Advanced Manufacturing Startups

Factory AI uses artificial intelligence and sensor data from manufacturing facilities to predict machine failures and recommend optimal maintenance schedules, helping industrial plants avoid costly unplanned downtime. The platform serves large manufacturers in food, beverage, automotive, and other sectors across Australia.

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SkillAugment develops technology to support and enhance human workers in manufacturing, aligned with an Industry 5.0 approach. Its products include augmented reality shopfloor tools and kitting/packing solutions aimed at reducing errors and improving production quality and productivity.

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Skillnote is a skills management platform that visualizes and analyzes employee skills, licenses, and training plans on a single matrix, and centralizes records for quality standard audits such as ISO 9001 and IATF 16949. It serves the manufacturing industry, helping companies with training operations, workforce planning, and compliance, and is a Japan-based solution.

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Skilpod manufactures modular residential housing units that can be configured as single dwellings, small developments, or large-scale apartment complexes for individual and institutional investors seeking to address housing shortages.

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SKion Water is a global water and wastewater technology company that acquires and manages a portfolio of firms providing treatment solutions to municipalities and industrial users. The company develops and implements innovative water technologies while operating multiple subsidiary companies across the water sector.

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SKLD Integrated Services (formerly School Kits Limited) is a Nigerian retailer and supplier of back-to-school, office, and lifestyle products serving parents, students, professionals, and corporate clients through retail stores, wholesale, contracts, and an e-commerce platform. Established in 2000 in Lagos, the company also operates in education supplies, humanitarian aid, corporate sales, and manufacturing across the MEA region.

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SKPACK is a South Korean manufacturer of automated filling and packaging machinery for liquids and powders. It serves beverage, food, pharmaceutical, and chemical producers with process, filling, packaging, and IT solutions.

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SKUsafe offers a formulation module for food and beverage product developers to build multi-level recipes while automatically tracking cost, yield, nutrition, and allergens. It includes AI-assisted recipe generation, version history, and reformulation impact analysis, plus related tools for labeling and supplier control.

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Skygauge builds inspection drones that make controlled contact with industrial surfaces to perform corrosion inspections and spot rust repair on structures such as pipes, tanks, and elevated or hard-to-reach surfaces. The drone lets inspection teams work from the ground without scaffolding, manlifts, or rope access.

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Skymerse provides an automated flight operations decision platform for airlines that checks every flight against live NOTAMs, weather, runway constraints, and aircraft limits to generate flight-ready operational decisions. The company also operates Notamify, a product that transforms NOTAM data into briefings and operational signals for airline crews and dispatchers.

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Etteplan is a technology service company that helps industrial businesses improve operational efficiency, sustainability, and productivity through expertise, solutions, and managed services. The company works across industries supporting customers navigating AI-driven technological changes and evolving business demands.

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Skyscrape develops temperature-responsive fabrics that change shape with temperature to provide adaptive insulation, becoming thicker to insulate more as temperatures drop and thinner as they rise, without wires or sensors. The materials are used in clothing to extend thermal comfort across a wider temperature range, with early use in apparel such as Ralph Lauren's 2022 Team USA Winter Olympics opening ceremony outfits.

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Skysens offers an AI-powered predictive monitoring platform that combines IoT hardware, custom machine learning models, and enterprise integrations to enable applications like equipment maintenance and energy management across industrial, commercial, and municipal settings.

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Slechta provides surface treatment services for molds and tools, including mirror polishing, coating, and mold servicing, along with laser engraving and enclosed 3D printing for precise marking, prototyping, and custom manufacturing. It serves manufacturers using injection molds and tooling, offering consultation, on-site mold testing at pressing equipment, and preventive maintenance.

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Sleipner manufactures dollies and lowbed trailers that transport heavy tracked equipment such as drills, excavators, and dozers on wheels, reducing transport times and undercarriage wear. Its solutions serve mining, quarrying, and construction operations including earthmoving, tunnelling, road construction, and wind parks, and it provides spare parts, service, and training.</parameter> <parameter name="hq_country">FI

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Manufactures and supplies rolling bearings (Wälzlager) in various designs with outer diameters from 32 to 1,600 mm for use across multiple industries, including the food and beverage sector where bearings must withstand aggressive conditions and cleaning processes.

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Slice of Sauce made dehydrated, shelf-stable condiment slices — ketchup, sriracha and hot sauce in sheet form — for sandwiches and burgers.

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Slidedrain makes a SINTEF-approved modular floor drain system for wet rooms, including drain pots, adjustable drain tops, and 25+ tile-insert drain channels and grates. It is aimed at plumbers, project managers, and bathroom builders in Norway, with products designed and manufactured in Norway.

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SloanLED is a provider of LED lighting components serving the commercial sign industry; the page announces its acquisition by Principal Industries, a supplier of electrical components and services to that same industry.

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Smart Laser & Plasma Systems develops laser and plasma-based measurement devices for industrial process monitoring and control, including systems for real-time temperature and chemical composition analysis. The company serves semiconductor manufacturing, power generation, waste incineration, and steel production facilities seeking to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions through process visualization and digital transformation.

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SL Corporation is a Korean automotive parts manufacturer that develops and produces lamp systems, electrification (electric-drive) systems, mirror systems, and front-end modules (FEM) for vehicles. It is a publicly listed company on the Korea Exchange.

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Smart Care provides nationwide repair and maintenance services for commercial refrigeration, HVAC, foodservice, and cold storage equipment. The company serves grocery stores, convenience stores, healthcare facilities, higher education institutions, and cold storage operators.

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SmartPlants provides a factory optimization platform that integrates machines, centralizes operations through a dashboard, and delivers data analytics for production metrics. It serves manufacturers seeking to track production, analyze insights, and support digital transformation.

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Smart Steel Technologies provides data warehousing, quality management, and AI-based analysis software for steel, brass, and aluminum mills in North America. The company unifies data landscapes in manufacturing facilities and implements root-cause analysis systems.

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