80+ Years Combined Experience | Government-Approved R&D Provider | 10+ Years in Business | Own Supply Chain in China and NZ | Clients in NZ, AU and USA | 100% of Your IP Is Yours
From Idea to Global Product.
Your in-house product development team. Without the overhead.
We work with inventors, startups, and established companies across New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. Some come to us with a sketch on a napkin. Some come with a half-built prototype. Some come with an existing physical product that needs to be redesigned, re-engineered, or taken to a new market.
Most people who contact us have never done this before. That is completely normal. It is exactly who we work with.
Whatever stage you are at, we have the design, engineering, and manufacturing capability to take it from there. If you have a physical product idea and need a partner who can take it all the way through design, engineering, and manufacturing, you are in the right place.
What Happens After You Submit
A simple, transparent process from start to finish
The Pro-Dev Four
Form
You know within three seconds whether you want to pick something up. So does your customer. If your product does not look like something worth owning, they will not buy it no matter how well it works.
Function
It has to work the first time, the hundredth time, and the thousandth time. In the real world, not a lab. If it fails in the field, no amount of good design saves your reputation.
Cost
Imagine getting form, function, and compliance exactly right then discovering nobody can afford to buy it because the unit cost is too high. It happens more than you would think. Economics are not a final check. They are a design input from day one.
Compliance
NZ, Australia, and the USA each have their own safety, certification, and labelling rules. You can have the best product in the world and still be unable to sell it legally. This is discovered far too late by far too many founders.
Most physical products don’t fail because the idea was bad
It is rarely because the idea was bad. It is because one of four things was ignored. At Pro-Dev we call them The Pro-Dev Four and we design for all of them simultaneously, from the first sketch.
Most firms optimise for one or two. We design for all four from day one because getting three right and missing one is the same as getting none right.
© Pro-Dev 2026. The Pro-Dev Four is a proprietary framework developed by Pro-Dev Limited.
Concept to Container
Physical Product Development Services
What Sets Us Apart
One partner for the full journey
Most firms handle one stage then hand you off. Pro-Dev handles everything from concept to your customer’s door, with one team and one point of accountability.
Design and engineering built for manufacture
Our designers and engineers work together from day one. Every product must feel right, look right, and be manufacturable at the right cost. We do not trade one for another.
Our supply chain in China and New Zealand
We have spent over a decade building direct, long-term partnerships with proven factories in China and New Zealand. These are not broker introductions. Our own network, our own people on the ground. We manufacture in plastics, metals, rubber, wood, fabric, silicone, glass, and more.
Your IP stays protected
Our supplier agreements are written for offshore manufacturing and enforceable in Chinese courts. You own all IP, tooling, and design files - always.
Compliance planned early
We identify compliance requirements at the design stage, not after tooling is cut. We have managed compliance for consumer, medical, and industrial products across NZ, Australia, the US, and Europe.
Support after launch
Some firms stop at design. Some stop at launch. Pro-Dev stays with you through feedback, improvements, and everything that follows.
If It Can Be Made, We Can Help Make It
We do not limit ourselves to a narrow set of industries or product types. Our manufacturing network covers a wide range of materials and processes.
- Plastic
- Metal
- Rubber
- Wood
- Fabric
- Silicone
- Glass
- Multi-material assemblies
International Clients
Based in New Zealand. Working Worldwide.
We work with clients in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, and are open to enquiries from anywhere in the world. Our process is fully remote-friendly with documented scopes, structured updates, and clear communication regardless of your time zone.
We are happy to work within your preferred legal framework and sign your NDA or supplier agreements if that is what you need. Getting the working relationship right matters more to us than insisting on our own paperwork.
What Our Customers Say
Your Idea Is Protected from the First Conversation
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