Elimold's End-to-End NPI Solutions
Elimold simplifies the process of launching your new product from concept to market. We offer flexible, scalable, portable, and fully customizable New Product Introduction (NPI) services. Our dedicated team of engineers will work with you to identify your specific product needs and develop a market-ready solution to maximize results and minimize risk.
Your Expert NPI Partner
Our customer-centric Design for Manufacturability (DFM) engineering collaboration ensures your products achieve optimal performance and cost-effectiveness from the start. Our New Product Introduction (NPI) team works closely with yours, and you’ll be supported by a team of dedicated engineers with years of NPI project management experience. We combine our expertise with your unique needs to identify potential challenges early and provide solutions that streamline the manufacturing process. This collaborative approach not only improves product quality, but also accelerates time to market and reduces risk, ensuring a smooth and efficient transition from design to production.
Common Challenges in New Product Introduction
Bringing a new product to market is a complex process, and many teams face critical roadblocks at different stages. Here are some common pain points:
Design vs. Manufacturability Gap
Aesthetic concepts don’t always translate well into production, leading to costly revisions.
Material & Process Unfamiliarity
Designers may lack expertise in unconventional materials and advanced manufacturing techniques.
Suboptimal Manufacturing Strategies
Most suppliers struggle to adapt to evolving validation needs while balancing cost and performance.
Fragmented Supply Chain
Different parts sourced from multiple vendors often result in inconsistent quality and delayed timelines.
Late-stage Design Flaws
Assembly bottlenecks arise when issues surface only after all parts are delivered, slowing down iterations.
What is an NPI solution?
The NPI process is a multi-stage system encompassing concept and design, optimization, prototyping, pre-production, production, and marketing. All of these stages are crucial for addressing issues such as product quality, cost, and time-to-market.
A well-executed NPI process can significantly impact these aspects of a product, including its competitiveness and the reputation of the company behind it. It ensures that the product meets consumer needs, is cost-effective to produce, and is fully prepared for production and market launch.
Emerging trends and technologies in the New Product Introduction (NPI) process include prototyping, automation, and digital manufacturing. Following these trends can further enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the NPI process and prepare companies for the challenges of product introduction.
Turning your boldest ideas into market-ready solutions
At Elimold, we take a collaborative approach to NPI, aligning our expert insights and recommendations with your expectations and requirements.
From setup, testing, and lifecycle analysis to equipment selection, resource planning, and factory preparation, our attention to detail and comprehensive approach optimize your manufacturing operations and ensure long-term manufacturing success for your business.
Our vertically integrated service approach, underpinned by continuous communication and easy access to leadership, supports the entire product lifecycle from initial development onward. This streamlines your transition to volume production and distribution, ensuring product quality, cost, and availability, allowing you to enter the market with confidence.
Furthermore, our integrated approach simplifies the entire process, from comprehensive product testing and validation to seamless global shipping, whether to your facility or directly to your customers. This reduces costs, shortens lead times, and maximizes efficiency, enabling you to bring products to market faster and more effectively.
Make your new product introductions more successful with Elimold
At Elimold, we understand that innovation starts at the front end. Our New Product Introduction (NPI) process is designed to transform concepts into robust, production-ready solutions while controlling costs and mitigating risks.
Our phased-gated approach, built on APQP principles, integrates engineering, procurement, quality, and logistics into every project. By leveraging specialized management software, along with dedicated NPI equipment and engineers, we streamline manufacturability analysis and process development, ensuring each project can be launched with full validation and confidence.
We welcome cost-sharing opportunities and prioritize investment in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), helping customers reduce production costs, shorten lead times, and improve product reliability from the outset. Our team is highly skilled in manufacturing planning and possesses highly detailed skills in supplier selection and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) process management, ensuring all project requirements are fully understood, controlled, and executed on schedule.
