A factory that only quotes against a finished drawing cannot price an idea.
Where the concept is a photograph, a hand sketch or a sentence, the conversation usually stops at “send us the drawing”.
Solution · New Product Development
Develop a New Product
A sketch, a reference product or a half-defined concept is enough to start. COMCO works out the size, film thickness and construction, samples it in-house, and carries it into volume production.
2–3 Days Standard inflatable sample
20+ Sampling craftsmen
OEM & ODM Buyer drawings or ours
The Situation
Why a New Product Stalls
The brief is rarely the problem. The gap between an idea and something that can be sampled, tested, quoted and produced is where a new line loses its season.
Every revision round costs days that the window does not have.
Seasonal products are bought against a date. A slow or expensive sampling loop can move a launch into the next year.
A concept that is not engineered becomes expensive, or fragile, at volume.
Structure, film thickness and configuration decide whether an approved sample can be repeated on a production line.
COMCO Response
From Direction to a Quotable Product
The work starts before the drawing exists and continues until the approved sample can be repeated on a line.
Starting point
A sketch, a sample or a CAD model
Bring what you have: a hand sketch, a reference photograph, a competitor sample or a 3D model. Where the concept is still loose, our engineers propose the size, film thickness and configuration the product needs.
- Concept read against a real construction
- Size, film thickness and configuration proposed
- Feasibility confirmed before tooling
In-house sampling
Prototypes built on our own bench
Sampling runs in a dedicated workshop: 6 graphic designers, 3 printing machines and 20+ hand sampling craftsmen. Simple inflatables turn around in 2–3 days; complex and drop-stitch constructions in 10–15 days.
- 2–3 days for simple inflatables
- 10–15 days for complex and drop-stitch
- Revision rounds until the sample is approved
Process in action
From Brief to Volume
Sampling is done before tooling, so a change costs a sample rather than a production run.
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01
Brief
Sketch, reference, CAD model, target market and the price the product has to sell at.
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Engineering
Size, film thickness, structure and configuration proposed by our engineering team.
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03
Sample
A physical prototype built in the sampling workshop: 2–3 days simple, 10–15 days complex.
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Refinement
Revision rounds against your feedback until the sample is approved.
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Production
The approved sample released into volume, with film calendered in-house.
Real R&D Proof
We do not only make products. We rethink them.
The non-inflatable pool began as a problem rather than a drawing: a backyard pool in 2020 still needed a pump or a steel frame. Two years and 20–30 prototype revisions produced a quick-unfolding pool with a patented internal HDF core.
- 2 Years R&D investment
- 20–30 Prototypes refined
- 4 Regions CN, US, EU, DE design patents
- ~10 Sec Setup time
Where this leads
Related capabilities and products
A new product is engineered and sampled inside these capabilities, and usually enters through one of the product families.
Development
Prototyping & Sampling
Physical prototypes and pre-production samples for buyer approval.
Engineering
Product Engineering
Engineering work on an existing product: problem analysis, improvement and cost & value engineering.
Frequently Asked Questions
Develop a New Product FAQ
What buyers ask first about this problem, and how COMCO answers it.
Yes. A sketch, a reference photograph or a sentence describing the product is enough for a first review. Where the concept is still loose we propose the size, film thickness and configuration the product needs, and tell you what a sample would cost to build.
Yes. Sampling comes before tooling: simple inflatables in 2–3 days, complex and drop-stitch constructions in 10–15 days. Nothing goes to volume until a physical sample has been approved.
The approved sample is released into production. Lead time depends on the product and the season — typically 45–60, 60–90 or 90–120 days — and starts once the sample and the packaging artwork are confirmed.
Start your development
Send the idea, and we will tell you what it takes to build it.
Share a sketch, a reference product or a specification. Our engineering and sampling teams will come back with the next step.