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Plug and Play accelerateAZ Aerospace & Defense Innovation Day

Plug and Play accelerateAZ, the Arizona Commerce Authority and the University of Arizona co-hosted this event in partnership with Plug and Play Anchor Partners Honeywell Aerospace and Raytheon.

This event showcased the latest technology advancements in the aerospace, spacetech, IoT and advanced materials fields. With valuable insights from industry leaders provided valuable insights about how major corporations partner with startups.

Hear the inspiring opening remarks from Sandra Watson, President & CEO, Arizona Commerce Authority, before jumping into a featured keynote given by Todd Giles, Chief Technology Officer at Honeywell Aerospace, and finishing with some valuable industry insights by Sandra Watson and Wes Kremer, President of Raytheon.

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The Presenting Startups from Aerospace & Defense Innovation Day

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Plug and Play accelerateAZ Advanced Manufacturing Expo & Selection Day

The Arizona Commerce Authority and Plug and Play accelerateAZ co-hosted this exciting event in partnership with Plug and Play Anchor Partners Intel, Honeywell Aerospace, and Raytheon.

The Advanced Manufacturing Expo for Batch 1 and Selection Day for Batch 2 will showcase top innovators with revolutionary technologies in the manufacturing, supply chain logistics, semiconductors, aerospace and transportation industries.

Thirteen Arizona-based startups will pitched to be selected for the Batch 2 cohort of the accelerateAZ Advanced Manufacturing cohort.

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Presenting Startups from Batch 2

