FIRST-OF-A-KIND HARDWARE, TAKEN FROM IDEA TO MARKET.
One in-house product design and development team for industrial design, electronics, firmware and manufacturing. You bring the vision. We engineer it into a product that ships.
Wherever your product is today.
A clear next step.
Pick where you are. Try the product, watch the signal travel, and see what we build and what comes next.
You picture a room that responds.
We engineer the product that does it.
Your sensor works on the bench.
We make it wearable and ready to certify.
Your product is in the field.
We add the engineers for what's next.
Every service a hardware product needs, from first sketch to first shipment
As a hardware product development company, one team covers the whole path, so nothing is lost between a designer, an engineer and a factory. Start at whichever stage you are at.
Feasibility and strategy
Find out whether it can be built, what it will cost and what to do first.
Page coming soonProduct design
A body people want to hold, built around your electronics and ready to mold.
Explore product designPrototyping
Working prototypes in fixed-price rounds, each one closer to the real product.
Explore prototypingCertification and compliance
FCC, UL and CE planned from the start, so testing is never a late surprise.
Page coming soonManufacturing
DFM, factory selection, tooling and your first production run, managed with you.
Page coming soonNot sure which you need? Book a free consultation and an engineer will tell you.
HARDWARE WE HAVE TAKEN TO PRODUCTION
Trackers, sensor networks, appliances, wearables. Enclosures drawn, boards laid out, firmware written and tooling released by the same team. Pick any product to see the build.
01What a hardware product costs, stage by stage
Most development firms won't put a number on their website. We would rather you plan with real ones. These are published US industry estimates; after a free consultation, we quote a fixed price for each stage of your product.
Published industry estimates, checked November 2026. Your quote is a fixed price per stage, agreed before work starts.
Four steps, a fixed price at each one, and no surprises
What we promise in writing
How Inventornest compares with the other ways to build a product
Inventors usually weigh four routes. Here is how they differ on the things that decide whether a product reaches the shelf.
Our modelGeneral comparison of typical arrangements. Individual firms differ, so ask any provider these questions before you sign.
Proof you can check
Twelve years of taking hardware from first idea to production, for founders and companies across 30+ industries.
Questions inventors ask before the first call
A hardware product development company turns an idea for a physical product into something a factory can build. Inventornest, a hardware product development company in Toledo, Ohio, handles product design and development end to end: feasibility, industrial design, electronics and PCB, firmware, prototyping, certification and the handover to manufacturing. Unlike an invention promotion firm, we sell engineering work with defined deliverables. Unlike a contract manufacturer, we design the product too.
It depends on how much custom electronics, firmware and housing your product needs. Published US estimates put a working electronic prototype at about $5,000 to $50,000 or more, industrial design at $15,000 to $30,000, and mold tooling from about $3,000 for aluminum. After a free consultation, we quote a fixed price for each stage.
A proof of concept can take a few weeks. Industrial design takes 2 to 10 weeks depending on complexity, and mold samples arrive 4 to 8 weeks after the design is signed off. Most products go through more than one prototype round (EVT, DVT and PVT), so your plan shows a date for each stage.
You do. Every file we create for you, including CAD, schematics, board layouts, firmware source and test reports, is handed over to you, so you can take it to any factory you choose.
We sign an NDA before you share any details, so you can talk to us first. We are engineers, not lawyers. For patent filings, speak to a registered patent attorney; we work alongside yours on timing and technical drawings.
No. Inventornest is an engineering firm. We sell design, engineering and manufacturing work with defined deliverables, not marketing or licensing promises. Before you sign with any firm, Read the FTC's guidance on invention promotion.
Inventornest is headquartered at 4409 Bennett Rd, Toledo, Ohio.
Many inventors start with a feasibility study or a single prototype round. Tell us your budget on the first call and we will tell you honestly what it can achieve.
Free guides for hardware founders
Plain-English answers to the questions inventors ask before they spend money.
Tell us about your idea
Share as much or as little as you like. An engineer reads every enquiry and replies within one business day, under NDA before you share details.