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Coded / multipole (programmable) magnets and the entire permanent-magnet vertical: designed pole patterns that make magnets align, latch, spring, hold and detent - plus the full chain behind them, from rare-earth mining and separation, magnet-grade alloy and powder, the global NdFeB/SmCo/ferrite manufacturers and magnetizing-equipment makers, through distributors, online retailers and assembly integrators, to the products and industries that adopt multipole magnets.
The firms, funds and institutions that define Magnetics — the competitors a buyer weighs, the authorities worth citing, and the platforms the sector runs on. Click any row for the detail; sort or filter the table.
| Name | Role | Segment | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.aclara-re.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth mining | Chile/Brazil |
Developing ionic-clay deposits (Penco in Chile, Carina in Brazil) rich in heavy rare earths, plus a planned US separation plant. Focused on dysprosium/terbium and NdPr for NdFeB magnets. Visit www.aclara-re.com ↗ | |||
| www.adamasintel.com ↗ | authority | market intelligence | global |
Independent market-intelligence firm whose rare-earth magnet market outlook is a go-to reference on the mine-to-magnet supply chain, forecasting NdFeB magnet and rare-earth oxide supply, demand and prices. Visit www.adamasintel.com ↗ | |||
| www.adamsmagnetic.com ↗ | competitor | manufacturer + distributor | US (IL) |
Magnets and magnetic assemblies, custom engineering. Visit www.adamsmagnetic.com ↗ | |||
| amazingmagnets.com ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) / custom | US (TX) |
Supplier of neodymium and rare-earth magnets for OEM and industrial buyers with same-day shipping. Also designs and manufactures custom neodymium magnets and magnetic assemblies with in-house engineering support. Visit amazingmagnets.com ↗ | |||
| magnet.com.au ↗ | competitor | online retail / distributor | Australia |
Australia's leading magnet supplier (est. 1980), stocking 1,500+ sizes and grades of neodymium, ceramic, samarium cobalt and alnico magnets plus magnetic strip and sheet. Also runs a US arm. Visit magnet.com.au ↗ | |||
| www.apexmagnets.com ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | US (WV) |
Consumer neodymium magnets, crafts and DIY. Visit www.apexmagnets.com ↗ | |||
| support.apple.com/en-us/105047 ↗ | adopter | consumer electronics | global |
iPhone (12 and later) embeds a circular multipole magnet array of alternating polarity around the wireless charging coil, plus an alignment magnet, so chargers and accessories snap into centered orientation — the highest-volume mainstream proof of multipole alignment. Visit support.apple.com/en-us/105047 ↗ | |||
| www.magnet4less.com ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | US (TX) |
Discount neodymium and industrial magnets online. Visit www.magnet4less.com ↗ | |||
| www.arultd.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth mining | Australia |
Developing the Nolans project in the Northern Territory as an integrated mine-and-refinery to produce separated NdPr oxide, targeting Western NdPr supply for NdFeB permanent magnets. Visit www.arultd.com ↗ | |||
| www.argusmedia.com/en/commodities/rare-earths ↗ | authority | market intelligence / price assessment | global |
Independent price-reporting agency publishing 70+ rare-earth price assessments plus analytics and forecasts, including magnet feedstocks (NdPr, neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, terbium oxides) — an authoritative pricing benchmark. Visit www.argusmedia.com/en/commodities/rare-earths ↗ | |||
| www.arnoldmagnetics.com ↗ | competitor | manufacturer | US (NY) |
High-performance permanent magnets and precision thin metals. Visit www.arnoldmagnetics.com ↗ | |||
| bakkermagnetics.com ↗ | competitor | manufacturer + distributor | Netherlands |
European manufacturer and supplier of permanent magnets, magnetic assemblies and separation systems, serving industrial OEMs with custom neodymium, ferrite and SmCo components. Visit bakkermagnetics.com ↗ | |||
| en.san-huan.com.cn ↗ | competitor | NdFeB manufacturer | China |
Pioneer of industrialized NdFeB production in China, operating multiple sintered and bonded Nd-Fe-B magnet plants. Major global supplier of rare-earth magnets and application devices. Visit en.san-huan.com.cn ↗ | |||
