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Product software
Taking an idea from a first sketch to a finished product. Planning, back end, front end, and the details that make it feel done.
Imagination, engineered.
Dreamed up. Built right.
Hayward Imagination Company is a software company in Canton, Michigan. We take ideas, whether it is a rough sketch or a half-finished app, and turn them into polished software that works the way people expect it to.
What we do
Software, start to finish.
Some projects run on a phone. Some run on a factory floor. Each one gets the same planning, the same testing, and the same care before it reaches the people who use it.
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Apps for Apple platforms and beyond
Native apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, built in Swift. Android, Windows, and Linux when the project needs them.
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Industrial and controls software
Software that talks to machines over PLCs, CAN bus, AS-Interface, and Profibus, with operator screens people can read at a glance.
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Web
Websites and web apps that load quickly, read clearly, and stay easy to update. Small businesses are welcome.
Divisions
Where new work begins.
Division
Hayward Labs
Our experimental software division. Where ideas get built. Labs covers everything from industrial controls to apps for iPhone, Mac, Android, Windows, and Linux.
Products
Software we make and support.
iPhone app
Kuya
Our first iPhone app. Kuya is a client for Hermes Agent, coming to the App Store.
How we work
High standards, kept on purpose.
Written standards
Every project follows the same written checklist for code quality, testing, accessibility, and security. Nothing ships until it passes.
Attention to detail
Contrast, loading states, error messages, edge cases. We check the small things, because those are what people notice first.
One accountable builder
Brandon Hayward founded the company and does the work himself. The person you talk to is the person writing the code.
Contact
Tell us what you have in mind.
Email is the best way to reach us. A few sentences about the idea is enough to start. Sketches, screenshots, and links help.
- Location
- Canton, Michigan
- Company
- Hayward Imagination Company LLC, a Michigan limited liability company