Radar · Manufacturing Services in New Hampshire
Best Manufacturing Services Companies in New Hampshire, United States
The 44 best Manufacturing Services companies in New Hampshire, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Creare.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
44companies tracked
$51.4Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
4have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · MANUFACTURING SERVICES × NEW HAMPSHIRE
Our analysis of 50 Manufacturing Services companies
$2.0b in tracked funding; 66% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2010.
50companies analysed
66%cloud-native stacks
2010funding peak (by rounds)
2008median founding year
53median Fliar Index™
122kcombined LinkedIn audience
78%of audience held by top 3
6companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Manufacturing Services companies in New Hampshire
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creare Provider of industrial research and development services 60Patents top 24%Funding top 26%Innovation top 30%Moat top 41% All 9 signals ▾Patentstop 24% Fundingtop 26% Innovationtop 30% Moattop 41% Growthtop 45% Markettop 50% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 41% Productbottom 36% Patents: 166 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 22 filings since 2022 vs 25 in 2017-21 Funding: Raised $38.4M across 43 rounds · 43 rounds over 18 yrs (2.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $38M | 11 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1961 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+30 | 162 patents Medical access, respiratory masks, and audiometry hardware for patient monitoring and hearing testing | — |
| 2 | Superior Controls Provider of controls and automation systems integration services | $13M | 125 mo ago | Acquired | Bob Bringle Owner | 1993 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Patriot Foundry Provider of nonferrous sand castings and value-added services | $29K | 180 mo ago | Acquired | Reg Zeller CEO | 1984 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — |
| 4 | IMS Provider of solid electronics contract manufacturing | — | 92 mo ago | Seed | Michael Washkevich Chief Executive Officer | 2005 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | 72 patents Vehicle telematics and driver behavior analytics integrating OBD, smartphone, and traffic data | 1 job opening |
| 5 | Aavid Thermalloy Developer, designer, tester, optimizer, and fabricator of cooling solutions across all industries | — | — | Acquired | — | 1964 | — | 137 patents Patents concentrated in mechanical & energy engineering | — |
| 6 | absolute manufacturing Absolute Manufacturing produces close-tolerance parts for various industries. | — | — | Acquired | — | 1986 | — | — | — |
| 7 | acme staple company Acme Staple designs, manufactures and distributes staples and staplers for a range of professional and… | — | — | — | — | 1959 | — | 5 patents Staple fastening tools and coated/insulated staple designs for improved performance | — |
| 8 | Airex Manufacturer of motors | — | — | Acquired | — | 1961 | — | — | — |
Top 4 Manufacturing Services companies in New Hampshire
#1
Funding Raised · Hanover, New Hampshire · founded 1961 · 182 employees$38.4Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Hanover, New Hampshire · founded 1961 · 182 employees
Provider of industrial research and development services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 24%Funding
top 26%Innovation
top 30%Moat
top 41%Growth
top 45%Market
top 50%Patents: 166 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 22 filings since 2022 vs 25 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Funding: Raised $38.4M across 43 rounds · 43 rounds over 18 yrs (2.4/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Sep 2025)
Innovation: 166 patents (top 8% of patent-holders) · 22 filings since 2022 vs 25 in 2017-21
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 3.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Grant (prize money)$420.6K
- Sep 2025Grant (prize money)$311K
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$1.7M
- Sep 2024Grant (prize money)$643.2K
Investors
OSTI, HHS
Tech stack
All In One SeoAnimate.CssApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailBootstrapContact Form 7
#2
Acquired · Seabrook, New Hampshire · founded 1993 · 185 employees$12.9Mraised▾
Acquired · Seabrook, New Hampshire · founded 1993 · 185 employees
Provider of controls and automation systems integration services
Funding rounds
- Mar 2016PE$12.9M
- Mar 2016Conventional Debt—
Founders & team
Investors
Crescent Capital BDC, DFW Capital Partners, Superior Controls
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpBootstrapW3 Total CacheKadence Wp Blocks
#3
Acquired · Franklin, New Hampshire · founded 1984$29.3Kraised▾
Acquired · Franklin, New Hampshire · founded 1984
Provider of nonferrous sand castings and value-added services. It offers bronze, aluminum, and zinc-based alloy casting, pouring metal alloys around various inserts, and providing pattern design, heat treating, machining, and finishing services. The company assists with part development challenges, leveraging engineering expertise to create custom products or high-volume production runs. Its processes ensure dimensionally accurate and consistent castings. The company is committed to lean production methods and continuous improvement.
