Alessi has been making "extraordinary objects since 1921," when Giovanni Alessi and his brother founded Fratelli Alessi Omegna, a "workshop for processing brass and nickel silver sheet, with a foundry." The self-described "Dream Factory" still makes steel products at its Crusinallo factory, and its range covers kettles, coffee makers, tableware, cutlery, barware and home decor.
Tool brand JOREST sells precision screwdriver sets in sizes from 25-in-1 to 152-in-1, plus watch repair kits, car fuses, contour gauges and a mini electric screwdriver.
Preppi makes emergency preparedness kit bags for earthquakes, hurricanes, blizzards and fires, with kits for homes and cars and a lifetime warranty.
ROTELUX makes automatic watch winders and watch safes using Japanese Mabuchi motors, with offices in Pomona, California and Hong Kong. Winders are built for collectors.
RHINOSHIELD makes protective phone cases, screen protectors and impact protectors, and its Design Studio lets buyers design their own case. The company says it "started with materials science" in 2013.
Pollen Robotics, founded in 2016 by former Inria researchers and now part of Hugging Face, makes open-source expressive robots, including Reachy and Reachy Mini.
Sekonda is a British-designed watch brand established in 1966, making smart, analogue and digital watches for men and women on the belief that "great quality watches shouldn't come with a great big price tag."
MAONO makes microphones and audio gear for podcasters and streamers, including USB and XLR microphones, headsets and all-in-one podcast production consoles.
AMPSOS is a portable power brand built around a 5-in-1 power bank that doubles as a desktop charging hub. It pairs a 25,000mAh battery with up to 170W output, "Solar Boost" charging and a built-in watch pad for keeping a laptop, phone, tablet and smartwatch topped up.
Mammotion builds robot lawn mowers such as the LUBA 3 AWD and LUBA mini 2 AWD, plus the SPINO E1 robotic pool cleaner, and calls itself the "World's NO.1 Wire-free Robot Lawnmower Brand."
Built to help people "leave the nest and experience life more fully," NESTOUT makes rugged, modular outdoor gear: power banks, power stations, solar chargers, lights and swap-on attachments for camping and hiking. It's a brand of Japanese company ELECOM, and its designs have won the iF Design Gold Award and the Good Design Award.
Designer Jeff Sheldon started Ugmonk in 2008, and it makes "analog tools for a distracted world," including the Analog card system, journals and notebooks, pens and office accessories.
