The Inventors Guide

Design & Development

If you want assistance with the design and development of your product, you can begin by looking in the telephone directory under Model Makers, Pattern Makers, Designers-Industrial, Engineers-Electronics, Machine Shops, Plastics-Moulding and Laminating, and Research and Development Companies.

Also contact manufacturers and fabricators (i.e. steel, glass, metal, textiles, etc.), as some of these shops will do prototypes.

Consultants

If you need help with industrial design and/or cost estimates, you may need to hire an experienced industry consultant. The National Research Council (http://www.nrc.ca ) or the Canadian Technology Network (http://ctn.nrc.ca ) can help you find consultants.

More R & D Resources

Association of Professional Model Makers
http://www.modelmakers.org

Canadian Innovation Centre
http://www.innovationcentre.ca

Industrial Research Assistance Program
http://www.nrc.ca/irap

Inventor's Information Index
http://ctn.nrc.ca/ai3 or http://ctn.nrc.ca/mi3

Society of Manufacturing Engineers
http://www.sme.org/

Trans-Forum (Technology Commercialization Toolbox)
http://www.strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/tf00008e.html

For more leads, got to ‘R&D and Commercialization' in Guide to Programs & Services.

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