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Manufacturing a design model, an engineering model or a "production-intent" working prototype quickly and efficiently is an essential requirement in today's aggressively-compressed product development cycles.

IDE's in-house prototype development facility uses state-of-the-art CNC machining centers and rapid prototype plastic molding methods to manufacture models and prototypes of the highest caliber and quality.

Many of our clients, including Philips, Creative and SGI, have introduced new products using high-quality prototypes manufactured by IDE.
Our prototype services include:
· CNC machining of plastics and metals
· CNC high density foam form studies
· Industrial design models
· Complex 3D surface machining
· Prototype Molding
· Complete working prototypes
· Custom Robotic Fixtures