Mel Boldt and Associates
We Are Your Full Service Product Development Company.
At Mel Boldt and Associates, we run our projects as if we were your internal team. This holds true whether we are contracted directly for the sponsor brand or as a partner to an industrial design firm.
For each product, we determine the technical skill sets required and seek out the most cost effective, expeditious route to market. In many cases this will mean engaging a partner ODM [Original Design Manufacturer] to design and manufacture the product.
For truly unique products, we will tap our network of HW and SW developers to custom build a team with the experience needed for your new product.
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IP Development
Product Development
Software Development
Hardware Development
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From the 1950's to the 1980's, almost every American home had a product that was designed by Mel Boldt and Associates.
Our History
Our Founder
The Mel Boldt Legacy
Mel Boldt and Associates represents three generations of product design and development
1952 – 1989
In 1952 Mel Boldt founded Mel Boldt and Associates (MBA). Over the next 30+ years he and his associates created countless products for the greatest mid century modern electronics, furniture, fashion and home goods brands. These names included Bausch + Lomb, Movado, Amana, Zenith and Presto to name a few. The industrial design team was eventually absorbed into Zenith after his passing. Information about Mel Boldt and MBA work can be seen in The Henry Ford, the Art Institute Chicago and numerous design books. His contribution to Zenith is noted in the Zenith Book.
1989 – 2019
Over the next 30 years, the second and third generations of the Mel Boldt family quietly developed electronic products and systems as Product Managers across a variety of fields for a number of great companies. These included Rockwell, TDK, Fairchild, Belkin and Intelity. As the subsequent generations built expertise, they moved closer to the dream of continuing the family legacy.
Present Day
The modernized Mel Boldt and Associates now stretches beyond Industrial Design. MBA’s next generation brings top to bottom product expertise. Built on a combined generational experience of greater than 60 years, MBA is now capable of managing every aspect of the product development process from sketch to shelf, from semiconductors to software. There are very few firms that have both a deeper heritage and a wider scope of capabilities.
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