ProtoFinish makes appearance prototypes and models, painting them to simulate the color, finish, and feel of production units. Its model makers, painters, and manufacturing professionals bring more than 70 years of combined experience to rapid-prototyping projects, with work spanning precision-built components and highly finished product models. The company emphasizes close client communication and quick turnaround from quotation through delivery.
High Mountain Precision LLCHigh Mountain Precision LLC is a contract manufacturing and product development company shaped by more than 20 years of hands-on work in real production environments. Its cross-industry experience informs a practical approach for businesses and individuals moving a product from concept toward production, with rapid prototyping used to test ideas before they reach the factory floor.MENTOR, OH
Rapid MoldingRapid Molding, formerly Rapid Molds, builds injection molds and produces custom injection-molded parts from prototype quantities through high-volume production. Founded in 1993 around the goal of cutting mold-build lead times, the North Canton company has since made more than 30 million parts and developed a steel-based prototype approach that supports production-like features without the usual prototype compromises. Its engineers help carry projects from early product development into production, including complex molds and tight-turnaround work.NORTH CANTON, OH
Lorain Modern Pattern, IncFor more than three decades, Lorain Modern Pattern, Inc. has built custom patterns, prototypes, models and production masters in Elyria, blending traditional journeyman patternmaking with CNC machining and modern CAD/CAM tools. Its work ranges from foundry and molding tooling to low-volume parts and reverse-engineered replacements, including simulation models made for NASA’s John Glenn Space Research Center. The company says its craftsmanship and customer relationships have earned it a strong reputation across two generations.ELYRIA, OH
KiwiMillFor more than 60 years, KiwiMill has been a hands-on model-making team in Williamson, New York, known for combining traditional craftsmanship with modern fabrication to make complex ideas understandable in physical form. The shop builds one-off custom scale models for organizations that need a tangible way to present or explain their work, with projects shipped mainly across the United States and Canada.WALWORTH, NY