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The Subtle, Significant Benefits Of Our Reused Packaging

Many of our customers are familiar with Polyhistor’s engineering experience and expertise as a precision machine shop. However, we also like to highlight some of the smaller things they may not realize about Polyhistor. We are excited to showcase our reusable packaging, our waste reduction efforts, and the subtle but significant benefits these initiatives offer […]

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Bringing Creativity and Ingenuity to Product Engineering Services

At Polyhistor, we take pride in devising solutions to problems that customers might not even know existed. While other manufacturers prefer a straight and easy path forward, we enjoy navigating the many challenges associated with product engineering services. You’ll never hear the words, “It can’t be done” from us. Instead, we’ll find a better way […]

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Why Manufacturing Partners Are Key During Product Development

Your design is complete, and orders are already coming in for your new product! Now is not the time to discover manufacturability issues that will make your product challenging—or even impossible—to produce. Unfortunately, roadblocks are extremely common when bringing a design to life. But there’s good news! With a slight shift in your product design […]

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7 FAQs Product Developers Have about Patents

Are you considering a patent for a product you’re developing? Polyhistor collaborates with many product developers to optimize patent-worthy concepts and creations, from prototype to production.  From our unique vantage as custom manufacturing experts, we’ve watched countless product developers suffer the fallout of a poor patent strategy—or none at all! Before you push your next […]

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Polyhistor’s President Peter Schönning Answers Your Frequently Asked Questions

Whether you’re brainstorming your next big idea or gearing up for production, you probably have a lot of questions. Here at Polyhistor, we love questions because we’re obsessed with problem-solving!  Keep reading to learn how Polyhistor can give life to your creative concept from our friendly machine shop in Jacksonville, Florida. 12 Manufacturing FAQs—Answered 1. […]

Photo renderings of your ideas

You know what your thing should look like, and what it should do.  It is probably something you have come to know like a good friend.  You have probably spent hours of creative time working on it, thinking about it, and revising it over and over again.  “Obsession” is a word that usually describes it. […]

New device saves money for truckers and fleets

Rapid prototyping helped us develop a better tool for Slack Dog Tools.  Sometimes we find ourselves developing products to solve problems that we did not know existed. Trailers have electrical connectors that connect the lights on the trailer to the truck hauling it. Commercial trucks use a universal 7-pin socket connector for this purpose.  The […]

Keep your new products simple

We like developing simple products, not just because it is simple.  Simple products are easier for our clients to quickly get out on the market. (Don’t get me wrong, we really love challenging projects too…) Since speed to market is important, not only to be first one out there, but also get your invested money […]