Managing Risks and Seizing Opportunities
A successful product launch requires thorough planning, risk management, and communication. This is where Elimold’s innovative solution, OneElimold, comes in. OneElimold is a comprehensive project management system, drawing on industry best practices and tailored to address the unique risks and opportunities involved in bringing a new, custom product to market.
OneElimold utilizes a seven-phase model, providing a streamlined, oversight-driven process that lays the foundation for a successful and impactful product launch. From the initial request for quote, through design, tooling, validation, and ultimately production and delivery, OneElimold provides a holistic framework to ensure success every step of the way.
This means any potential risks or uncertainties regarding product design, tooling, materials, or tolerances are addressed and analyzed early on.
Elimold’s global approach ensures access to expert advice both early on and throughout the project. This allows us to effectively identify and address potential risks or uncertainties related to product design, tooling, materials, or tolerances early on.
OneElimold puts you in control of your new product while providing you with industry knowledge and expert planning support.
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Seamless Solutions for Every Product
Development Milestone From first idea to final package, Elimold’s got your back.
Project Initiation
We deliver your NPI journey with strategic project planning and risk management.
- Manufacturing Feasibility Review:Analyzing the manufacturability of the product design, including considerations such as product design, mold design, assembly, and related aspects.
- Cost Forecasting:Providing a preliminary cost estimate based on product design and manufacturing processes, helping designers incorporate cost considerations during the design phase.
- Risk Assessment:Proactively identifying potential risks that may arise during the manufacturing process and propose corresponding mitigation measures.
Ideation & Concepting
We transform early-stage visions into manufacturable realities with expert guidance.
- Design Optimization: Proposing enhancements for product form, cost, manufacturing feasibility, and lifecycle management (assembly/maintenance/shipping). Refine surface details to boost aesthetics and structural resilience.
- Material & Process Guidance: Guiding material options through cost/performance metrics, recommending alternatives for over-engineered components. Align fabrication methods with design complexity and precision requirements.
- DFM Analysis: Validating internal component architecture, assembly logic, and mechanical systems compliance. Ensure designs meet functional specs while maintaining production viability.
- Cost Estimation: Generating tiered budget projections powered by historical manufacturing data analytics, with scenario-modeled variance reports quantifying financial decision impacts.
EVT & DVT Prototyping
We validate materials, optimize design-process pairing, and streamline assembly with stress-tested protocols to ensure manufacturability and compliance.
Manufacturing Recommendations
- Material Selection Advisory: We select materials based on your testing needs, verify their performance, and offer alternatives when required.
- Design-Process Synchronization: We match designs with the best production methods to avoid issues and improve product quality.
- Process Optimization: We choose manufacturing processes that fit your design, analyze quality and cost impacts, and suggest improvements.
Assembly and Testing
- Assembly Process Engineering: We recommend efficient assembly methods and sequences to save time and costs.
Quality Validation Systems: We create step-by-step testing plans for functionality, performance, and reliability to ensure your product works perfectly.
Low Volume Production
We verify production manufacturability and consistency, ensuring processes,equipment, and QC systems reliably produce compliant products.
- Production Process Optimization Recommendations: Based on the test results of the PVT stage, the production process is further optimized to improve production efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure consistent product quality.
- Establish a Quality Control System: Including the development of detailed quality control plans, inspection standards and inspection methods.
- Raw Material Procurement and Management: Assist in the development of raw material procurement plans to ensure the timely supply of raw materials and cost control. Carry out quality inspection of raw materials to ensure that the quality of raw materials meets production requirements.
- Manufacturing Services: Validation of low-volume production.
Mass Production
We streamline supply chains, boost precision with smart inspections, and cut costs while keeping delivery timelines tight—scaling quality you can count on.
- Supply Chain Integration: Elimold not only has its own internal factories, but also integrates a manufacturing network that can meet the various process technologies required for all new product projects.
- Quality Control and Inspection: Implement strict inspection measures, covering raw materials, processes and finished products, and are equipped with intelligent testing equipment and online systems to improve efficiency and accuracy.
