More Than a Parts Supplier — We’re Your Development Partner
In today’s fast-paced innovation landscape, the right manufacturing partner makes all the difference. At Horizon, we do more than make parts – we make your magnetic innovation manufacturable. From prototyping to scaled production, we help engineers and innovators bring advanced motor and actuator designs to life—especially when soft magnetic materials are part of the equation. Our strength lies in helping engineers bring ambitious ideas to life, while guiding them through the practicalities of manufacturability from the very first sketch.
Start with the Concept. Stay for the Partnership.
Many projects begin with a question: Can this design actually be manufactured?
That’s where we come in. Horizon provides early-stage design feedback, magnetic performance insight, and manufacturability guidance to help you validate ideas before committing to expensive tooling or testing. We partner with your engineering team from the very first sketch, so you can avoid wasting cycles on designs that won’t scale or materials that underperform.
Validation Through In-House Magnetic Testing
One of the biggest challenges engineers encounter is not knowing whether they can trust a new material. That’s why Horizon doesn’t just process SMCs but also helps to validate them. We process toroid samples just as your parts will be processed from every material we work with. We wind them in house with copper wire and test them on our magnetic hysteresis graph across a range of frequencies. This allows us to generate both AC and DC magnetic curves, generating data that includes permeability, coercivity, saturation, and core loss data under simulated operating conditions.
By validating material performance before you commit to tooling, we help to de-risk your development process and shorten timelines with solid, application-relevant magnetic data. Our in-house testing increases confidence in both soft magnetic materials and the repeatability of the manufacturing process, which is especially critical for high performance alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) applications. As one of the few manufacturers offering this level of magnetic testing in house, we give you a unique edge in speed, certainty, and design assurance.
A Specialty in Soft Magnetics Changes Everything.
Magnetic materials aren’t just a commodity — they’re the core of electric motor performance. Horizon specializes in soft magnetic materials, including soft magnetic composites (SMCs) and sintered soft magnetic materials, and their applications across both AC and DC designs. Our deep expertise enables us to recommend the right material and geometry for your application.
AC Applications
- Electric motors (BLDC, axial flux, switched reluctance)
- Inductive sensors
- High frequency power transformers
- HVAC compressor and fan motors
Our expertise in SMCs creates powerful new possibilities for advancing AC applications. The insulated particle structure of SMCs significantly reduces eddy current losses, making them ideal for high frequency operation and enabling efficient performance in compact, high speed electric machines.
More importantly, SMCs make it possible to design and manufacture innovative topologies—such as yokeless axial flux, trapezoidal radial flux, hybrid stator designs, and other non-traditional geometries—that are not cost effective with laminated steel. These new architectures make it possible to build lighter, quieter, and more power-dense machines. With Horizon’s in-house magnetic testing and validation of each material’s real-world performance, you can move forward with confidence from concept to production.
DC Applications
- Linear actuators
- Solenoids and relays
- Electromagnetic clutches
- Locking mechanisms and valve controls
For DC applications, our components meet the full spectrum of magnetic performance demands, such as high permeability and magnetic saturation, enabling stronger and more efficient magnetic circuits in compact spaces. Our expertise in sintered soft magnetic materials ensures stable performance in the most demanding magnetic conditions —critical for solenoids, actuators, and locking mechanisms that operate under continuous or peak load. With precision manufacturing and tight process control, we produce components with consistent magnetic properties, batch after batch. This reliability, paired with our design-for-manufacturing support, gives our -partners the confidence to scale their DC solutions without compromise.
Whether your application runs on AC or DC, Horizon delivers the materials, engineering, and testing expertise to turn magnetic challenges into manufacturable, high performance solutions.
Taking Innovations from Idea to Production
Bringing a new motor or magnetic component to life takes more than just a good idea — it takes the right manufacturing partner. Whether you're iterating on an existing platform or creating something entirely new, our collaborative, end-to-end process is built to let you move forward with confidence. Here’s how we help teams accelerate product development without compromising performance or manufacturability:
- Concept collaboration & design input
- Fast, flexible in-house prototyping
- Material & topology validation
- Pre-production & tooling support
- Reliable volume production
Real Timelines. Real Support. Real Results.
Whether you're working on a next-gen motor design, a compact actuator, or exploring topology shifts in electric machines, Horizon speaks your language. We understand how long product development cycles can be—and how fast your customers expect you to move. That’s why we operate with urgency, clarity, and full transparency—helping you hit milestones while maintaining high standards of both performance and manufacturability.
We’re not just a supplier — we’re a strategic partner for your soft magnetic innovations.
Let’s Build the Future of Motion —Together
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