About Us
PDT was founded with a fresh vision for how product development should work. This unique approach has propelled our growth to a firm spanning the globe with nine offices and over 125 dedicated experts. Twice named to Inc. Magazine’s Fastest Growing American Companies, our design and engineering teams are frequently recognized by distinguished industry awards including IDEA, ADEX and the ID Forty. Since 1995, PDT has been committed to providing truly comprehensive product development services via a proven, process-driven approach. Grounded in creativity, our work is balanced by a solid understanding of your business, the needs of your customers and demands of your markets. Even our own corporate structure - flexible and entrepreneurial in the best sense of the word - is designed in response to the fast paced nature of the industries in which our clients compete. Our mission? Deliver on the promise of truly seamless product development, innovation through execution. By all counts, we do it pretty well… Over 75% of PDT’s programs are repeat business from clients who’ve come to appreciate how our team becomes a natural extension of theirs. We build close, trusted relationships on solutions that rarely fail to exceed expectations.
Awards
- ADEX Design Journal 2012
- IDEA BusinessWeek 2011
- Spark Spark 2011
- ADEX Design Journal 2011
- Good Design Chicago Athenaeum of Architecture and Design 2010
- IDEA FastCompany 2010
- ADEX Design Journal 2010
- IDEA BusinessWeek 2009
- Spark Spark 2009
- Good Design Chicago Athenaeum of Architecture and Design 2009
- Design Week Design Week 2009
- ADEX Design Journal 2009
- Good Design Chicago Athenaeum of Architecture and Design 2008
- Consumer Effectiveness Award Design Business Association 2008
- International Export Award Design Business Association 2008
- IDEA BusinessWeek 2008
- EID Appliance Design 2008
- ADEX Design Journal 2008
- Good Design Chicago Athenaeum of Architecture and Design 2007
- EID Appliance Design 2007
- Good Design Chicago Athenauem of Architecture and Design 2006
- EID Appliance Design 2006
- Design and Engineering Showcase Consumer Electronics Association 2005
- ADEX Design Journal 2005
- IDEA BusinessWeek 2004
- Good Design Chicago Athenaeum of Architecture and Design 2004
- Design and Engineering PTC 2004
- Best of Innovation Consumer Electronics Association 2004
- Design and Engineering Showcase Consumer Electronics Association 2004
- Good Design Chicago Athenaeum of Architecture and Design 2003
- Design and Engineering Showcase Consumer Electronics Association 2003
- Design and Engineering Showcase Consumer Electronics Association 2002
- Illinois High Tech Award KMPG 2002
- 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America Inc. Magazine 2001
- Design and Engineering PTC 2001
- 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America Inc. Magazine 2000
- Design and Engineering PDT 2000