Advanced materials for filtration, energy storage, and protective equipment
Hollingsworth & Vose manufactures specialty filtration and energy storage materials across 13 global facilities, serving cleanroom, air quality, water treatment, automotive, and protective equipment markets. The tech stack is enterprise-focused (Oracle ERP, MES, Planful for planning) with active infrastructure modernization underway—cybersecurity standardization and ERP roadmap execution dominate the project list, suggesting a mid-scale operational maturity push. Hiring is accelerating across engineering, research, and leadership roles, with notable gaps in forecast accuracy and production scale-up pointing to growth bottlenecks.
Notable leadership hires: Sales Director
H&V is a privately held advanced materials company with 1,001–5,000 employees headquartered in Walpole, MA. The company manufactures filtration media, separator materials, and energy storage components used in industrial filtration, cleanroom environments, HVAC systems, water purification, face masks, and automotive applications. Operations span the Americas, Europe, and Asia through 13 strategically positioned facilities. The business model combines direct customer engineering partnerships with regional supply chain efficiency; R&D and material science innovation are core to competitive positioning. Current operational priorities include scaling production capacity, improving sales and operational planning accuracy, and modernizing internal systems.
Oracle for ERP, MES for manufacturing execution, Planful for financial planning, Microsoft 365 (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive), and Project for collaboration and resource management. Active infrastructure work includes cybersecurity standardization.
Walpole, Massachusetts. The company operates 13 facilities globally across the Americas, Europe, and Asia to serve regional and multinational customers.
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