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Environmental analysis, planning, and sustainability consulting
Potomac
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Environmental analysis, planning, and sustainability consulting
Overview
Potomac (PHE) is a consulting firm that addresses environmental, planning, and technology challenges for federal and private-sector clients. It helps with environmental analysis, compliance and sustainability, and site evaluation and planning. How it works: teams of engineers, scientists, and planners draw on their expertise, a broad network of industry and government partners, and information-technology tools to manage complex programs and deliver reports, assessments, and plans. What makes it different: the company combines environmental work, planning, and tech support in one service area, emphasizes responsiveness and cost-effectiveness, and has a 30-year track record of delivering results for government and private clients. Its goal is to solve today’s environmental, climate, energy, and national security challenges by providing reliable analysis, documentation, and planning services.
About Potomac
Industries
Data & Analytics
Quantitative Finance
Financial Services
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Founded
1988
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What believers are saying
- Goodfellow reported fiscal 2025 sales of $543.0 million, supporting cross-selling into Potomac.
- Potomac launched a new website in 2025 and plans U.S. and Europe trade shows.
- Goodfellow added BAS and STP in 2025, expanding materials services around Potomac.
What critics are saying
- Goodfellow’s fiscal 2025 earnings fell to $7.1 million from $13.4 million, pressuring investment.
- Potomac now depends on Goodfellow’s acquisition pace and integration discipline after 2024.
- Entensive competition from larger contract manufacturers can compress margins and steal medical-device accounts.
What makes Potomac unique
- June 2024 acquisition gave Potomac Goodfellow’s first U.S. manufacturing footprint in Baltimore.
- Potomac machines polymers, metals, ceramics, and glass at micron-scale features.
- ISO 13485-certified microfabrication strengthens medical device and microfluidics positioning.
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Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Parental Leave
Commuter Benefits
Disability Insurance
Paid Vacation
Company News
Goodfellow, owned by Battery Ventures, has acquired microfabrication specialist Potomac Photonics, marking its first US manufacturing footprint. This strategic move aims to enhance Goodfellow's presence in the medical device sector and microfluidics. The acquisition provides Goodfellow with a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Baltimore, Maryland, and expands its product range and post-processing capabilities. CEO Simon Kenney highlighted the potential for supporting customers from research to production.
PHE, in partnership with LimnoTech, prepared a supporting technical report “ Nuclear Power Decommissioning Practices: Case Studies and Recommendations for the Great Lakes Basin.”
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About Potomac
Industries
Data & Analytics
Quantitative Finance
Financial Services
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Founded
1988
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