Founded 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.
DJM Product DesignDJM Product Design is a Pennsylvania-based product development studio known for helping inventors and manufacturers turn rough concepts or existing parts into workable designs. Its team supports projects from early ideas through prototypes and manufacturing-ready files, with particular experience in reverse-engineering and practical, low-volume production.SCHWENKSVILLE, PA
RPM TechRPM Tech grew from a Harford County basement startup founded in 2006 into a product development company with more than 20 full-time employees. Based in Forest Hill, Maryland, the company helps startups and large corporations turn new ideas into manufacturable products, with engineering and prototype work carried out under one roof. Its 10,000-square-foot facility supports projects from early concepts through production transition.FOREST HILL, MD
Proto Dev and Fab, LLCFounded in 2020 from James Rogers’s garage machine shop, Proto Dev and Fab develops medical devices and turns difficult design ideas into working prototypes. The company combines product-development and design-for-manufacturing guidance with hands-on fabrication, including prototype work such as the Project Spiritus rescue-ventilation device. Rogers brings experience as a machinist and design engineer, along with multiple granted and pending patents and a master’s degree in engineering.MILFORD, OH
GaDovaGaDova is an independent design house serving companies in the United States and around the world with end-to-end product development. Based in the Pittsburgh area, it combines more than 50 years of team experience in new-product development and R&D with a 12,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Butler, Pennsylvania. The company is certified to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016.SHARPSBURG, PA