| www.benchmarkminerals.com ↗ | authority | market intelligence / price assessment | global |
Price-reporting and data agency covering critical minerals including rare earths and magnet materials, widely cited on NdPr and heavy-rare-earth supply, demand and pricing. Visit www.benchmarkminerals.com ↗ | |||
| www.bomatec.com/en ↗ | competitor | magnet + assembly manufacturer | Switzerland |
Develops and produces sintered NdFeB, SmCo, ferrite, AlNiCo and plastic-bonded magnets plus magnetic assemblies and engineering. Handles complex geometries and multipole/precision magnet applications. Visit www.bomatec.com/en ↗ | |||
| buntingmagnetics.com ↗ | competitor | industrial + separation | US (KS) + UK |
Magnetic separation, material handling and magnet materials; has itself acquired several firms. Visit buntingmagnetics.com ↗ | |||
| www.carester.fr ↗ | supplier | rare earth refining/separation | France |
Rare earth separation and recycling specialist whose Caremag facility will refine mining concentrate and recycle magnets to produce NdPr and heavy Dy/Tb oxides — a new large-scale Western source of magnet-grade heavy rare earths. Visit www.carester.fr ↗ | |||
| www.reht.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth mining | China |
Baotou-based giant tied to the Bayan Obo deposit; produces rare earth concentrate, oxides, metals and magnetic materials. The world's largest light-rare-earth (NdPr/didymium) producer feeding NdFeB magnet supply. Visit www.reht.com ↗ | |||
| www.cmsmagnetics.com ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | US (TX) |
High-volume online magnet retail across material types. Visit www.cmsmagnetics.com ↗ | |||
| www.polymagnet.com ↗ | technology source | IP / technology licensor | US (AL) |
Inventor of coded/programmable magnets; the maxel-printing technology behind the whole category. Visit www.polymagnet.com ↗ | |||
| cyclicmaterials.earth ↗ | supplier | magnet recycling | Canada |
Recycler recovering rare-earth oxides and other metals from end-of-life permanent magnets, electric motors and manufacturing scrap, building a circular supply of magnet feedstock that does not depend on new mining. Visit cyclicmaterials.earth ↗ | |||
| www.daido.co.jp/en ↗ | competitor | bonded magnet manufacturer | Japan |
Produces hot-deformed anisotropic NdFeB and isotropic SmFeN bonded magnets and compounds. Strong in near-net-shape and multipole bonded magnets for motors and sensors. Visit www.daido.co.jp/en ↗ | |||
| www.dextermag.com ↗ | competitor | engineered assemblies | US (IL) |
Engineered magnetic solutions for medical, aerospace and industrial. Visit www.dextermag.com ↗ | |||
| www.brockhaus.com ↗ | supplier | magnetizing equipment | Germany |
Manufacturer of capacitor-discharge pulse magnetizers, magnetizing devices and magnetic-materials test instruments (hysteresisgraphs, gaussmeters, fluxmeters) used to create and verify multipole/coded magnetization. Visit www.brockhaus.com ↗ | |||
| www.duramag.com ↗ | competitor | magnetic assembly manufacturer | US (OH) |
Custom magnet and magnetic-assembly maker since 1961 (cup, channel, Halbach and engineered assemblies) serving aerospace, defense and medical OEMs. AS9100D certified, ITAR registered, DFARS compliant. Visit www.duramag.com ↗ | |||
| e-magnetsuk.com ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | UK |
UK magnet supply, permanent magnets and assemblies. Visit e-magnetsuk.com ↗ | |||
| www.earth-panda.com ↗ | competitor | NdFeB + SmCo manufacturer | China |
Produces sintered and bonded NdFeB plus samarium-cobalt and rubber magnets. Serves motors, instruments, medical and magnetic-machinery markets including precision and multipole magnet uses. Visit www.earth-panda.com ↗ | |||
| www.eclipsemagnetics.com ↗ | competitor | industrial + separation | UK |
Industrial magnetics, magnetic separation and assemblies; part of Spear & Jackson. Visit www.eclipsemagnetics.com ↗ | |||
| www.electronenergy.com ↗ | competitor | manufacturer | US (PA) |
Samarium cobalt and rare-earth magnets, US-made, defense/aerospace. Visit www.electronenergy.com ↗ | |||
| www.energyfuels.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth refining/separation | US (UT) |
