Design1st – 2011 OCRI Awards: Solution of the Year Winner
April , 2011
Ottawa, Ontario, April, 2011 --. The Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) has awarded Design 1st ‘Solution of the Year’ for 2011 at the annual OCRI award dinner. The OCRI Awards are synonymous with business excellence in the Ottawa Canada region, shining a spotlight on the people and innovation that set the standard and serve as role models in our region. The award dinner is the largest most inclusive knowledge-based industry event in Ottawa, involving all sizes and sectors of Ottawa’s knowledge-based companies. To view more information on the event and Design 1st acceptance speech, visit: Design 1st OCRI Award Winner
Design 1st is a leader in physical product design and engineering, assisting start-ups bringing new products to market. Design 1st takes ideas and sketches and develops products for local Ottawa companies. The design firm has recently expanded to provide their knowledge and process expertise locally to companies in Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto. The physical product design and engineering is a small but critical role to ensure expectations are met for the people that buy, open, install and use a new product
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“Design 1st has been our trusted industrial design and mechanical engineering partner for over six years and they have proven themselves to be valuable, competent and committed to our success, “said Stephen Rayment, Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks “They (Design 1st) add value because they understand the tradeoffs between user value and cost, the need to balance both the business and product objectives, along with excellent knowledge of materials and manufacturing and tooling options.”
Recent Ottawa clients for Design 1st include: BelAir Networks, Nortel, Mitel, Lumenara, Fidus Systems, March Networks, Nanometrics, Control Micro, Xmark, Stanley Healthcare, Ccom, ProDrive Systems, Authentipath, Brytech, We-Vibe, Gesturetek, Canadian Blood Services, International Datacasting, Guardian Mobility, Ceyba, Nimcat Networks, Sustainable Energy, and GoldenEar Technologies.
Design 1st has a senior team that manages and is accountable for the physical product design and engineering product development from initial sketches to the first engineering prototypes and on to production. The team works closely with the electronics, marketing and supply strategy teams turning ideas into real parts and assemblies that align with the marketing, communication brand and business objectives.
“By managing the physical product design and development it allows our clients to concentrate their limited resources on their strategic business and technology challenges. We get to market faster and more predictably,” said Kevin Bailey, Founder and President, Design 1st.
About Design 1st
Design 1st is a product development company with a team of highly talented Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineers who help inventors, start-ups and growing corporations bring new innovative products to market. Specialists in physical product design and mechanical engineering development, Design 1st takes clients from a napkin sketch concept to a production-ready product. Working closely with strategic marketing and development teams Design 1st manages the detailed design, prototyping, verification testing and documentation. Design 1st is based in Ottawa, Canada with satellite offices in Montreal and Vancouver. For more information, visit www.design1st.com.
Contact: Ian Kayser, Toll Free: 1.877.235.1004 ext.228, ikayser@design1st.com