What Fornax Services does

Fornax Services, LLC is a Colorado Springs-headquartered professional engineering consultancy specializing in industrial boiler services for the pulp and paper and power generation industries. Founded in 2019 as a privately held LLC with 11–50 employees, the company delivers field-based engineering services including visual inspections, non-destructive testing (ultrasonic thickness, magnetic particle, dye penetrant, and metallographic replication), quality assurance/quality control, metallurgical failure analysis, shutdown management, and construction project management, alongside operator training and emergency consulting. Its customer base consists of enterprise mill and power-plant operators whose pain points include recovery-boiler plugging, smelt spout failures, dissolving tank explosions, superheater corrosion, and unplanned downtime, with engagement primarily at planned maintenance shutdowns and capital projects.

The company's underlying technology combines deep human-expert metallurgical and process-engineering capability with one proprietary software product, Weld Fornacis. Weld Fornacis is a holistic weld management and construction platform that provides contractor-restricted database access for weld records, NDT result tracking, live project-progress updates, and jurisdictional documentation management across multi-contractor boiler-construction projects. The firm has also published industry standards FXS101 (Boiler Component Labeling and Numbering) and FXS102 (Boiler Chemical Cleaning Determination Protocol), and maintains a technical blog and seminar series in cooperation with Jansen Combustion & Boiler Technologies, reinforcing a content-led thought leadership position in recovery-boiler safety.

Fornax operates a fee-for-service professional consulting revenue model, with engagements priced on a project-by-project basis and delivered through direct enterprise field sales to mill and plant operators. There is no publicly disclosed pricing, subscription, or recurring-revenue component attached to services. Geographically, the company serves customers across at least 15 countries spanning North America (USA, Canada), Europe (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Bulgaria, Russia), Africa (South Africa), South America (Colombia, Chile), Asia (China), and Oceania (Australia, New Zealand), giving it a global field-service footprint that is unusually broad for its size. The company is independently owned with no disclosed external investment or parent entity.

Name

Fornax Services

Legal name

Fornax Services, LLC

Website

https://thefornax.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Boiler Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Testing, Inspection, Certification & Commissioning (TICx) Technical Services (BPAHAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Welding, Fabrication & Field Machining Services (On-site) (IMAIACAD), Welding Inspection & QA/QC (NDT, PWHT, Weld Procedure/Qualification) (EUAEAHAD)

Keywords

• Industrial boiler services
• Non-destructive testing
• Shutdown management consulting
• Weld management software
• Pulp and paper inspection

Headquarters

HQ city

Colorado Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services and Consulting: Fee-for-service professional consulting and technical services for pulp and paper and power plant industries, including inspection services, maintenance shutdown management, construction project management, and operational consulting.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fornax Services provides on-site engineering consultancy and field services for the pulp and paper and power generation industries, including visual inspections, non-destructive testing, metallurgical analysis, quality assurance/quality control, maintenance shutdown management, and construction project management. The firm also sells Weld Fornacis, a proprietary weld management and construction software for tracking NDT results, contractor data, project progress, and jurisdictional documentation. Services are delivered globally via field engineers at industrial facilities.

Product overview

Fornax Services is a professional consultancy group servicing pulp and paper and power plant industries, offering both software products and specialized services. The core software product is Weld Fornacis, a holistic weld management and construction software for database-driven weld tracking and NDT coordination. Services are organized around industrial boiler operations and include: Visual Inspections and Non-Destructive Testing (UT, MT, PT, metallographic replication), Quality Control/Quality Assurance, Shutdown Management (from preparation through startup), Construction Project Management (supervision through commissioning), Metalographic Services (tube failure analysis, DWD analysis, replications), Consulting (operations, maintenance, emergencies), and Boiler Seminars/Workshops. Services target pulp and paper recovery boilers and power plant boilers (coal, gas, biomass, CFB, BFB). The company combines engineering expertise with specialized software to serve these industrial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Weld Fornacis: Holistic weld management and construction software platform providing contractor database access, live progress updates, and jurisdictional documentation for welding projects.