Processes monazite at its White Mesa Mill to produce commercial-scale separated NdPr oxide plus heavy REEs (Dy, Tb). A US refiner supplying magnet-grade material for NdFeB magnets. Visit www.energyfuels.com ↗ | |||
| www.epi-magnets.com ↗ | competitor | Halbach arrays | China |
Permanent-magnet maker specializing in planar and circular Halbach array assemblies plus magnetic couplings, rotors and linear-motor tracks — the patterned multipole structures at the core of the correlated-magnet field. Visit www.epi-magnets.com ↗ | |||
| www.eriez.com ↗ | competitor | separation equipment | US (PA), global |
Magnetic separation and metal detection at industrial scale. Visit www.eriez.com ↗ | |||
| erma.eu ↗ | authority | industry alliance / policy | Europe |
European Commission-backed alliance coordinating investment and policy to build a resilient European supply of rare earths and permanent magnets, a reference point for EU magnet-chain strategy. Visit erma.eu ↗ | |||
| www.fastmarkets.com ↗ | authority | market intelligence / price assessment | global |
Independent price-reporting agency publishing rare-earth and magnet-feedstock price assessments and analysis used as a pricing benchmark across the supply chain. Visit www.fastmarkets.com ↗ | |||
| www.first4magnets.com ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | UK |
Largest UK online magnet retailer; broad catalogue. Visit www.first4magnets.com ↗ | |||
| frenergy.com.au ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | Australia |
Sydney-based online specialist in neodymium/rare-earth magnets since 2002, with a wide range of disc, block, cylinder, ring and sphere magnets from N35 to N52. Handles custom requests. Visit frenergy.com.au ↗ | |||
| www.galaxymagnets.com ↗ | competitor | magnet + assembly manufacturer | China |
Rare-earth permanent magnet maker producing SmCo, bonded and hot-pressed magnets and magnet components. Handles specialty and precision magnet assemblies for demanding applications. Visit www.galaxymagnets.com ↗ | |||
| www.goudsmitmagnetics.com ↗ | competitor | industrial + separation | Netherlands |
Magnetic systems, separation and handling; European consolidator. Visit www.goudsmitmagnetics.com ↗ | |||
| www.hkcm.de ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | Germany |
German engineering-led online magnet shop supplying a very broad catalogue of neodymium, ferrite, SmCo and AlNiCo magnets in many shapes plus custom magnetization. Visit www.hkcm.de ↗ | |||
| hypromag.com ↗ | supplier | magnet recycling | UK (with US arm) |
Commercializes the Hydrogen Processing of Magnet Scrap technology to extract NdFeB powder from end-of-life magnets and remanufacture new sintered and bonded magnets, with lines in the UK, Germany and the US. Visit hypromag.com ↗ | |||
| www.ibsmagnet.com ↗ | competitor | manufacturer / online retail | Germany |
Berlin-based maker and supplier of permanent magnets, magnetic assemblies and magnet systems across neodymium, ferrite, AlNiCo and SmCo for industry and research. Visit www.ibsmagnet.com ↗ | |||
| ieeemagnetics.org ↗ | authority | standards / professional society | global |
IEEE technical society for magnetism and magnetic materials; publishes IEEE Transactions on Magnetics and runs INTERMAG and MMM — the authoritative research and educational reference base for magnetic technology. Visit ieeemagnetics.org ↗ | |||
| www.iluka.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth refining/separation | Australia |
Mineral-sands producer building Australia's first fully integrated Eneabba refinery to output separated rare earth oxides including NdPr and Dy/Tb for NdFeB magnets. Visit www.iluka.com ↗ | |||
| imamagnets.com ↗ | competitor | manufacturer / magnetic assembly | Spain (plants in Italy & China) |
European manufacturer and exporter of all magnet types and magnetic tools with 30+ years' experience; production centers in Barcelona, Milan and Ningbo. Makes neodymium, ferrite, flexible and custom magnetic systems. Visit imamagnets.com ↗ | |||
| www.magnetics.com ↗ | competitor | industrial + separation | US (MI) |
Industrial magnet and separation-equipment maker that is also a named applications consultancy and manufacturing supplier of Polymagnets under a partnership with Correlated Magnetics Research, producing custom-engineered multipole encoded magnet assemblies. Visit www.magnetics.com ↗ | |||
| www.innuovo.com ↗ | competitor | magnet + assembly manufacturer | China |
