Industrial Product Development

Our global teams provide end-to-end industrial product development spanning industrial design, mechanical engineering, hardware and software engineering, R&D and IP creation, prototyping, and research and strategy.

We work across factory and production, business equipment, safety and security, lab and scientific, and building and architectural sectors.

Our industrial portfolio is broad, with projects including a precision measurement instrument for Renishaw, robotic arm covers for Metris, an AR camera for Ncam Technologies, a studio sports highlighting system for Quantel, a hardness tester for Foundrax, and a liquids analyser for Specac. Wider industrial clients have included DuPont and De La Rue.

Yes: we have in-house hardware and software engineering teams, enabling fully integrated development of products that combine mechanical design with custom electronics and embedded software - particularly relevant for industrial instruments, IoT-connected equipment, and smart factory devices.

Ergonomics and ease of use are built into our design process from the earliest stages. Industrial and engineering teams work together to ensure products are robust enough for demanding environments while remaining intuitive and safe to operate, informed by contextual user research and observation.

Yes. Our R&D and Patents service helps clients identify and avoid existing competitor IP, and secure new patents for innovative industrial products. Given the technical complexity of many industrial devices, IP strategy is an important part of protecting the long-term commercial value of a development project.

Yes - our lab and scientific portfolio includes spectrometers, centrifuges, HPCE analytical instruments, a cryogenic environmental chamber, and equipment ranging up to a 25-tonne laboratory press. We have access to an in-house production service for products requiring skilled hand assembly.

IDC's Deliver stage covers the full handover from finalised design to commercial production. Our team works with global manufacturing partners to transfer design knowledge into production processes and quality procedures, and coordinates with test houses to achieve the necessary standards approvals before launch.

We do - we work with clients worldwide from studios in the UK and Shanghai, supporting both Western and Asian market development, and helping clients who are sourcing manufacturers in China.