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    Crystal Sonic
    Crystal Sonic develops innovative semiconductor materials processing technologies that reduce waste and drive down the manufacturing cost of next generation chips. Our core technology, Sonic Lift-off, harnesses the power of sound to separate chips from wafers with no material loss, enabling the re-use of wafers. In replacing wasteful legacy approaches and lowering manufacturing cost, Sonic Lift-off will accelerate the adoption of next-generation high efficiency and high-performance compound semiconductors that will transform our energy, computing, communications, and sensing technologies infrastructure for decades to come.
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    Advent Diamond
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    Advent Diamond
    Advent Diamond develops next generation semiconductor materials and components that leads the innovation in telecommunication, power, quantum and advanced sensors. Advent Diamond offers radiation detectors and electronic components using diamond as a semiconductor.
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    PolyCharge
    Capacitors are essential; however, the technologies that drive them have struggled to keep pace with the markets and products they serve. As electronic systems are driven ever smaller and lighter the capacitor is often a limiting factor. That is why we exist - to lead the development and production of truly disruptive capacitor products that inspire and enable our customers to redefine what is possible in the markets they serve. PolyCharge was formed by Sigma Technologies to commercialize its NanoLam™ Technology for electric drive vehicles, renewable energy inverters, medical, aerospace, and industrial mobility applications. The company's headquarters, engineering, and product development center are located in Tucson, Arizona. PolyCharge also has representative offices in Taipei and China.
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    GoXLabs
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    GoXLabs
    Preventable workplace injury and chronic disease is costing US employers $567 Billion annually. Existing safety, risk management and compensation solutions focus on “post-loss” which equate to 80% of their spending. Given aging of the workforce, increased co-morbities and the 1970s workforce safety technology, the problem will get worse. The GoX software platform analyzes commercial wearables-acquired data to improve human health and safety and reduce insurance costs by predicting and preventing future workplace injury, illness and chronic disease using AI and gamified behavioral change. The subscription-based software has been successfully deployed commercially to well-known companies in the US and abroad resulting in 30% reduction of workplace injury risk which equates to $500,000 savings annually per 1000 workers. Current customers include the US Air Force, Toyota Manufacturing, GE Appliance, Mayo Clinic, iturri, Ventia, Dot Foods, Binswanger Glass, Amerisure and WorkSafe NZ. GoX Labs’ software platform that includes wearable APPs, dashboard and 12 years of outcome correlated data is the only all-in-one solution commercially available that addresses 85% of the top injury claims (overexertion, contact and trips/falls.)
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    Baltu Technologies
    Baltu Technologies is a social impact company with a mission to upskill workers with our mobile application SuperDoc. Our human-centered technology improves employee performance and efficiency and helps decrease downtime, with the ultimate goal of accelerating the development of a skilled workforce. We are offering your workers distinctive training that fits their work style with no loss of retention. Hands-on learning with step-by-step walkthroughs are guided by text, audio, video, and augmented reality. Workers will solve problems on time, and on their own. Transferring your expert’s knowledge onto an iPad provides access to workers both newly recruited and veteran alike. Increasing the hiring pool opens up the opportunity for your workforce to never fall short while developing your frontline’s autonomy and efficiency.
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    Sky Republic
    Sky Republic provides platform vendors, BaaS, SaaS, blockchain, APIs, middleware, and cloud services for the pharmaceutical, logistics, finance, healthcare, air transportation, and aerospace industries.
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    SmartCert
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    SmartCert
    The future of quality certifications is digital. Companies across the supply chain, from raw material suppliers to OEMs, are looking to reduce manual processes and save time and money. SmartCert was built with decades of insight into the challenges and opportunities companies face in receiving, processing, and sending quality certificates (QCs) and managing vendor compliance. SmartCert was founded in 2019 by a team of experienced software engineers and supply chain professionals. The company is headquartered in Gilbert, Arizona. Here are some of the company's key achievements: Raised $2 million in seed funding in 2022, completing $2.75M in initial investment Signed over 100 companies in the first year of operation Named a "Top 50 Startup to Watch" by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Featured in publications such as Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and Inc. SmartCert is a rapidly growing network. The company is well-positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for traceability and security in aerospace, electronics, medical, advanced manufacturing, and industrial supply chains. Media Samples from SmartCert The Importance of Digital Certifications for Fasteners: https://fastenerengineering.com/the-importance-of-digital-certifications-for-fasteners/ Supply Chain Issues: How Much is Lost Paperwork Costing Your Company? https://fastenerengineering.com/supply-chain-issues-how-much-is-lost-paperwork-costing-your-company/ The Future of Quality Certification Management is Digital: https://distributionstrategy.com/the-future-of-quality-certification-management-is-digital/ SmartCert: Automating the Transfer of Required Documentation: https://online.linkmagazine.com/summer-2021/65755434/34
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    SupplyLock
    Supply Lock helps enterprises mitigate supply chain risks.
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    Densec ID
    We develop low-cost, robust, item-unique physical identifiers – fingerprints for things – to ensure the authenticity of products and provide security and trust from end-to-end in the supply chain. Our proprietary technology is based on the branching pattern of dendritic structures, which generates a unique and tamper-proof identifier for each component. Once the DI is created, the manufacturer captures an initial image to record the pattern into a database. That pattern is then transformed into a unique key that is linked to a digital record to track the component's lifecycle journey through the supply chain, ensuring authenticity and traceability. In essence, our DIs serve as fingerprints for products while the digital record acts as their passport. Our DI's offer a versatile and customizable solution by allowing implementation on labels or directly on objects, using various materials. These identifiers, formed through printing or stamping processes with readily available bulk materials generate 'digital triggers' that surpass the physical scalability and security of bar/QR codes while remaining more affordable, robust, and easier to use than RFID or chemical taggants.
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    Global Air Cylinder Wheels
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    Global Air Cylinder Wheels
    GACW is an engineering company headed by Zoltan Kemeny, PhD. (>160 patents), that has developed and patented a non-pneumatic wheel solution. The Air Suspension Wheel has a free floating hub held inside the wheel's outer drum by air cylinders. Benefits: no more tire explosions, no overheating, huge rubber waste reduction, considerable fuel saving, break assist, higher load bearing, no flat tires, run-flat built in, easy retreading, etc. The concept and technology has been proven on wheelchairs, SUV, and mining OTR truck application.
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    Swift Coat
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    Swift Coat
    Swift Coat provides nanoparticle coatings. Our technology can coat any surface—be it hard or soft, smooth or rough, flat or curved—with nanoparticles of any composition and size, enabling new products ranging from gas sensors to antimicrobial garments. Inspired by graffiti art, we developed the "aerosol can" of nanoparticle coatings that can coat hundreds of square feet per minute while maintaining thickness tolerances better than 10%. Our technology can deposit coatings less than one nanoparticle-monolayer thick to more than 1 mm thick, and the coating porosity can be varied from 60 to 95%. Welcome to the world of multi-layer coatings with unprecedented control. With its partners, Swift Coat is presently developing solutions for the solar, glazing, filtration, display, and sensor markets.
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    Nobel Works Corp
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    Nobel Works Corp
    Designer and producer for replacement rotational detonation engine (RDE) upgrades within the power generation markets. Nobel plans to introduce flex-fuel RDEs that supersonically combust hydrogen, natural gas or methane for the power generation market. The commercialization strategy will entail Nobel integrating RDEs into turbo machinery and then manufacturing self-contained microturbines that disrupt the 200-3500 KW generator markets. With supply reliability deteriorating due to infrastructure underinvestment, penalties for carbon intensity on installed capital equipment, and the decentralization of the grid, this marketplace will continue to see rapid growth and innovation, acting as the ideal entry point for our technology.
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    Rosotics
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    Rosotics
    Rosotics produces hyper-efficient metal additive manufacturing solutions that solve tougher problems in industrial engineering. A pioneer of the Rapid Induction process, they enable today’s manufacturers to additively manufacture structures that are normally difficult or impossible to print. Rapid Induction Printing is a more energy-efficient process for metal additive manufacturing that utilizes induction as a means to liquefy metal feedstock, rather than traditionally a laser. Defined by an ability to operate simplistically, the process exists as an invention in the field of advanced metallurgy that broadens the scope of where additive manufacturing can be applied.

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