Produces sintered NdFeB, bonded NdFeB and magnet assemblies as core business lines. Supplies rare-earth magnets and multipole magnet components for motors and electromechanical drives. Visit www.innuovo.com ↗ | |||
| www.intemag.com ↗ | competitor | engineered assemblies | US (CA) |
Custom magnets and magnetic assemblies for OEMs. Visit www.intemag.com ↗ | |||
| www.transformer-assn.org/ima-working-group ↗ | authority | trade association | global |
Worldwide trade association of magnetic-materials manufacturers, distributors and fabricators (successor to the MMPA); promotes standards and the correct use of permanent and soft magnetic materials. Visit www.transformer-assn.org/ima-working-group ↗ | |||
| www.jlmag.com.cn ↗ | competitor | NdFeB manufacturer | China |
Global-scale producer of high-performance sintered NdFeB magnets for EV traction motors, wind power, robotics and servo/industrial motors. Supplies finished and multipole magnet shapes at very high volume. Visit www.jlmag.com.cn ↗ | |||
| www.kjmagnetics.com ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | US (PA) |
Largest online neodymium retailer; strong maker/DIY audience, calculators and education. Visit www.kjmagnetics.com ↗ | |||
| www.ktr.com ↗ | competitor | magnetic couplings/gears | Germany |
Makes MINEX permanent-magnet and hysteresis couplings that transmit torque without contact through arrays of radially oriented magnets and a containment shroud, mainly for hermetically sealed pumps and agitators. Visit www.ktr.com ↗ | |||
| www.laboratorio.elettrofisico.com ↗ | supplier | magnetizing equipment | Italy |
Designs magnetizers, custom magnetizing fixtures and automated magnetizing stations plus measurement systems. Its magnetizing fixtures define the pole patterns imprinted on multipole and coded magnets in production. Visit www.laboratorio.elettrofisico.com ↗ | |||
| lesscommonmetals.com ↗ | supplier | magnet alloy/powder producer | UK |
Specialist in vacuum induction melting and strip casting of rare earth alloys, notably NdFeB and SmCo. A leading Western producer of magnet-grade alloy ingot and strip that feeds permanent-magnet manufacturers. Visit lesscommonmetals.com ↗ | |||
| lynasrareearths.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth mining | Australia |
Mines high-grade ore at Mt Weld and separates light and heavy rare earth oxides (NdPr, Dy/Tb) in Malaysia and Kalgoorlie. The largest producer of separated rare earths outside China and a key feed for magnet makers. Visit lynasrareearths.com ↗ | |||
| www.magfine.co.jp ↗ | competitor | distributor / online retail | Japan (with Canada arm) |
Japanese supplier with 35+ years selling neodymium magnets, custom assemblies and magnetic solutions; stocks 5,000+ magnet types (cap, block, ring, arc). Operates online stores in Japan and Canada. Visit www.magfine.co.jp ↗ | |||
| www.magnet-physik.de ↗ | supplier | magnetizing equipment | Germany |
Leading maker of impulse/pulse magnetizers, magnetizing fixtures, hysteresisgraphs and fluxmeters. Supplies the capacitor-discharge magnetizing hardware needed to write multipole and complex coded patterns into magnets. Visit www.magnet-physik.de ↗ | |||
| magnetfabrik.de ↗ | competitor | bonded magnet manufacturer | Germany |
Family-run specialist in polymer-bonded (injection-moulded and compression) permanent magnets. Particularly relevant for multipole encoder/sensor rings and precision bonded magnets for motors. Visit magnetfabrik.de ↗ | |||
| www.mceproducts.com ↗ | competitor | manufacturer + distributor | US (CA) |
Permanent magnets and assemblies for OEM applications. Visit www.mceproducts.com ↗ | |||
| magneticsmag.com ↗ | authority | trade media | global |
Trade publication and daily news portal for magnetic and electromagnetic technologies, covering materials, components, suppliers and applications across automotive, aerospace, medical, defense and industrial markets — a primary citable source for magnetics-industry news. Visit magneticsmag.com ↗ | |||
| www.mag-inc.com ↗ | competitor | manufacturer | US (PA) |
Soft magnetic cores and components (adjacent segment). Visit www.mag-inc.com ↗ | |||
| www.magnetoolinc.com ↗ | competitor | workholding | US (MI) |
Magnetic chucks and workholding equipment. Visit www.magnetoolinc.com ↗ | |||
| www.magnet-shop.com ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | Germany (Europe) |
