Stress Engineering Services’ product design, failure analysis and testing experience in the outdoor category extends back to the mid-1970s.  However, it wasn’t until 2009 did this work start to coalesce into a focused business category.  Following the aggressive growth in the category, in 2014 Stress elevated this segment of business to a commercial “practice” with the formation of Stress Outdoor®, a division of Stress Engineering Services.   Initially supported by a staff of about 45 engineers and industrial design professionals, most all with advanced degrees, Stress Outdoor® can also leverage the skills of about an additional 200 engineers housed in other offices in the US, Canada and Singapore.  Our engineering staff has access to 166,000 square feet of in-house laboratory space, enabling us to provide our clients with product development and project improvements support from concept innovation to product evaluation.