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Pendaran has been named Industry Partner by the Stanford University Product Realization Network.
Stanford, California - October 26, 2009 - The Product Realization Network at Stanford University today announced four new Industry Partners for the 2009-2010 academic year. The four new partners represent a wide variety of industries and will be able to provide diverse expertise and experiences to Stanford engineering and business students.
The four new companies are: Nila, Inc. of Los Angeles, CA, Pendaran, Inc. of Plymouth, MI, Medconx of Santa Clara, CA and Airtronics Metal Products of San Jose, CA.
PRN Executive Director John Aney recently stated, “the addition of these four innovative companies as Industry Partners with the PRN will strengthen the broad network of individuals and companies from across the entire product realization process. This will allow the PRN to continue to expand its offerings to students interested in learning how product and product ideas move from design to production and beyond.”
These four companies join the founding partners of the Product Realization Network: Genentech, Logitech, Inc., Speck Design, Raytheon, General Foundry Services and Heath Ceramics. Longtime PRN supporter Keith Krook, Business Development Manager for General Foundry Services, recently affirmed the value of the PRN Industry Partnership Program: "We have found the PRN is critical to our future in building relationships with designers and engineers. The hands-on and visual exposure at the PRN provides insight for development of new processes and products for our near and long-term global requirements.”
About the Product Realization Network
The Product Realization Network, a joint project between the School of Engineering and Graduate School of Business at Stanford, is dedicated to enriching the product realization education at Stanford through immersive experiences with the manufacturing and design world. The goal of the PRN is to produce better designers, engineers and managers who have comprehensive understanding of the entire product realization process.
At the core of the Product Realization Network at Stanford (PRN) is a group of faculty, staff, industry professionals and mentors dedicated to educating students about the creation of products and the organizations that make them possible.
About Nila, Inc.
Nila builds a revolutionary new lighting solution for the entertainment industry with unprecedented environmental benefits and performance standards. Nilas have been used on James Bond’s Quantum of Solace, Ron Howard’s Angels & Demons, by CNN, and Oprah.
About Pendaran, Inc.
Through a workplace “Flight Simulator”, hands on skill instruction, seminars and custom coaching/consulting packages, Pendaran partners with client organizations, leaving them with an organization and individuals capable of applying Lean Manufacturing to bring about a sustainable transformation.
About Medconx
Medconx pioneered "smart" technologies designed primarily for medical device interconnect requirements by successfully adapting semiconductor manufacturing techniques into a line of proprietary products. This "market driven" product line provides proven, cost‐effective, custom engineered solutions that enable Medconx customers to reduce product assembly costs and improve manufacturing yields.
About Airtronics
Airtronics Metal Products, Inc. is a full-‐service, one-‐stop precision sheet metal products company that was founded in Silicon Valley in 1960. Today Airtronics provides standard and custom engineering, design, production and value‐added manufacturing services using the latest in CAD design, production equipment and ERP systems. Operating from its facility in San Jose's Enterprise Zone, Airtronics serves technology leaders in Northern California and throughout the world.
For more information regarding PRN’s activities, visit prn.stanford.edu.