MORRISVILLE, N.C.–Innovation and commercialization firm Montie Design (www.montie.com) has released an updated 2013 capabilities statement detailing core competencies and differentiators in the product design and engineering marketplace. The nine-page document, available for download at www.montie.com, also includes project snapshots showcasing the firm’s strengths in design, engineering, prototyping, test and manufacturing. “No two projects are exactly alike, which is why Montie Design has never really focused on one specific industry; instead, we stand ready to engage a wide variety of projects and applications,” said Montie Roland, company president. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) The innovation and commercialization experts at Montie Design have come up with a new troubleshooting tool for original equipment manufacturers to successfully identify where their products’ RFID portals can, or can’t, read tags. The new RFID Field Detector targets the presence of the 900mHz signal emitted by RFID portals with the push of a button, conveniently showing where the RFID field is strong and where it is weak through a series of seven LED lights on the ultra-thin, simple tool. (more…)

(Spring Creek & Morrisville, N.C.) Montie Design (www.montie.com), an innovative concept-to-marketplace product design and development firm, today announced Luca Harrell (Va Tech), Jake Eck (NCSU), and Josh Little (NCSU) as the winners of its Winter 2012 Student Design Contest. The competition tasked aspiring product designers with developing camp cooking, washing, or equipment storage and organizational products that would fit with the Montie Gear line (www.montiegear.com) of outdoor, shooting, hunting, archery, and camping products. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Montie Design, an innovative concept-to-marketplace product design and development firm, recently hosted a successful Lunch and Learn event featuring accomplished engineering firm EPEC Technologies. Attendees gained valuable insight into flex circuit design, a reliable and malleable approach to inter-connecting electronics which is quickly replacing conventional printed circuitry with a myriad of new product design applications. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Montie Design, an innovative concept-to-marketplace product design and development firm, has published an educational podcast on best practices in product design and manufacturing. A free copy of the three-minute podcast, “Designing Within Aesthetics” is available by emailing podcast@montie.com. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Montie Design, an innovative concept-to-marketplace product design and development firm, is hosting four student interns participating in its first annual Summer of Product Design program. The program offers the student designers rare access to state-of-the-art resources and instruction from industry professionals as they work to develop their ideas into marketable products. (more…)

(Greensboro, N.C.) Varrow, Inc., has announced it has been recognized by Everything Channel as a part of CRN’s 2011 VAR500 list, which ranks the top technology integrators in North America. Featuring the highest producing technology integrators and solution provider organizations in the IT channel, the VAR500 rankings consider earnings from hardware sales, software sales and managed IT services. Varrow placed 383 in the 17th annual ranking. (more…)

(Providence, R.I. and Charlotte, N.C.) Nautic Partners, LLC, and Pamlico Capital today announced that they have sold their portfolio company MACTEC, Inc. (MACTEC) to AMEC plc (LSE: AMEC) for a purchase price of $280 million. Inclusive of prior distributions, the transaction will yield a return for Nautic and Pamlico of 2.7x their investments. Headquartered in Alpharetta, GA, MACTEC is an industry leader in engineering, environmental, and construction services to public and private clients worldwide. MACTEC’s services include environmental planning, assessment and remediation, infrastructure engineering, water resources and construction support services. A broad range of high-quality, long-term MACTEC clients operate in the energy, commercial/industrial, transportation/infrastructure and federal sectors. The Company has over 2,500 employees in more than 70 locations throughout the United States. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Collaborative product design and development firm Montie Design has announced its participation in the First Annual Symposium and Expo April 19-20 sponsored by the North Carolina Defense Business Association (NCDBA). The state’s inaugural tradeshow of its kind is expected to draw thousands of innovators and defense industry vendors to the world-famous Pinehurst Resort, along with numerous high-profile, influential speakers such as North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, Secretary of Commerce Keith Crisco, and Lt. General Frank Helmick, the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg commander. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Collaborative product design and engineering firm Montie Design is partnering with the RTP Product Development Guild in launching a series of Lunch and Learn educational and networking events with a January 19 interactive session on the defense industry. Barry Cox of Wyle Labs will be presenting “Alphabet Soup: The Acronyms and Steps of Military Contracting” for attendees seeking access to industry contacts and important insights related to the business of developing and bringing engineered products to market. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Collaborative product design and development firm Montie Design is hosting a student design contest for Winter 2011 with prizes of up to $500 and a two-year commission on any products that go to market within two years of design submission. Participants are being tasked with designing a new product for the Montie Gear line of outdoor shooting, hunting, and archery products which grew out of the success the firm has enjoyed with its X-Rest line of portable firearms rests. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Collaborative product design and development firm Montie Design is proud to announce the launch of its computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis service utilizing industry-leading design simulation software from Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc. (more…)