Fictiv focuses on “helping companies produce better products,” co-founder and CEO Dave Evans said, with three main offerings: new product development, engineer-to-order products, and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO).
But the company doesn’t actually own any manufacturing equipment. Instead, it has built a vetted network of 250 manufacturing partners, Evans told Device Talks Editorial Director Tom Salemi in an interview. After medical device developers upload their designs to Fictiv’s web-based platform, they get instant pricing and help to choose from different manufacturing methods, standards and prices to find the best fit.