waste treatment, industrial cleaning, and emergency response. Comparable on industrial cleaning/decontamination and emergency spill response, though at a much larger, more diversified scale than IES.
• Heritage Environmental Services: Provides hazardous waste management, recycling, and disposal services across North America. Overlaps with IES on industrial hazardous waste and gas cylinder management, though Heritage is broader in scope and lacks IES's chemical weapons demilitarization specialization.
• Clean Harbors: Largest North American provider of environmental, energy, and industrial services including hazardous waste management and emergency response. Overlaps with IES on hazardous waste handling and emergency spill response, but at much broader scale and without IES's specialized on-site chemical weapons demilitarization niche.
• AECOM (Environment business): Global engineering firm with a large environmental services practice covering remediation, compliance, and decommissioning. Comparable to IES as a government contractor on environmental remediation, though at vastly broader scale and without IES's mobile cylinder specialization.
• Stericycle: Large-scale provider of regulated waste management and compliance services. Comparable on hazardous materials handling and disposal infrastructure, but focused on healthcare/regulated commercial waste rather than IES's chemical weapons and radiological cylinder niche.
• US Ecology (now part of Heritage): Hazardous and industrial waste treatment and disposal provider serving commercial and government customers. Overlaps with IES on hazardous waste management services for industrial gas and chemical clients, though with a different operating model.

Direct peers

• Battelle Memorial Institute: Major nonprofit applied science organization that operates DOE national laboratories and provides environmental remediation, CBRNE, and chemical demilitarization R&D. Directly comparable to IES as a long-standing partner of DOE and DOD on chemical weapons and radiological remediation programs.
• EnergySolutions: Specializes in nuclear services and waste management for the U.S. government, including DOE and DOD facilities. Directly comparable to IES on legacy radioactive cylinder handling (e.g., uranium hexafluoride at Portsmouth) and nuclear site remediation work.
• Perma-Fix Environmental Services: Provides nuclear, mixed waste, and hazardous waste treatment, processing, and disposal services to government and commercial customers, including the DOE and DOD. Closely comparable to IES in serving federal hazardous waste remediation mandates, particularly around radioactive and mixed waste.
• APTIM (including former CB&I federal services): Provides environmental remediation, nuclear decommissioning, and hazardous waste services to federal agencies including DOE, DOD, and EPA. Directly comparable to IES on legacy federal site remediation, decontamination, and decommissioning projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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