3D CT Scanner
Product Development

A medical imaging startup in Rochester, NY developed an innovative approach for low-dose breast and extremity 3D CT scanning. The customer commissioned PEKO to commercialize the existing prototype design for manufacturability, safety, durability, ease-of- installation, and serviceability, while improving the unit’s critical performance characteristics.

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400kW Fuel Cell Enclosure
Development & Contract Manufacturing

A global diversified equipment manufacturer had an on-site fuel cell enclosure application. Attempts at offshoring such a large and complex product proved fruitless. With difficult size and environmental requirements (i.e., withstanding 120 mph winds, a snow load of 2.9 kPa, extreme hot, extreme cold, rain, humidity), the company chose PEKO to develop and manufacture the enclosures for the fuel cell systems.

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Automated Dispensing Cabinet for Pharmaceutical Company
Development & Contract Manufacturing

A leading provider of pharmaceutical technology solutions had identified significant gaps in functionality and scalability of their current automated dispensing cabinet (ADC) and medical inventory management system offering. The company was challenged with finding an ISO 13485 contract manufacturer with the expertise, capability, and capacity to redesign and manufacture the complex electromechanical system.

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Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS)
Reverse Engineering

A worldwide leader in industrial warehousing automation solutions faced challenges with their supply chain for their automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS). Find out how PEKO’s expertise in reverse engineering and prototype manufacturing proved to be a game-changer for our customer, enabling them to take control of their own destiny for future production of the ASRS for the first time in over 10 years.

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Cognitive Testing Equipment
Product Development

An early-stage neurotechnology startup had developed a first-of-its-kind computerized cognitive assessment platform, but its initial aesthetically pleasing prototype design was not conducive to large-scale production manufacturing. With little manufacturing experience, the startup needed to find a contract manufacturer with engineering experience that could develop a cost-effective production solution.

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Flexographic Plate Developer
Product Development

An existing, long term partner of PEKO was looking to make significant upgrades to their current print industry product, as well as utilize PEKO’s production manufacturing capabilities. This global chemical company needed to leverage PEKO’s broad spectrum of capabilities to allow for a seamless transition of production, while simultaneously improving their product.

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Fluid Handling Sub-Assemblies
Sub-assembly

An industry leading optics manufacturer had already chosen PEKO for Contract Manufacturing of its consumables processing and polishing machinery.  Within this unit, arose a need for removable cart assemblies that could be manufactured independently for quick access and service. These units contain wiring, plumbing and refillable stations.

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Global Chemical Company Flexo Equipment
Development & Contract Manufacturing

Along with completing a handful of extremely successful development iterations, the other commercialization task for this global chemical company was to ensure repeatable product builds.  The customer needed a partner that could manage hundreds of parts, both manufactured and purchased, into a turnkey production process of their intricate machinery. Most contract manufacturers could not dedicate the resources to such a monumental task.

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Helmet Production Process
Process Development

PEKO engaged in a relationship with a mid-sized defense equipment manufacturer to develop a production manufacturing process for a new product. The customer had insufficient resources to develop an effective, consistent, production-ready manufacturing process for a military grade product, which was to be mass produced. PEKO was able to collaborate with this costumer to establish the critical parameters and develop the solution for this very specific & unique fabrication technique.

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Hot Bar Process
Process Development

The northeast division of a Fortune 500 company, who has been a partner for years, challenged PEKO to fully automate a production process, which previously had been accomplished manually. This multiple step, highly precise, process development leveraged PEKO’s roots in automation and test systems. The goal of the new automated process was to improve through-put, consistency, and quality of the completed product.

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Large Machined Parts-D.O.D
Large-Scale CNC Machining

A leading Prime Contractor for the D.O.D searched the entire USA for a manufacturer that could machine their large parts which were well over 160in.  The parts, originally sourced to an incumbent manufacturer, required impressive tight tolerances of 0.002in, at some features.  PEKO was the only company that had the processes to machine and inspect such parts on-site, in its climate controlled facilities.