Funding rounds
- Aug 2011Grant (prize money)$29.3K
- Sep 2009Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Investors
United States Department of Agriculture
Tech stack
AddtoanyApache Http ServerAutoptimizeCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7
#4
Seed · Manchester, New Hampshire · founded 2005 · 75 employees—raised▾
Seed · Manchester, New Hampshire · founded 2005 · 75 employees
Provider of solid electronics contract manufacturing
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 2.8% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 10 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +0 · hiring: Transition Manager, IT Manager
Funding rounds
- Dec 2018Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Lineage Capital, The Miller Group
Tech stack
AlbacrossApache Http ServerCloudflareCore-JsElementorExactmetrics
Funding & investor landscape
$51.4Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
45disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 833,057 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Manufacturing Services coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 7,448 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
201120192026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 57% → 71% across 2011–2026.
top research entities
- Purdue University West Lafayette227
- Georgia Institute of Technology200
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology180
- Pennsylvania State University154
- Texas A&M University149
leading researchers
H. Jerry Qi · Manos M. Tentzeris · Chi Zhou · Eva Blasco · Joshua M. Pearce · Jing Shi · Xiao Kuang · Yang Yang
▲
Breakthroughs2,248 · 30%
▲ 30%→31% share
▲1.0× share momentum6 median citations61% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (30%→31% of field), led by Fabrication.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Fabrication68→273
- Nanotechnology68→251
- Composite material35→164
- 3d printed63→167
- Polymer13→90
Newly emergingAerospace 0→22 · Fusion 0→22 · Fiber 0→17
Landmark Three-dimensional printing of complex biological structures by freeform reversible embedding of suspended hydrogels · 1,753 cites
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Advancements3,624 · 49%
48%→48% share
▲1.0× share momentum5 median citations59% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (48%→48% of field), led by Composite material.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Composite material78→370
- 3d printed94→363
- Fabrication81→307
- Fused deposition modeling54→206
- Mechanical engineering38→184
Newly emergingCompressive strength 0→19 · Gyroid 0→15 · Taguchi methods 0→15
Landmark Additive manufacturing of Ti6Al4V alloy: A review · 2,331 cites
▼
Concerns657 · 9%
▼ 10%→9% share
▼0.9× share momentum5 median citations58% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (10%→9% of field), led by 3d printed.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- 3d printed16→76
- Fabrication5→48
- Nanotechnology16→51
- Composite material11→43
- Mechanical engineering15→40
Newly emergingFused filament fabrication 0→17 · Composite number 0→11 · Rheology 0→10
Landmark Recent advances in 3D printing of biomaterials · 1,691 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where additive manufacturing is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Boston414 · +0.60
Atlanta208 · +0.57
SF Bay Area196 · +0.60
Pittsburgh178 · +0.63
New York168 · +0.58
Los Angeles134 · +0.63
Chicago133 · +0.56
Philadelphia111 · +0.63
San Diego102 · +0.56
Ann Arbor100 · +0.55
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing additive manufacturing patents in the United States
United States additive manufacturing patent filing is accelerating — 61,539 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Hewlett Packard Development, General Electric, Boeing; annual filings 3152→5421.
61,539 filings8,000 assigneespeak 8049/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Hewlett Packard Development6474
- General Electric4399
- Boeing1750
- Xerox1641
- Stratasys1297
- United Technologies1295
- Align Technology1277
- 3D Systems1201
Common questions
How many Manufacturing Services companies are there in New Hampshire, United States?
Radar tracks 44 indexable Manufacturing Services companies headquartered in New Hampshire, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Manufacturing Services companies in New Hampshire, United States?
The Manufacturing Services companies in New Hampshire, United States on this list have raised a combined $51.4M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Manufacturing Services company in New Hampshire, United States?
Creare is the highest-funded Manufacturing Services company in New Hampshire, United States, with $38.4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Manufacturing Services companies in New Hampshire, United States are funded?
3 of the 44 Manufacturing Services companies in New Hampshire, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Manufacturing Services unicorns are there in New Hampshire, United States?
None of the Manufacturing Services companies in New Hampshire, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in New Hampshire, United States Manufacturing Services companies?
The most active investors in New Hampshire, United States Manufacturing Services companies on this list include Arsenal Capital Partners, Audax Private Equity, CITIC Capital, Crescent Capital BDC, DFW Capital Partners.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.