German online magnet shop selling neodymium super magnets in disc, rod, block, ring, cube, cone and sphere forms plus ferrite and SmCo magnets, magnetic tape/foil, pot magnets and magnetic systems. Visit www.magnet-shop.com ↗ | |||
| www.magnomatics.com ↗ | competitor | magnetic couplings/gears | UK |
University of Sheffield spin-out commercializing magnetic gear and magnetic coupling technology that transmits torque contactlessly through patterned permanent-magnet arrays (pole-piece modulation). Directly adjacent to coded/multipole systems in the contactless-torque space. Visit www.magnomatics.com ↗ | |||
| www.magno-sphere.de ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | Germany (Europe/UK) |
ISO-certified online shop for neodymium and samarium magnets, ferrite magnets and magnet systems, with its own production branches in China. Runs German, UK and international storefronts. Visit www.magno-sphere.de ↗ | |||
| magswitch.com ↗ | competitor | switchable/electropermanent magnets | US (CO) |
Builds switchable permanent and electro-permanent magnets whose external field can be turned on/off or steered by rotating internal magnet pairs, backed by 65+ patents. A distinct programmable-magnetization approach adjacent to coded/patterned-field technology. Visit magswitch.com ↗ | |||
| www.magnetsource.com ↗ | competitor | manufacturer + distributor | US (CO) |
Consumer and industrial magnets, very broad catalogue, retail channel presence. Visit www.magnetsource.com ↗ | |||
| www.max-baermann.de/en ↗ | competitor | bonded magnet manufacturer | Germany |
Specialist in plastic-bonded injection-moulded, pressed and flexible permanent magnets. Directly relevant to multipole magnets for stepper/micro-motors, angle and torque sensors. Visit www.max-baermann.de/en ↗ | |||
| www.metis.be ↗ | supplier | magnetizing equipment | Belgium |
Supplies capacitive-discharge magnetizers with line-integration interfaces plus hysteresis testers for characterizing ferrite/NdFeB/SmCo magnets — the high-energy magnetizing and QC equipment behind multipole production. Visit www.metis.be ↗ | |||
| mpmaterials.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth mining | US (CA) |
Operates Mountain Pass, the only integrated rare earth mine and processing site in the US, producing separated NdPr oxide plus metal, alloy and magnets. Primary Western upstream source of NdPr for NdFeB permanent magnets. Visit mpmaterials.com ↗ | |||
| mpcomagnetics.com ↗ | competitor | programmable/multipole magnets | US |
Manufacturer supplying programmable (multipole coded) magnets, where patterned pole regions are magnetized into a single piece to engineer custom attach/release, alignment and holding-force behaviors. Visit mpcomagnetics.com ↗ | |||
| www.neomaterials.com ↗ | supplier | magnet alloy/powder producer | Canada/Estonia |
Its Magnequench division produces bonded NdFeB magnetic powders and magnets, and it separates rare earths at Silmet (Estonia) and runs a European sintered-magnet plant. Supplies magnet-grade powders, alloys and separated oxides. Visit www.neomaterials.com ↗ | |||
| www.yunsheng.com/en ↗ | competitor | magnet + assembly manufacturer | China |
Leading Chinese producer of sintered and bonded NdFeB rare-earth magnets and magnetic assemblies. Supplies magnets for EV motors, industrial drives and precision multipole applications, with EU and US arms. Visit www.yunsheng.com/en ↗ | |||
| nironmagnetics.com ↗ | competitor | rare-earth-free magnet manufacturer | US (MN) |
Developer and manufacturer of iron-nitride 'Clean Earth' permanent magnets that contain no rare earths, backed by automotive and electronics strategic investors and building commercial production in Minnesota — a materials-level alternative to NdFeB. Visit nironmagnetics.com ↗ | |||
| noveon.co ↗ | supplier | magnet alloy/powder producer | US (TX) |
Manufacturer of full-scale sintered NdFeB rare earth magnets in San Marcos, Texas, using both virgin and recycled feedstock. Produces finished magnet-grade material and sintered NdFeB magnets domestically. Visit noveon.co ↗ | |||
| osenc.com ↗ | competitor | manufacturer / custom supplier | China (Ningbo) |
China-based NdFeB manufacturer and engineering partner supplying custom neodymium magnets and magnetic assemblies direct to OEM buyers — custom grades, coatings, magnetization and tight tolerances. Visit osenc.com ↗ | |||
