Not all roads towards sustainable
products are the same.

That’s why we are different as well.

Need your product redesigned?

We can help.
We know the chemistry.
We know concept and product development.

We are Orange Parrot!

Alwin Papegaaij and Michel Tichelaar outside of ZWINC Zwolle
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The Orange Parrot, in white. It flies to where you need it to aid you in transforming your products towards sustainability

What is Orange Parrot

The Orange Parrot shows up when you need a more sustainable option for your products.

As two application developers with over 40 years of combined experience in chemistry based product development and over a dozen of patents to our name, we are in the perfect position to help you.

Whether it is selecting new materials for your new sustainable development or redesigning a concept from scratch, we love the challenge.

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Our services

  • Brainstorm sessions

    1-2 hours brainstorm

    You will get: Insight in possible routes to improvement with a summary of results and outcome.


  • Concept exploration

    Short design sprint to come up with potential concepts

    You will get: Small scale concepts of potential routes to follow for a product development project.

  • Prototyping

    One day of testing together with you at our testing facilities

    You will get: The samples and prototypes that we make together, including all of the knowledge of the itterations.

  • Product innovation

    Product innovation cycle where we redesign your product for sustainability.

    You will get: A future-proofed product with, where possible, a further route for improvement.

Our approach

Before you commit to an extensive product development, you want to know what party you are getting in bed with.

Therefore, we offer a clear, low stakes, collaborative step-wise approach, from meeting up to a potential development project.

  • Cup of coffee to get to know eachother

    Cup of coffee

    First, let’s have a coffee to get to know each other. This gives the opportunity for us to hear about your products. Together, we identify the key stakeholders we need to help you on your quest for improvement.

  • Orange Parrot with your company, gathering all the data and painpoints.

    Intake

    Together with you and the key stakeholders in your company, we organize a short intake to assess the product related pain in your company and possible routes to improve.

  • Smart and fast iteration for sustainable concept developments on your products

    Iterate and fail fast

    In cooperation with you we quickly design multiple concepts, using the fail fast principle, to demonstrate possible routes to follow.

    You then decide, with our guiding, what route you wish to pursue.

  • Full fledged project for sustainable product developments together with Orange Parrot

    Product development

    When you give the green light for a product development project, we will first sit with you to shape the project.

    We can do the development for you, and/or aid your development team where needed.

Get in Touch!

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Request a free introductory meeting to explore the possibilities.

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