MORRISVILLE, N.C.–Innovation and commercialization firm Montie Design (www.montie.com) is kicking-off a “Summer of Learning” for members of North Carolina’s manufacturing community with a series of Lunch & Learn events at the company’s headquarters. The educational gatherings get underway June 4th with the presentation “Getting Real Customer Requirements” featuring instructor Andy Roth, local project management expert. “We believe in contributing to the strength of our state’s manufacturing base by sharing best practices,” Montie Roland, company president, said. (more…)

MORRISVILLE, N.C.–Innovation and commercialization firm Montie Design is continuing a string of educational outreach events by hosting “Government Contracting Alphabet Soup  -  DOD / Government Contracting 101″ with presenter  Barry Cox of K3 Enterprises, Inc. on April 24. Register online today at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5590519394. The event will be held at the Montie Design headquarters in Morrisville. This event is perfect for attendees seeking access to industry contacts and important insights related to the business of developing and bringing engineered products to market. Cox will introduce attendees to Department of Defense contracting acronyms and definitions, providing steps small businesses should take to prepare for DoD business and information on how to locate essential business opportunities and agencies. He boasts over 29 years as a manager, director, and leader in the Department of Defense and Defense Industry, including 18 years providing program management for AF and USG acquisitions and training programs. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Innovation and commercialization expert Montie Roland recently served on an information technology panel discussing modeling and simulation at the North Carolina Advanced Technologies Forum July 17. The Symposium, focusing on the future advanced technology needs of DoD and other federal agencies, was hosted by U.S. Senator Richard Burr at The Friday Center in Chapel Hill and attracted approximately 400 attendees. “Having a ‘big picture’ mentality when focusing on something specific like modeling and simulation helps address changing business and technology issues, especially in the fluid military and defense space,” Roland, president of Montie Design, said. (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…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Montie Design, an innovative concept-to-marketplace product design and development firm, has expanded its product realization toolset with the purchase of a rotational molder. The new equipment allows the firm to produce prototypes of small rotationally molded parts and follow up with limited production runs of client parts. (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, is continuing a string of educational outreach events by hosting a November 15 Lunch and Learn featuring Paul Tome with EPEC Technologies. Tome will be leading a discussion called the “Secrets of Flex Circuit Design” at the Montie Design studios located just off Aviation Parkway in Morrisville. The event is free but requires advance registration online at https://www.eventbrite.com/event/2434228844. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Reichhold, Inc., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of unsaturated polyester and a leading supplier of coating resins, announced a reorganization to its distribution network adding Archway Sales, Inc., as its new authorized distributor for Reichhold coating resins in the Southeastern United States, which includes Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama. (more…)