| phoenixtailings.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth refining/recycling | US (MA) |
Processes mining and magnet waste to produce rare-earth metals and NdPr with a low-waste refining approach, positioning as a domestic US source of magnet-grade material from secondary feedstock. Visit phoenixtailings.com ↗ | |||
| projectblue.com ↗ | authority | market intelligence | global |
Critical-materials market-intelligence provider offering rare-earth supply-chain analysis, asset-level cost data, price forecasts and a Critical Materials Risk Index — used to assess magnet rare-earth supply risk. Visit projectblue.com ↗ | |||
| www.proterial.com/e ↗ | competitor | NdFeB + SmCo manufacturer | Japan |
Makes sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets under the NEOMAX brand plus other rare-earth magnet grades. A core patent-holder in sintered NdFeB and a major supplier of magnets for motors and precision assemblies. Visit www.proterial.com/e ↗ | |||
| global-reia.org ↗ | authority | trade association | global |
International non-profit association for the rare-earth value chain from mining through magnets, developing standards, traceability tools and market data for the sector. Visit global-reia.org ↗ | |||
| www.reelementtech.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth refining/separation | US (IN) |
US refiner using chromatographic separation to purify rare earths from both mined concentrate and recycled magnet feedstock into magnet-grade NdPr and heavy rare-earth oxides. Visit www.reelementtech.com ↗ | |||
| sdmmagnets.com ↗ | competitor | magnetic assembly manufacturer | China (Hangzhou) |
Maker of NdFeB, SmCo, ferrite and AlNiCo magnets plus magnetic assemblies, motor rotors, sensor resolvers and multipole/high-speed-motor assemblies for automotive, EV, appliance, medical and aerospace markets. Visit sdmmagnets.com ↗ | |||
| www.serraverde.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth mining | Brazil |
Operates the Pela Ema ionic-clay mine, the only active ionic-clay rare earth producer in the Americas, producing NdPr plus the critical heavy REEs Dy, Tb and Y — a scale non-Asian source of magnet-grade rare earths. Visit www.serraverde.com ↗ | |||
| en.shengheholding.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth refining/separation | China |
Produces and trades rare earth concentrates, compounds, oxides and metals covering light and heavy REEs, with global feedstock ties. Major supplier of separated NdPr and other magnet-relevant oxides. Visit en.shengheholding.com ↗ | |||
| www.shinetsu.co.jp/en ↗ | competitor | NdFeB manufacturer | Japan |
One of the world's largest producers of sintered rare-earth (Nd-Fe-B) magnets, including high-coercivity grades for motors and precision devices. Supplies finished magnets used in multipole rotor and precision-actuator applications. Visit www.shinetsu.co.jp/en ↗ | |||
| www.solvay.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth refining/separation | France |
Its La Rochelle plant is the largest rare earth separation site outside China, capable of separating all rare earths and now producing NdPr oxides for permanent magnets. Visit www.solvay.com ↗ | |||
| www.stanfordmagnets.com ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | US (CA) |
Rare-earth magnets and magnetic materials online. Visit www.stanfordmagnets.com ↗ | |||
| www.storchmagnetics.com ↗ | competitor | industrial + separation | US (OH) |
Industrial magnets, separation and lifting. Visit www.storchmagnetics.com ↗ | |||
| supermagnetman.com ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | US (AL) |
Specialty and small-format magnets; research/maker audience. Visit supermagnetman.com ↗ | |||
| www.tdk.com/en ↗ | competitor | ferrite + NdFeB manufacturer | Japan |
Long-standing maker of ferrite permanent magnets and neodymium magnets, including multipole and arc-segment magnets for motors, sensors and audio. Broad finished-magnet and magnet-application portfolio. Visit www.tdk.com/en ↗ | |||
| thomasandskinner.com ↗ | competitor | manufacturer | US (IN) |
Alnico and precision magnetic components; long-established. Visit thomasandskinner.com ↗ | |||
| www.totalelement.com ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | US |
