IRN, Inc.

IRN, Inc., a consulting company, provides management consulting, market intelligence, and technology services for industrial and financial companies. The company offers memorandum review, pre-acquisition screening, market validation due diligence support, strategic assessment, management team assessment, and post acquisition planning and integration services for investors and financial institutions; and strategic advisory, custom market research, forecasting, and information technology services for suppliers and manufacturers. It also provides automotive intelligence products, including Autofutures, a light-duty vehicle, engine, and transmission production forecast product. In addition, the company offers Autofutures desktop, an electronic delivery technology for its light vehicle and power train forecasts; Autofutures forecaster, a forecasting and reporting tool for automotive suppliers; and Autofutures live to access forecasts through the companys Website. Further, it conducts research and analysis in various industries, including automotive, transportation equipment, automation robotics and testing, manufactured goods, specialty equipment, non-manufacturing, and food processing and distribution industries. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan with an affiliate in Stuttgart, Germany.