2026 Automate
June 22-25Chicago, IL | Booth #17048
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Choose success. Choose Washington state for advanced automated manufacturing.
The Washington State Department of Commerce is proud to showcase an array of advanced manufacturing ideas and technologies at Automate 2026.
All of the Washington state companies exhibiting at Automate 2026 represent a collaborative, innovation-focused industry with a highly skilled workforce and modern infrastructure, developed with support from strong research institutions, and a robust supply chain fueled by global trade gateways. Washington is one of the leading technology hubs in the U.S., with a deep talent pool in software, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, clean energy and AI, all sectors that rely heavily on automation.
Visit our booth to meet our industrial automation innovators representing artificial intelligence, embedded vision processors, industrial robots and simulation/rendering software. Services offered include consulting and training for automation and robotics system integration across an array of industries.
Washington is where the next big thing begins for the advanced automated manufacturing industry.
Washington state delegates
Artly.ai
Founded in 2021, Artly is a leader in automation. Our platform, Artly AI, is the world’s first no-code, hardwareagnostic AI training program for robots — enabling anyone to teach a robot a real-world skill via human demonstration in as little as 30 minutes.
We work directly with operators to build and train robots to their standards. Because the future belongs to everyone, and everyone belongs in it. We design and assemble our own hardware, build the platform to train it and work directly with operators to make it perform.
Artly AI is delivered as a managed service. We come to you, learn your environment, your standards and your craft and we train your robot to match.
Products and services
Thirty-minute training time, imitation learning, compounding skills library.
Contact:
Lex Parisi, Head of Marketing
Phone: +1 (916) 600-8327
email: lex@bluehill.coffee
DataMesh
DataMesh builds FactVerse—an AI-driven executable digital twin platform. Founded in Seattle in 2014, we help manufacturers, facility operators and infrastructure teams simulate bottlenecks and automate optimization with AI agents—improving efficiency, reducing downtime and enabling faster, data-driven decisions.
Meeting goals
We’re looking to connect with manufacturers, system integrators and industrial operators exploring digital twin and smart factory solutions. Open to partnerships, pilots and distribution opportunities.
Produts and services
Simulation and embodied AI, real-time operations, AI optimization, XR-based training, predictive maintenance
Contact:
Nikita Huang, COO
Phone: +1 (206) 399-6898
email: service@datamesh.com
Evo3 Marketing, Inc.
Evo3 Marketing handles end-to-end trade show management: event strategy, booth design, GTM campaigns coupled with branded merchandise activations. We help manufacturers and automation companies turn events like Automate into a measurable pipeline.
Meeting goals
Book 15+ qualified meetings with marketing leaders at automation & manufacturing companies. Demo trade show management + branded merch capabilities. Capture leads for post-show GTM proposals.
Products and services
Branded merchandise, trade show management, GTM event strategy, global kitting/fulfillment, e-stores
Contact:
Amy Wolf, CEO and Founder
Phone:+1 (206) 963-3462
email: amy.wolf@evo3marketing.com
Fluxonix, Inc.
Fluxonix captures front-line decisions as they happen using voice, photos and documents, and converts them into structured, time-stamped records with supporting evidence. This helps operations, quality and supply chain teams reduce audit friction, improve traceability and ensure critical decisions are captured before entering systems of record.
Meeting goals
Meet operations, quality and supply chain leaders to validate real-time decision capture workflows and identify pilot opportunities in audit, incident and supplier management.
Products and services
AI platform to capture front-line decisions via voice and photos and convert them into structured, audit-ready records with traceability.
Contact:
Sridhar Poduri, Founder
Phone: +1 (425) 998-6288
email: sridhar@fluxonix.io
Loopr
Loopr AI is a closed-loop quality intelligence system built for modern manufacturing. By unifying inspection execution, Vision AI and enterprise analytics, we help aerospace, automotive and industrial leaders shift from reactive detection to proactive risk prevention. Loopr digitizes quality control to seamlessly eliminate defects, reduce rework and maximize throughput.
Meeting goals
Discuss how Loopr AI unifies inspection execution, Vision AI and analytics to help your team transition to proactive risk prevention and seamlessly eliminate defects.
Products and services
Closed-loop quality intelligence, Vision AI and automated inspection, enterprise analytics, process digitization.
Contact:
Blake Maurer
Phone:+1 (707) 599-7852
email: Blake.maurer@loopr.ai
HITT Power Technology
Hitt Power Technology provides advanced power delivery systems that replace conventional lead-acid batteries in demanding applications, such as engine starting. Our products are engineered as drop-in replacements, delivering higher power output, longer service life and reduced maintenance. We eliminate toxic, lead-based systems while lowering total cost of ownership and improving reliability.
Meeting goals
To meet companies with challenges related to lead-acid batteries, most typically in engine-starting applications.
Products and services
Hitt Power provides a high-performance, long-lasting alternative to lead-acid batteries in engine-starting applications.
Contact:
Anderson (Andy) Camp
Phone: +1 (302) 299-8279
email: Andy@hittpower.com
Raima Inc.
Raima is the leading provider of the fastest and most secure database solutions on the market. It provides both the RaimaDB and RaimaDB CERT linkable libraries, delivering more efficient data management for edge computing and embedded software applications that require certified and/or non-certified handling of missioncritical data within the on-prem application space.
Meeting goals
To find companies that are developing edge software applications requiring more efficient certified and/or noncertified data management within the application, that may also need help certifying their entire application.
Contact:
Scott Meder, Director
Phone: +1 (206) 748-5234
email: scott.meder@raima.com
SolluCIO Partners
SolluCIO Partners is a boutique IT and AI consulting firm helping organizations turn strategy into execution. We blend executive‑level insight with hands‑on delivery to modernize technology, strengthen data foundations and accelerate digital transformation with clarity, speed and measurable impact.
Meeting goals
Boost visibility, meet decision‑makers and capture automation insights that convert into real post‑event opportunities for SolluCIO Partners.
Products and services
Boutique experts in AI, data, cloud, automation and governance delivering fast, measurable modernization.
Contact:
Vincent Ippolito, Practice Director A.I, A.I. Governance and Data Governance
Phone: +1 (630) 776-3680
email: vippolito@solluciopartners.com
Dan Ulatowski, Data Management Practice Director • CIO Advisory
Phone: +1 (206) 602-8896
Email: dulatowski@solluciopartners.com
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