By Anna Skinner
One Westfield business owner aims to make a difference for inventors big and small.
Michael Schnell, owner of Rising Product, LLC. headquartered in Westfield, helps inventors with investing, engineering and manufacturing the products they want to create. Rising Product aids in an inventor’s creation from basic design to manufacturing.
“A lot of inventors spend thousands to get invested and a very small portion of them actually get what they want,” Schnell said. “They don’t know how to put it all together and make sure it’s going to be successful, and that’s what we do. We have the whole puzzle and can put it all together for them and give them what they need to sell the product and bring it to market.”
The business launched in 2000 and also aids companies with price reduction. Schnell worked with Cummins, a power generation equipment company, on price reduction.
Rising Product assists inventors with assembling, logistics and engineering as well as investing and manufacturing. Schnell moved to Westfield three years ago from Zionsville to raise his family.
Rising Product has worked with big and small companies, as well as individuals. Schnell said the biggest company he worked with was Crayola, to design colored sand, and Cummins.
“The biggest thing I can say is there are so many inventors out here, and everybody’s got a great product, but how do you know how to actually bring it to market, and how do you even design it?” Schnell said. “They come to me with the greatest idea in the world and bring me the product and we start to work on it together. We help them fill in the spaces that they haven’t been able to do.”
Inventors or companies wishing to use Rising Product’s services, email [email protected].
