A startup needed 500 shippable carabiners in 6 weeks for a critical company milestone.

The carabiner was chosen because it made the company’s continuous carbon fiber technology visible, tangible, and usable in a single object. No program at that speed had ever been attempted.

The part required precise end-to-end fiber alignment inside a narrow process window, turning a simple-looking object into a full production challenge from day one.

Tooling, fixtures, process development, and line design were driven in parallel from CAD to shipped product.

Tooling ran 24 hours a day for 4 consecutive days with zero failures and zero downtime, a first in the company’s history.

54 people aligned across engineering, manufacturing, and executive leadership to deliver.

500 units shipped on time.