Energy Technologies

What Energy Technologies does

Energy Technologies Inc. (ETI) is a privately held industrial equipment manufacturer founded in 1994 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee as a division of SAIC, now headquartered in Maryville, Tennessee. The company designs, manufactures, and services online elemental analyzers and process control systems based on nuclear radiation measurement technologies, including Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA), Dual-Gamma Analysis (DGA), and Single Gamma Analysis (SGA). Its core products include the Model 730 Full Stream Elemental Analyzer (FSEA), Model DGA-410/DGA-410M Dual-Gamma Ash Analyzer, Model 500 Nuclear Belt Scale, Model 520 Slurry Analyzer, Model 510 BTU Meter, and Model 2000 High Speed Sort Gate. These systems deliver non-contact, real-time measurement of elemental composition, ash content, moisture, heating value, and material weight on conveyor belts and in piping, with 3-second update frequencies and belt-scale accuracy of +/- 0.5%.

ETI's primary customer segments are industrial operators in coal (mines and power plants) and cement production, with additional applications in biomass, minerals (including rare-earth element extraction), plastics, waste-to-fuel conversion, and iron ore processing. The company's value proposition centers on enabling minute-by-minute process control decisions, automated quality-based sorting and blending, reduced kiln slagging in cement, and emissions compliance through consistent fuel quality, replacing slower offline laboratory analysis with continuous in-line measurement.

ETI operates a direct enterprise field sales motion through a Request-for-Quote process on its website, with custom pricing based on analyzer model, material type, conveyor specifications, and application. Revenue is generated from hardware sales of analyzers and sort gates, supplemented by recurring revenue from maintenance agreements (quarterly, bi-annual, or annual), installation services, and radiation services that include leak testing, source replacement, and regulatory compliance support for both ETI and third-party nuclear gauges. The company provides global field service across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, with remote diagnostics delivered via secure VPN connections from its Maryville facility.

Name

Energy Technologies

Legal name

Energy Technologies Inc.

Website

https://energytechinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Energy Technologies Inc. (ETI) designs and manufactures nuclear-based online elemental analyzers (PGNAA, DGA, SGA) for real-time measurement of bulk materials on conveyors and in piping, serving coal, cement, minerals, biomass, and plastics industrial operators globally from its Maryville, Tennessee headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Analyzers

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) & Advanced Inspection (Phased Array, TOFD, Guided Wave) (EUAEAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) & Advanced NDT (PAUT, TOFD, RT/DR) (EUAEAHAK), Condition Monitoring Sensors & IoT (online/offline monitoring, edge devices) (EUADAJAD)

Keywords

• Online elemental analyzers
• Nuclear process analyzers
• Bulk material analysis
• PGNAA analyzers
• Conveyor belt analyzers

Headquarters

HQ city

Maryville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Online Elemental and Process Analyzers: Sale of nuclear-based online analyzers including PGNAA elemental analyzers, dual-gamma ash analyzers, nuclear belt scales, slurry analyzers, and BTU meters. Products are designed, manufactured, and tested at the Maryville, Tennessee facility and sold directly to industrial operators.
2. Sort Gates and Sorting/Blending Equipment: High-speed sort gates and custom sorting/blending equipment that integrates with ETI analyzers or existing plant controls. Automated systems sort or blend material streams based on live analysis data.
3. Field Service and Maintenance: Factory-trained service technicians provide on-site support and remote diagnostics. Services include radiation leak tests, calibration, computer maintenance, database maintenance, software upgrades, and inspection. Offered on quarterly, bi-annual, or annual maintenance agreement basis with unlimited remote support via VPN.
4. Radiation Services: Complete radiation support services including leak testing, radioactive source replacement, regulatory compliance assistance, and radiation safety training. Available for both ETI equipment and third-party nuclear gauges.
5. Installation Services: Complete on-site installation and configuration of equipment ensuring smooth integration into existing operations. Includes detailed technical guidance and drawings for customer engineering teams or external contractors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Energy Technologies Inc. (ETI) designs, manufactures, installs, and services online elemental and process analyzers (PGNAA, Dual-Gamma, Single-Gamma systems) and high-speed sort gates for real-time, non-contact measurement of bulk materials on conveyors and in piping. The company serves coal, cement, minerals, biomass, plastics, and waste-to-fuel operations with analyzers that measure elemental composition, ash, moisture, heating value, and weight, plus complete radiation, installation, and maintenance services.

