Advanced Manufacturing Startups

Heat Matrix designs and builds turnkey heat recovery systems that capture waste heat from industrial flue gases, baking vapors, and warm air streams to cut energy costs and CO2 emissions. It serves industrial clients in the food & beverage, bakery, manufacturing, and chemical sectors, including those with polluting or corrosive exhaust gases.

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Heatrix develops ultra-compact electric air heaters that replace gas burners in high-temperature industrial processes, reaching air temperatures up to 1500 °C using renewable electricity. Its modular power-to-heat systems and thermal energy storage serve manufacturers in sectors such as brick and building materials, steel and non-ferrous metals, glass and ceramics, and chemicals for gradual decarbonization.

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Hebbian Robotics builds open-source SDKs and data-quality infrastructure for Physical AI data pipelines, helping robotics foundation model labs filter, label, and curate large volumes of egocentric video data. Its tools let data teams write quality checks as Python functions with durable execution, observability, and auditability.

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Helgen provides high-tech industrial maintenance, specialized cleaning, solar energy installation, and custom software development for manufacturing and industrial operations in Mexico. Services include preventive and corrective maintenance for industrial equipment, photovoltaic system design, EV charging infrastructure, and digital twin platforms integrated with industrial management systems.

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Helicon Industries manufactures advanced composite parts for unmanned systems.

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Helixia is an agentic automation platform that deploys AI agents to run customer operations for distributors and manufacturers, handling tasks such as product consultation, price and availability checks, quoting, and order entry. It integrates with existing ERP, CRM, and e-commerce systems and is delivered by a forward-deployed engineering team within two weeks.

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Hellers is a meat manufacturer and processor producing value-added meat products including ready-to-eat poultry and premium cuts for retail, foodservice, and supermarket channels across New Zealand and Australia.

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Helmee develops automated visual quality inspection systems for glossy and surfaced parts in manufacturing, using its Covered Stereo Deflectometry (CSD) technology to inspect surface properties and 3D shape. It targets companies that plate or manufacture glossy products in high volumes, aiming for around 99% inspection accuracy.

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Helogen (Odyssey Spaceworks) develops fully automated, AI-driven factories in orbit to manufacture high-value biomaterials that cannot be produced under Earth's gravity, leveraging microgravity for greater purity and scale. It targets human and planetary health applications and works with government, institutional research, and orbital infrastructure partners.

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Hemlock builds a wearable device, the Bracelet, that captures force-labeled human manipulation demonstrations from everyday work to create training datasets for robotics foundation models and embodied AI.

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Henkel is a multinational company operating through two main business units: Henkel Adhesive Technologies, which develops adhesive solutions across over 800 industry segments, and Henkel Consumer Brands, which manufactures consumer products. The company operates globally with innovation centers and research facilities focused on adhesive technologies and consumer goods.

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Hennecke is a global technology and systems partner providing industrial production and process technology for the polyurethane industry. It develops polyurethane processing machinery and solutions for manufacturers, along with related engineering and service support.

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Hera reviews mechanical engineering drawings (prints) automatically, checking parts against current drawings and catching missed callouts in minutes rather than the days senior engineers spend reading prints by hand. It targets manufacturing and industrial teams, keeping the review process auditable and on-premises.

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Herikîn develops automation platforms for biomanufacturing, focusing on simplified RNA production and processing. The company serves research labs and bioproduction facilities seeking scalable, accessible tools for biological molecule manufacturing.

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Héroux-Devtek is a global supplier of landing gear solutions for the aerospace market, specializing in the design, development, manufacturing, repair, and maintenance of landing gear and actuation systems and components. It operates facilities across North America and Europe.

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Herzig Engineering provides electrical safety consulting, training, and Arc Flash studies to help companies comply with workplace safety regulations and protect workers from electrical hazards.

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Hexcel manufactures honeycomb and composite materials for aerospace, defense, and industrial applications. The company was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area and has grown into a global supplier of advanced materials.

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Hexight provides AI-powered sales and operations planning software for managing complex supply chain decisions. The platform modernizes traditional planning systems for companies handling large-scale operations.

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Hexion is a materials company operating an R&D lab (The HIL) where scientists, engineers, and technical staff develop new products, with a focus on sustainability and process automation. The page is a careers/recruiting page describing the company's culture, internship program, and hiring initiatives.

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HFI is a Tier 2 automotive supplier specializing in interior components including cut and sew, foam-in-place, small parts foam, and assembly operations. The company manufactures armrests, headrests, seat trim, and other interior products for automotive customers across North America.

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A medical device manufacturer specializing in production equipment and components for catheter systems, including balloon catheters, interventional catheters, and guidewires for medical applications.

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HGGS LaserCUT is a contract metal fabrication company specializing in sheet metal processing, machining, and assembly of complex components. As an original equipment supplier, it serves manufacturers in commercial vehicles, agricultural machinery, motorcycles, and caravanning.

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BettsHD manufactures mud flap hangers, metal and poly fenders, mounting brackets, and replacement parts engineered for road conditions. Its products serve commercial trucking fleets seeking to stay compliant and protected, and are made in the USA.

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High QA provides a manufacturing quality management platform that links inspection, planning, reporting, and supplier collaboration to the original 2D drawing or 3D model. It serves manufacturers and OEMs, offering tools for automatic ballooning, GD&T extraction, CMM/gage data collection, SPC monitoring, PPAP/APQP management, and first article inspection.

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