The Realtime Group and Intertek Announce Partnership to Enhance Product Development Services
28 Sep 2016
Plano, Texas – The Realtime Group, a product development company, and the Consulting Services Group at Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide, today announced a strategic partnership to augment the companies’ teams and services, expanding their offerings to several industries.
With a focus on highly regulated industries, Realtime works with customers on designing products that are innovative, reliable and compliant. Intertek Consulting Services applies extensive industry and regulatory experience to assist in multiple stages of product development, including design spec. The partnership will allow both companies to provide greater value to customers and grow strategically with complementary services utilizing experience, knowledge and physical assets.
“At Realtime, we have a history of approaching problems at a system level, designing with compliance in mind and a collaborative spirit, which we see reflected at Intertek,” said Dave Felio, President & CEO at The Realtime Group. “We look forward to working with the Consulting Services Group to guide our customers further into the process of bringing compliant products to market, while also introducing our services to new verticals and markets.”
In addition to augmenting each other’s offerings, staff from both companies will collaborate on projects, offering support and expertise throughout the product development cycle from concept and design to engineering, testing, market research, supply chain management, risk assessment and management, and global regulatory approvals.
“Intertek Consulting Services is committed to providing complete, valuable solutions that are unique to the industries we serve,” said Cody Adams, Director of Intertek Consulting Services. “Working with The Realtime Group will allow us to expand our services to product design and engineering firms, providing greater value and insights to the industry and our customers, while also helping Realtime expand and grow as well.”
The agreement between The Realtime Group and Intertek Consulting Services was made this summer and the two will begin working together immediately.
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About The Realtime Group
From napkin sketch to reality, The Realtime Group can handle any part of the design or product development cycle by guiding customers through every step of the process. With a comprehensive understanding of regulatory and documentation needs, our team of expert engineers works with clients to create creative compliance technology solutions for product applications in medical device/biotech, transportation, industrial control, avionics, and other regulated industries. For more information, visit www.TheRealtimeGroup.com.
About Intertek
Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide. Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 40,000 people in more than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification solutions for our customers’ operations and supply chains.
Bringing quality and safety to life.
Contacts:
For Realtime Group:
Bob Sawler
VP of Business Development
972-985-9100
bsawler@TheRealtimeGroup.com
For Intertek:
Cheryl Prejsnar
Public Relations Manager
630-481-3185
cheryl.prejsnar@intertek.com