New Materials Startups

Duoplast provides stretch films and stretch hoods, packaging machines, and packaging optimization services for securing pallet loads, offering a full system for transport packaging. It focuses on industries with sensitive goods such as the dairy sector, helping customers reduce material use while ensuring load stability and regulatory compliance.

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Dyegon develops sustainable textile inks and pigments produced from wild Patagonian bacteria as an eco-friendly way to color fabrics for the fashion industry. The company applies biotechnology and biomimicry to create natural dyes and is based in Chile.

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DyeRecycle develops a chemical process to remove dyes from colored textile waste, enabling PET plastic fiber to be recycled at the quality of virgin material. The company serves the textile and apparel industry to reduce waste from fast fashion.

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DYMAG manufactures advanced lightweight wheels using forged aluminum, magnesium, and carbon hybrid technologies for high-performance automobiles and motorcycles. The company serves prestigious automotive and motorcycle manufacturers globally, with a heritage spanning since 1974.

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Dynacast is a precision metal casting company specializing in multi-slide die casting, offering custom metal components and engineering services to diverse industries worldwide. The company operates as part of Form Technologies, a global holding company that also encompasses investment casting and metal injection molding divisions.

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Dynatect manufactures automated machine safety roll-up doors designed to isolate hazardous industrial operations while maintaining production efficiency. The AMSD product is used across manufacturing sectors including automotive assembly, aerospace, and automated welding to separate personnel and equipment from dangerous work areas.

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Dyneon develops and manufactures high-performance fluoropolymers — including PTFE, fluorothermoplastic, and elastomer grades — for demanding applications requiring chemical resistance, purity, and thermal stability. Its materials serve industries such as medical, mobility, energy, communication, and chemical processing, with manufacturing based in Europe.

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DYWIDAG provides engineering products, systems, and digital monitoring technology to build and maintain resilient structures such as bridges and other infrastructure. Drawing on German engineering heritage, it serves the construction and civil infrastructure sector across 53 countries and five continents.

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Earthics converts unconventional feedstocks into lower-cost critical materials, operating in the materials and resource optimization sector.

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EB Metal US manufactures and fabricates lightweight cold-formed steel framing components for the building and construction industry, with products designed to AISI and CSA structural standards. The company operates from Bow, New Hampshire and Montgomery, Alabama and serves the Eastern USA market through a network of distributors.

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eCAPITAL is a venture capital firm providing early to growth stage funding to technology companies across software and IT, cybersecurity, industry 4.0, new materials, and cleantech.

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ecoCOAT GmbH develops location-selective metallic coatings applied directly to surfaces without binders, chemicals, or vacuum technology. It provides custom functional-surface solutions and produces coated components in series using its own coating equipment.

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EcoBean converts spent coffee grounds into chemicals with a low carbon footprint, serving the coffee and chemical industries through circular economy principles. The company processes coffee waste into bio-based chemical products for manufacturers and brands.

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Eco Carbon converts post-consumer plastic waste into porous carbonaceous materials such as activated carbon, molecular sieves, and graphite for industrial applications. Its materials serve uses including water treatment, gas purification, batteries and supercapacitors, gold recovery, healthcare, and food and beverage processing.

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Ecodmlab develops electroceramic materials and manufactures beauty and medical devices using patented ultrasound technology for applications including HIFU, ultrasonic probes, sensors, and actuators. The company produces branded consumer and professional beauty devices alongside medical device offerings.

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Ecofilter Tek develops proprietary charge-switching polymer technology for filtration applications, addressing gaps in traditional filtration methods with more efficient and sustainable solutions.

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Ecoinno (H.K.) Limited is a green biotechnology company that develops GCM, a patented 100% plant-based fiber material designed to replace conventional plastics. The biodegradable material is used in food and beverage packaging applications such as coffee capsules, food containers, and medical packaging.

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EcoIntellect makes a low-carbon, ash-based recycled binder used to stabilize and strengthen soil for construction, with a carbon footprint 65-85% lower than conventional building materials. The binder is applied in ground reinforcement for road, rail, and municipal infrastructure projects, including vibration damping and transition structures.

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EcoLogic Solutions is a certified B Corp that develops sustainable cleaning and disinfecting products, equipment, and service programs for industries including hospitality, facilities, agriculture, and food manufacturing. Operating since 2005, it offers eco-friendly cleaning programs paired with custom service, training, and maintenance support.

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AS Ecometal is a circular-economy company that recycles used lead-acid batteries end-to-end, recovering secondary raw material for new production. It buys spent batteries from vehicles, machinery, and electronic equipment, and produces refined lead (up to 99.985% purity) and custom lead alloys with copper, tin, antimony, and other metals.

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EcoNiLi Battery is a lithium-ion battery recycling company in Malaysia that purchases, processes, and refines spent batteries and metal scrap from OEMs, collectors, and recycling companies to recover lithium, nickel, and cobalt. The company operates across Asia and serves global clients with end-of-life battery solutions and metal recovery services.

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ecopals produces EcoFlakes, a polymer modifier made from recycled plastics that replaces new polymers and part of the bitumen in asphalt, reducing emissions and material costs for road construction. The product is aimed at asphalt mixing plants and the road-building industry, connecting the recycling industry with construction in a circular process.

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Ecopol manufactures biodegradable, water-soluble, non-toxic PVOH films and delivery systems used as an alternative to conventional plastic packaging, serving consumer goods companies seeking to cut carbon emissions and plastic and water use across their supply chains. Based in Italy with production in Tuscany and Griffin, Georgia, the company runs R&D centers in Italy and the United States and uses photovoltaic energy and water recycling in its processes.

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EcoPro is a South Korean materials and battery company that develops battery materials and cathode materials for electric vehicles and energy storage. The company operates through multiple subsidiaries focused on nickel refining, battery material production, and technology innovation.

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