Housed at Forge.Factory - Forge’s headquarters in Coimbatore, TN’s foremost industrial hub, the HWjunction is an MIT Accredited Digital Fabrication Lab offering digital manufacturing technology through industrial-grade fabrication and flexible computer-controlled tools.
The FORTs (Force of Rapid Transformation) serve as world-class Open Industrial Innovation Ecosystems, offering comprehensive deep technical infrastructure, services, and resources to seed, nurture, and accelerate the development of technologically advanced innovations into industrial-grade solutions ready for deployment at scale.
The InnovateTN labs across 4 cities in TN operate as self-contained Integrated Industrial Innovation Labs, creating a robust innovation ecosystem in and around these industrial hubs by leveraging an Open Innovation Model for government, MSMEs, technology providers, academia, R&D, innovators & startup entrepreneurs, investors, and incubators to collaborate and co-create industry-oriented cutting-edge technology solutions.
Forge’s Innovation Infrastructure includes the various machinery, equipment, and tools to help innovators design, build, test, and manufacture industrial tech solutions. This comprehensive infrastructure setup comprises 3 labs including Product Innovation Labs, Product Compliance Labs, and Pilot Production Facilities.
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Product Innovation Labs help startups, industrial companies, and student innovators with product design & development of industrial solutions. The labs comprise machineries & equipment across 8 Industrial Technology Domains:
Product Compliance Lab provides the necessary resources and services to verify, validate, and pre-certify products, ensuring they meet regulatory & industry standards. By facilitating rigorous testing and compliance checks, the lab helps innovators and startups navigate the complex approval processes efficiently, reducing time to market and mitigating risks associated with non-compliance.
Vibration Testing, Sound Level Testing, Coating Thickness Measurement, Dimensional Measurements, Flaw Detection, Ingress Protection Test Chambers, and Coordinate Measurement Machines
ESG Testing, Hipot Testing, Earth Testing, Current Leakage Testing, Harmonic Analysis, Battery Testing, and Motor Analysis
Flying Probe Testing and EMC/EMI Testing & Compliance
Pilot Production Facilities offer plug & play manufacturing setups tailored for startups and MSMEs working on new product innovations. They bridge the gap between prototyping and large-scale manufacturing, enabling startups to transform into the next generation of industrial tech majors by offering them pilot-scale manufacturing infrastructure & capabilities that drive production while these startups navigate the market stage, to arrive at a Minimum Viable Product, and optimise unit economics & Product-Factory Fit.
PCB Design, Fabrication & Assembly
Covering both additive and subtractive manufacturing processes, the facilities include Vertical Milling Centres, MIG, TIG, and Arc welding machines, sheet metal cutting machines, turning machines, vacuum casting, and dough moulding.
Supplementing its world-class technical infrastructure, Forge.Labs also provides the requisite processes, tools, techniques, and technical expertise applied in product development to help innovators build industry-grade products that achieve Product-Market Fit in the shortest time, at the lowest cost, and with minimal risk.
Production-Grade MVPs
Production-Ready Design
Pilot-Ready Prototypes
Minimum Usable Prototypes
Demo-Ready Prototypes
Functional Proof-of-Concepts
Resident Full-Time Technical Experts
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External Experts
Product Innovations come with inherent risks, relating to problem definition, problem significance, customer selection, motivation, and acceptance.
Forge's Startup Product Management (SPM) helps startups with a structured approach to validate these risks, linking progress to customer acceptance and commitment.
Identifying the Right Problem, Customer, and Value Proposition to ensure smooth product-market fit.
Creating efficient, usable, and high-quality solutions that solve the identified problem effectively.
Designing for manufacturability, quality, and scalability while minimizing technical debt.
Forge supports innovators with grants, expertise, and human resource augmentation to scale product development.
Helping prototypes mature into market-ready solutions through funding and support.
Expert guidance on design, engineering, and market-readiness from seasoned professionals.
Expanding product development capacity with skilled talent and specialists as needed.