{"id":327,"date":"2016-10-15T09:48:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T16:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flathed.com\/details\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2017-01-13T12:45:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T20:45:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/flathed.com\/details\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABOUT<\/h3>\n
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An assembly of thinkers, makers and innovators,\u00a0FlatHED, Inc.<\/strong> built its reputation putting the client first. Founded in 1996, FlatHED grew from a small firm providing design team support into a multi-disciplinary industrial design consultancy. Early clients include C-Tech Plastics, Designhaus, International Electronics, Motorola<\/a>, Percon, RS Medical<\/a>, Scott USA<\/a> and Ziba<\/a>, among others. Notable projects include new AutoID and Point-of-Purchase product lines for Percon, Inc., such as portable data terminals and handheld lasers. For Scott USA, FlatHED designed and created fully detailed Pro\/E model of the Voltage<\/a> motorcycle goggle, following with a design of a low-cost version, the Voltage X.<\/p>\n

As the firm grew, added staff and built networks, new business alliances were forged. Working closely with White\u2019s Electronics<\/a>, FlatHED developed a category defining premium level offering in their metal detecting line by embracing innovative material and processes. Additional work included cost-reduction with feature-enhancement programs and helping to develop introductory products in a new sector. Building on relationships established at Intel Corporation<\/a>, FlatHED developed inspirational concept lap-tops for Tier II Intel clients, regionally focused on Europe. These included both next-generation volumes as well as working prototypes built around available off-the-shelf components.<\/p>\n

FlatHED executes, supplying fundamental design, engineering and implementation on over fifty manufactured products and counting, including goods for Benchmade<\/a>, Blount International<\/a>,\u00a0Cascade Microtech<\/a>,\u00a0Chamberlain<\/a>, Dent Instruments<\/a>, Intel Corporation<\/a>, Intermec, Jordco<\/a>, PSC, Tennant,\u00a0US Products<\/a>, White\u2019s Electronics<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Working Products<\/a>. Other partners and clients include Andrews Cooper<\/a>,\u00a0BioStudio<\/a>, Fuse<\/a>,\u00a0Hemcon<\/a>, Hive<\/a>,\u00a0iGenerator<\/a>, Sherpa<\/a>, Sigma<\/a>, Stillwell Baker<\/a>,\u00a0Timberline<\/a> and Wacom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A valuable resource for start-up ventures, FlatHED guides entrepreneurs in their efforts to get product ideas off the ground. Examples include Caromar<\/a>, Dye Candy<\/a>, Ekim, Pearl Wine Storage, Single Cup Accessories<\/a>, and Termsys. Further, FlatHED is proud of its associates and alumni that have successfully launched new product ventures, including Capsule Urn<\/a>, Tanner Goods<\/a>, and Toast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Did you search for Flathead Design or Flathead Industrial Design? We spell it FlatHED;\u00a0our name\u00a0is a reference to the flathead fastener, not the Flathead Valley or the Flathead Engine.<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An assembly of thinkers, makers and innovators,\u00a0FlatHED, Inc. built its reputation putting the client first. Founded in 1996, FlatHED grew from a small firm providing design team support into a multi-disciplinary industrial design consultancy. Early clients include C-Tech Plastics, Designhaus, International Electronics, Motorola, Percon, RS Medical, Scott USA and Ziba,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flathed.com\/details\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flathed.com\/details\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flathed.com\/details\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flathed.com\/details\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flathed.com\/details\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/flathed.com\/details\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484,"href":"http:\/\/flathed.com\/details\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions\/484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flathed.com\/details\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}