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A strong product starts with the right requirements.
How a clear product specification guides engineering and production.
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Why plastic components are becoming increasingly intelligent
Discover how sensors, electronics integration and IoT are transforming plastic components into smart systems and what this requires from product development.
Why time to market is increasingly lost during industrialisation
For R&D Managers and Innovation Leads, delays often lie in manufacturability, assembly and scaling up.
Product development costs: the most expensive choices are made at the start
What does product development cost? Discover which choices determine costs and why developing cheaply often proves more expensive later.
Why the next innovation is probably already in your current product
Innovation is often associated with new products. Yet the greatest gains are often closer than you think.
Artificial Intelligence in product development: hype, tool or lever?
Artificial Intelligence has quickly entered the daily work of designers, developers, marketers and engineers.
Plastics manufacturing: Injection moulding and extrusion
A good product idea deserves a manufacturing process that doesn’t hold it back. For many companies planning a physical product, plastics manufacturing is the most…
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