Thermal Solutions, Inc.
Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ECS & Thermal Solutions) is a Greenville, South Carolina-based industrial combustion equipment distributor and service provider serving manufacturing plants across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia with Honeywell and Siemens products, custom engineered fuel trains and burners, onsite field service, NFPA safety audits, and sustainability assessments.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2004
- HeadquartersTaylors, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Thermal Solutions, Inc. does
Thermal Solutions, Inc., operating commercially as ECS & Thermal Solutions, is a privately held industrial combustion equipment and services company headquartered in Taylors, South Carolina (Greater Greenville area). The company serves manufacturing plants across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, supplying and supporting burners, fuel trains, burner management systems, flame monitoring equipment, and related accessories sourced from major manufacturers including Honeywell, Siemens, Maxon, Kromschroder, Hauck, and Eclipse. It also designs and fabricates custom engineered combustion solutions (fuel trains, custom burners and pilots, complete combustion systems, burner management systems, air heaters, and rotary minerals dryer systems) at its Greenville facility under NFPA safety guidelines.
The company's commercial activity spans three intertwined revenue streams: branded equipment distribution (one-time product sales), custom engineered solutions (one-time project sales), and recurring professional services including onsite burner service and maintenance, annual NFPA 86 safety audits with written compliance reports, and Sustainability Audits covering fuel consumption, heat transfer, efficiency, and decarbonization roadmaps. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific across all streams, with go-to-market executed through direct field sales and onsite service by factory-trained technicians and application engineers. Customer segments are organized vertically around use cases rather than industries, with primary emphasis on minerals drying and processing (rotary dryers, kilns, calciners, spray dryers), alongside ceramics, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, industrial air heating, food preparation, and emissions conditioning.
Thermal Solutions traces its lineage to Energy Control and Services (ECS), founded in 1982 as a manufacturer's representative for Hauck Manufacturing. The current CEO, Kevin Muse, acquired ECS in 2002 and relocated headquarters to Greenville, South Carolina; Thermal Solutions was established in 2004 as a sister fabrication entity, and the two companies consolidated in 2008 to focus on industrial combustion. Since 2017, the company has served as the exclusive representative for the entire Honeywell Thermal Solutions group and has roughly doubled its headcount to approximately 16 employees, with growth concentrated in service and project management. The firm is privately held by Kevin Muse with no institutional investors, no public listing, and no disclosed financial figures.
Thermal Solutions, Inc. firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Thermal Solutions, Inc.
- Legal name
- ECS & Thermal Solutions
- Website
- https://thermalsolutionssc.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2004
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ECS & Thermal Solutions) is a Greenville, South Carolina-based industrial combustion equipment distributor and service provider serving manufacturing plants across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia with Honeywell and Siemens products, custom engineered fuel trains and burners, onsite field service, NFPA safety audits, and sustainability assessments.
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- akta.pro rank
Thermal Solutions, Inc. industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Combustion Equipment & Services
- NAICS
- Heating Equipment (except Warm Air Furnaces) Manufacturing (333414), Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing (332410)
- SIC
- Heating Equipment, Except Electric & Warm Air Furnaces (3433), Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Heat Transfer Equipment (Heat Exchangers, Boilers, Condensers) (IMAHAEAC)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- HVAC & Industrial Ventilation (Chillers, AHUs, Exhaust, Filtration) (EUAEAFAE)
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Where Thermal Solutions, Inc. is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Taylors
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Thermal Solutions, Inc. business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Combustion Equipment Sales: Sales of industrial combustion equipment including burners, blowers, safety shut-off valves, burner management systems, and accessories. Products sourced from Honeywell, Siemens, and other manufacturers.
- Field Service and Maintenance: Onsite combustion service including troubleshooting, burner tuning, preventative maintenance, emergency repairs, planned outages, installation and commissioning.
- Safety Audits: Annual NFPA 86 safety audits including component testing, gas train inspection, electrical system tests, and detailed written reports.
- Sustainability Audits: Decarbonization roadmap services including current fuel consumption assessment, heat transfer analysis, efficiency assessment, burner tuning, and recommendations for process improvement and decarbonization.
- Custom Engineered Solutions: Design and fabrication of custom burners, pilots, fuel trains, control panels, complete combustion systems, air heaters, and rotary dryer systems.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Service and product pricing varies by project requirements |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels2 records
Thermal Solutions, Inc. product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ECS & Thermal Solutions) sells industrial combustion equipment and provides custom-engineered combustion solutions along with onsite field services for manufacturing plants. The company acts as a manufacturer's representative for Honeywell, Siemens, Maxon, Kromschroder, Hauck, and Eclipse, while also designing and fabricating custom fuel trains, burners, pilots, burner management systems, air heaters, and complete combustion systems in Greenville, SC under NFPA guidelines. Field services include troubleshooting, burner tuning, preventative maintenance, emergency repair, installation, commissioning, NFPA safety audits, and sustainability/decarbonization audits for industrial plants across the southeastern United States.
