Alex Pak, Author at R&D Info Blog

Case Study: Automotive Manufacturing

Posted on May 10, 2015October 1, 2015 by Alex Pak

Industry: Automotive Manufacturing - Specialty Components Number of Employees: 10 Commonly Qualifying Tasks: Design and development of component designs, concepts, etc. Develop new composite materials, alloys, etc. Design and development new components, tooling, etc. Develop and implement improved manufacturing process Develop new manufacturing processes for new components Crea...
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Case Study: Structural Engineering

Posted on April 10, 2015October 1, 2015 by Alex Pak

Industry: Structural Engineering Number of Employees: 50+ Commonly Qualifying Tasks: Conceptual development & requirements definition Technical proposal time Value engineering Structural calculations 3D and BIM modeling and simulation Developing alternative engineering solutions Development of detailed design drawings A structural engineering firm was evaluating their ...
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Controlled Group Credits Simplified by IRS

Posted on April 3, 2015October 1, 2015 by Alex Pak

With the release of Notice 2013-20, the Internal Revenue Service has greatly simplified the distribution of credits to members of a controlled group in calculation controlled group credits. This is great news for companies that are affected. In the simplest terms with regard to the R&D credit, a controlled group is a group of entities that share the same majority ownership. In the past, to ...
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Case Study: Steel Manufacturing

Posted on March 26, 2015October 1, 2015 by Alex Pak

Industry: Steel Pipe Manufacturing Number of Employees: 100+ Commonly Qualifying Tasks: Engineering and designing new products Materials analysis, evaluation and selection Physical and chemical properties testing Designing products for better performance, tensile strength and optimal elemental composition Development of customized capital equipment A steel manufacturing firm w...
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Case Study: Chemical Research

Posted on March 10, 2015October 1, 2015 by Alex Pak

Industry: Pheromones and Biochemicals Research & Manufacturing Number of Employees: 40+ Commonly Qualifying Tasks: Research on specific molecules and formulations Conceptual development and pre-exploration activities Specific compound research Creation of formulation variants Validation and testing of new formulations Formulation modification A chemical research company ...
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