Technical Communication Organizations: Companies and Departments

The following links take you to companies that make their living doing technical communication. Included are specialized companies that do nothing but technical communication as well as companies that include technical publications among other activities.

Notes: See Yahoo's Technical Communication Companies for a very long list of technical writing firms.

• Ace Communications, Inc. Full-service technical writing, user documentation, WWW site authoring, and electronic publishing consulting.

• Altika. Electronic information and design, documentation, web page/site design, documentation systems.

• ATEK. Services in technical writing, technical illustration, animation, presentation, and translation. Applies Information Mapping techniques. Based in the Netherlands.

• Automation Graphics and Design, Inc. Technical manuals and interactive training applications for the worldwide automated machine building market.

• BDK Editing Services. Document production and project administration for corporate and academic clients in Ontario and the northern U.S.

• Behrens Group. Technical communications for governments and industries on four continents.

• Brian J. Dooley. Technical writing services from New Zealand.

• Bryant Communication Services. Software documentation, help systems, web pages. Consulting on documentation strategy, repository creation, and standards.

• Candor Consulting. Interactive on-line technical documentation, newsletters and brochures including Web pages and multimedia development.

• CAP Ventures. A document technology strategy and consulting firm for manufacturers, suppliers and corporate users of technologies associated with document management, document software, electronic imaging, and digital printing and publishing.

• CHY & Associates. Technical documentation, marketing communication, user interface design, WWW page development, online helps.

• Coe Communications. Business and technical communications, instructional design and training.

• Contact Translation and Publishing Services. Technical translation specialists: translators and translator associates, project managers, desktop publishers and programmers.

• Cornerstone Communications. User guides for software and hardware products.

• Computer Publications Unlimited (CPU, Inc.). A full-service technical communication company that specializes in developing documentation for the computer industry. CPU, Inc., offers a variety of working arrangements, such as providing one or more communicators on a contract basis, short-term or long-term; placing communicators in regular employment with the client; and working on or off the client's site.

• Cybertext Corporation. A full-service, product information development company specializing in technical writing and online documentation. A virtual corporation with nodes in Seattle, Portland, Cincinnati, and Palm Springs.

• C & R Enterprises. Engineering, graphic art, technical writing, and web pages.

• Dashe & Thomson, Inc. Technical writing services.

• Devonia Technical Communication Services Inc. Technical documentation company specializing in writing, editing, training, and HTML.

  Digital-Scribe Company. Technical writing and documentation for the computer industry, including documentation, users manuals, and instructional materials.

• Dillon Communications Company. Internet design, graphic design, technical writing and training.

• Doc-a-Ware. Providing technical writing and web site development.

• Dynalogic Inc. Documentation for programmers manuals, software specifications, application programming interfaces, hypertext, and web pages.

• En-Garde Technical Communication. Documentation and training for the computer industry.

• EPIC Creative Services. Technical manuals, writing, editing, illustration, patent drawing.

• Everfame Ltd. Technical documentation in print or computer media; WWW authoring and SGML.

• Free Spirit Freelance Services. Technical writing and publishing services.

• Gallagher, R.S. and Associates. Corporate and technical writing for a broad range of industries.

• GMH Associates, Inc. Technical writing firm specializing in online documentation, including online procedure manuals, online safety manuals and computer-based training courses for distribution on CD-ROM, LAN, WAN, or intranets.

• A. Gurney Ltd. Based in central Scotland, contract and freelance technical writers including web authors.

• HighTech Writing Solutions. Provides technical writing and editing services. Specializes in online help systems (both Windows and HTML) for open system software. Phone: 512-249-6782.

• High-Tech Technical Writing, Inc. Writer/engineers experienced in every kind of technical and marketing writing: hardware data books, software manuals, installation instructions, theory of operations manuals, benchmark reports,ads, flyers, brochures, fact sheets, overviews, white papers, and annual reports.

• Hillside House Technical Writing. Specializing in converting technical information into user-friendly documents.

• Human-Computer Interface. Designing and writing user guides and instruction manuals for computer software and other advanced technology products.

• IndyDOC Services. Providing user and system documentation, online helps, web pages, and training systems.

• Ingenova Pty Ltd. Technical documentation and illustrations for the electronics and defense industries.

• Inland Empire Consultants. Documentation development services, including paper documents, online documents, and online help.

• Jade Writers Group, Ltd. Technical writing, including WinHelp and user manual development, web site development and technical video scripting.

• JagTek. Specializes in Windows software documentation, online help (WinHelp), PDF & HTML conversions, graphic design, desktop publishing, and more.

• JE Communications. Technical writing and editing services, including WWW page design.

• JMS Writing Services. Commercial and technical writing service for information technology companies.

  KNOWware, LLC. Online documentation services. products.

• LANWrights - Writing and Consulting. Providing a variety of writing, training, and research services for high-tech companies, such as Novell, Microsoft, GTE, and Symantec.

• Lexicon Systems, Inc. Offering information design and delivery services, specializing in technical publishing and SGML training and consulting.

• Lloyd-Ritter Consulting, Inc. Providing technical writing contractors.

• Los Trancos Systems LLC. Technical communications development company, designing online help for Windows, Mac, and HTML as well as print documentation.

