(Morrisville, N.C.) Collaborative product design and development firm Montie Design has released the Montie Gear 2011 Product Catalog featuring popular state-of-the-art shooting-oriented accessories such as the X-Rest portable shooting rest. Manufactured entirely in the U.S.A., Montie Gear is designed with the shooter in mind using sturdy, hi-test lightweight metal alloys, easy-to-carry for hikers and outdoor enthusiasts of any age or athletic ability. (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 has announced the availability of the Precision Rest, the latest in its innovative line of portable hunting and recreational shooting equipment. The ultra-light Precision Rest weighs in at just 2.5 lbs for easy transport in the field or on the trail, and sets up quickly and easily to provide fine and coarse adjustment for critical shot placement.  The Precision Rest is a product that fills the void between shooting stick type products and heavy duty, recoil reducing rests. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) The RTP Product Development Guild has announced official sponsors for the organization’s fourth annual RTP Product Design Street Faire to be held Saturday, September 25, 2010. The ten area businesses and organizations sponsoring this year’s event more than double the number of sponsors in 2009. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) The Fourth Annual RTP Product Design Street Faire is now accepting applications for vendors and sponsors interested in getting in front of manufacturing and product design professionals Saturday, September 25 from 3:00 – 6:30 p.m. Hosted by the RTP Product Development Guild — a community of designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, inventors and other professionals devoted to helping the RTP regional economy – this fun, educational event is free and open to the public. (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…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Collaborative product design and development firm Montie Design has expanded its innovative line of products to include high-end accessories with its first-ever piece of functional furniture, the Architectural Table. It will be unveiled to the public at a June 25 Final Friday event at the Montie Design offices. (more…)

(Carrboro, N.C.) A North Carolina company that specializes in industrial oil skimmers has created a small, portable oil skimmer system specifically designed to clean up the BP oil spill on the shoreline in the Gulf of Mexico. SkimOil, Inc., has incorporated their well-proven industrial skimmer into a portable, easy-to-use surface skimming system that can be used on small vessels to remove large volumes of oil without compacting or destroying sensitive marshland vegetation in the Gulf of Mexico. This floating weir skimmer, called the GulfSTOP system, is designed to work from the deck of smaller boats or barges that can get in close to shore and in the shallows where the oil is doing the most serious damage. The skimmer can skim from the top 2” of the water surface and can remove over 50 gallons of oil or liquid per minute. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Collaborative product design and development firm Montie Design has released the Tree Rest, another product in its innovative line of portable hunting and recreational shooting equipment. Following in the footsteps of the popular X-Rest and AR-Rest portable shooting rests, the Tree Rest is lightweight and easy to pack, assemble, and set up. Designed to aid hunters by stabilizing their shot, the Tree Rest allows hunters to prop their guns on a stable shooting rest instead of a knee or just holding it in their hands. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Porticos, Inc. has been invited to submit a research proposal to the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. The research supports Porticos’ Next Generation Clothes Dryer initiative, the goal of which is to develop a residential clothes dryer that consumes less than half the energy of a conventional dryer. Earlier in 2010 Porticos, along with 580 other companies, sent a short whitepaper to the NCBST outlining the proposed research and benefits. A small number of participants were then invited to submit full research proposals to the North Carolina Green Business Fund (NCGBF). Porticos is proud to be one of those finalists. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Collaborative product design and development firm Montie Design is hosting an engaging 45-minute live Web conference detailing the development and launch of their original product, the X-Rest portable shooting rest. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) “CE Marking” certification for Europe is a “Self-Declaration”, but what happens if it’s incorrect? Many company owners don’t realize the liability they assume when signing the CE documentation. In North America, most electrical equipment manufacturers are required to have their products tested by an independent testing laboratory, such as UL, MET, CSA, ETL, and TUV. In the US, these laboratories are approved and audited by the Federal Government (OSHA) and are required to prove experience and competence for the accreditation. For the European Union, “CE Marking” “Self-Declaration is allowed. (more…)