Opportunity in the midst of Covid At the height of Covid, Donald McIntyre approached us with a product.He’d already proven the concept in his initial prototypes but now he wanted to take the next step. He worked with a designer to come up with the HeroBoard, a versatile and revolutionary fitness ... Read More

To Glass Fill or Not to Glass Fill? Glass-filled resins sound impressive on paper. Higher stiffness. Better strength. Improved temperature resistance. For many engineers, adding glass fiber feels like an easy way to “upgrade” a part.But before you specify glass-filled material, it’s worth asking a simple question: Do you actually need ... Read More

"Should be a walk in the park..." Sometimes our human hubris gets in our way. We take a look at something and think, “that looks easy! There’s no way it’s that complicated.” Only to be very humbled once you realize how intricate it can be.We were awarded a 16 cavity tool ... Read More

This design is not ideal to make in the US. This is a glasses case I’ve had for a while for my blue blocking lenses.It’s a simple case. It does what it’s supposed to do. More than likely it was made overseas. However, if you wanted to make this exact product ... Read More

  When I was fresh out of college, I was tasked by my past employer to design a charging dock for our new CNC handheld controller. Since I was green to the manufacturing industry and a very recent graduate, I knew little about design for manufacturing.At the time, all I knew ... Read More

 The business of reproducing vintage car parts can be a tricky one. Classic car enthusiasts tend to dissect every little detail and expect it to be functional and maintain the same classic aesthetic. Fortunately, we managed to recreate a Ford Torino grille and we made it better.We had a ... Read More

 Recently we had a customer approach us for a high end cosmetic product. Right away, we saw some issues with the design. To maintain aesthetics, the only area we could inject into was the bottom which was too thin for molding. The container itself had thick side walls, and trying to ... Read More

 We offer mold repair services and have a customer known for their repetitive catastrophic tool damage.There are two recurring issues that are easily remedied if the customer was willing to make the necessary adjustments.They are not using the low pressure setting on the molding press to minimize the damage. ... Read More

Give us your tired, your poorly designed molds, your huddled messes yearning to run parts at cycle and actually make you money.This playful twist on Emma Lazarus’s iconic poem The New Colossus (inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty) perfectly captures what it feels like when customers bring ... Read More