Advanced Manufacturing Startups

FM Expressions is a manufacturing and fulfillment company that produces custom heat transfers, screen-printed apparel, and print-on-demand merchandise at scale from facilities in Virginia and New Jersey. The company serves brands and businesses requiring custom decoration, warehousing, and fulfillment services.

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FMI Industries manufactures high-temperature composite materials and textiles for aerospace, defense, and space applications, including thermal protection systems, ceramic matrix composites, and carbon composites. The company serves the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, and other government and commercial aerospace customers through facilities in Maine, Rhode Island, and North Carolina.

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FN Browning Group designs, manufactures and markets firearms, ammunition and related solutions for defence, security, law enforcement, hunting and sports shooting markets. The group operates two divisions—Defence & Security and Hunting & Sports Shooting—with industrial sites across Europe and North America.

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Folia Water makes a patented silverized antimicrobial paper water filter that removes bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and iron from drinking water without electricity, pumps, or added infrastructure. The low-cost filters are sold through local grocery shops and aimed at working-class consumers worldwide who need affordable safe drinking water.

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Foliot manufactures commercial furniture for institutional and hospitality clients, specializing in engineered interior solutions for student housing, hospitality, and community living environments. The company operates three manufacturing facilities in the United States and Canada.

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FA S.p.A. is a foundry group that produces gravity castings in cast iron and stainless steel along with machining, shot blasting, heat treatment, and assembly, supported by co-design, simulation, and R&D services. It serves international automotive and industrial customers.

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Foodberry manufactures plant-based snack products with improved nutritional profiles while reducing plastic packaging, using technology developed at Harvard and MIT research labs.

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Foodiq builds the Multi-Layer Cooker (MLC), a modular single-tank production system that integrates processes like mixing and pasteurisation to make multiple products from animal- and plant-based raw materials with a small footprint and fast switchover. It targets dairy companies and food producers seeking flexible, clean-label production with low CapEx.

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Foremark Performance presents itself as a precision manufacturing company focused on quality, responsiveness, and delivery for its customers. The page provides only general positioning and no specific detail on products or industries served.

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Forerunner provides AI software for managing maintenance, repair, and overhaul operations in aviation.

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Forge Shipyard converts legacy engineering drawings and inactive CAD files into interactive 3D models that can be explored in a web browser, with each component linked back to its source drawing. It demonstrated the approach by reconstructing an 1886 ship from its original drawings.

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Forgebee develops an end-to-end beekeeping and pollination platform that includes AI-driven queen monitoring, automated bee rearing at scale, and deployable pollination units for growers and beekeepers. The company combines controlled lab environments, robotic production, and logistics solutions to provide year-round access to disease-free, pesticide-free bees.

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Forgital is a vertically integrated forging company specializing in seamless rolled rings and fan modules across various materials including titanium, nickel, cobalt, and steel alloys, serving aerospace, defense, and industrial markets. The company provides a comprehensive supply chain covering preprocessing, processing, and postprocessing services including machining, welding, assembly, and testing.

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forkNAV provides software that organizes and optimizes forklift operations in warehouses, tracking work orders and items without RFID tags to reduce time spent locating items. It targets warehouse and manufacturing operations, aiming to cut forklift operating time and eliminate picking errors.

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FORLAM is an industrial group focused on steel transformation through forging and rolling operations, with an environmental policy aimed at reducing its carbon footprint. More than half of the raw materials used by its rolling division come from recycling, and the group sorts and recovers 98% of its steel waste annually.

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Form Technologies is a corporate parent holding three precision component manufacturers: Dynacast (die casting), Signicast (investment casting), and OptiMIM (metal injection molding). The company serves industrial customers requiring precision-engineered metal components.

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Formerra is a distributor of thermoplastic resins and polymer materials, offering material selection, warehousing, supply chain optimization, and technical support. It serves OEMs, injection molders, processors, compounders, and extruders across the plastics and materials industry, including recycled, bio-based, and compostable material options.

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Forsell Systems AB builds machines and a complete product line for prefabricated house production. The Swedish company grew out of Forsell Maskin AB, which has built custom machines since 1977.

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Forterro develops enterprise resource planning systems and point solutions such as warehouse management, point of sale, and material requirements planning software for industrial companies in manufacturing, warehousing, wholesale and retail.

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A mining company that operates large-scale iron ore production in Australia's Pilbara region and is expanding into critical minerals to support decarbonization of heavy industry.

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Fortis is a packaging manufacturer that produces custom labels and packaging—including pressure-sensitive labels, shrink sleeves, flexible packaging, and folding cartons—for brands across multiple industries. It offers fast quoting, short-run and complex SKU production, and nationwide end-to-end packaging services.

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Forum Energy Technologies (NYSE: FET) manufactures products and engineered solutions for the energy and industrial sectors, including subsea systems, drilling equipment, production systems, pipe handling, artificial lift, and pressure control and flow management tools. It serves onshore and offshore oil, gas, industrial, and clean energy customers through brands such as Global Tubing, PBV, and Davis-Lynch.

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Fourbital Factory manufactures custom knit beanies with woven logos and personalized designs for sports teams, from amateur leagues to professional organizations. The company produces made-to-order headwear in its Vermont facility using jacquard knitting techniques and high-quality yarn.

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FPEE is a French manufacturer of windows, doors, shutters, and gates made from PVC, RFP®, aluminum, and wood. Founded in 1981, it produces custom joinery at its factories in northern and western France for residential building projects.

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