New Materials Startups

Hobbs Bonded Fibers manufactures fiber and batting products, serving markets including automotive suppliers, home quilting, and the comfort/bedding industry. The company has operated since 1953.

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Hoffmann + Voss produces recycled plastic materials and thermoplastic compounds for industrial customers, including the automotive sector. Operating since 1962, the company runs quality-control testing such as infrared spectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence analysis and emphasizes sustainability by reducing industrial waste.

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Hoffmaster manufactures single-use tabletop, foodservice, and baking solutions for restaurants, retail, healthcare, and home use. The company serves foodservice distributors, consumer retail channels, and food service operators with paper products including napkins, plates, and cutlery wrapping.

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Holcim MAQER Ventures is the venture arm of a global building materials company that partners with startups through venture capital, venture clienting, and accelerator programs to develop innovations in construction and building materials.

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Holo develops additive manufacturing technology and services for production-scale manufacturing. The company's PureForm platform creates products through metal additive manufacturing, serving industrial manufacturers with production capacity in California.

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Holy Grail develops modular carbon capture devices. The company builds hardware for carbon capture applications and is based in San Francisco.

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Holyvolt develops a screen-printing manufacturing platform combined with high-throughput material discovery for producing next-generation battery and thin-film solar cells. Its technology prints solar cells under ambient conditions and builds battery cells layer-by-layer across different chemistries, aiming for lower-cost, lower-emission, localized production.

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HONEXT manufactures high-performance fibreboards made from recycled paper sludge, produced in Europe. Its boards are used for applications such as acoustic panels, interior wall cladding, partition walls, and shopfitting.

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Honey Badger Silver is a Canadian, publicly traded (TSXV: TUF) silver exploration company that owns and advances eight 100%-owned silver projects across northern Canada, spanning the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Its properties are estimated to host hundreds of millions of ounces of silver equivalent.

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Hot Lime Labs develops thermochemical CO2 capture technology aimed at industrial decarbonisation in hard-to-abate industries. Its Hot Lime platform is being applied to supply low-cost CO2 and heat to greenhouses.

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Houston Plating & Coatings (HP&C) provides metal plating and coating services, including Electroless Nickel, QPQ, Phosphate, and spray coatings such as Xylan and Epoxy. It operates as a one-stop-shop serving industrial customers from its facility in South Houston, Texas.

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Higg Index provides sustainability measurement tools for the apparel, footwear, and home textile industry, covering facilities, materials, products, and brand/retailer operations across environmental, social, and governance impact areas. The tools serve brands, retailers, and manufacturers to measure and improve yearly sustainability performance in categories such as water, energy, chemical management, and employee safety.

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HPNow produces hydrogen peroxide (Peroxide UltraPure) on-site through a patented electrochemical process that converts water, electricity, and air into low-concentration, high-purity peroxide for water treatment. Its systems serve industries such as agriculture irrigation, cooling tower treatment, and wastewater management, offering a chemical-free alternative to transported peroxide.

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HSL Technologies was a deeptech company that developed a patented process to convert precipitated silica from solid to a liquid carrier form, cutting logistics emissions while generating renewable hydrogen as a byproduct. The company served industrial manufacturers seeking to decarbonize silica production and supply chains, and has ceased operations.

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HTBA manufactures flavonoids, vitamin B12, and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for international customers from facilities in Spain and the United States. The company operates manufacturing plants and applications labs in Barcelona and Murcia (Spain), with a North American headquarters and lab in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded (NYSE: HUN) chemicals manufacturer. The page announces the expiration of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period for its proposed merger with Olin Corporation.

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HyC Light uses a light-driven methane photolysis process to co-produce carbon nanotubes and clean hydrogen. Its carbon nanotubes target applications such as copper-wiring replacement and battery technology, while its hydrogen is aimed at industries including fertilizers, polymer manufacturing, and oil refining.

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Hydrogen in Motion develops solid-state hydrogen storage solutions to enable clean energy adoption across multiple industries. The company focuses on safe, lightweight, and scalable technologies for storing and deploying hydrogen fuel.

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HydroLux develops solid hydrogen storage materials for fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen energy applications. The company manufactures hydrogen storage alloys and related materials for the automotive and clean energy sectors in South Korea.

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Hydroxsys develops membrane filtration technology for industrial wastewater treatment, helping manufacturers reduce wastewater streams, discharge costs, and energy use. It provides customized filtration solutions across industries such as dairy, wine, fish processing, and aquaculture.

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Hyfé operates a refining process that extracts specialty ingredients and chemical building blocks from food processing waste, recovering compounds like glucose from biomass. Its outputs serve the food, beverage, personal care, and nutraceutical industries, as well as biomanufacturing for everyday chemical products.

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Fantex is a hard surface cleaner formulated to kill up to 99.999% of germs and pathogens within one minute, with residual protection lasting up to 24 hours, suitable for use on all hard surfaces including food preparation areas. The product is tested against international standards and proven effective against bacteria, fungi, and viruses including MRSA, norovirus, and coronavirus.

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Hylo Athletics designs and sells running shoes engineered for lightweight performance and energy return. The company serves road runners and everyday athletes seeking versatile footwear with bio-based and recycled materials.

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HZO provides turnkey protective thin-film coating services that shield electronic components and products from environmental hazards such as moisture and corrosion. It serves electronics manufacturers across sectors like consumer devices and outdoor LED signage, operating from multiple global locations.

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