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October 2009

TIME FLIES

Apex Designs Owner, Steve Frank

I came across our first business model I wrote many years ago and it gave me an opportunity to reflect. I feel very fortunate when I consider that Apex Designs is now in its fourth year of business! Business plans are highly speculative sometimes, and serve more as a guideline than a solid path. Of course, my business plan wasn't exactly 'spot on' with what we've evolved into, and at the time it was written I had no idea that our work would have application to so many different industries. When I think about the variety of projects we've tackled over the last four years, it's pretty amazing and far reaching from the list generated in that first business plan. Just to give you an idea, here's a sampling of some of the projects we've been involved with: X-ray inspection machinery for NASA's solid rocket fuel canisters, oil purification systems for steam turbines, industrial design of Bluetooth headsets, communication equipment for the military, X-ray irradiators used for sterilization and biological research, automated textile cutting mechanisms, hi-powered rifle components, racecar parts, HVAC assembly fixtures, even a robotic transportation system. We are grateful to all of our customers for providing us with the opportunity to assist them in achieving the goals set forth in their business plans.

Keep up the good work! - Steve Frank

PHOTO-LIKE RENDERING - ENHANCE YOUR IMAGE

Hi-Powered Rifle Accessory

Quick Change Race Car Wheel

With the economy booming like it is (sad joke) most of us are dedicating a lot more time to marketing and networking. Let's face it, when you have more business than you can handle, the proposals you send out are maybe not quite as spectacular as the ones you're probably trying to put together right now. There's no argument that a well written, professional appearing proposal is key to getting a second look. One of the things we always include with our proposals is a really sharp looking image of the concept we are proposing. Apex Designs recently acquired an upgrade to their Solidworks CAD modeling software that allows us to render models with materials, textures, and backgrounds that turn standard 3d models into photo-realistic images. The images can be exported into a variety of formats that are easily manipulated with common windows based software. Apex Designs can whip out a really sharp looking image of your concept in a relatively short period of time. Most of the concept models we use in our proposals are done in just a couple hours. We can work from your napkin sketches or your CAD data. Set yourself apart from the stack and allow us to help make your proposal pop with photo-like images.