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September 15, 2016Ethan DavidsonBlog

Local Company’s Products Featured on TODAY Show’s Tailgating Gadgets Segment with Kathie Lee & Hoda

BeraTek’s Hold & Go Slow Cooker and Magnetic Crock Skins featured on segment “10 gadgets to kick your tailgating party into the end zone” with Kathie Lee & Hoda. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA– Kathie Lee and Hoda featured “Tailgating Tech,” including the ultra-portable single handle Hold & Go Slow Cooker and Magnetic Crock Skins, made by...

March 14, 2017Ethan DavidsonBlog

Vertical (VerTEKal) Integration is New Standard for Manufacturing

BeraTek Industries is paving the road to a new standard in manufacturing. As a product design and manufacturing company, BeraTek’s strategy is to offer all services under one roof and to increase speed to market for new products. It is our goal to help companies reduce the risk of manufacturing and launching new products by...

June 6, 2016Ethan DavidsonBlog

HSN | Good Housekeeping

A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in...

August 13, 2015Ethan DavidsonBlog

BeraTek Industries Joins Operation Build’s: Labor of Love a Ronald McDonald House Makeover

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., August 13, 2015, – BeraTek Industries is proud to participate in the upcoming series of Operation Build: Labor of Love a Ronald McDonald House Makeover, produced by InSight Productions. The four-part series begins airing August 22 at 7:30am PT/ET on the History Channel. BeraTek Industries is a product design and manufacturing company...

February 20, 2017Ethan DavidsonBlog

5 Things to Know About Industrial Design

Until recently, the field of industrial design has been at work, unbeknownst to the general population. When I say I am an industrial designer, most people will admit they don’t know what that is, or will ask if I design things like factories or machines. My short response being that I design the products which...

January 5, 2017Ethan DavidsonBlog

MUD base tooling reduces up-front tooling investment

In order to effectively explain MUD (Master Unit Die) base tooling, I must first explain tooling options on either end of the cost spectrum so you can better understand MUD base tooling’s place in the middle. Prototype Hand Tooling Prototype hand tooling is by far the most cost-effective means of injection molding a part. This option often comes...

March 28, 2017Ethan DavidsonBlog

Revolutionary Beer Paddle Designed and Manufactured in USA

BeraTek founder Gerald Beranek did a happy dance when he received a call from co-founder Ben McDougal inquiring about BeraTek’s manufacturing capabilities and design services. FliteBrite was seeking a budget-friendly injection molding house and wanted to work with a local company to manufacture their beer flight paddle. A beer lover himself, Beranek was pleased to...

February 13, 2017Ethan DavidsonBlog

You’ve got a sketch, what are the next steps?

As the Director of Biz Dev at BeraTek, I get this question quite a bit. A potential client has a sweet sketch of a great idea and needs to start understanding the process of taking that sketch through design and on to prototyping. Let’s discuss the general path we take you down at BeraTek and...

August 7, 2018Gerald BeranekBlog

7 Steps to Turn Your Idea into a Product and Start Selling Online

7 Steps to Turn Your Idea into a Product and Start Selling Online Product Design Get a 3D CAD Design of your IDEA. The most cost-effective way to do this is to have an experienced product designer/engineer design your product with manufacturing in mind. Designing your product for manufacturing up front will save you a...

January 19, 2018Ethan DavidsonBlog

4 Reasons Why You Should Choose BeraTek Industries

There are many options to meet your design, manufacturing, and distributing needs so why should you choose BeraTek Industries? Lots of reasons, but mainly because we build strong relationships with our customers and have a unique and efficient process to get you from idea to product. VerTEKally Integrated BeraTek Industries has developed a vertically integrated...