Advanced Manufacturing Startups

Actus Nutrition manufactures protein, fat, and functional nutritional ingredients—including whey proteins, milk proteins, casein, and caseinate—and offers custom formulations and private label solutions for food manufacturers in markets such as sports nutrition, healthy snacking, breakfast cereal, and infant and geriatric nutrition. The company supplies certified ingredients (grass-fed, kosher, halal) and exports to more than 45 countries.

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Adare Pharma Solutions is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that develops and produces specialized oral-dose and injectable drug delivery systems at cGMP-compliant global manufacturing sites. It also provides in-house regulatory affairs support to help pharmaceutical clients bring products from molecule to market.

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Addon Optics develops technology and automation for ophthalmic lens production, aimed at reducing capital expenditure, labor, and manufacturing footprint. It targets lens manufacturers by simplifying processes and enabling faster delivery.

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iAM Marketplace is an online marketplace for additive manufacturing, offering materials such as filaments, photopolymers, and powders alongside hardware, accessories, certified pre-owned equipment, and related services and solutions. It incorporates the former iSQUARED shop and serves buyers of 3D printing materials and technologies.

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Addison Traverse Manufacturing acquires and operates North American manufacturing businesses using a long-term ownership model, with capabilities spanning metal stamping, roll forming, plastic molding, die casting, tooling, and assembly. Its portfolio includes custom manufacturers serving industrial, automotive, and OEM customers.

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Additive Assurance makes AMiRIS, an in-situ quality assurance system that monitors Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) metal 3D printing layer by layer to detect process deviations in real time and speed part certification. It serves manufacturers in aerospace and defense, medical devices, energy, and R&D, and integrates with major L-PBF machine brands and OEMs.

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Additive Drives uses additive manufacturing (3D printing) to build electric motor components and windings without tooling costs, enabling faster prototyping and customized high-performance motor series. It serves the automotive, aerospace, motorsport, space, and industrial sectors with electric drive development.

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Additive Industries builds modular, multi-laser metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems, such as its MetalFab platform, along with application development programs and full lifecycle support to move high-value complex parts from first article to serial production. It serves manufacturers in industries including aerospace, space, defense, semiconductor, and automotive.

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Additive Flow develops software for additive manufacturing that optimizes build parameters and toolpaths, bridging 3D design to CAM/AM production. Its AI-derived parameter optimization engine targets production and quality engineering teams, integrating with tools like Autodesk Netfabb to speed up builds while maintaining material and quality requirements.

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Addvance Consumer Health operates a European platform combining B2B services — private-label and CDMO manufacturing across dosage forms and consumer health categories — with a portfolio of direct-to-consumer health brands in VMS, naturals, performance nutrition and wellness. It serves retailers and consumer-health brand partners as well as end consumers, spanning R&D, procurement, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, supply chain and omnichannel sales.

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Adesis provides contract chemistry services, including custom synthesis and process development for complex molecules, high-purity monomers, deuterated compounds, peptides, oligonucleotides, and custom linkers. It serves pharmaceutical, medical device, and specialty research programs, with production facilities in the US and Ireland.

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Adiabatic is developing an electricity-based process for domestic production of critical chemicals. The company operates in the chemicals and materials manufacturing space.

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Adient is a global manufacturer of automotive seating systems and components, serving car makers with complete seating solutions designed for comfort, safety, and craftsmanship.

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Adler Ortho develops, manufactures, and sells orthopaedic implants, including standard and custom-made devices produced with 3D printing (powder manufacturing) in titanium or CoCrMo alloy. The company serves the orthopaedic clinical community and is based in Italy with commercial operations across Europe, Japan, and the USA.

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ADMA Biologics develops and manufactures specialty plasma-derived biologic products, including immune globulin therapies, for immune-compromised patients and others at risk of certain infections. The company operates a vertically integrated, end-to-end manufacturing process using a proprietary microneutralization assay and also offers contract manufacturing services.

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Adrad is an Australian supplier and distributor of radiators, air conditioning products, and service parts, offering both Australian-manufactured and imported aftermarket parts through a national warehouse network. It serves the automotive and cooling parts aftermarket in Australia.

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Advanced Digital Cable (ADC) is a U.S. manufacturer of wire and cable products. The company has operated for 27 years and is based in Hayesville, North Carolina.

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Advanced Metal Works provides custom metal fabrication for the construction, marine, rail, and shipping industries, producing items such as metal railings, doors and frames, stainless steel cable management systems, access ladders, cable trays, distribution panels, and precision laser-cut components. It serves clients including offshore oil rigs, mega port cranes, metro and tram projects, and shipping refurbishment work in the UAE region.

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Advantage Sintered Metals, founded in 1990, manufactures engineered powdered metal components, assemblies, and related machining and engineering services. It serves markets including medical, automotive, appliance, outdoor power, conveyor/automation, furniture, and general industry across North America.

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Advantiv supplies parts and engineering services to commercial, industrial, and manufacturing sectors, with a focus on vendor reduction projects, multi-skilled engineer provision, and cost and energy savings for clients.

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Advantive provides an AI-enabled platform that unifies ERP, MES, quality, commerce, and distribution workflows into a single system for specialty manufacturers and distributors. Its software automates business processes and improves operational visibility across planning, production, supply chain, and financials.

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Advaton FoodTec is a holding group that brings together technology companies making machinery and automation systems for food production, including dairy and cheesemaking equipment. Its portfolio brands (Kalt, Staedler, Eurotandem, Marinox) build processing lines and automated systems for cheese producers, dairies, and the wider food industry.

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Adventure Operations is an outdoor leisure business in the Oceania region that develops and sells outdoor, camping, and outdoor-cooking products through a portfolio of brands. Formed in 2017, it markets Australian-designed outdoor gear to families and has expanded internationally, including into the US.

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Advex offers Composer, a generative AI tool for automated visual inspection that detects and classifies defects using multi-class classification and semantic segmentation. It runs on-device without internet and uses a language-driven interface for manufacturing lines.

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