Workshop sessions: Manufacturing 101
Are you an innovator, entrepreneur, or designer looking to take your product ideas from concept to reality? Join us to learn how products are manufactured at scale, and how you can successfully work with factories and suppliers to bring your product to life.
What you'll learn
Make your ideas reality by learning:
Introduction to Common Manufacturing Processes:
Dive into the fundamentals of manufacturing across key materials - metals, wood, and plastics.
Prototyping to Final Production:
Learn the steps involved in moving from a prototype to final production. Discover how to optimise your designs for manufacturability, and prepare for scaling up your production. Incorporate manufacturing considerations from the very start of your design process.
Making Sustainable Choices:
Explore how to make environmentally responsible decisions throughout the manufacturing process, from material selection to production techniques.
Working with Factories:
Learn how to find factories, what manufacturers need from you, how to negotiate, and iterate designs with manufacturing partners.
Why should you join?
Expert Insights:
Hear from industry experts in product prototyping and manufacturing.
One-to-One Advice:
Get personalised feedback and answers to your manufacturing questions and challenges from experienced professionals.
Peer Learning:
Connect with fellow participants who are also navigating the product development process. Share experiences, learn from others, and build a supportive network.
World-Class Facilities:
Experience the state-of-the-art product prototyping facilities at Plus X Innovation Slough. See firsthand how ideas are transformed into physical products.
The people I have met here make it a dream coming in a few times a week! I don't see myself being able to go back to working from home the same way I did before coming to Plus X Innovation, I don't think I could leave the sense of community behind. It really is something everyone who is working from home should try!
Central Research Laboratory has contributed to our journey in many ways: access to a network, manufacturing, procurement services, and workshop facilities. CRL enables us to feel like a slightly bigger company than we would otherwise be if left to our own devices. Being here at CRL as a cohort member, makes it feel a lot more real and plugged in into the ecosystem.
Besides the workshop facilities, the best thing about working in the Brighton hub has got to be being able to collaborate with people in the same building as you. The variety of expertise and experience in the building is awesome.
Through my time at Plus X Innovation my business has turned from a student project into a registered R&D company. My favourite thing about being at Plus X Brighton is having a mini family in the office and a beautiful space to be the best you and make the best connections.
We could not be in a better place to grow as a company. We get amazing support from the Plus X Innovation staff, plus collaboration opportunities with the other inspiring residents and companies. We feel like we’re living in the future of workplaces in the present and that is pretty damn cool.
Join us at Plus X Innovation Slough for this comprehensive workshop and take the next step in bringing your product ideas to life!
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