Jabil and KAV Sports team on personalized bicycle helmets

Jabil has teamed with KAV Sports on made-to-order, personalized bicycle helmets that deliver a better fit for superior comfort and protection using custom engineered materials and additive manufacturing. Recognized by Time Magazine as one of the "best inventions of 2022," the KAV Portola helmet is made from custom nylon carbon-fiber material engineered by Jabil to meet exacting standards for performance and aesthetics. Jabil teamed with KAV Sports on a custom material, available in different colors, to produce tailor-made, 3D-printed bike helmets. "To fulfill our mission of saving lives, we needed to produce a better-fitting helmet that people would want to wear," said Whitman Kwok, founder and CEO of KAV Sports. "For consumers to experience the benefits of customization, we had to overcome limitations in materials and manufacturing. Jabil knocked it out of the park by engineering a custom material that met stringent criteria and could be manufactured using 3D printing to create something really unique and special for the helmet industry."