• Manual 3. Provides technical writing, illustration, and online documentation and help development services.

• Margolis & Associates. Provider of technical writing, white papers, web pages, help files; specializing in hypertext systems.

• Maruboshi North America. Document management, illustration, microfiche, SGML, translation, and more.

• Mil-Spec Documentation, Inc. Provides documentation development and technical writing services for companies developing, marketing and installing hardware systems, software products, networking equipment, and computer systems and components.

• Milmanco Corporation. Technical documentation for hardware and software products, specializing in ATA and military specifications.

• MorComm Technical Writing Services. Specializing in telecom and datacom documentation, including user and reference manuals, test procedures, application notes and data sheets.

• NIVA Inc. Canadian documentation firm offering publication services for government and technology developers across North America.

• Ogden Indexing and Technical Writing Services. Providing services to individual authors, corporations, and the publishing industry.

• Oppenheimer Technical & Creative Writing. Services including technical writing, document design, illustration, web page design and online helps.

• Pacific Technical Documentation. Technical writing, editing and online help for industrial automation, engineering test sets, user guides, manuals and consumer products.

• Page One Editorial Services. Specializing in scientific editing and writing.

• Masterpiece Media. Nina Panzica, technical writing contractor, who maintains one of the best technical communication websites and who provides her own technical writing services as well.

• PDR Information Services. Technical documentation services for Silicon Valley, Research Triangle Park, and the Boston area.

• PixelProse Communications. Specialists in preparing marketing copy for companies engaged in engineering, construction, agriculture, and equipment manufacturing.

• Plain Words Limited . Technical documentation and technical recruitment.

• Praxis Communications. Freelance writing and editing for computer, Internet, and telecommunications publications.

• Ravenworks. Technical writing, CD-ROM programming, video scripting, marketing writing, web design.

• Remillard Technical Documentation. Technical writing consultants specializing in user documentation for computer hardware and business application software, as well as marketing materials.

• Robert Ryan Writing & Editing Services. Technical documentation in areas including environmental science and engineering, geology, hydrogeology, government regulation, and health and safety.

• Silent Partners: Electronic Publishing. Based in Austin, Texas, this company provides services including newsletters, magazines, journals, and books; high-tech, medical, and scientific documentation; and conference proceedings.

• SoftScribes Documentation and Technical Communication. Providers of print and online documentation services. Includes technical writers, online help authors, Internet document designers, electronic publishers, and others.

• Software Resource Publications, Inc. Technical writing firm developing user guides, reference manuals, and online help systems.

• Solutions. Developers of technical information products, marketing materials, and technical training materials.

• SpiderFarmer Communications Ltd. Full service communications agency, with services including web design, graphic design, information architecture design, project management, technical writing, technical editing, software and hardware training, success stories and "advertorials," and online help files.

• TDP. An Irish company providing documentation, on-line help, and web-based information to software, manufacturing and telecommunications clients.

• Training & Documentation Solutions Ltd. Specializing in developing software and hardware documentation, online help, Internet and intranet web sites, electronic documentation systems and in organizing seminars in technical and marketing communication.

• Technical Horizons. Providers of technical bulletins, project reports, proposals, training manuals, grant requests, and product information guides.

• Technical Writers. Delivering technical writing, editing and training solutions.

• Technical Writers, Inc. Documentation for product inventers, manufacturers, and engineers.

• Techniscribe, Inc. Located near Boston, a technical writing, publishing and training company.

• Terra Pacific. An international technical communication company specializing in localization, graphic design and online information.

• Training & Documentation Solutions Ltd. Israel-based providers of technical documentation, including online help, electronic documents, and web site development, for software and hardware products.

• Userproof Software Services Ltd. Documentation services, including user guides, online help, operating procedures and documentation plans, plus document editing, upgrades and conversions.

• Wasser, Inc. Staffing and outsourcing company specializing technical communications.

• Web-n-Write-O-Matic. David Broudy, a freelance technical writer and "web guy," specializing in software and hardware documentation.

• Webster & Associates. Specializing in training and placement of professional technical writers.

• Word-Medex. Providers of editing services for scientific and medical manuscripts.

• Work Write. A company specializing in designing and developing Windows help, HTML help, Web, and other hypertext-based systems--online help, training materials, manuals, reference books, newsletters, electronic performance support, and other --for the traditional Windows desktop, intranets, and the Internet.

• The Write Enterprise. Desktop publishing, technical writing, technical editing, and Internet publishing.

• Write Livelihood. Providing writing and editing services, and training in documentation processes.

• Write-On: Technical Writing, Internet and Multimedia. UK-based developer of print-based manuals and hypertext, multimedia authoring and CD-ROM mastering, video editing, and web page authoring.

• The Write Stuff. Providers of document production and translation into Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish.

• Writer 4 Wrent. Services provided by David H. Citron. His page includes an HTML version of a software manual he wrote.

• The Written Word. Offering services in marketing copy, online documentation and conversion, and web page design.

Note: The preceding links in no way represent endorsements of these organizations or their products or services and are by no means a "complete" set of links. If you'd like your company to be listed here, contact David A. McMurrey.

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