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About Us
Forecast Product Development provides comprehensive rapid prototyping services to a diverse body of companies across a broad range of industries. From concept through creation, we offer a highly competitive, one-stop resource for the creation of superior prototypes, pre-production and short run production parts.
Rapid Quotes – A Forecast Specialty
At Forecast, we take pride in guaranteeing a 24-hour turnaround for Stereolithography and casting quotes. Many times quotes are returned within a few hours, but you'll never have to wait more than a day. This responsiveness to the accelerated schedules of the marketplace is just one of the many ways we are exceeding client expectations on a daily basis.
Quote requests may be sent via fax, e-mail, FTP, or by mail on disk, ZIP or CD
To expedite the quoting process, we prefer to quote from .STL files, although we accommodate a variety of formats (see File Submission for details). We can also provide ballpark quotes for designs in the preliminary, 2-D drawing or thumbnail sketch stage, as long as overall dimensions are provided.
Directions
Forecast's main manufacturing facility is in North County San Diego, City of Carlsbad, California.
- Arriving from the either the North or South traveling on I-5 you would exit Palomar Airport Road and continue East for 1.3 miles.
- Make a left on College Blvd for 1 mile, make a right on Aston and a right on Rutherford.
- We are on your left hand side in 0.3 miles.

Employment
At Forecast Product Development, we're dedicated to a powerful vision: to help our client companies to become more efficient, more profitable and ultimately more successful by providing superior rapid prototyping and manufacturing services on time, on budget and ahead of schedule.
To continue to maintain a leadership position in our highly competitive industry, we depend on the best and the brightest to deliver the best solutions and service to a world-class client list.
With this in mind, a career at Forecast is not just an opportunity to collect a paycheck; it's an opportunity to be a key part of one of the best organizations in the rapid prototyping industry Our dedication to technology and innovation sets the standard that the rest of the industry must continually strive to match. At Forecast we don't just talk about success; we make it happen, every day, for every client.
We are looking for exceptional people to work for an exceptional company. If you think you have what it takes to work for a fast-paced , proven industry leader, then we encourage you to check out the possibilities Forecast has to offer.