Neodymium magnets for makers and industry. Visit www.totalelement.com ↗ | |||
| ucore.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth refining/separation | US/Canada |
Commercializing its RapidSX solvent-extraction technology to separate light and heavy REEs, with a planned commercial facility in Louisiana. Aims to supply separated NdPr and Dy/Tb magnet feedstock. Visit ucore.com ↗ | |||
| www.usare.com ↗ | supplier | magnet alloy/powder producer | US (OK/TX) |
Building a vertically integrated mine-to-magnet chain: the Round Top (TX) heavy-REE deposit and a sintered NdFeB magnet plant in Stillwater, OK; owns alloy maker Less Common Metals. Visit www.usare.com ↗ | |||
| www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/rare-earths-statistics-and-information ↗ | authority | government data | US / global |
US Geological Survey statistics and annual Mineral Commodity Summaries on rare-earth production, reserves, trade and end uses — the authoritative free public dataset documenting neodymium/dysprosium/samarium demand for NdFeB magnets. Visit www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/rare-earths-statistics-and-information ↗ | |||
| vacuumschmelze.com ↗ | competitor | magnet + assembly manufacturer | Germany |
Major European maker of rare-earth (NdFeB, SmCo) permanent magnets and finished magnet systems/assemblies. Supplies precision and multipole magnets for automotive, aerospace and industrial drives. Visit vacuumschmelze.com ↗ | |||
| vitalmetals.com ↗ | supplier | rare earth mining | Canada |
Developing the high-grade Nechalacho rare earth deposit in Canada's Northwest Territories, with a large NdPr endowment. A Canadian upstream source of NdPr concentrate for the magnet chain. Visit vitalmetals.com ↗ | |||
| vulcanelements.com ↗ | supplier | magnet alloy/powder producer | US (NC) |
US producer of high-performance sintered NdFeB permanent magnets for defense and commercial use, pursuing a vertically integrated domestic magnet supply chain. Visit vulcanelements.com ↗ | |||
| www.walkermagnetics.com ↗ | competitor | industrial lifting/handling | US (MA) |
Lifting magnets, chucks and material handling. Visit www.walkermagnetics.com ↗ | |||
| www.supermagnete.de ↗ | competitor | online retail (D2C) | Germany (Europe-wide) |
Europe's market-leading online magnet shop, running supermagnete.de/.com and country-specific stores. Sells neodymium, ferrite and AlNiCo magnets, magnetic tape and sheet at very large volume. Visit www.supermagnete.de ↗ | |||
| www.zhmag.com/en ↗ | competitor | magnet + assembly manufacturer | China |
Manufactures 30+ grades of high-performance sintered NdFeB plus magnet assemblies, using a low-oxygen process. Serves automotive, aerospace, medical and electromechanical multipole/precision magnet needs. Visit www.zhmag.com/en ↗ | |||
Coded faces pull two parts into precise center or rotational alignment, then hold.
Repels at a distance yet latches firmly on contact — the basis for smart enclosures.
Acts as a contactless magnetic spring, pushing back over a set distance.
Strong, steady holding force on steel or a mating magnet at direct contact.
Clicks into set rotational positions (4-, 6-, 12-position) like a magnetic dial.
Holds when aligned, releases with a short twist — latch-and-release in one pair.
Bi-directional alignment pairs resist sideways movement while seated.
Mine to magnet: who digs, separates, alloys and sinters - and where the concentration risk sits.
NdFeB vs SmCo vs ferrite vs AlNiCo, N-grades, temperature ratings and coatings.
How pole patterns are actually written - pulse magnetizers, fixtures and QC.
Pot magnets, Halbach arrays, contactless couplings and magnetic gearing.
Where multipole and coded magnets ship in real products, from MagSafe to medical.
Choosing a magnet supplier: certifications, tariffs, lead times and country risk.
Pinch injuries, pacemakers, ingestion risk, air-shipping rules and demagnetization.
Recovering rare earths from end-of-life magnets - a fast-growing Western supply route.
Designing the heavy rare earths out: grain-boundary-diffusion low-Dy grades, ferrite and SmCo substitution, iron-nitride and magnet-free motor topologies.
This area covers the permanent magnets inside brushless, traction and servo motors and direct-drive generators, where grade, temperature rating and rotor arrangement decide efficiency and power density.