Product overview

Energy Technologies Inc. (ETI) offers a portfolio of online elemental analyzers and process control systems for bulk materials analysis. The core products include the Model 730 Full Stream Elemental Analyzer (FSEA) combining PGNAA with Dual/Single-Gamma technology; the Model DGA-410/DGA-410M Dual-Gamma Ash Analyzer for ash, heating value, and weight measurement; the Model 500 Nuclear Belt Scale for non-contact conveyor weighing; the Model 520 Slurry Analyzer for pipe-mounted coal slurry monitoring; the Model 510 BTU Meter for heating value measurement in piping; and the Model 2000 High Speed Sort Gate for automated material sorting. These systems work together to enable real-time material analysis, quality sorting, and process control across coal, cement, minerals, biomass, and plastics industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Model 730 Full Stream Elemental Analyzer (FSEA) Online cross-belt analyzer for industrial operators in coal, cement, and bulk materials industries. Combines PGNAA technology with Dual-Gamma or Single-Gamma instruments to measure elemental composition, ash, moisture, heating value, and weight of material on a conveyor belt in real-time without requiring an external mechanical belt scale.
• Model DGA-410 / DGA-410M Dual-Gamma Ash Analyzer Registered nuclear gauging device for industrial operators measuring ash content, heating value, weight, and optionally moisture of combustible bulk materials. The DGA-410M variant includes a density-based moisture correlation module.
• Model 500 Nuclear Belt Scale / Density Meter Non-contact gamma radiation-based device for industrial operators measuring weight of bulk materials on conveyor belts with ±0.5% accuracy, unaffected by belt speed or load with no moving parts and low maintenance.
• Model 520 Slurry Analyzer Registered nuclear gauging device providing pipe-mounted, non-destructive real-time measurement of ash content and density of coal slurries with 3-second update frequency and stable one-minute averages, for coal processing operations.
• Model 510 BTU Meter Registered nuclear gauging device for power plants and industrial operators measuring as-received ash, moisture, heating value, and weight of bulk materials in feeder pipes, generating measurements every 3 seconds for plant control system integration.
• Model 2000 High Speed Sort Gate Rugged gate assembly for industrial operators that separates bulk materials based on quality, electronically controlled by 24 VDC on/off signals and integrated with ETI analyzers or external controllers for automated sorting based on live analysis data.
• Field Service and Maintenance Agreements On-site and remote diagnostics, calibration, radiation leak testing, computer/database maintenance, software upgrades, inspection, and general maintenance for ETI analyzers and third-party nuclear gauges, offered on recurring maintenance agreement basis.
• Radiation Services Leak testing, radioactive source replacement, regulatory compliance assistance, and certified radiation safety training for nuclear gauges, available for both ETI equipment and third-party systems.
• Installation Services Complete on-site installation, configuration, and commissioning of ETI analyzers and sort gates including detailed technical guidance and drawings for customer engineering teams or external contractors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Non-contact measurement with no practical upper limit on conveyor speed due to speed-of-light neutron bombardment and gamma emission processes
• +2 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Scantech: Scantech is an Australia-based manufacturer of online elemental analyzers for coal, cement, and mineral processing using PGNAA and dual-gamma technologies. It is the closest direct competitor to ETI, serving the same bulk-material process control market with comparable nuclear-based instrumentation and global aftermarket support.
• Berthold Technologies: Berthold Technologies (Germany) is a specialist in radiometric and non-contact process measurement, including density, level, and bulk material analyzers for industrial process control. It overlaps directly with ETI's nuclear-based belt scales, density meters, and slurry analyzers across coal, cement, and mining applications.
• Sabia Inc. Sabia is a US-based supplier of PGNAA cross-belt analyzers specifically for cement and minerals process control. It competes head-to-head with ETI's Model 730 FSEA in the cement vertical, offering comparable real-time elemental analysis for kiln feed control.

Broad incumbents

• FLSmidth: FLSmidth is a global incumbent supplying process equipment and digital solutions for cement and mining, including online analyzers and quality control systems. It competes with ETI in the cement vertical through its QCX/PGNAA offerings and is a broad portfolio player rather than a pure-play analyzer specialist.
• Endress+Hauser: Endress+Hauser is a global leader in industrial process instrumentation (level, flow, pressure, and analytical measurement) with broad coverage across chemical, mining, cement, and power. It is a broad incumbent offering overlapping process measurement capabilities, though it does not specialize in nuclear-based PGNAA belt analyzers.
• SICK AG: SICK AG is a German manufacturer of industrial sensors and process automation solutions, including dust measurement, gas analysis, and bulk material flow monitoring. It serves overlapping cement, mining, and power customers and competes in adjacent process analytics rather than nuclear-based elemental analysis.
• Hach (Danaher): Hach is a US-based (Danaher-owned) manufacturer of water and process analytical instruments widely used in power, mining, and industrial process plants. It is a broad incumbent in process analytics with overlapping industrial customers, though its core focus is water and wet chemistry rather than nuclear-based bulk material analysis.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global life sciences and industrial analytical instruments company with products used in cement, power, and mining labs. It is a broad incumbent offering elemental analyzers and laboratory process control instruments that overlap with ETI's industrial and analytical customers, though it does not compete directly in PGNAA online belt analyzers.
• Siemens Process Industries: Siemens is a global industrial automation incumbent with process control, analytics, and instrumentation offerings for cement, mining, and power customers. It is a broad incumbent whose process automation and digital plant offerings can substitute for or bundle around standalone analyzers, putting competitive pressure on niche specialists like ETI.

Emerging players

• Malvern Panalytical: Malvern Panalytical supplies XRF, XRD, and other analytical instrumentation used for elemental analysis in cement, mining, and minerals. It represents an emerging/niche alternative to ETI's nuclear-based PGNAA approach, focusing on laboratory and at-line configurations rather than full-stream online measurement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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