Innovate · Novel Process R&D
Your Product Doesn't Fit Standard Equipment. We'll Build the One That Does.
Some products simply can't be made on off-the-shelf machinery. We develop the process, prove it on prototype hardware in our shop, and hand you a documented, repeatable path from recipe to production — before you spend production capital.
Engagement at a Glance
- Typical range
- $40K – $150K
- Duration
- 8 – 20 weeks, phased
- Structure
- Phase-gated: prove, then scale
- Deliverables
- Documented process, prototype rig, production spec
- Where
- Our own shop
- Ends with
- A machine that demonstrates the numbers
An engineer responds within one business day.
What you get
1. Outcomes
A process, not a theory
Structured R&D that ends in documented parameters and a machine that demonstrates them — data you can take to investors and co-packers.
Capital risk, front-loaded small
Prototype and pilot for a fraction of production cost. Kill bad ideas cheap; scale the one that works.
Equipment that's yours alone
First-of-kind machinery designed around your product is a moat competitors can't buy off a shelf.
How it works
2. The Process
Step 1
Break the problem down
We isolate the critical transformation — the one step nobody's solved — and attack that first, before anything else gets designed.
Step 2
Prototype in our shop
Benchtop rigs and pilot equipment in our own shop. Fast iterations, real product, real data, documented run by run.
Step 3
Prove the numbers
Rate, yield, and quality demonstrated on hardware — so the spec for a production machine writes itself and the performance guarantee has evidence behind it.
Step 4
Design for production
The proven process becomes production equipment. Same team, same data, no handoff loss.
Proof
3. Recent Work
Recent: a first-of-kind process that had never been automated — developed and proven across 27 documented test runs in our shop, with cycle time brought from roughly 8 hours down to a measured 4.75, then carried into a $2M production system design with a written performance guarantee.
Launch Partners at a Glance
- Longest client
- 8 years and counting
- Delivered
- 100+ projects
- Largest program
- 52 identical machines, 4 runs, one OEM
- Team
- 12 people + in-house shop
Related reading: Scaling a novel food product: why process comes before equipment · Co-manufacturer or your own line?
Straight answers
4. Questions We Hear
What if my product is too hard to manufacture?
That's our favorite kind of project. We develop the process first, prove it on prototype hardware in our shop, then build the production machine around what we learned.
We're pre-revenue. Should we even call?
Yes, if you're funded and the hard part is that nobody knows how to make your product yet. That's process development, and it's some of our favorite work. If the product is straightforward and you just need it made, start with a co-manufacturer and come back when the volume justifies your own line.
What do we have at the end?
A documented process, the prototype rig, and a production spec. Rate, yield, and quality are demonstrated on hardware, so the spec for the production machine has evidence behind it.
Do you work outside Colorado?
Yes. We're based in Arvada, in the Denver metro, and build nationwide. Recent work spans Texas, Nebraska, Florida, California, and Illinois, plus a federal production contract shipped from our shop.
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Prefer to talk? 720.394.9437 · Mon–Fri, 9 AM – 5 PM MT. Ask for Taylor.
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