Idea Developments Ltd

Idea Developments Ltd is a product design, development and manufacturing company. Its industrial design engineers work from a studio in Feilding, New Zealand, and its manufacturing arm, Idea-China, operates in Shenzhen.

What Idea Developments Ltd offers

• Industrial design — research, concept sketches, hand-made form study models and mock-ups.
• Design engineering — detailed 3D CAD modelling in Siemens NX, applying design for manufacture.
• Prototyping — working prototypes made in production-quality materials.
• Manufacturing and supply — custom manufacture and in-house assembly in a quality-controlled facility in China.

Who it works with

It takes clients from a first product idea through to supply, using a three-stage, eight-phase process. Products shown on its site include a hockey helmet, a vacuum backpack, an aircraft tracking device, a solar lawn mower, a calf feeder and a stand mixer.

Key facts

• Based in: Feilding, New Zealand
• Founded: 1998
• Manufacturing: Idea-China, Shenzhen, approved by the Habitat Environment Commission of Shenzhen City