Phase 1, Engineering Validation

A Proposal for
Eggcetera

Eggcetera is a three-component apparatus: an interlocking top mould, a bottom mould, and a snapping funnel plug with an integrated silicone retention lanyard.

Provisional

01 — Background

Background

Epicurean Global Holdings LLC is a newly formed company established by E. Michele Lewis to bring a single product to market as an independent inventor. The product, Eggcetera, is a multi-component food-grade cooking mould derived from a stainless-steel multi-component mould her father patented in the 1980s and never commercialised. Michele has simplified that design into an all-silicone version and is taking it forward independently. There is no prior trading history and no existing distribution or sales channels.

Eggcetera is a three-component apparatus: an interlocking top mould, a bottom mould, and a snapping funnel plug with an integrated silicone retention lanyard. It is used to cook spherical or filled food items such as eggs, hors d'oeuvres, and filled food balls with a centre cavity. The assembled apparatus is designed to hold a leak-proof seal through high-heat baking, steam cooking, and direct freeze-to-bake transfer, without any external rigid frame.

The intended material is 100% platinum-cured liquid silicone rubber (LSR); peroxide-cured silicone is explicitly excluded. The apparatus must perform continuously from -40 degrees C to 260 degrees C, survive a minimum of 500 full thermal-shock cycles, and hold a 100% leak-proof seal verified by a 5-minute flat-bed fluid containment test. Other hard requirements include a funnel-plug snap of at least 1.5 lb pull force to disengage, a wall-thickness tolerance of plus or minus 0.15mm across all cross-sections, an SPI-A1 high-gloss interior for non-stick release, a textured exterior grip for oven-mitt handling, and self-supporting structure achieved through geometric ribbing rather than a separate frame. The rigid holding stand from the original design has been removed, with cylinder footings to be integrated directly into the bottom mould base.

Regulatory targets are FDA 21 CFR 177.2600 for the United States, LFGB for Europe, and RoHS and REACH compliance, with independent laboratory certification through SGS, Intertek, or Bureau Veritas required before any mass-production shipment.

Michele has provided a detailed Product Requirements Document, a set of conceptual CAD files covering multiple design embodiments, and USPTO patent drawings. The CAD files are, by her own documentation, early-stage conceptual models created to communicate shape and layout. They have not had draft angles, wall uniformity, or shrinkage tolerances professionally validated, and the PRD places full Design for Manufacturing responsibility on the manufacturing partner. We treat the files as a sound starting point, not a finished specification.

Epicurean Global Holdings has approached C2W and Shield Works to take Eggcetera from conceptual CAD to a launch-ready product. This proposal covers Stage 1 of that program, Phase 1, Engineering Validation, following the discovery call with our President and Founder Nick Cunningham on 26 June 2026 and the NDA now in place between the parties.

The product is built around a rigid structural spine that carries the weight, a plate mounting carrier that takes standard Olympic plates and allows quick add and remove, a central screw adjustment mechanism that sets the fit to the wearer, a padded waist support belt, and an adjustable shoulder and cross strap harness. The current prototype rates to 30kg of plates. Resistance band and accessory attachment points are part of the design.

This proposal is marked provisional in that the figures in Section 6 are indicative and firm up through the Phase 1 work. The Phase 1 scope and fee set out in Sections 4 and 5 are firm. The first technical session, the Engineering Kickoff Workshop in Deliverable 1, aligns the work against the real technical priorities, principally the leak-proof seal under thermal cycling, before engineering work begins. See Section 11 for the sequence.

02 — Preliminary Read

Our Preliminary Read on the Product

Ahead of Phase 1 engagement, our team has reviewed the RFQ, the two project intake submissions, the discovery call context, the Product Requirements Document, and the CAD folder structure. The full CAD and STEP files will be reviewed in detail on receipt into the Shield Works R&D team. The following is not the Phase 1 output. It is the position our engineering work will start from.

2.1 The central technical question: a frameless, multi-part, leak-proof seal under thermal cycling

The single hardest requirement in this product is the seal. Everything else on the specification meets at the interlocking joint between the top and bottom mould and at the funnel plug. The apparatus must:

Hold a 100% leak-proof seal with zero leakage over a 5-minute flat-bed fluid containment test, using only a tongue-and-groove silicone compression rim, with no external clamp or rigid frame.

Maintain that seal through a minimum of 500 full freeze-to-bake thermal-shock cycles, across a -40 degrees C to 260 degrees C range, without seal relaxation, embrittlement, or micro-cracking.

Remain self-supporting when filled, sagging no more than 3mm when lifted, using geometric ribbing in the silicone walls rather than a frame.

Achieve a funnel-plug snap requiring at least 1.5 lb pull force to disengage, repeatably, while remaining leak-proof at the fill port.

