Advanced Manufacturing Startups

Deep.Meta builds AI optimization software for steel manufacturing, including its SLICE product, a planning co-pilot that matches available slab inventory to customer orders to reduce selection errors and yield loss. Its unified data and optimization layer integrates with existing plant systems to improve production efficiency and lower emissions for steel mills, with a stated focus on UK steel.

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DeepSight offers an AI platform that captures field experts' knowledge via video and augmented reality, then turns it into interactive, multilingual training procedures, dashboards, and live remote assistance for industrial and manufacturing teams. The product suite (Capture, Studio, Holo, Console, Connect) helps enterprises document know-how, standardize procedures, and train workers on tablets and smart glasses.

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Deevio provides machine vision systems to automate quality control processes in manufacturing environments. The company addresses limitations in traditional manual inspection and existing vision systems by reducing false positives in defect detection.

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Definium designs and manufactures IoT devices and gateways supporting LoRaWAN, LTE Cat M1/NB1, Ethernet, and low earth orbit satellite communications, and offers electronics product design and contract manufacturing services. It also owns and operates a state-wide LoRaWAN network in Tasmania, Australia, serving asset management, industrial, urban, and rural infrastructure monitoring use cases.

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QMD is a contract manufacturer specializing in silicone, polyisoprene, and other elastomeric components for medical devices, offering OEMs end-to-end services from component and device manufacturing to assembly, packaging, sterilization, and private labeling. Its products include vascular and urinary catheters, wound drainage, enteral feeding, and custom molded components, backed by FDA, CE, and 510(k) regulatory approvals.

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Degelman Industries is a manufacturer of farming implements, serving agricultural customers primarily in Canada and the United States with a small international presence. The company operates as a Saskatchewan limited partnership with facilities in Regina, Lacombe, and Hillsboro (North Dakota).

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Degla provides a natural language platform for coordinating autonomous drone fleets for search and rescue, emergency response, infrastructure inspection, and critical field operations. The system automatically plans missions, assigns aircraft, and adapts to real-time conditions without requiring flight plans or specialist training.

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DeIorio's manufactures custom-formulated, fresh-to-frozen dough products for multi-unit food and restaurant brands seeking consistency and repeatable performance across locations. The company has over 90 years of heritage in dough production.

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Dekel Agri-Vision is an agro-industrial company operating in West Africa that produces palm oil and processes cashew nuts. The company serves food manufacturers, biodiesel producers, and food processing industries.

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DELABO.GROUP is a nationwide network of dental laboratories in Germany that provides dental technology products and solutions and acquires established dental labs to join its group. All production takes place in Germany, serving dentists and dental laboratories.

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Delpharm is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products for the pharmaceutical industry across solid, sterile, semi-solid, and liquid dosage forms. With manufacturing sites across Europe and North America, the company ranks among the top 5 global CDMOs and specializes in pre-filled syringes, nasal sprays, and liquid pharmaceuticals.

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Delphon operates a group of companies providing materials-based industrial solutions, including Gel-Pak's polymer-based products for safe handling and shipping of advanced technologies, UltraTape's engineered tape and label products for cleanroom environments, and TouchMark's high-precision device marking services. It serves manufacturers in the semiconductor, medical, and electronics industries.

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Delvitech designs and builds AI-powered 3D Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) and Solder Paste Inspection (SPI) machines for PCB manufacturing across SMT and THT production phases. Its systems and NEITH web platform serve electronics manufacturing engineers, aiming to reduce false calls, material waste, and CO₂ emissions.

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Demakes Brothers is a family-owned meat producer offering products such as shaved meats, corned beef, marinated meats, sausages, hot dogs, and pre-sliced deli lunch meats. It sells under its own brands and provides private label manufacturing, with a company history dating back to 1914.

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DENKWEIT builds DENKnet, a vision AI solution that automates visual inspections and image evaluations for industrial production environments, including defect detection in the metal industry and mechanical engineering. Its no-code tools let users train custom vision AI models from as few as 15 images, running locally, remotely, or in the browser.

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Dental Direkt manufactures zirconium oxide materials for dental laboratories, including a microlayering system combined with VITA Lumex Unique for producing dental restorations. The products target dental labs seeking faster workflows without compromising aesthetics.

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Dependbuild builds software to help municipal staff manage projects and infrastructure. The platform targets community leaders and local government teams facing resource constraints and infrastructure challenges.

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DeployFerry builds agentic AI for manufacturing operations, unifying industrial data sources into a real-time foundation and creating structured workflows. It develops custom AI agents that integrate with existing manufacturing workflows to support automation and operational decisions.

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Derby Fabricating Solutions converts non-metallic materials—foams, films, fibers, laminates, and specialty materials—into production-ready components for automotive, industrial, engineered, and consumer/commercial applications. Founded in 1977, the company provides high-volume precision fabrication for uses such as NVH, sealing, insulation, and abrasion management.

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D2S develops GPU-accelerated computing and deep learning technologies for semiconductor manufacturing, focusing on curvilinear mask data preparation and inverse lithography. Its products support photomask production and lithography workflows in the semiconductor industry.

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Dessert Holdings is a North American premium dessert manufacturer that makes fully finished, thaw-and-serve desserts such as cakes, cheesecakes, brownies, pies, and cookies using real ingredients. It supplies retail and foodservice partners through an integrated platform covering sourcing, scaled manufacturing, logistics, and category insights.

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Dessia provides AI-driven automation software that helps engineering teams design, validate, and optimize complex systems during concept and early design stages. Its solutions target industries such as automotive, aerospace, and industrial manufacturing.

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Dexlabs is an engineering design and manufacturing services firm offering product design, 3D modeling, rapid prototyping via 3D printing, additive manufacturing, and injection molding design. It works with startups and large enterprises across industries such as consumer electronics to take ideas from concept to full-scale production.

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