MCLinc

What MCLinc does

Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc. (MCLinc) is an employee-owned commercial analytical laboratory headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, providing specialized chemical and materials testing and technical consulting services. The company operates four core service lines—Materials Characterization, Analytical Chemistry, Industrial Hygiene, and Professional Consulting—and supports a portfolio of project-based engagements including decommissioning and decontamination (D&D), facility deactivation and site closure, treatability studies, TENORM characterization, and industrial forensics and corrosion analysis. Its primary customers are U.S. Department of Energy prime contractors at the three Oak Ridge DOE sites (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Y-12, and ETTP), where MCLinc has provided continuous analytical support for 15 years; additional work has been performed for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (uranium mining/milling site characterization) and industrial clients (stainless steel failure analysis, microbiologically influenced corrosion).

The underlying technology stack is a broad instrumentation suite spanning electron and optical microscopy (SEM-EDS, TEM-EDS, polarized light, reflected light, phase contrast, digital light), spectroscopy and diffraction (p-XRD, FTIR, gamma spectroscopy), elemental analysis (ICP-OES, ICP-MS, IC, GC/ECD, CVAA, LECO carbon/sulfur combustion), and supporting wet-chemistry methods including Davies-Gray titration. Differentiated capabilities include a Tennessee Radioactive Materials License (R-73025-B36, valid through 2036) authorizing handling of enriched uranium, A2LA accreditation under DOECAP-AP and DoD ELAP, AIHA-LAP accreditation, and ILAC-MRA recognition—credentials that constrain competitors from serving federal nuclear and defense clients.

The business model is project-based professional services: samples are shipped to the Oak Ridge facility, projects are scoped and quoted directly by the business development team (President/CEO Barry Stephenson and VP of Business Development Brian Havely), and revenue is recognized per project or per sample analysis with a "Value-Added" service emphasis on expert evaluation, method customization, and rapid turnaround. The company sells primarily through direct enterprise engagement with no resellers or marketplace channels, supported by a professional website, a LinkedIn presence, and periodic newsletters, and targets two segments—government (DOE/DoD, primary) and commercial/industrial (secondary)—across the Southeast United States.

Name

MCLinc

Legal name

Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc.

Website

https://mcl-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MCLinc is an employee-owned commercial analytical laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, providing specialized chemical, materials, and radiochemistry testing plus consulting for U.S. DOE prime contractors, the EPA, and industrial clients requiring accredited, licensed radioactive-materials handling.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Analytical Laboratory Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (541380), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Central Laboratory Services (Core Lab Operations) (HLAGAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Material Control & Accounting (MC&A) Systems & Auditing (inventory, measurements, records) (EUAKAJAD)

Keywords

• Analytical laboratory services
• Materials characterization
• Radiochemistry testing
• Industrial hygiene analysis
• Environmental chemistry services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oak Ridge

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 Analytical Testing Services: MCLinc provides laboratory analytical testing services for materials characterization, environmental chemistry, industrial hygiene, hydrometallurgy, radiochemistry, and process optimization. Services include characterization of contaminant/host matrix interaction, identification of unknown materials, and expert evaluation to determine effective analyses for specific challenges. Revenue is generated through project-based analytical testing fees, likely quoted and invoiced per project or sample analysis basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

MCLinc is a commercial laboratory providing chemical and materials analytical testing and technical consulting services. The company operates four core service lines: Materials Characterization, Analytical Chemistry, Industrial Hygiene, and Professional Consulting. All services are delivered at their Oak Ridge, Tennessee facility where they are licensed to handle radioactive materials including enriched uranium, serving government agencies (DOE/DOD) and commercial/industrial clients.

Product overview

Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc. (MCLinc) is a commercial laboratory providing integrated chemical and materials analytical testing and technical consulting services. The company operates four core service lines: Materials Characterization (using SEM-EDS, TEM-EDS, p-XRD, digital/polarized light microscopy, FTIR, thermogravimetric analysis, gamma spectroscopy, and phase contrast microscopy), Analytical Chemistry (trace metals, carbon/sulfur via LECO, anions, radiochemistry, hydrometallurgy using ICP-OES, ICP-MS, IC, GC/ECD, CVAA), Industrial Hygiene (asbestos, beryllium, hazardous metals, mercury, hexavalent chromium analysis), and Professional Consulting. The company also provides specialized project services including decommissioning and decontamination support, DOE contractor support, treatability studies, TENORM characterization, forensics, and corrosion analysis. All services are delivered by an employee-owned small business licensed to handle radioactive materials in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Materials Characterization

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully treated approximately 120,000 gallons of wastewater containing trace levels of uranium, cadmium, and zinc through bench-scale treatability testing and scaled-up treatment system.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• RTI International: RTI International is a nonprofit research institute with significant radiochemistry, environmental, and materials characterization capabilities, competing with MCLinc for DOE and EPA analytical and research contracts with deeper R&D resources.

Broad incumbents

• ALS Global: ALS Global is a major international testing services network with a large environmental and radiochemistry practice, competing with MCLinc for federal and commercial analytical work but at substantially greater geographic and operational scale.
• Intertek: Intertek provides testing and inspection services globally with environmental and materials testing capabilities that overlap MCLinc's industrial forensics, materials characterization, and failure analysis offerings.
• Bureau Veritas North America: Bureau Veritas operates a global Testing, Inspection and Certification business with environmental laboratory capabilities in the U.S., competing with MCLinc for industrial and government analytical work as part of a much broader service portfolio.
• Pace Analytical Services: Pace Analytical is a large U.S. environmental and industrial hygiene testing laboratory network holding DOECAP and AIHA-LAP credentials, competing with MCLinc for federal and industrial hygiene analytical contracts nationwide.
• Eurofins Environment Testing: Eurofins operates a large portfolio of U.S. environmental testing labs (including former TestAmerica assets) with DOECAP and AIHA-LAP accreditations, offering direct overlap with MCLinc's federal environmental and industrial hygiene testing services at much larger scale.

Regional players

• EnergySolutions: EnergySolutions is a nuclear services company providing decommissioning, decontamination, and environmental management at DOE and commercial nuclear sites, overlapping with MCLinc's D&D, TENORM, and radioactive materials handling capabilities at adjacent points in the nuclear services value chain.
• Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU): ORAU is a consortium-based organization headquartered in Oak Ridge, TN providing scientific, environmental, and technical services to DOE and other federal clients — a geographically and capability-overlapping peer competing for similar federal work in the Oak Ridge region.

Direct peers

• Navarro Research and Engineering: Navarro is a DOE-focused technical services contractor providing environmental management and analytical support to Oak Ridge and other federal sites, competing directly with MCLinc for DOE prime and subcontract analytical work in the same geography.
• GEL Laboratories (SGS): GEL Laboratories, now part of SGS, is one of the largest U.S. commercial radiochemistry and environmental analytical laboratories, directly competing with MCLinc for DOE, DoD, and nuclear utility radiochemistry work with overlapping accreditation scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/materials-and-chemistry-laboratory
• Facebookfacebook.com/MCLincTN

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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