Technology Evaluation & Analysis

Technology Analysis involves understanding a technology, how it fits with your products and markets, how it is evolving, and (if it is new) what it will take to get it accepted. It involves:

• Understanding your technology and that of your competitors

• Separating viable products and processes from laboratory curiosities

• Keeping track of patents and ongoing research

• Talking with manufacturers and customers to see what matches their needs

You can benefit from Rowan's technology analysis to :

• Find the best technology for improving an existing product or process or creating a new one

• Evaluate new and evolving materials and technologies in your markets to determine which you can use, or which your competitors can use against you

• Avoid being blindsided by a competitor's technology

Capabilities

While our expertise is broad enough to handle many different technologies, we specialize in materials and coating technology. That is, we mainly deal with what products are made of and how they are made. Our expertise includes

• Bulk materials - metals, ceramics, composites, polymers, etc.

• Coatings - for tools, machine components, consumer and industrial products.

• Surface treatments - for corrosion, wear, lubricity, etc.

• Chemistry of materials - physical, inorganic, organic, polymer.

The Technology Assessment Matrix

Developed for analyzing coating technologies for the Joint Strike Fighter, the Technology Assessment Matrix enables us to assess rapidly and show graphically where the effort needs to go in bringing technologies to production.

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