Our experts stay on the pulse with the latest developments of their sectors, which combined with their years of industry experience, enables them to provide valuable insight to our customers in the finance sectors. In-depth analysis and expert due diligence furthers our customers insight entering equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, or substantial positions in public traded companies. Our experts can assess technology market potential, technology readiness level and the track record of the company and the core team to provide an objective expert opinion on valuation and risk.

• Industry insight

• Industry trends

• Research and analysis

• Technology, company, and team assessment

• Supply chain analysis

• Due diligence

• Startup equity investment

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Publicly traded companies
• Loans

Our experts support lawyers in building cases, whether it is intellectual property infringement, loss of property, or wrongful death. Through proven engineering methodology such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Quality Engineering principles, design issues and manufacturing quality issues are identified to prove negligence in engineering or execution to be the cause of the loss or property, injury, or death. Our involvement can begin prior to discovery and end with testimony in the courtroom.

• Expert Witness Testimony

• Litigation Support

• Root Cause Analysis

• Quality Engineering

• Resolving Design issues

• Resolving Quality issues

• Forensic Engineering

As a vertically integrated engineering consultancy, cūra has the capability to carry out your entire product development. We are approached by customers that are not suited for or experienced in product development, cannot scale quickly to meet their delivery targets, are short on bandwidth for a particular portion of the project, or if they need our specific expertise to unlock parts of their project. We can support by providing on-site, off-site, or remote engineering resources that will be guided by our subject matter experts, or by taking on a portion of your project, or taking on your entire project with a potential for a partnership.

• Feasibility studies

• Budget estimation and planning

• System Engineering, architecture, and requirements compilation

• 3D CAD Design and 2D drawings

• Simulations

• Testing

• Prototype design and fabrication

• Mass production manufacturing and plant approval

• Engineering & procurement strategies

Building and managing Intellectual Property portfolios with startups as they gear up for fundraising or acquisitions.

• IP strategy

• IP portfolio management

• Competitor intelligence and benchmarking

• Technology package development

• Technology assessment & selection

Rapid response to issues in product development, whether it is adhering to schedule, issues with the product design that emerge during testing, manufacturing processes, or quality issues that have revealed themself in the field.

• Quality Engineering

• FMEA

• Root Cause Analysis

• Fault Tree Analysis

• Solution benchmarking and selection

• Solution testing

Renewable energy is a sector of paramount urgency. With global policies slowly catching up with the need for sustainability, and existing infrastructure reaching the end of their life, opportunities for growth are aplenty in this sector. The right solutions are not only cost-competitive, but also effective. We are here to help you assess the impact of various solutions, select, and implement them.

• Technology comparison, technology decision matrix
• Lifecycle impact
• Cost analysis for unit of energy
• Regional policy and incentives (carbon credits, grants, etc.)
• Geographical distribution and delivery of energy
• Annual/seasonal energy use profiles
• Daily energy use profiles and grid storage
• System architecture design
• Hydrogen economy

The electric vehicle space is seeign significant growth with a fresh outlooks and new contenders are emerging

• Battery electric passenger vehicles
• Hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicles
• Hybridisation
• Autonomous vehicle powertrain integration
• System specification
• Architecture design
• Testing
• Emerging Technologies
• In-wheel electric motors and all-in-one smart corners

Modernizing existing infrastructure and enabling transport for growing metropolitan areas are focuses of railway engineers.

• Asset management
• In-situ asset monitoring
• Smart-scheduled maintenance

Working to reduce the emissions arising from Maritime goods shipping

• Decarbonized vessel propulsion
• Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Vessels
• Maritime lithium batteries
• Energy management
• Drivecycles
• Non-powertrain vessel efficiency gains
• Maritime connectivity
• Modernizing Maritime operation and asset management
• IMO 2020 Low Sulphur compliance
• Safety at sea

Robotics and automation are spreading across all industries delivering reliability, and cost competitiveness. From mainstream applications such as automating manufacturing, assembly operations, and process monitoring and control to emerging sectors such as 3D printing, and delivery drones.