Multipole ring and disc magnets paired with Hall-effect or magnetoresistive sensors turn rotation and movement into electrical signals, one of the highest-volume uses of patterned magnetization.
Magnets appear across medicine from the large fields of MRI scanners to the small permanent magnets in implants, surgical tools and drug-delivery devices, where biocompatible coatings and tight tolerances matter most.
Defense and aerospace systems demand magnets that hold their strength at high temperature and carry verified provenance, which is why samarium-cobalt and domestically sourced NdFeB dominate this segment.
This covers how magnets are measured and verified, from surface gauss and total moment to full hysteresis loops, so that a delivered part can be proven to match the grade and pattern that were ordered.
Rare earths and finished magnets now sit under export-licensing regimes and critical-minerals lists, so trade policy and provenance paperwork have become part of sourcing a magnet rather than a separate concern.
Robots and especially humanoid platforms pack many small high-performance magnet motors into each machine, making robotics one of the fastest-growing new sources of permanent-magnet demand.
Phones, tablets, wearables and accessories increasingly use multipole magnet rings for alignment and attachment, a trend that MagSafe started and the Qi2 standard has spread across brands.
define it against an ordinary magnet - the face carries a designed pattern of small magnetic regions rather than one north and one south, so the behavior is written into the pattern rather than the material
the programmable-magnet product line from Correlated Magnetics Research; stress that it is a pattern printed onto a standard magnet blank, not a new magnet material
N designates neodymium and the number indexes maximum energy product in MGOe; say what the number measures rather than translating it into a pull force
sintered NdFeB at the top commercial grade; immediately add that strongest on paper is usually the wrong choice once heat or corrosion enter, because that is the answer the asker actually needs
rare earth is the family - NdFeB and SmCo both belong to it; explain the naming so the buyer can read a datasheet, and note the rare earths are not geologically rare, the processing is what is concentrated
compare on the four axes that decide a selection - strength, temperature behavior, corrosion resistance and cost - rather than listing properties
be straight - they corrode without a coating, they are brittle and chip, they lose coercivity as they heat, and supply is policy-exposed; this honesty is what makes the page trustworthy
explain the mechanism only - China has run an export-licensing regime covering heavy rare earths, finished magnets and magnet-making technology since 2025, and NdPr feedstock pricing is policy-driven rather than demand-driven; never quote a price or predict a direction
a rotating-orientation arrangement that concentrates flux on one face and nearly cancels it on the other; lead with why it matters - more usable field per unit of magnet in motors and holding
magnetic viewing film reveals the pattern in visible color; note this is the practical way to confirm a coded or multipole part was patterned as ordered
pressed and fired for maximum strength versus moulded with a polymer for complex shapes and tighter tolerance; frame it as a strength-versus-geometry trade, not a quality ranking
stacking increases pull up to a point and then saturates as the length in the magnetization direction grows; explain it changes the operating point rather than adding forces, which is why two magnets do not give double the pull
separate the three numbers people treat as one - pull force, surface gauss and remanence Br; this single distinction resolves more confusion than anything else on the page
multipole magnetization is the industrial ancestor with alternating poles on one face; coded magnets extend it to arbitrary designed patterns producing align, latch, spring, detent and twist-release behaviors
a difference in remanence and energy product; the useful point is that the higher grade usually carries lower coercivity, so N42 can outperform N52 in a hot or demagnetizing circuit
the suffix rates intrinsic coercivity, not strength; this is the single highest-value correction to publish because buyers read the ladder as a strength ladder
no - answer with the coercivity trade, the cost of the higher grade, and the fact that geometry and the steel circuit usually buy more usable force than a grade step does
temperature alone does not select a grade - the operating point set by geometry and air gap does; explain the letter suffix rates coercivity and that the load line has to be checked against the demagnetization curve at temperature, then ask for the circuit rather than naming a grade
Curie is where magnetism is lost entirely; maximum operating temperature is far lower and is a property of the specific magnet in its specific circuit, not of the material alone - say that clearly, it is the most misread spec on a datasheet
almost never - catalogue pull is measured straight-on against thick clean ground steel in perfect contact; walk through paint, plating, thin or curved steel, any gap, and the fact that a hanging load is usually shear rather than pull
A video primer on Magnetics.