NPI Services, Inc.

Judy Greenspon, owner of prototype developer NPI Services Inc., has her
hands on products long before the masses.

Costa Mesa-based NPI makes early versions of products for electronics
makers, technology startups, aerospace and medical companies and academic
research labs.
The company buys materials from suppliers around the world and has
prototypes produced under contract at factories in OC.

Greenspon started the company in 1998 with $35,000 after she oversaw
economic development projects in the Philippines as part of the Peace Corps.
Since NPI's start, the company has done work for big companies and grown at
an average rate of 20%, said Greenspon, who declined to give sales.

The company typically hires recent graduates and spends about $5,000 a year
on computer and engineering software training. NPI has 10 workers and is
looking to grow.

The goal this year: gaining ISO certification to win more with medical and
aerospace companies.