• Delivery drones
• 3D printing
• Automating manufacturing
• Automating assembly
• Process control

We are at the cusp of a biotechnology revolution from which the food and pharma industries stand to reap the most benefits. Whether it’s the need to rethink global food supply chains to accommodate for a growing global population and negate its impact on climate change, or using technology to contain the impact of harmful viruses, our experts have been at the forefront of technology innovations in this space.

• Biotech
• Cellular agriculture
• Alternative proteins
• Synthetic biology
• 3D printing of food
• Blockchain solutions for supply chain transparency

Our customers can be medical professionals that have identified a need in their day to day work or product development firms in needs of support.

• Design
• Engineer
• Prototype
• Test
• Ergonomics

cūra experts build on the foundations of engineering first principles and established engineering procedures. This enables us to help smaller companies manage their risks effectively whilst maintaining their agility.

• Quality management systems
• Quality Engineering
• Scaling and production ramp up
• Agile methodology
• Sales Engineering Support
• Low-cost-region engineering outsourcing management

Our Mechanical Engineering expertise can support customers by:

• Requirements development and concept ideation
• FMEA Failure Mode Evaluation and Analysis and Quality Engineering
• Prototype design using 3D CAD packages
• Simulations of structural, thermal, vibration, and NVH properties using various CAE packages
• Simulations of aerodynamics and fluid-dynamic properties of design using CFD techniques
• Sourcing and supplier development and management
• Manufacturing strategy and liaison
• Final production 2D drawings
• Production and in-field issue resolution and root-cause analysis (RCA)

Our Electrical Engineering expertise can support customers by:

• Energy management
• Drive technology (frequency converter, smooth start-up, direct start-up …)
• BOM Specification
• Cost Estimating and Budgeting
• System Planning
• Telecommunications

Our experts have experience in specifying, developing, and maintaining instrumentation and control software for systems of various scales.

• Automation
• Robotics
• Process control
• Automation & Digitalization
• Industrial network technology
• Support with updates, upgrades and migrations
• Functional specifications

Our software integration capabilities enable us to modernize and digitize your systems while proving its ongoing efficacy and benefits.

• System architecture design
• Instrumentation specification
• Control software design
• System testing
• Outage maintenance
• Updates

Our Chemical Engineering experts have experience in:

• Supply-chain digital strategy, introducing blockchain technology
• Formulation design
• Microstructure development
• Characterization
• Process Development
• Process auditing
• Process Troubleshooting with 6-Sigma
• 3D Layout & Piping
• Factory Commissioning

Our Environmental Engineering experts focus on assessing lifecycle impacts of various processes and products. That includes impacts resulting from the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, logistics, the use of the products, and lastly the end of life disposal/recycling. This analysis is necessary for a sustainable future. Topics covered are:

• Renewable Energy production
• Energy lifecycle including transportation
• Manufacturing

Our experience in mass produced goods has given us an understanding of what can go wrong in plants and in processes. While we approach every problem anew, our experience is always behind us guiding us quickly through our problem-solving.

• PFD (Process Flow Diagram)
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
• Statistical Process Control
• Control Plan
• PFMEA (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)
• SPC (Statistical Process Control)
• ISO 16949
• Design for Six Sigma
• measurement systems analysis
• Rapid Issue Resolution relieving job-stops

Regardless of the type of product that you are developing, our industrial designers can always help make your products stand out from the competition.

• Design language and philosophy
• Concept ideation
• Aesthetics
• Textures
• Materials
• Human Factors and Ergonomics
• Wearable technology

We offer an objective view to industry leaders and managers by supporting their decision-making process with strategy, structure, process and policies.

• Bespoke Model Development and Data Feeds
• Branding and marketing
• Niche Market Modelling
• Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency
• Competitor intelligence and benchmarking
• Primary and Secondary Research