Products and services

• Weld Fornacis Holistic weld management and construction software providing contractors restricted database access to input weld data, track NDT results, manage live project progress updates, and maintain jurisdictional documentation.
• Visual Inspections High-end visual inspection services for boiler components including scope inspection, prioritized repair list generation, and final reports with photographic documentation.
• Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Field non-destructive examination services including ultrasonic thickness testing, magnetic particle testing, dye penetrant testing, and metallographic replication.
• Quality Control / Quality Assurance (QA/QC) Quality assurance and quality control inspection services ensuring assets meet industry standards during shutdown maintenance, major rebuilds, or new construction.
• Shutdown Management Holistic shutdown management services encompassing preparation, scope development, contractor bid evaluation, execution, contractor management, and start-up coordination.
• Construction Project Management Supervision and project management for retrofits and new constructions, from first welding strike through hydrotest, steam blow, chemical cleaning, and commissioning.
• Metalographic Services Metalographic services specialized for boiler components including tube failure analysis, deposit weight density analysis, and creep damage detection in high-temperature steam headers via replication.
• Consulting Services Operations, maintenance, and emergency consulting services including combustion tuning, carryover problems, recovery boiler reduction efficiencies, operational and safety audits, maintenance guidelines, and failure analysis.
• Boiler Seminars and Workshops Boiler workshops presented in cooperation with Jansen Combustion & Boiler Technologies and other sponsors, covering the latest industry technologies and provided free of charge to customers.
• Pulp and Paper Industry Services Industry-specific services for pulp and paper facilities covering recovery boilers, power boilers (CFB, BFB), black liquor evaporators, and Kamyr continuous digesters.
• Power Plant Services Industry-specific services for power plants covering coal, gas, oil, biomass, MSW, and TDF applications including boilers, CFB, BFB, stoker-fired systems with non-destructive testing, QA/QC, retrofits, combustion tuning, and operator training.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trained operators in 6 months what typically takes 18 months
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jansen Combustion & Boiler TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for delivering boiler industry workshops and seminars. Co-sponsors free technical events for customers.
• TAPPIminorOthersIndustry association membership in the Power and Recovery Subcommittee.
• BLRBAC (Black Liquor Recovery Boiler Advisory Committee)minorOthersAssociate member and participant in the Safe Firing of Black Liquor Subcommittee. Access to industry incident data and best practices.
• AF&PA (American Forest and Paper Association)minorOthersInvolved in presentations for the American Forest and Paper Association.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SGS: Global TIC major with industrial inspection and asset integrity services that overlap with Fornax's NDT and QA/QC offerings for power and process plants.
• Intertek: Global TIC firm providing industrial inspection, QA/QC, and asset integrity services for the power, energy, and manufacturing sectors; competes for enterprise inspection contracts.
• TÜV SÜD: Global TIC and certification body with industrial inspection and asset integrity services aimed at power generation and process industries.
• Applus+: International TIC company with strong NDT, inspection, and integrity engineering capabilities in the energy and industrial sectors; competes for shutdown and boiler inspection work.
• Bureau Veritas: Global TIC major offering asset integrity, inspection, and certification across energy, power, and process industries; broad incumbent that includes boiler and pressure equipment inspection in its portfolio.

Direct peers

• Acuren: Large industrial inspection and NDT provider formed from the merger of IRISNDT and TEAM Industrial Services, offering shutdown management, QA/QC, and weld inspection services across power and process industries.
• TEAM Industrial Services: Industrial services firm specializing in on-site NDT, heat treating, and QA/QC for power, petrochemical, and pulp & paper facilities; closely comparable in shutdown and mechanical-integrity work.
• Mistras Group: Specialized NDT and mechanical integrity services provider serving power, pulp & paper, oil & gas, and other heavy industries; directly competes with Fornax in ultrasonic, MT, PT, and metallographic replication work.
• Jansen Combustion & Boiler Technologies: Boiler-combustion technology and services firm that co-sponsors Fornax's boiler workshops; directly overlaps with Fornax in combustion tuning, operator training, and boiler services for pulp & paper and power plants.

Regional players

• Velosi Asset Integrity: Asset integrity and inspection firm with strong Middle East/Asia operations and growing global presence; comparable in offering NDT, welding QA/QC, and integrity engineering for industrial operators.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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