CNA’s Innovative Product Development Lab

Prototyping Your Future

Welcome to CNA’s Innovative Product Development Lab,
where vision meets expertise to bring your ideas to life!

CNA’s Innovative Product Development Lab provides a crucial resource for innovators. Whether you are a student, startup, industry client, or community organization, we are your go-to partner for prototyping and commercialization. Equipped with state-of-the-art tools such as 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC mills, and high-resolution 3D scanners, our hands-on expert team collaborates with you every step of the way to design and test top-notch, cost-effective prototypes.

From concept to concrete. Let’s prototype!

Take your idea from concept to market-ready product!

Watch our video to see how the Innovative Product Development Lab can help you bring your vision to life! Our team of experts in modeling and design will work with you to create high-quality, cost-effective prototypes.

What We Offer

Advanced Equipment

We make your innovation affordable by providing access to cutting-edge tools and technology including 3D printers, CNC mills, and high-res scanners.

Expert Guidance

We de-risk your R&D with expert guidance from highly skilled industry professionals who help you design, develop, test, and refine your prototypes and products.

Custom Solutions

We work with you every step of the way to provide bespoke solutions tailored to your unique product development and R&D needs.

Your Idea. Our Expertise. Let’s Build Something Great.

Step 1: Explore & Define

We start by understanding your vision, challenges, and goals. Together, we assess feasibility and refine your idea into a clear concept.

Step 2: Design & Simulate

Our team helps you design, select materials, and use digital simulations to fine-tune your product before physical prototyping begins.

Step 3: Prototype & Build

Using cutting-edge tools, we rapidly prototype, fabricate, and refine your concept into a working model.

Step 4: Test & Improve

We test, optimize, and iterate to ensure your prototype meets industry standards and performs at its best.

Let’s turn your idea into reality— together!

Why Choose Us?

We Transform Your Ideas into Market-Ready Innovations

At CNA’s Innovative Product Development Lab, we turn ideas into reality—faster, smarter, and with minimal risk.

Our mission is simple: to help businesses, entrepreneurs, students and industry partners accelerate innovation without the high costs of R&D. With hands-on guidance, advanced prototyping, and cutting-edge tools and simulations, we provide everything you need to develop, refine, and launch your product with confidence.

Innovate with Confidence

Build with Technology

Test with Expertise

Launch with Impact

Our Equipment

Roland MDX-40 CNC Milling Machine

Flashforge Creator Pro 3D Printers

Glowforge Laser Cutter

King Canada PDM-30 Milling Machine

Creaform Handyscan Black 3D Scanner

Ankermake M5 3D Printers

Bambu Lab X1-Carbon 3D Printer

Who We Serve

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) looking to innovate
Startups eager to bring ideas to life
Students and Researchers needing technical support for projects
Industry Partners enhancing their R&D capabilities
Community Organizations with prototyping needs

What Our Clients Say

Working with CNA has been an absolutely incredible experience. CNA has had our back ever since the beginning. It was crucial to be able to have the resources to build early prototypes and validate what they actually looked like. When you design something, you don't know what it's like until you build it and then you see what's wrong with it. What really changed the tide for us was we were developing a product that has never been done before and we had a whole team of engineers behind us.

Jordan Spencer - CEO and Co-founder of Ladder Spike Inc.

At CNA’s Office of Applied Research and Innovation, I had access to the Innovative Prototype Development Lab with a ton of 3D printers and advanced manufacturing capabilities… Our business was able to further our design and play around with dimensioning. The staff were great. They gave us a lot of feedback, and we developed two working prototypes during our four-month work term.

Allie Lynch - Chief Innovation Officer of RAR Innovations

I would highly recommend CNA. When you're in product development things change in a heartbeat. With CNA on our side, we were able to adapt almost immediately working with people directly to develop our product in minimal time with direct feedback. It was absolutely crucial to the advancement of our company. Our experience here has been nothing less than phenomenal.

Dale Kean - Co-founder and COO of Ladder Spike Inc.

Connect With Us

Ready to Create? Contact us today to take your idea from concept to concrete with the Innovative Product Development Lab.

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