Product overview
Thermal Solutions, Inc. (operating as ECS & Thermal Solutions) provides a comprehensive portfolio of industrial combustion equipment and services. The company operates as both a manufacturer's representative selling products from Honeywell, Siemens, Maxon, Kromschroder, Hauck, and other major combustion equipment manufacturers, and as a custom fabricator of engineered combustion solutions. Their product portfolio includes: (1) Branded equipment lines such as Honeywell Industrial Flame Monitoring systems, Honeywell Thermal IQ remote monitoring, Siemens Self Check UV Scanner flame monitoring, and Honeywell SLATE combustion controls; (2) Custom-engineered solutions including Fuel Trains, Burner Management Systems, Combustion Design Engineering, Complete Combustion Systems, Custom Burners/Pilots/Assemblies, Air Heaters, and Rotary Minerals Dryer Systems; (3) Professional services including Burner Service & Maintenance, NFPA Safety Audits, and Sustainability Audits. These offerings work together to provide complete industrial combustion support from equipment supply through custom engineering, installation, and ongoing maintenance.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Honeywell Industrial Flame Monitoring (IFM) Sales of technically advanced flame detection systems (UV and Infrared viewing heads, 700 Series Signal Processors, U2S Integrated Processor Viewing Heads, and fiber optic technology for remote flame monitoring) for safe and accurate flame detection in hazardous industrial combustion conditions; usable with typical burner management systems or integrated with PLC processes to certify code compliance. Sold by ECS & Thermal Solutions to industrial plants.
- Honeywell Thermal IQ Smart device remote access system providing 24/7 monitoring of industrial combustion processes with real-time production updates.
- Siemens Self Check UV Scanner System Economic flame monitoring solution providing 24-hour flame monitoring capability; currently in stock.
- Honeywell SLATE Combustion Control Configurable safety and programming solution for industrial combustion control applications.
- Fuel Trains Custom-engineered piping assemblies providing consistent and safe fuel supply to burners, available for natural gas, propane, oxygen, air, methane and other fuel types. Manufactured in Greenville, SC adhering to NFPA safety guidelines and available in Class 1 Division 2 Explosion Proof, UL certified, and CSA certified variants.
- Burner Management Systems Custom-engineered control systems for managing industrial burner operations and safety protocols.
- Combustion Design Engineering Engineering services for custom combustion system design tailored to specific industrial processes.
- Complete Combustion Systems Standalone plug-and-play combustion systems including burner, fuel inlet connection, and all safety components. Used for preheating, warming, and refractory curing applications from small portable systems to large multi-burner applications.
- Custom Burners, Pilots & Assemblies Custom-designed burners, pilots, and assemblies specifically engineered to fit unique process requirements or upgrades.
- Air Heaters Custom air heating solutions for industrial process applications.
- Rotary Minerals Dryer Systems Complete rotary dryer systems for minerals drying and processing applications.
- Combustion Training Tailored NFPA education classes for facility maintenance staff on combustion system audits and NFPA guideline principles.
- Burner Service & Maintenance Onsite industrial combustion field services including troubleshooting, burner tuning, preventative maintenance, emergency repairs, planned outages, installation, commissioning, and equipment upgrades for manufacturing plants.
- NFPA Safety Audits Annual NFPA 86 safety audits including testing of combustion system components, gas train and electrical system tests, with detailed written reports to satisfy insurance and regulatory requirements.
- Sustainability Audits Onsite sustainability assessments evaluating current fuel consumption, heat transfer, system efficiency, and burner tuning, with recommendations for decarbonization and hydrogen-capable equipment options to minimize carbon emissions.
Quantifiable outcome
- Lower NOx and CO byproducts through complete combustion optimization
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use Thermal Solutions, Inc.
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Thermal Solutions, Inc. technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature5 records
Thermal Solutions, Inc. partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Honeywell Thermal SolutionscoreExclusive representative for the entire Honeywell Thermal Solutions group of companies since 2017. Offers Honeywell industrial burners, flame monitoring equipment, safety controls, and combustion management systems.
- SiemenscoreAuthorized distributor of Siemens combustion products including Self Check UV Scanner System for 24-hour flame monitoring applications.
- MaxonminorOffers Maxon industrial burner products as part of their combustion equipment portfolio.
- KromschroderminorOffers Kromschroder combustion control products as part of their product line.
- HauckcoreOriginal founding manufacturer partner dating back to 1982. Hauck Manufacturing Company was the first product line represented by ECS.
- EclipseminorOffers Eclipse industrial combustion products as part of their manufacturer portfolio.
- AvettaminorCertified contractor compliance program ensuring safety standards for working at client facilities.
- ISN RAVS PlusminorParticipant in ISN RAVS Plus contractor management program for safety verification and compliance tracking.
- NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)coreAdheres to NFPA standards including NFPA 54, 85, 86, and 87 for combustion safety. Provides NFPA education classes and safety audits.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Thermal Solutions, Inc. competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Cincinnati Combustion & Engineering: Regional combustion equipment representative and service company in the Ohio Valley providing burners, burner management, and combustion service to industrial plants — comparable to Thermal Solutions in scale and business mix, though geographic coverage differs.
- Power Flame: Power Flame manufactures industrial burners and combustion equipment for process heating applications and sells through a regional rep/distributor network — directly analogous to Thermal Solutions' role as a manufacturer's rep and custom combustion-solution provider in the Southeast.
- Zeeco: Zeeco designs and manufactures industrial combustion equipment (burners, flares, thermal oxidizers) and provides aftermarket service globally — directly comparable to Thermal Solutions' burner, flare/oxidizer, and combustion-system business, though at much larger scale and with proprietary manufacturing rather than rep-led distribution.
- Preferred Utilities: Preferred Utilities designs and manufactures burners, boiler control systems, and fuel trains for commercial and industrial heating, and uses regional sales reps — closely comparable business model to Thermal Solutions' rep-plus-custom-fabrication approach.
- Industrial Combustion & Equipment Co. Independent regional manufacturer's representative and service provider for industrial combustion and burner equipment serving the Upper Midwest — same hybrid rep-plus-service-plus-custom-fabrication model as Thermal Solutions, just in a different geography.
Others
- Hauck Manufacturing (Honeywell Thermal Solutions): Hauck is the original founding manufacturer partner of ECS since 1982 and a Honeywell Thermal Solutions brand — an upstream supplier and ecosystem peer whose products Thermal Solutions has represented for over 40 years.
- Maxon (Honeywell Thermal Solutions): Maxon is one of the industrial burner OEMs that Thermal Solutions distributes and integrates into engineered solutions — an upstream supplier whose product portfolio partly overlaps with Thermal Solutions' offering, making it a channel partner rather than a direct competitor.
- Eclipse (Honeywell Thermal Solutions): Eclipse manufactures industrial burners and combustion equipment that Thermal Solutions distributes and services; included as an ecosystem supplier whose products are central to Thermal Solutions' sales and service work.
Broad incumbents
- John Zink (Koch Engineered Solutions): John Zink is a large, established OEM of industrial combustion, flare, and emissions equipment within Koch, with broad product portfolios and direct sales — a broad incumbent competitor to the combustion OEMs Thermal Solutions represents, even though it does not focus on a single regional rep channel.
- Fives Group (Pillard / North American): Fives (including legacy Pillard) supplies industrial burners, combustion systems, and process heating equipment worldwide and supports them with aftermarket service — a broad incumbent overlap in burners, combustion systems, and field service that Thermal Solutions competes with on regional deals.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Thermal Solutions, Inc. leadership team
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Profiles1 record
Thermal Solutions, Inc. funding detail
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Frequently asked questions about Thermal Solutions, Inc.
What does Thermal Solutions, Inc. do?
Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ECS & Thermal Solutions) sells industrial combustion equipment and provides custom-engineered combustion solutions along with onsite field services for manufacturing plants. The company acts as a manufacturer's representative for Honeywell, Siemens, Maxon, Kromschroder, Hauck, and Eclipse, while also designing and fabricating custom fuel trains, burners, pilots, burner management systems, air heaters, and complete combustion systems in Greenville, SC under NFPA guidelines. Field services include troubleshooting, burner tuning, preventative maintenance, emergency repair, installation, commissioning, NFPA safety audits, and sustainability/decarbonization audits for industrial plants across the southeastern United States.
Is Thermal Solutions, Inc. a public or private company?
Thermal Solutions, Inc. is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Thermal Solutions, Inc. founded?
Thermal Solutions, Inc. was founded in 2004. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Thermal Solutions, Inc. based?
Thermal Solutions, Inc. is headquartered in Taylors, United States, in the North America region.
How does Thermal Solutions, Inc. make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Combustion Equipment Sales are the primary driver. The others are field Service and Maintenance, safety Audits, sustainability Audits and custom Engineered Solutions.
Who are Thermal Solutions, Inc.'s main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Cincinnati Combustion & Engineering, Power Flame, Zeeco, Preferred Utilities and Industrial Combustion & Equipment Co.. Others are Hauck Manufacturing (Honeywell Thermal Solutions), Maxon (Honeywell Thermal Solutions) and Eclipse (Honeywell Thermal Solutions). Broad incumbents are John Zink (Koch Engineered Solutions) and Fives Group (Pillard / North American).
Does Thermal Solutions, Inc. have an API?
No public API is recorded for Thermal Solutions, Inc..
What industry is Thermal Solutions, Inc. in?
Thermal Solutions, Inc.'s product category is Industrial Combustion Equipment & Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHAEAC, Heat Transfer Equipment (Heat Exchangers, Boilers, Condensers), with a secondary code of EUAEAFAE, HVAC & Industrial Ventilation (Chillers, AHUs, Exhaust, Filtration). Its NAICS code is 333414 and its SIC code is 3433.