- Technical Support and Solution Provision: The project team provides technical solutions to help produce problems, optimize process and quality control, and ensure stable and consistent products.
- Cost Control and Delivery Management: Assist the project team in managing costs and managing delivery times, provide estimation and evaluation services, and ensure project efficiency and progress.
Assembly
We assemble components with precision, calibrate for optimal performance, and rigorously inspect to ensure every product meets strict quality standards.
- Assembly: Assemble components according to drawings and process specifications, ensuring dimensional accuracy and assembly quality.
- Adjustment and Calibration: Adjust parts after assembly and verify product performance to ensure conformance with design specifications.
- Inspection: Rigorously inspect appearance, performance, and functionality to guarantee compliance with quality standards.
Packaging
We design shelf-ready packaging that blends eye-catching aesthetics with rugged protection—precision-crafted to your brand specs.
- Packaging Design: Select materials, design structures, patterns, and copy based on product features and client requirements, enhancing aesthetics while ensuring safety.
- Packaging Manufacturing: Customize cartons, paper bags, plastic bags, metal cans, and other packaging containers with precision manufacturing.
Why Choose Our NPI Solutions
One Stop Solution
Simplify NPI. End-to-end solutions from prototypes to packaging. No supplier headaches. Launch faster.
Powerful Capabilities
In-house factories leverage 20+ technologies to deliver complex geometries, tight tolerances, precision finishes – powering cutting-edge product creation.
Quality Assurance
ISO certified, 24/7 production tracking, multi state inspections. Compliant. Precise. Reliable. Always.
Our Manufacturing Capabilities
CNC Machining
Injection Molding
Sheet Metal Fabrication
3D Printing
Extrusion
Die Casting
Vacuum Casting
Wire EDM
Materials
Find all the materials you need for product development across industries. Common materials are shown above. You can explore our Material Lists for more options. Need specific material? Contact our specialists.
Metals
- Aluminium
- Copper
- Brass
- Bronze
- Steel
- Stainless Steel
- Magnesium
- Titanium
Plastics
- ABS
- PC
- PMMA
- POM
- PA
- PE
- PEEK
- HDPE
- HIPS
- LDPE
- PBT
- PP
- PAI
- PEI
- PET
- PPS
- PS
- PVC
- Teflon
- UPE
- Bakelite
- FR-4
Surface Finishing
As Machined
Anodizing
Brushed Finish
Sand Blasting
Heat Treatment
Teflon Coating
Black Oxidize
Electroless Plating
Electroplating
Painting
Powder Coating
Electrophoresis
Tumbling
Alodine
Electropolish
Passivation
SPI Finish
Quality Assurance at Every NPI Stage
Elimold prioritizes quality, conducting rigorous inspections before, during, and after production using CMM, XRF analyzers, and precision tools. Our ISO-certified team, backed by 20 years of reliable prototyping and manufacturing excellence, provides detailed reports on functionality, compliance, and dimensions.
ISO-Certified
Elimold adheres to key industry certifications, including ISO 9001, ISO 13485, IATF 16949, ISO 14001, and D-U-N-S® Registered. These certifications ensure that we meet the highest quality management standards, support environmental sustainability, and comply with specific requirements for the medical, automotive, and aerospace industries.
Inspection Equipment
We use advanced inspection tools such as CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machines), X-ray, and 3D laser scanners to guarantee the highest precision. These tools ensure that each part is thoroughly checked for dimensional accuracy, surface finish, and structural integrity before reaching our customers.
Material Certification
All materials used in production are certified to meet industry standards, including ASTM, ISO, and others specific to aerospace, medical, and automotive industries. Our materials are verified for performance, durability, and compliance to ensure they meet the most stringent quality and safety requirements.
Ready to Develop Your New Product?
At Elimold, we offer comprehensive NPI solutions that can seamlessly transition your product from concept to mass production, ensuring quality, speed, and efficiency every step of the way. Contact us today to discuss your prototyping and NPI needs!