What Foresite does

Foresite, Inc. is a privately-held specialty analytical laboratory and consulting firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in Kokomo, Indiana. The company functions as an electronics forensics lab, identifying and resolving root causes of printed circuit board assembly (PCB) reliability failures caused by ionic contamination, surface residues, electrochemical migration, and dendritic growth. Its core technical platform relies on classical analytical chemistry instrumentation including Ion Chromatography (co-developed with IPC by President Terry Munson), Surface Insulation Resistance testing, FT-IR Spectroscopy, X-ray Fluorescence, and Scanning Electron Microscopy with EDX, supported by Foresite's proprietary Umpire 2 Test Board design.

Foresite generates revenue through professional services delivered directly to electronics manufacturers. The revenue mix comprises laboratory testing and analysis services, on-site consulting (process audits, qualification, validation, monitoring), cleaning and recovery services (rescue, restoration, contract, disaster recovery), and a recurring consumables stream from its C3 Extraction Solution product. Pricing is quote-based with net 30 standard terms and rush surcharges. The company has investigated over 10,800 reliability issues, claims 2,700 catastrophes avoided through preventative cleaning, and has served over 2,000 clients across its history.

The customer base spans aerospace (NASA), automotive (Delphi, Ford, GM), medical (Bayer, Stryker), telecommunications (AT&T, Nortel, Nokia), computing (Dell, IBM, Intel, HP), component fabrication (Amkor, Analog Devices), contract assembly (Kimball, Plexus), and military/defense (Sandia National Labs, Rockwell). Services are delivered globally with support extending to Europe and Asia. The company maintains ISO 9001:2015 certification, participates in IPC, SMTA, iNEMI, and ASTM standards bodies, and is privately held with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or external institutional investment.

Name

Foresite

Legal name

Foresite, Inc.

Website

https://foresiteinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Foresite is a Kokomo, Indiana-based analytical chemistry laboratory and consulting firm specializing in electronics reliability forensics for printed circuit board assemblies, serving aerospace, automotive, medical, telecom, and defense manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kokomo

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, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Laboratory Testing and Analysis Services: Core revenue from providing objective third-party laboratory analytical services including testing, analysis, interpretation, and reliability-related laboratory services for electronics manufacturers.
2. Consulting Services: On-site process audits, optimization, process qualification, validation, and monitoring services for electronics assembly manufacturing.
3. Cleaning and Recovery Services: Rescue cleaning, restoration cleaning, contract cleaning, and disaster recovery services for contaminated electronics assemblies.
4. C3 Consumables: Sale of C3 extraction solution and consumable products for residue testing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Foresite is an electronics failure prevention, analysis, and solutions laboratory that identifies contamination and ionic residue issues causing reliability failures in printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs). The company delivers Ion Chromatography, Failure Analysis, X-ray Fluorescence, Microscopy/Imaging/X-ray testing, alongside cleaning/recovery, consulting, and validation testing services to electronics manufacturers across aerospace, automotive, medical, telecommunications, military, and contract assembly sectors. A C3 (Constant Contact Corrosion) extraction solution consumable is also sold to support customers' own cleanliness testing.

Product overview

Foresite is an electronics failure prevention, analysis, and solutions company offering a portfolio of laboratory testing and consulting services. The core offerings include Testing and Analysis Services (Ion Chromatography, Failure Analysis, X-ray Fluorescence, Microscopy), Cleaning and Recovery Services (Rescue Cleaning, Restoration Cleaning, Contract Cleaning, Disaster Recovery), Consulting Services (Process Audit, Process Qualification, Process Validation, Process Monitoring), and Validation Testing Services (Environmental Testing). The company also provides C3 Extraction Solution as a consumable product for ionic contamination measurement. Foresite operates as a service-based laboratory rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Testing and Analysis Services Comprehensive third-party laboratory testing services for electronics manufacturers experiencing reliability issues, including Ion Chromatography, Failure Analysis, X-ray Fluorescence Analysis, and Microscopy/Imaging/X-ray to identify contamination sources and root causes of PCBA field failures.
• Cleaning and Recovery Services Evaluation, cleaning, and recovery services for contaminated electronics assemblies, including Rescue Cleaning, Restoration Cleaning, Contract Cleaning, and Disaster Recovery for assemblies suffering from cleanliness, corrosion, or contamination issues.
• Consulting Services Expert consulting services including On-site Process Audit and Optimization, Process Qualification, Process Validation, and Process Monitoring to establish PCB assembly cleanliness limits and best practices for electronics manufacturers.
• Validation Testing Services Validation testing services covering Process Qualification, Process Validation, Process Monitoring, and Environmental Testing and Analysis to ensure electronics manufacturing processes and materials meet verification and validation criteria for reliability.
• C3 Extraction Solution C3 (Constant Contact Corrosion) extraction solution consumable used to measure ionic contamination on electronic assemblies and bare boards, supporting Foresite's cleanliness testing processes and sold directly to customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4 Decades of problem-solving experience
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IPCcoreOthersGlobal trade association serving the printed board and electronics assembly industries. Foresite participates in standards development and is actively involved in the AIA/IPC PERM (Pb-Free Electronics Risk Mitigation) Consortium.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• SGS: World's largest testing, inspection, and certification company with electronics and materials testing capabilities. Competes with Foresite for reliability testing work but competes primarily on scale, geographic coverage, and bundled services.
• Intertek: Global testing, inspection, and certification giant with a broad electronics testing practice. Overlaps with Foresite in PCBA reliability and contamination testing but serves the market through a much wider service portfolio and global lab footprint.
• CSA Group: Testing, inspection, and certification body with electronics and product safety practices. A broad incumbent that intersects with Foresite on electronics reliability and qualification work.
• Element Materials Testing: Major materials and product testing platform serving aerospace, automotive, and electronics. A broad incumbent with overlap to Foresite in failure analysis and electronics reliability testing.
• Eurofins: Global testing group with extensive electronics, materials, and environmental testing capabilities. Larger and more diversified than Foresite, but overlaps in analytical chemistry testing used for contamination and reliability analysis.
• Bureau Veritas: Global TIC services firm with electronics and industrial testing offerings. A broad incumbent that touches Foresite's customer base through its electronics and consumer goods testing practices.
• National Technical Systems (NTS): US-based testing services provider with environmental, reliability, and electronics qualification labs. Overlaps with Foresite on PCBA reliability testing for aerospace/defense and industrial customers.
• TÜV Rheinland: Global testing and certification organization with significant electronics and product safety testing capabilities. Competes for reliability and compliance testing work that overlaps with Foresite's offerings.

Direct peers

• Trace Laboratories: Independent analytical testing lab specializing in failure analysis, contamination testing, and reliability assessment of electronics and PCBs — directly overlapping with Foresite's core service menu and customer base.
• DfR Solutions (ANSYS Reliability Engineering Services): Specialty provider of electronics reliability, failure analysis, and PCB/materials testing consulting — a direct niche peer in the same PCBA reliability and cleanliness domain as Foresite.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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