OUR MISSION
KCF Technologies exists to drive sustainability, safety, and competitiveness for our partners and their communities by solving the world’s machine health problems. Our team empowers industry to eradicate downtime, waste, and injuries with KCF’s Comprehensive Machine Health Platform. We combine condition monitoring data with shop floor insights and maintenance practices to paint a complete picture of the factory environment. Failure is engineered out of the processes using KCF’s proprietary machine health optimization solution — made up of hardware, software, and services. Our impact on industry has prevented over $4B in unplanned downtime since 2018.
KCF exists to elevate people and solve problems. We envision a world where our customers have zero injuries, zero waste, and zero asset failures.
SMARTdiagnostics
Our industry-leading machine health optimization software, SMARTdiagnostics, helps permanently solve your asset problems by getting to the root of machine health problems. Easy-to-read analytics let you visualize the health of your critical assets and take immediate, effective action.
SENTRYsolutions
SENTRYsolutions is a team of engineers, vibration experts, industry specialists, and optimization professionals who will work with you to create machine health solutions that are customized to your unique operating environment.
QUICK FACTS
KCF was founded in November 2000 at Penn State University in State College, PA
The letters KCF represent the last names of our three founders: Professor Gary Koopmann, Dr. Weicheng Chen, and Dr. Jeremy Frank
The company has grown organically and remains private and employee-owned today
KCF is an American company. All of the hardware, software, and services are produced in the USA
Our exponential growth has fueled job creation of more than 1,000% in under 10 years
KCF has received recognition and awards as a top SBIR contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense
SOC 2 Compliance & ISO 27001 Certified
the first machine health platform to achieve this accomplishment
SOC 2 Compliance
SOC 2 Compliance is part of the Service Organization Control reporting platform, defined by the American Institute of CPAs. It intends to ensure the safety and privacy of customer data, and it cites the criteria required to maintain robust information security, which fall into five categories: Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality and Privacy.
Click here to learn more about our SOC 2 Compliance.
ISO 27001 Certified
By being ISO 27001 Certified, KCF has demonstrated a high level of dedication to protecting sensitive data through a systematic approach to information security management, including threat monitoring, breach mitigation, and data protection measures.
KCF’s customers and employees can be confident that the organization has implemented a robust information security management system to safeguard their sensitive machine health data and internal systems.
2020 CENTRE COUNTY GREEN BUSINESS
KCF Technologies is excited to be a Centre County Green Business Partner! Our offices promote green choices by offering these resources:
- Recycling bins and compost receptacles
- Reusable cups, plates, and silverware for employees and visitors
- Water coolers promote use of multi-use bottles or cups rather than single use
- Dishwashers provided where possible to encourage washable dishware
- LED, motion-activated lighting where possible
- Monthly compensation for employees who walk, bike, or use mass transit
Click here to learn more about the CCRRA recycling resources.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2020 TIBBETTS AWARD
KCF received the Tibbetts Award from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) in 2020, highlighting creators who help push the U.S. economy into the future.
2016 SHALE GAS EH&S AWARD
KCF Technologies was presented with the 4th Annual Shale Gas Environmental, Health, & Safety (EH&S) Award by the Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center (SGICC).
2015 CBICC TECH COMPANY OF THE YEAR
KCF Technologies won the Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County’s (CBICC) Technology Company of the Year Award.
2014 SGICC INNOVATION AWARD
KCF Technologies was one of four recipients of the Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Center’s (SGICC) Shale Gas Innovation Award, receiving $25,000.
2008 BEST OF SENSORS EXPO
KCF Technologies was awarded a Silver “Best of Sensors Expo” award in the Wireless Sensors Category for its Wireless Sensor Demonstration.
2007 MOST INNOVATIVE ACCESSORY
Videoray presented KCF with the “‘Marcus Kolb’ Most Innovative Videoray Accessory” award at the 2007 Videoray international partnership symposium for the Smart Tether.
ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS
Environmental, Social, and Governance Report
We’re committed to helping our customers eliminate injuries, waste, and unplanned downtime. We do this by making plants more energy-efficient, extending asset life, and putting machine health insights in the hands of reliability teams and operators whose safety is threatened by asset failure.
Download our ESG Report to learn more about how we protect people and the environment with advanced machine health technology.
