Company
Process safety engineering, built for the plant floor
Aetso Technical helps industrial organizations identify process hazards, evaluate risk, strengthen safeguards and run process safety programs that hold up in practice.
Who we are
A process safety firm, focused on one thing
Aetso Technical is a process safety engineering and consulting company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, serving industrial and manufacturing clients across the United States.
Our work centers on the hazards that can turn an ordinary operating day into a fire, explosion or toxic release: highly hazardous chemicals, flammable materials, combustible dusts, reactive chemistry and high-energy systems. We help clients understand those hazards, evaluate the risk they present and make sure the safeguards against them are designed, maintained and managed so they work when needed.
We believe process safety is an engineering discipline first. Regulations set the minimum. The real objective is to prevent incidents — to protect the people who work in a facility, the communities around it, the environment and the business itself.
How we think
Principles that guide our work
Start with the hazard
We begin with the physics and chemistry of the process — what can be released, how much energy is available, and what it could reach — before the paperwork.
Safeguards must earn their credit
A safeguard counts only if it is independent, effective and maintained. We check that the protection in a study exists in the field.
Operators know things
The people who run and maintain a process hold knowledge no drawing captures. Our studies are built around their participation.
Clear, defensible records
Every assumption, credit and recommendation is documented so it can be reviewed, challenged and revalidated years later.
Practical recommendations
We recommend what reduces risk meaningfully and can be implemented, and we say plainly when something is urgent.
Continuous improvement
Audits, investigations and metrics feed lessons back into design and operation — the loop that keeps programs alive.
Corporate relationship
Part of Aetso Inc.
Aetso Technical is a subsidiary of Aetso Inc. As the group's process safety engineering and consulting company, Aetso Technical is responsible for the services described on this website.
Engagements for process safety services are contracted and delivered by Aetso Technical.
Our commitments to clients
What you can expect working with us
- Technical honesty. We report what we find, including uncomfortable findings, with the evidence behind them.
- Confidentiality. Process information, drawings and findings are handled confidentially and shared only as you direct.
- Right-sized scope. We recommend the study your situation needs, not the largest one we could sell.
- Qualified people. Each project is staffed with personnel whose experience fits the process and the method.
- Clear deliverables. Scope, schedule and deliverables are defined in writing before work begins.
- Follow-through. We remain available to explain findings and support implementation.
Let's talk about your facility
Tell us about your process, your concerns and your timelines.