About Us
GK Associates, Inc. was founded in 1992 as an independent service organization (ISO) with its main focus to provide consulting and technical support services for Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS). The company's first objective was to provide unparalleled technical support for clients who owned the Perkin-Elmer (now Sick-Maihak) MCS-100 multi-component CEMS. The MCS-100 analyzer lies at the heart of some of the CEMS currently supported by GK Associates.
GK Associates provides support for many other analyzer manufacturers' products in addition to the Perkin-Elmer CEMS. These systems include equipment manufactured by Tyco Environmental Systems (TES) UltraCEM, the Sick-Maihak MCS-100 E flue gas analyzer and MCS-100 based infrared analyzer, Thermo Scientific, Teledyne-Advanced Pollution Instrumentation (TAPI), Ametek, California Analytical Instruments, M&C Products, J.U.M. Instruments, Rosemount Analytical, and LAND Combustion, to name just a few. Most CEMS supported by GK Associates also use various Data Acquisition Systems (DAS) incorporating sophisticated programmable logic controllers, computer subsystems, networking architecture and associated software. GK Associates has recently been upgrading existing Odessa Engineering DAS systems to newer, more reliable systems based on several industry standard PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) platforms. GK Associates' engineers are well versed in the design, configuration and programming of these PLC's and DCS systems such as Allen Bradley, Hewlett Packard, Honeywell, Foxboro, Siemens, General Electric and others.
Geoffrey B. Klotz, president and founder of GK
Associates, Inc., has over 30 years of experience with electronic
instrumentation and computer system design, maintenance and operation. Mr.
Klotz also has over 20 years of experience in the environmental industry, in the areas of
design, manufacture, consulting, regulatory testing and also technical support
and maintenance services. Our other associates also bring a vast array of
technical experience and knowledge to the company in areas of environmental
engineering, testing and consulting, as well as CEMS repair and maintenance
services.
The philosophy of GK Associates is to provide to our clients the most
professional, courteous and experienced staff to supplement existing technical
and administrative personnel. This is done through contractual or per incident support services designed
specifically for each client's individual needs. These services can be provided
for either short or long term requirements and are designed to allow the client
to control costs and overhead by eliminating the need for hiring additional
support staff.