ERI Group and LINK Product Development announce merger

ERI Group, formerly Evergreen Research, and LINK Product Development (LINK) have merged to strengthen their full-service product design and development offerings.

“This is an extremely exciting opportunity for ERI Group and LINK, and we are thrilled to extend our current working relationship with LINK and to bring their team’s excellence and experience into the ERI Group,” says Natasha Bond, president of ERI Group. “The merger of our two organizations and our investment in talent and technology will help us to better meet the growing needs of our clients, allowing us to add early development and industrial design capabilities to our existing depth of capability in mechanical, electrical, software and system engineering, quality, regulatory and manufacturing services.”

As part of the merger, LINK founder, Marc Hanchak, and his team will become part of ERI Group. Hanchak will serve as vice president of product development at ERI Group and continue to oversee industrial design, engineering, project management, and product design.

“The partnership between ERI Group and LINK will allow us to create a full-service company that is focused on innovation and is committed to delivering forward-thinking concepts to market,” says Hanchak. “LINK’s mission to create products that improve people’s lives matches the ERI philosophy of empowering visions for life-changing products. Our shared mission, parallel cultures, and commitment to our clients created the perfect opportunity to join our organizations into a stronger, integrated, and multidisciplinary firm focused on exciting advancements.”