Be moulded cleanly, without flash on the complex interlocking perimeter, which the PRD itself flags as the primary defect risk.

These requirements are in tension with one another. A softer silicone (lower Shore A) seals and compresses well but sags and holds structure poorly. A firmer silicone supports structure but seals less forgivingly and demolds harder over an interlocking ridge. The frameless self-support requirement pushes toward a firmer, ribbed wall; the leak-proof compression seal pushes toward a softer rim. Resolving that trade-off, and confirming it survives 500 thermal cycles, is the dominant engineering question on this project. Phase 1 carries it as a standalone workstream. This is also the reason a real production unit cost cannot responsibly be quoted before the engineering work is done: the material durometer, wall sections, and cavity strategy that come out of this workstream directly set the tooling and the per-unit cost.

2.2 Where quality, cost, and timeline are won or lost

Seal and material durometer

Selecting and locking the silicone durometer (the PRD suggests 50 to 60 Shore A as a starting range) against the competing demands of seal compression, self-support, thermal-cycle endurance, and clean demolding. This is validated on physical prototypes in a later stage, but the engineering position and the recommended range are set in Phase 1.

Frameless self-support and footing integration

The rigid stand has been removed and cylinder footings are to be integrated into the bottom mould base. Phase 1 assesses the ribbing geometry needed for self-support without a frame, and the footing integration, including the client's expectation of a cost saving from deleting the separate stand. The saving is assessed on real geometry rather than assumed.

Flash control on the interlocking perimeter

The tongue-and-groove compression rim is the highest flash-risk feature in the tool. Phase 1 sets the parting-line strategy, clamping approach, and the DFM direction needed to keep flash within a seal-safe limit, and defines the T1 verification method.

Wall-thickness uniformity and draft

The plus or minus 0.15mm wall tolerance and the absence of validated draft angles are the two CAD gaps most likely to require geometry changes. The engineering audit addresses both, with redline direction for clean demolding of the interlocking ridges.

Tooling strategy: aluminium rapid tooling into a production path

The client's plan is low-volume aluminium rapid tooling rated for 5,000 to 10,000 shots, scaling later into multi-cavity production tooling without altering the sealing interface. Phase 1 confirms the cavity count, the aluminium-to-steel transition strategy, and where the sealing geometry must be frozen so the later scale-up does not require re-cutting the seal.

Certification pathway

FDA 21 CFR 177.2600, LFGB, RoHS, and REACH each carry their own testing and documentation requirements for a repeated-food-contact silicone article used in a heated environment. Phase 1 scopes the pathway per target market. Execution of testing is routed through accredited external partners and quoted separately.

2.3 Design embodiments and scope

The CAD set provided contains five distinct design embodiments plus USPTO patent drawings and several revised binders, which is a broader asset base than a single product. This gives us two sensible ways to scope Phase 1, priced in Section 5. Option A validates the single embodiment selected for first launch and notes the others as future variants. Option B validates all five embodiments as a product family, reconciled against the patent drawings, and produces a variant-family tooling and cost strategy. We recommend agreeing the primary launch embodiment at the Engineering Kickoff Workshop under either option.

03 — Volume and Timeline Targets

Volume and Timeline Targets

The following reflects current working assumptions drawn from the PRD, the intake submissions, and the call context. The figures will be reconciled and validated through Phase 1. Note that the two intake submissions and the PRD carry different unit-price, volume, and cost figures; Phase 1 reconciles these into a single validated set.

Field	Value
Prototype Quantity	5 to 15 functional units, split across internal kitchen testing, independent lab certification, product photography, and beta testers
First Production Run	500 to 1,000 retail-ready units on low-volume rapid tooling
Annual Volume Forecast	5,000 to 10,000 units per year (conservative e-commerce sales velocity)
Target Unit Economics	Landed cost target USD 7.50 (ocean) / USD 9.50 (air) per unit; retail USD 39.99 / USD 43.99. To be validated through Phase 1, see Section 8
Tooling Approach	Aluminium rapid tooling rated for 5,000 to 10,000 shots, not hardened production steel
Target Timeline	Client target Q3/Q4 2026 mass production launch. Development sequence and realistic gating confirmed in the Development Roadmap
Target Markets	United States and European e-commerce (Amazon, Walmart), pre-order / low-volume production strategy
Funding Status	Secured and confirmed

04 — Phase 1, Engineering Validation

Phase 1, Engineering Validation

Phase 1, Engineering Validation is the first paid engagement in the Eggcetera development program. The work is engineering-led: an independent audit of the provided CAD and design intent, a focused engineering workstream on the leak-proof seal under thermal cycling, a preliminary DFM, DFA, and DFX assessment, supplier engineering engagement with indicative pricing, certification and logistics scoping, and a Development Roadmap that consolidates the output into a costed, phase-by-phase pathway to qualified mass production.

