PDT an Astronics Company: Product Design and Development Firm in Chicago, IL

About

Since its founding in 1995, PDT, an Astronics Company, 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 the 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.

PDT Is an Award-Winning Product Design & Development Firm

 

 

PDT was founded with a fresh vision for how product development should work. This unique approach has propelled our growth to a global firm of 280+ innovation experts. PDT’s work has been recognized by distinguished authorities and over 100 industry awards including: Bloomberg Businessweek, Fast Company, International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA), Red Dot Design Award, CES Innovation Award, and the prestigious GOOD DESIGN Award from The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design.

History

2000

Named 22nd Fastest Growing Private Company by Inc. Magazine

1995

PDT founded in 1995

2005

PDT among the first product development firms in the world to become ISO 13485 certified

2003

Earned ISO 9001 certification

2008

PDT opens state-of-the-art 5500 square foot prototyping facility

2006

Received DDTC and ITAR registration for work on products and equipment to be supplied to the military, defense, and homeland security markets

2016

100+ awards received by 2016

2012

PDT adds EMI Test Chamber to Lake Zurich, IL Headquarters

2017

PDT joins the Astronics family as PDT, an Astronics Company

Our Mission

 

We 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.

Expanding Capabilities

 

After a solid history of successful collaboration, we expanded our capabilities with a strategic partnership with Astronics CSC, a design, manufacturing and management company. Their team of skilled engineers, project managers, manufacturing experts and more, are driven by our same ethos: deliver the quality product you expect and service you need for success. Based in Waukegan, Illinois, Astronics CSC can provide state-side manufacturing and assembly as well as specialized services for regulated industries, including documentation, certification, testing and environmental compliance.

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