Concept to Production

Design Support from

Design for Plastic

We make sure your product is suitably designed to be manufactured in plastic and help you select the best materials.  We help you fine tune the design to reduce costs and improve performance. 

Design for Performance

Analysis can be used to ensure your product can withstand the loads and environmental factors to give reliable performance over its full life.

Design for Success

Product success is about making a product that people want to use.  Our designers and engineers have decades of experience launching new products.

A Full Product Development Service

In 2020 Naiad Plastics became a wholly owned subsidiary of Industrial Design Consultancy (IDC), one of the UK’s longest running and most successful product design and engineering consultancies.  This allows customers of Naiad Plastics to benefit from IDC’s experience, facilities and expertise, including:

  • Plastic part design in 3D CAD
  • 3D printing, prototyping and testing
  • Finite element stress analysis (FEA)
  • Electronics design
  • Full product design and development
  • Design for sustainability
  • Product approvals including for medical device regulations (EU MDR and US FDA)

Find out more about IDC’s product development process

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About Industrial Design Consultancy

IDC is a world-leading product design and development consultancy dedicated to applying creativity and expertise to ensure ideas becomes a profitable product. With a 45-year track record in developing commercial, consumer and technical equipment, IDC specialises in Industrial Design, Mechanical & Electronic Engineering, Prototyping and Production, focusing on delivering not just better solutions, but delivering them on time and on budget.

A recent analysis of client projects showed that 91% of IDC’s work went on to become successful products – a record few in the design industry could match. By choosing to work with IDC and Naiad you’ll be investing in trustworthy partners with the skills, experience and process to deliver your project.