GBE Designs Ltd. was spun out of GBE and incorporated in 2005 due to GBE’s successful expansion into the electronic product design market which started in 2003. GBE Designs offers an advice and consultancy service on all aspects of product design and production. This includes a complete, one-stop ‘turn-key’ service that sees your product from the initial concept stage through to production on any scale. Any part of the design cycle can be ‘cherry-picked’ from any of our areas of expertise.

GBE Designs can develop a design from the initial spark of an idea, ptimize an existing design, essential for cost-effective production or in case of component obsolescence, or work to customer-supplied specifications. GBE Designs has also been involved in redesign of products to achieve compliance to certain industry standards, including RoHS and EMC.

Our value added services include:

• Feasibility studies:
• Brainstorming and 'blue-sky' concept work.
• Report and initial project cost-benefit analysis.
• Suggested Bill of Materials (BoM); this includes specifying components that offer optimum performance when there are power, memory or other design constraints.
• Proof-of-concept studies:
• Reports.
• Current market trends.
• Prototypes and pre-production:
• Block models.
• Black boxes.
• Electronic hardware design.
• Firmware.
• Fully functional prototypes.
• Legislative requirements and testing:
• Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), pre-compliance testing.
• Functional safety and Low Voltage Directive.
• Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS).
• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
• CE and type approval.
• Manufacturing:
• Advice on cost effectiveness.
• Initial low volume to full production quantities via our partner GBE.
• Enhancement and redesign of existing products.

Throughout the product design stage, GBE Designs maintain a high level of communication with our clients so they are fully aware of costs, lead times and legislative implications for their products.

GBE Designs is proud to be able to optimise any design to the benefit of our clients with the aim of achieving cost-effective production as soon as is practically possible.