What RedGroup does

RedGroup is a US-based, full-service medical device product development firm founded in 1994 and headquartered in Minneapolis, with an additional office in San Diego. The company operates as a single-source design-to-manufacturing partner for medical device OEMs, providing user-centered discovery and design, design research, industrial design, engineering, rapid prototyping, UI/UX design, and realization including ISO/IEC 62366-compliant turn-key manufacturing. Its integrated service model is structured to eliminate handovers between research, design, engineering, and manufacturing and to accelerate customer time to market, supported by an in-house prototyping capability spanning 3D printing, CNC machining, soft-goods prototyping, and clickable UI prototypes. The firm's portfolio includes named enterprise programs for customers such as Olympus, Medtronic, 3M, MGC Diagnostics, Enovate Medical, CSI, Kalypto, Hutchinson Technologies, Carlisle, Dinex, and Ecolab.

Name

RedGroup

Legal name

RedGroup

Website

https://redgroup.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RedGroup is a US-based, full-service medical device product development firm providing user-centered design, engineering, prototyping, and turn-key manufacturing to enterprise medical device and commercial product OEMs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Device Product Development Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (541715), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment (3590)

akta.pro primary industry

GMP Scale-Up, Tech Transfer & Process Validation (PPQ) (HLAGAHAL)

Keywords

• Medical device design
• Product development services
• User-centered design
• Design for manufacturing
• Engineering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Medical Device Development Services: RedGroup provides full-service medical device development including user-centered design, engineering, and integrated design for manufacturing. They partner with customers to create solutions and accelerate time to market, offering services at any stage of the development cycle or full orchestration from concept to commercialization.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

RedGroup is a full-service medical device product development firm that partners with medical device manufacturers from concept to commercialization. It provides user-centered design research, industrial design, engineering (DFM/DFA), rapid prototyping, UI/UX design, and realization/turn-key manufacturing services as a single-source integrated model that eliminates handovers and accelerates time-to-market.

Product overview

RedGroup is a full-service medical device development team that operates as a single-source product development platform. The company offers an integrated design, development, and manufacturing service model that covers the entire product lifecycle from concept to commercialization. Their portfolio includes multiple medical device products (Olympus Halo Electrosurgical Device, MGC Diagnostics Cart System, Medtronic Enhancr II, Kalypto, Hutchinson Technologies Spot Check, Enovate Cart, CSI Atherectomy, 3M Fastman) and commercial products (Carlisle Cateraide, Dinex Cart, Ecolab Sanitizer, EV EVID, Pidge Water Purification System). These products are complemented by service offerings in Design Research, Industrial Design, Engineering, Prototyping, UI/UX Design, and Realization & Manufacturing. The integrated model streamlines communication, eliminates handovers, and drives efficiencies through user-centered discovery and design processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Enovate: Enovate Cart - Mobile Hospital Workstation developed for Enovate Medical

Products and services

• Design Research Services Strategic research service for medical device programs, including user persona development, usability planning, risk analysis, UFMEA, ethnographic studies, contextual interviews, online studies, protocol development, testing recruitment, and design history file documentation, intended to guide design development with actionable insights.
• Industrial Design Services Creative and technical design service for medical device products, including UX task flows, storyboarding, brainstorming, concept ideation, product architecture, form development, visual brand language, iterative prototyping, and packaging design.
• Engineering Services Conceptual and detailed engineering service for medical device products, including risk analysis, DFMEA, DFM/DFA, prototyping, bench testing, functional testing, and production drawings and specifications.
• Prototyping Services Rapid prototyping service for medical device programs, including hand-sculpting, 3D printing, CNC machining, soft goods prototypes, clickable UI prototypes, PCB fabrication, and functional prototypes.
• UI/UX Design Services User experience and user interface design service for medical device products, including usability testing, user research, user stories, personas, wireframes, clickable demos, workflow conceptualization, visual design, and UI specification.
• Realization & Manufacturing Services Full-scale manufacturing service for medical devices, including design history file management, vendor sourcing, verification and validation testing, quality control, document controls, ISO/IEC 62366 compliance, and full turn-key manufacturing.

Named customers12 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Amphenol CMTflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmphenol acquired Carlisle Medical Technologies in 2024, which now operates as Amphenol CMT. RedGroup is part of this organization, leveraging the global footprint, award-winning design and engineering teams, and extensive manufacturing capabilities of Amphenol CMT to deliver innovative medical device products.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• HS Design: HS Design is a product development firm specializing in medical device, combination product, and user interface design with human factors engineering capabilities. Direct comparable in human factors and user-centered design focus.
• Gilero: Gilero is a medical device and combination product design, development, and contract manufacturing organization offering integrated services from concept through commercialization. Comparable end-to-end model and medical device specialization.
• Ximedica: Ximedica is a US-based medical device design and development firm specializing in user-centered design, human factors, and integrated engineering services for medical device and diagnostics companies. Highly comparable to RedGroup in service offering and target customer base.
• StarFish Medical: StarFish Medical is a Canadian full-service medical device design, development, and contract manufacturing firm with a similar concept-to-commercialization service model, ISO 13485 certification, and dedicated focus on medical device OEMs. Directly comparable in scale, service breadth, and customer profile to RedGroup.
• MindFlow Design: MindFlow Design is a medical device design and development consultancy offering industrial design, human factors, and engineering services. Comparable mid-sized specialist competing for similar OEM design engagements.
• Donatelle: Donatelle is a medical device contract design and manufacturing organization offering injection molding, assembly, and product development services for Class I-III medical devices. Comparable end-to-end medical device development and manufacturing focus.
• Kaleidoscope Innovation: Kaleidoscope Innovation is a full-service product development firm specializing in medical device and consumer health design with integrated research, industrial design, and engineering services. Similar integrated medical device development model.

Broad incumbents

• Jabil Healthcare: Jabil Healthcare provides design engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services for medical device, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical customers globally. Larger incumbent in the same medical device outsourcing category.
• Flex (Flextronics) Medical Solutions: Flex Ltd. operates a global medical device design and manufacturing services business providing design, engineering, and scaled manufacturing. As a much larger incumbent, it competes for similar medical device OEM outsourcing engagements.
• Phillips-Medisize: Phillips-Medisize (a Molex company) is a large-scale medical device contract design, development, and manufacturing organization with global capabilities. Operates at much larger scale than RedGroup but competes in the same medical device concept-to-commercialization space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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