The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies McMaster-Carr: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
Overview
McMaster-Carr, American industrial hardware supplier with highly automated distribution operations.. HQ: Elmhurst, IL. Type: Hardware. Focus: Industrial supply distribution including hardware, fasteners, raw materials, and automation components.. Service: Offers same-day shipping..
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Type
Focus
Service
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company McMaster-Carr has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1AllianceTexas Hillwood1× joint
Most recent
McMaster-Carr on the deployment map
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Relationships
Former / Previously (2)
- T.J. McMaster Co-foundersecondary-verified
- F.C. Davis Co-foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for McMaster-Carr.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
McMaster-Carr in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company McMaster-Carr has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1AllianceTexas Hillwood1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- McMaster-Carr x AllianceTexas HillwoodwithAllianceTexas Hillwooddistribution—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-07
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for McMaster-Carr.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning McMaster-Carr from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
A Soft-Robotic Biomimetic Benchtop Model for Esophageal Motility Simulation - Nature
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Daily McMaster-Carr serves up your daily slice of the yellow book - Adafruit
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SpaceX built a docker from bike parts. The story explains its dominance. - The Washington Post
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Fort Worth Approves $18M in Incentives for New E-Commerce Regional HQ and Distribution Center - Dallas Innovates
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A wearable textile-based pneumatic energy harvesting system for assistive robotics - Science | AAAS
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Build Your Own Undersea Robot - IEEE Spectrum
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Mechanical 3D Prints: Best 3D File Sites for Engineers - All3DP
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The Stanford Pupper Is a Quadruped Robot That’s Powered by Pi - Hackster.io
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Open Source Powered Prosthetic Leg - Hackster.io
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From Mainframes to PCs: What Robot Startups Can Learn From the Computer Revolution - IEEE Spectrum
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20 Things You Didn’t Know About McMaster-Carr - moneyinc.com
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6-axis partially 3D-printed robotic arm on Kickstarter - 3Druck.com
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/mc-master-carr.md
- RSS feed: /companies/mc-master-carr/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/9c41b455-8a1e-4e7f-9d48-2fb8ba816be9
- Revision history: /companies/mc-master-carr/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
McMaster-Carr draws attention at the 31st percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 20, 2026