Every great product starts as somebody's idea and a rough sketch. Our inventors contest exists to find those ideas and give them a body — cash prizes, manufacturing expertise, and a real path from prototype to shelf. Entries aren't open right now. Put your name down and you'll be the first to know when they are.
We run this contest in rounds. When the next one opens, the people on our list hear about it first — and they get the full brief before anyone else.
New Age Enclosures has spent decades putting housings around other people's ideas. The inventors contest is how we go looking for the next ones. We open entries periodically, judge them on originality and real-world potential, and back the strongest with cash and the manufacturing know-how to make them real. Here's how it works.
Send us the concept, what it does, and whatever you've got to show it — photos, sketches, a working prototype. You don't need a finished product or a patent to enter.
Our judging panel picks the standouts and backs them with cash prizes. Enter as many ideas as you like — there's no limit per person or company.
The prize money is the smallest part. Winners get our engineers, our tooling and our production floor behind them to turn a concept into something you can actually ship.
Cash to fund the next step, and the manufacturing muscle to take it.
Winning isn't just a cheque and a handshake. It's access to the people, tooling and floor space that turn a good idea into a product you can sell.
Money you can put straight back into the project — the next prototype, a patent filing, first tooling.
Time with people who design and build enclosures for a living, spent on your product and its problems.
Materials, tooling and manufacturing capacity under one roof for when you're ready to build in volume.
Please review the following guidelines before submitting your invention.
Our panel of experts will evaluate submissions based on the following criteria.
Uniqueness and originality of the invention. We're looking for creative solutions that haven't been seen before or that approach existing problems in new ways.
Feasibility and real-world applicability. Your invention should be practical to manufacture and have a clear use case in the market it's targeting.
Most creative transformation of our off-the-shelf (OTS) enclosure into a finished, market-ready device. We want to see how you've adapted our enclosures.
A panel of experts from Management, Marketing, and Customer Service at New Age Enclosures (NAE) will determine the winners at their sole discretion. All decisions are final.
NAE reserves the right to grant additional awards or no awards as it deems appropriate.
We hold these contests from time to time. Leave your name and email and we'll let you know as soon as the next one opens, along with details on how to enter.
We'll email you once to confirm, then only when a new contest opens. In the meantime, if you have an invention you need an enclosure for, talk to us about a quote.
Find answers to common questions about the inventors contest.
Have questions about the contest? Get in touch with our team.
(805) 595-0448
New Age Enclosures
1189 Anvil Road
Machesney Park, IL 61115