New Materials Startups

Superior Concrete Products designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs precast concrete wall systems, including fences, screening walls, and retaining walls, as well as high-security walls for critical infrastructure. Operating in the U.S. since 1986, it serves businesses and communities with turnkey construction solutions.

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Concretene develops a graphene-based admixture for cementitious materials—grouts, mortars and concrete—that improves mechanical performance by 15-30%, allowing producers to reduce cement content and embodied carbon. The product is aimed at the construction industry as a cost-neutral route to lower-carbon concrete.

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Condenzero develops cryogenics and ultra-high vacuum (UHV) systems for transmission electron microscopy (TEM), including liquid helium cooling technology for TEM instruments. Its products serve scientific research and materials characterization applications.

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Confluent Medical is a contract design, development, and manufacturing partner for the medical device industry, specializing in interventional catheter-based devices and implants. Its capabilities include Nitinol components, balloon and complex catheters, high-precision polymer (PTFE) tubing, delivery systems, and implantable biomedical textiles.

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Conner Industries manufactures industrial packaging for manufacturers, including industrial lumber, custom pallets and crates, and multi-material transportation packaging using wood, corrugate, foam, and plastics. It also offers supply chain service solutions such as 3PL, VMI, kitting, and assembly across multiple U.S. locations.

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Connor Sports manufactures championship-level portable hardwood basketball court systems made from northern hard maple, serving collegiate athletics and tournament events. It is the official court provider for the NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Championships.

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Conpart develops and supplies Spherica-branded high-precision polymer microparticles with silver, gold, and nickel coatings for conductive adhesives and gap spacer applications. Its particles serve the electronics and solar energy industries, including uses in microsystems and interconnect materials.

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Contec operates a tire recycling plant using continuous rubber pyrolysis technology (Molten®) to convert end-of-life tires into recovered products: recovered Carbon Black (ConBlack®), recovered tire pyrolysis oil (ConPyro®), and recovered steel (ConWire®). These recycled materials serve as sustainable replacements for virgin raw materials in tire and petrochemical manufacturing.

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Continuum Powders produces high-quality metal powders for additive manufacturing and advanced industrial applications, using atomization technologies and circular manufacturing processes. Its products serve manufacturers seeking to improve supply chain resilience, reduce material waste, and meet performance standards for critical applications.

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Convergent provides software and sensor technologies for advanced composites manufacturing, enabling users to evaluate process parameters, design manufacturing processes, troubleshoot production problems, and detect vacuum leaks. It serves the composites supply chain—including materials suppliers, tool and equipment manufacturers, part manufacturers, and OEMs—with customers spanning many of the world's top aerospace companies.

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Cooling Photonics develops passive radiative cooling materials that reflect solar radiation and reduce heat buildup on outdoor industrial equipment such as electrical cabinets, power electronics, and solar inverters. The materials are designed for companies seeking to improve asset reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and lower operational emissions without active cooling systems.

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Copol International manufactures custom Cast Polypropylene (CPP) films in gauges from 20–200 μm and widths up to 1.9m, offering customized batch sizes and rapid delivery. Its films are recyclable in PP recycle streams and produced under HACCP certification for use in packaging and industrial applications.

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Copperweld manufactures copper-clad aluminum and bimetallic wire and cable products, including building wire (NM-B, MC, THHN/THWN-2, XHHW-2), automotive wire, and signal wire. It serves commercial, automotive, power grid, and signal applications with associated connectors and wire-stripping tools.

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Coral Innovations develops patented nanomaterials that selectively capture and recover contaminants such as heavy metals, hydrocarbons, organics, and phosphorus from industrial water streams and urban runoff. Its reusable engineered nanoparticles target water remediation and discharge-compliance needs across industrial wastewater applications.

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CoreBone cultivates corals in a closed lab-based aquarium system to produce natural scaffolds for bone and cartilage tissue engineering, offering dental bone grafts as an alternative to bovine and human grafts. Its products serve dental and orthopedic surgical markets, with a cartilage regeneration platform advancing into clinical trials.

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Delivers state-of-the-art magnetics to enable power electronics components that are 90% smaller and 50% more efficient

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Corialis designs and manufactures aluminium building systems — including windows, doors, curtain walls, facades, interior systems, and outdoor products like screens and pergolas — using a vertically integrated model. It also provides aluminium extrusion and engineered profile manufacturing services.

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Cornerstone is a chemical producer whose facility manufactures acrylonitrile, melamine, sulfuric acid and urea for use in industrial and consumer products such as electronics, countertops, car batteries, carbon fibers, and fertilizers. Its outputs serve manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, and agricultural markets, including U.S. military and commercial aircraft producers.

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Coronal develops plasma arc additive manufacturing technology that melts wire to print near net shapes from difficult alloys for use in extreme environments. It serves energy, aerospace, marine, and defense customers needing advanced manufacturing and material development for high-performance components.

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Conductive Containers, Inc. and Crestline Plastics, Inc. design and manufacture electrostatic discharge (ESD) safe and specialty optics packaging to protect high-value, mission-critical components. It serves electronics manufacturing and optics customers with FOD-free, cleanroom-compatible packaging produced at facilities in Minnesota and New Mexico.

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Cortex manufactures a water-activated geosynthetic cementitious composite mat delivered in rolls for construction applications including ditches, canals, shoreline management, embankment walls, and pond lining. The material is thinner and less expensive than traditional concrete or shotcrete.

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Cove develops PB1, a molded-fiber bottle and packaging platform that uses a multi-piece fiber structure with a biobased barrier liner to create containers recyclable in standard paper streams. The technology serves consumer packaged goods brands across categories such as beverages, alcohol, personal care, home care, and supplements, offering formats including bottles, jars, tubes, and refill pods.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[]

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Coveris develops and manufactures paper and plastic packaging for consumer and industrial goods, focusing on product protection, preservation, and reduced environmental footprint. Its "No Waste" strategy aims to minimize the environmental impact of its packaging solutions.

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COXEM designs and manufactures scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipment, including tabletop and full-size electron microscopes along with accessories such as ion beam polishers, sputter coaters, and detectors. Its products serve life science and materials science research and analysis.

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