Purdue Research Park-based industrial design, engineering firms form alliance

Published: February 1, 2012

NEW ALBANY, Ind. - Companies seeking complete end-to-end industrial design and engineering services to develop new products may benefit from an alliance of two companies based in the Purdue Research Park of Southeast Indiana.

Officials at Adams:Kinkade Design LLC and Techshot Inc. have created an alliance that allows each company and its customers to benefit from the other's expertise. Adams:Kinkade Design will provide its industrial design capabilities and Techshot will provide its comprehensive engineering services.

Ty Adams, Adams:Kinkade Design's managing director, said the companies' clients will benefit from the alliance as the user experience for clients' products is strengthened.

"Aligning Techshot's engineering capabilities with industrial design's ability to understand human needs allows for a deeper exploration of ideas and more creative product development collaboration, which leads to innovation, products that succeed and brand loyalty," he said. "Designers are uniquely positioned to champion the user experience, standing with one foot in the world of technology and the other in the world of people, and bringing the two together."

Rich Boling, Techshot's vice president of corporate advancement, said mutual respect forms the basis of the alliance, which already has resulted in several products, including medical devices.

"Adams:Kinkade Design does terrific work, and its design capabilities perfectly complement Techshot's engineering skills," he said. "We already have worked together on diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices, and I expect companies that develop consumer and prosumer products also will find this seamless integration of industrial design and engineering appealing."

About Adams:Kinkade Design LLC

Adams:Kinkade Design LLC is a design and product development consultancy that works closely with startups and intrapreneurial corporate teams, exploring innovative ideas, technology, and design concepts to develop new product and revenue opportunities for commercialization.

A:KD's portfolio of clients covers diverse industries, including consumer, office and medical products that benefit from creative design thinking methodologies, user experience-based brand building and innovative new product solutions.

About Techshot Inc.

Techshot is a contract new product development company. With a staff of mechanical, electrical and software engineers, plus a team of scientists, Techshot designs, prototypes and readies new products for manufacturing. Industries for which it develops new products include medical devices, consumer products, automotive, defense and energy.

About Purdue Research Park

The Purdue Research Park, with four locations across Indiana, has the largest university-affiliated business incubation complex in the country. The park network is home to about 200 companies that employ 4,000 people and are located in West Lafayette, Merrillville, Indianapolis and New Albany.

Purdue Research Park contact: Steve Martin, 765-588-3342, sgmartin@prf.org

Sources: Ty Adams, 812-738-2526, ty@invizn.com

Rich Boling, 812-923-9591 ex. 246, rboling@techshot.com