To maintain profitability in the increasingly competitive global marketplace, firms must continually develop new products and production processes while, at the same time, keeping their costs low. For a growing number of companies, outsourcing is proving to be a more cost-effective way of performing this necessary R&D. Indeed, some companies are converting their research facilities into virtual laboratories, using carefully selected external R&D organizations to maintain the necessary technology base.

Touchstone Research Laboratory serves as the source of new technology for companies that produce everything from automotive parts to surgical equipment; corrosion-resistant metals and metal coatings to new paint systems. Over the past two decades, Touchstone has developed an array of sophisticated products that account for sales totaling hundreds of millions of dollars for client companies.

Touchstone’s strength lies in its customer-focused Project Managers and multi-disciplinary staff of highly skilled personnel. This team of professionals includes metallurgical, mechanical, aerospace, electrical, and chemical engineers; materials scientists; chemists; physicists; computer scientists; microbiologists and administrative support personnel.

Touchstone has been called “one of the best equipped labs of its size in the country” by Advanced Materials & Processes magazine. The company owns over $10 million of scientific equipment and occupies nearly 40,000 ft2 of space in The Millennium Centre, a 20-acre advanced technology park, located along Interstate 70 near Wheeling, WV — less than one hour from Pittsburgh, PA.

Give us a call, or better yet come visit, and give us an opportunity to show how we can help keep your company at the top of its game – without the high costs.