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Liquid Dispenser
Product Development

A midsize company from the food and beverage industry was not only looking for supplier with strong manufacturing capabilities, but also engineering support to improve their machines’ designs and meet regulatory constraints. PEKO’s product development engineering and vast regulatory experience, combined with world class manufacturing facilities proved to be an obvious choice for the customer.

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Medical Heater Units
Sub-assembly

A global Healthcare company was producing a heater module for one of their flagship Diagnostics products.  In order to do so, the customer was misusing valuable in-house resources to procure dozens of parts, planning builds to schedule, assembling product and doing final testing.  All of which took focus away of their core competency, high level system integration of industry leading diagnostics equipment.

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Medical Imaging Equipment Manufacturing for a Start-Up
Development & Contract Manufacturing

A Start-Up Medical Imaging Equipment Manufacturing utilized PEKO’s Product Development Engineering capabilities to solidify a working and manufacturable MRI-Radiation Therapy device (Development Case Study). Once PEKO solved the challenge of design, the customer knew the next hurdle would be to get the design to market to meet their increasing customer demand.

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MRI Radiation Therapy
Product Development

A medical start-up company looking to transform cancer treatment partnered with PEKO to leverage our engineering resources, large scale manufacturing capabilities, and ISO 13485 compliance. The business’s core science was well defined, however they needed PEKO’s experience to develop a production worthy design, which would allow their technology to consistently provide the highest quality results, while meeting stringent medical industry requirements.

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Next-Generation Optical Manufacturing Machine
Development & Contract Manufacturing

QED possessed the technical expertise for their proprietary process, but they lacked the internal knowledge and resources to pursue the development and manufacturing of their new machinery line in-house. They set out to find a true manufacturing partner that could not only build their new polishing equipment but could also work with them on its design, functionality, and refinement and allow them to maintain complete ownership of the product.

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Physical Therapy Device
Product Development

A young, west-coast start-up partnered with PEKO to develop their new product. The company’s initial prototype design was not suitable for production manufacturing and they needed PEKO’s help. The electro-mechanical medical device was a great fit to utilize PEKO’s engineering experience and manufacturing capabilities. As an early start-up, commercial constraints were also a factor in the customer’s selection process.

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Postal Machinery Assemblies
Sub-assembly

A prominent Postal Sorting Machinery OEM was producing multiple variations of industry leading Postal Sorting equipment. Faced with fluctuating forecasts and other business conditions, the decision was made to outsource product to capable assembly vendors. Also, the vendor had to be able to handle multiple variations and models.

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Precision Welded Frame Control Box
Welded Frames

A global Rail industry OEM was preparing a new model of coaches for a new product line.  One of the critical components was an electrical cabinet with a precision welded frame.  Internally to the customer, resources were completely consumed with final integration and electrical wiring.  Externally, the OEM was unable to find a supplier with a Quality System and Welding Expertise that could stand up to their scrutiny.

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Software for Industrial Equipment
Process Development

PEKO was approached by an industrial equipment company to enhance their product with software improvements to their user-interface and database. This small-sized business did not have the internal resources necessary to complete the software programming and enlisted PEKO to solve the problem. The additional features would simplify and improve the end-user experience and broaden the product’s market.

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Solar Crystal Growth Furnace
Development & Contract Manufacturing

An emerging global provider of silicon equipment for the solar market had an extremely aggressive timetable to populate their production plants with equipment. They needed a reliable product design and manufacturer that could scale production of the highly complex cutting edge machines.

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Telecom Enclosures
Product Development

An early stage start-up company within the telecommunications industry was looking to have a prototype assembly evolve into a production-ready unit that could be mass produced efficiently to populate the market. PEKO became involved with this partner through our relationship with a start-up and innovation incubator. Our electrical engineering capabilities and experience with industrial regulatory codes, combined with our in-house controls (electrical) build group, resulted in a great fit for this challenge.

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Vapor Mitigation System
Product Development

With increased focus on green technology, a global chemical company required a solution for the condensate vapor produced by their thermal flexographic printing plate processor. Since the unit was already in the field, a retrofit unit needed to be designed for new and existing models.

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