//Design to Manufacture


We are as committed as our clients, to seeing the product succeed and sell.


This stage is focused to get the product design into manufacture efficiently. The component design is optimized for manufacture, with FEA used to optimise the strength and weight and size of components.

Our continuous influence with toolmakers, suppliers and manufacturers helps retain the design integrity and protect the intended product quality and brand values.

We supply full product definition data for rapid tooling and production anywhere in the world, and support clients with FMEA and audit trail documentation. We work with production engineers to make the best collective decisions to steer the design through the sampling and validation stages.

We can manage a turnkey development and work with other partners outside our core competencies, e.g. in electronic development, non-linear FEA or for supply chain production in Europe or Asia. By placing our product design skills at the centre of the development process, the product will remain focused to its market with the right decisions made to create a successful product design.

getting from product design into manufacture efficiently

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Need to get a design into production? Speak with us . . .

T: +44(0)7933 317752 // E: design@FirsthandDesign.co.uk