Without approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), you can’t market your medical product in the U.S. Getting FDA approval is a challenging obstacle on the path to market for a medical startup, but it’s well worth the effort. FORGE invited Iris Sherman, biosecurity and population research group lead at MITRE, to share her…
The innovative idea behind your product is what makes it exciting and valuable to consumers and investors. As a startup leader, your business success depends on keeping your innovation yours. FORGE recently hosted a panel discussion for our startup network describing how to legally protect your intellectual property, from patents to non-disclosure agreements. Our guests…
January 18, 2023 – On a cool Wednesday night in Springfield, more than 100 people filled the White Lion Brewing Company for the State of Manufacturing in Western Massachusetts 2023. Manufacturers, local representatives and other state and local support agencies gathered to discuss coming challenges and opportunities for Western MA’s economy. The evening began with…
Read on to see the amazing things FORGE, the innovative companies and startups we serve, our supply chain network, partners, and collaborators achieved in 2022.
Getting Connected with Bossard When you’re prototyping, your workshop can start looking like the bench in your granddad’s garage—cluttered with bins of nuts, bolts, and washers in every imaginable shape and size. Beware! The wrong fastener choices during product development cause headaches and delays when you scale. A rivet that seems perfect now might be…
Collaborative effort recognizes local manufacturing ecosystem supporters November 2, 2022 (Lowell, MA) Every October is National Manufacturing Month. It’s a time to celebrate American ingenuity and innovation. Approximately one out of every ten Bay Staters work in manufacturing or related industries. This year, a group of local organizations convened to celebrate manufacturing with an event…
Cambridge Polymer Group (CPG) has been a trusted, integral partner and collaborator of FORGE for more than 3 years. CPG helps manufacturers and startups by developing solutions to their materials problems, at all stages of their product development, production, and distribution cycles. Their expertise covers polymer resins and natural polymers (such as proteins) as well…
On the Cutting Edge of Product Development You want to wow your customers with your new product. But you also need it to be affordable and simple to manufacture at scale. You might go through hundreds of prototypes trying to get it right. James Dyson made 5,127 prototypes of his eponymous vacuum! And, with constantly…
On a beautiful day at Worcester’s baseball stadium, Polar Park, manufacturers, startups, suppliers, students, and legislators met to celebrate manufacturing in Massachusetts. To kick off the day, we presented a mixture of live remarks and recorded messages from Massachusetts leaders including Speaker Ronald Mariano, Senate President Karen Spilka, Secretary Mike Kennealy, Senator Eric Lesser and…
A Document Review is similar to a Design Review but focuses on communicating the important features of a component or custom part to suppliers, QA personnel, and manufacturing. A Document Review may also cover the release of a Procedure (e.g., manufacturing or test instructions). The document, whether actual paper or an electronic file, is an…
