The PDQ Center, located at Sinclair’s AIM Center, can provide small and medium sized businesses with a new product development resource to spur more rapid global business opportunities and economic growth within the state.  By investing in new product development focused on advanced materials, EMTEC’s PDQ Center provides a unique competitive advantage for these smaller companies to compete in the global marketplace. The PDQ Center will strengthen education by involving students and faculty in real world product development and generate high paying jobs for Ohioans and build a strong Ohio economy

PDQ Concept Screen client ideas for good market potential Define product & business opportunity Fund development, testing and pilot run with cash and “in-kind” support Reimburse development funding from product sales

The Development Process

The PDQ Center’s focus on accelerating new products to market is achieved by utilizing a value-add product development process developed by EMTEC.

• Concept Definition:
  What to build
• Design Specification:
  How to build it
• Product Development:
  Build It
• Testing & Evaluation:
  Does it meet the concept all the time
• Pilot Production:
  Build a small number of sales units

Center Capabilities

• Innovative New Product Development Methodology
• Market Driven Decisions
• Manufacturing Methods and Processes
• Design Technologies
• Machining Resources
• Web-based Product Development
• Quality Assurance
• Product Certification
• Remote Sensing and Control
• Information Resources
• Rapid Development Environment

For More Information About The PDQ Center Call Jon VanDonkelaar at:

EMTEC: 937-253-0034
The PDQ Center: 937-512-4015

The PDQ Center for Accelerated Product Development is a collaboration of the Edison Materials Technology Center (EMTEC), Sinclair Community College, and Ohio companies interested in successful new product development.