Kreate is a Findlay-based product development company known for its vertically integrated, end-to-end approach and a team with hundreds of patents and decades of combined industry experience. It helps retail partners turn overlooked product categories into private-label products, including items developed for The Home Depot. Its work spans the path from an initial idea through manufacturing and retail launch.
Allstar InnovationsFor more than 20 years, Allstar Innovations has been the behind-the-scenes partner turning inventors’ ideas into products that reach consumers. The company works with founders and established brands, using a rigorous process to develop, test, and grow products through retail and online channels.HAWTHORNE, NY
ZukoZuko is an entrepreneurial product-design and development firm that creates consumer and professional medtech products from initial idea through launch. Its core team has worked together for more than 20 years, with a collective record of over 250 commercialized patents and $10 billion in retail sales. Zuko is best known for creating the first wearable light-therapy mask and has also developed products acquired by companies including Procter & Gamble, Unilever, and Johnson & Johnson.
Novo Product LabsNovo Product Labs is a product-development partner for clients turning early concepts into physical products for market. Its unusual role is to stay with an idea through validation and manufacturing, with past work ranging from a napkin sketch that generated $222,861 in pre-orders to an FDA-approved medical device developed in six months.PHILADELPHIA, PA
Product Development Factory, IncFounded in 2004 by engineer Dave Yaeger, Philadelphia’s Product Development Factory is a hands-on product-development firm known for working closely with clients from an initial concept through a tested working solution. The company serves organizations across the United States and beyond, with particular experience in medical devices and other specialized manufacturing environments.PHILADELPHIA, PA