The Product Development Technology Station develops new ideas into products or improve existing products with detailed engineering and develop ideas from concept to prototype. In this way PDTS assists SMMEs by providing them with technological support to design and manufacture innovative new products.

The station makes use of first-class engineering expertise from CUT as well as specialised prototyping equipment from the Centre for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (CRPM) to support businesses and individuals through the entire ‘new product development process’. The innovative technologies that PDTS makes use of are Computer Aided Designs (CAD), Finite Element Analysis, Additive Manufacturing and Reverse Engineering (3D Scanning).