PTI Engineered Plastics Inc.
Website:www.teampti.com
Twitter:@TEAM_PTI
Instagram:ptiengplastics
Job role:Product Design, Prototyping and Manufacturing
Skills:PTI Engineered Plastics provides services that bring products from “art to part”. The design team at PTI is driven by innovation, designing products with aesthetics & manufacturing in mind, supplying all the necessary elements for product production. PTI Engineered Plastics provides custom tooling & part manufacturing. Having in-house design capability at PTI makes product development, prototyping and manufacturing a streamlined process!
Leading the design team is Creative Design Directing Manager Steve Elliott. Steve has been a “maker” since he was little and likes being able to use his imagination each day at PTI and describes himself as having a “DIY Mindset” especially when something does not exist! The design team brings years of education and experience to the product design board and are excited to help bring Little Inventors’ visions to life!
Recent blog entries
On May 28th the Little Inventors WILD IDEAS celebration was held to showcase all of the MISD Little Inventors and their WILD IDEAS! It was awesome to see the final SUCTION SAVOR suit and Jaxon's reaction to seeing his invention brought to life. There were 2400 entries in Macomb County, Congratulations to all of this year's Little Inventors!
The last few days have been a flurry of activity and a few setbacks for the Suction Suit Construction. Steve has had to sew, take apart, resew and take apart again....but that is all part of the creative process! And if you take a closer look in one of the pictures there is a small plaque that Steve keeps on his desk that reads " It's kind of fun to do the Impossible" !
Designer Steve worked through several design concepts to come up with a pattern and process for creating the suction saver's critical feature, the suction cups!
