New Materials Startups

Aker QRILL Company (The QRILL Company) harvests Antarctic krill and produces krill-derived ingredients for animal and human nutrition. Its products serve the aquaculture feed and pet food markets.

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Akorn Technology develops 100% natural edible coatings for fresh produce that slow ripening, reduce moisture loss, and inhibit microorganisms to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables. It serves producers and retailers across the produce supply chain to reduce food waste.

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ALAS Baustoff-Holding is an owner-managed producer and supplier of gravel, stone, aggregates, and ready-mix concrete, and also handles recycling and disposal of excavation and mineral construction debris. It serves large and small construction projects with operations in Slovakia, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, and Austria.

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Alaska Plastic Recovery collects plastic waste from shorelines and landfills and converts it into Grizzly Wood, a lumber product made entirely from recycled plastic. The company operates plastic collection sites across Alaska.

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Alchemie Technology develops textile dyeing and finishing technologies, including a waterless dyeing system (Endeavour) and a digital precision finishing system (Novara) that applies chemistry only where needed. Its products aim to reduce water use and pollution in textile manufacturing.

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Alcrete manufactures precast concrete products and engineered solutions for infrastructure and construction projects, including customized options. The company offers support to clients from ordering through delivery.

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Shenzhen Deepmaterial Technologies is an adhesives manufacturer focused on products for semiconductor and electronic applications, including chip packaging and testing adhesives, circuit board adhesives, protective films, semiconductor fillers, and encapsulants. It supplies engineers and manufacturers in the electronics assembly and semiconductor packaging industries with custom and standard bonding, sealing, and potting solutions.

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alferproline develops, manufactures and sells profiles and system solutions for tiles, natural stone, parquet, laminate, vinyl, balconies and terraces. It serves the construction and building trade with product-spanning systems, custom-made solutions and planning support.

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Algaeing develops algae-based, biodegradable dyes (Algadye) and inks (Algaink) for textiles and apparel, offering alternatives to conventional dyeing and printing that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and water use. It serves apparel brands, textile manufacturers, and yarn and bedding producers integrating the colors into existing manufacturing processes.

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A manufacturer of rubber sealing gaskets and profiles for concrete pipes, plastic pipes, and tunnel segments. Serves the pipe and infrastructure construction industry.

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Alia Mentis is an independent research hub that develops proprietary advanced materials and manufacturing processes, handling everything from research and co-design through prototyping and industrial validation. Its technologies serve demanding sectors including aerospace, automotive, motorsport, and sports and protective equipment.

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Alithic manufactures a carbon-negative supplementary cementitious material (SCM) that replaces cement by upgrading low-cost feedstocks in a single low-energy process while capturing and permanently storing CO2. A University of Wisconsin-Madison spinout, it targets decarbonization of the construction industry and has built a demo plant with plans for a commercial pilot.

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AlkaLi Labs develops microbial hyperaccumulators that extract critical minerals, including lithium, from industrial waste streams to supply materials needed for green energy hardware and electrification. The company positions its approach as a low-impact alternative mining method sourcing minerals from dilute and contaminated waste.

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Alkemy Environmental is a cleantech company that recycles industrial waste streams into lightweight concrete aggregate for construction applications. The company has developed a patented technology to convert waste materials into environmentally friendly structural-grade building products.

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Alliance Chemicals Global is a supplier and distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, representing global manufacturers and serving multiple industries. Incorporated in 2022, it focuses on the African market with major operations in Nigeria.

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Allied Carbon Solutions develops and manufactures sophorolipids, a natural biosurfactant, with applications in livestock feed and emulsifiers, personal care yeast-fermentation extracts, and agricultural biostimulants. The company conducts research and production of biosurfactant-based ingredients for the agriculture, animal husbandry, and personal care industries.

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Allonnia applies industrial biology—screening microbes and engineered proteins that interact with metals—to recover copper, nickel, and rare earths from ore and mine waste streams like coal ash, tailings, and acid mine drainage. Its bolt-on systems (D-Solve and RE-Cover) attach to existing mine flowsheets for mining operators to increase metal grade and recovery.

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Alltub is a manufacturer of aluminium tube packaging, producing flexible aluminium tubes, laminated tubes, aluminium aerosols, and cartridges for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, and industrial markets. It operates six industrial sites across Europe and Mexico with a global commercial network.

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Aloxe supplies premium recycled plastics, notably food-grade recycled PET (rPET) granules produced through mechanical recycling of post-consumer plastics, for the plastic packaging industry. Its recycled PET serves applications such as textile fibers, beverage bottles, cosmetic bottles and food trays, helping companies meet European regulatory and consumer requirements for recycled content.

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AlphaStream is a multi-commodity royalty and streaming company that offers mining companies an alternative to debt and equity financing. It focuses on building a portfolio of precious metal (primarily gold) and battery metal assets in emerging and developing markets.

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Alqem uses AI combined with domain expertise in chemistry and physics to discover new crystalline materials, aiming to identify breakthrough materials validated in the real world. The company operates in materials discovery for the chemical and energy industries.

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Alsco manufactures exterior building products such as coil and related materials for home exteriors, sold to builders, remodelers, and homeowners. Its products come with a Limited Lifetime Warranty and target residential construction projects.

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ALTANA Group is a specialty chemicals company that develops technologies, solutions, and products for industrial customers.

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ALTA Performance Materials is an independent producer of performance materials for the composites industry, offering a portfolio of resin and specialty product brands including DERAKANE, AROPOL, MODAR and HETRON. The company emerged from Ashland's technical expertise and INEOS's operations and also offers the ENVIREZ sustainability platform.

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