Duration: approximately 4 to 6 working weeks from confirmation.

Phase 1 consists of the following six deliverables.

Engineering Kickoff Workshop

A working technical session with the Shield Works R&D team, not an introductory call. We walk through the product architecture, the CAD and design intent, the selected launch embodiment, the commercial goals, and the seal and material priorities, and agree the engineering workstreams before work begins. Where a US engineering firm is involved on the client side, this session is where the split of responsibilities is confirmed in writing (see Section 9).

Independent CAD and Design Engineering Audit

Written, annotated audit of the provided CAD models and design intent, with specific engineering findings and redline direction. Focus on the interlocking perimeter seal, wall-thickness uniformity, draft angles for clean demolding, the funnel-plug snap geometry, the ribbing for frameless self-support, and the footing integration replacing the deleted stand. Output: annotated engineering commentary and a ranked list of recommended design revisions.

Seal and Thermal-Cycle Engineering Workstream

Dedicated engineering workstream on the central technical question. Establishes the engineering position on the frameless multi-part compression seal, the recommended silicone durometer range against the competing demands of seal, self-support, thermal-cycle endurance, and demolding, the flash-control strategy on the interlocking perimeter, and the parting-line and clamping approach. Defines the physical test protocol (leak test, thermal-shock cycling, plug pull force) that later prototype stages will validate against. Output: documented engineering position with the seal and material strategy for Phase 2 confirmation.

Preliminary DFM, DFA, and DFX Engineering Assessment

Written assessment covering DFM and DFA on the top mould, bottom mould, and funnel plug, the mould-flow and cavity strategy, the aluminium rapid tooling approach and its transition to production tooling, the SPI-A1 interior finish and textured exterior requirements, packaging scope direction, and a structured risk register with mitigations. Preliminary at this stage against analysis and supplier data; full DFM execution, drawing release, and supplier qualification testing sit in Phase 2.

Supplier Engineering Shortlist and Indicative Quotation

Qualified LSR moulding supplier shortlist drawn from our Shield Works supply chain and wider network, with first-round engineering engagement to confirm capability across platinum-cured LSR injection moulding, multi-cavity tooling, food-grade finishing, retail packaging, and marketplace labelling. Indicative unit pricing for the apparatus at the target volume tiers, benchmarked against the shortlisted suppliers, so the real unit economics can be assessed against the client's landed-cost targets. Accuracy is subject to the defined level of readiness for manufacture; final unit costs are locked against specific supplier quotes as Phase 2 progresses. Mould pricing is confirmed here on completed DFM, not in this proposal.

Development Roadmap (Full RTMP)

The 25 to 35 page consolidating document that carries the Phase 1 engineering output forward into Phase 2 and through to qualified mass production. This is the full Route to Market Plan for Eggcetera.

The Development Roadmap will include:

Phase timelines and phase management costs across the full development program.
Shield Works resource allocations and core deliverables across sampling, development, design optimisation (full DFM, DFA, DFX), prototyping, pilot run manufacture, mass production, and scaled production.
Consolidated written output of the Phase 1 engineering work, including the audit findings and the seal and thermal-cycle workstream output.
Component-level bill of materials with material specifications and qualified supplier direction.
Mechanical and DFM plan for the top mould, bottom mould, and funnel plug, with the recommended durometer, wall sections, and tooling strategy.
Certification pathway per target market (FDA 21 CFR 177.2600, LFGB, RoHS, REACH), with the testing route and indicative cost direction.
Logistics and fulfilment plan, including Amazon FBA prep, FNSKU and Walmart barcoding, paperwork, and warehousing options in China.
Prototyping and iteration plan with physical validation gates for the leak test and thermal-shock cycling.
Tooling strategy and indicative tooling investment budget, including the aluminium-to-steel scale-up path.
Pilot run manufacture plan with QC gating criteria (including the Sniff Test and the 5-minute Leak Test), mass production pathway, packaging direction, and a risk register with mitigations and owner assignments.

Note: Phase 1 is the first phase of the Eggcetera development program. Phase 2 and subsequent development, tooling, certification, and production work is scoped and costed within the Development Roadmap for Epicurean Global Holdings' approval before any execution begins.

05 — Phase 1 Fee

Phase 1 Fee

Phase 1 is offered at two scope levels, priced as alternatives. The primary launch embodiment is agreed at the Engineering Kickoff Workshop under either option.

Recommended

Option A

USD 7,500

Payable in full on confirmation

Single-embodiment Phase 1. Full engineering validation of the primary Eggcetera embodiment selected for first launch, audited against the consolidated CAD set. The remaining embodiments are noted as future variants and addressed in the Development Roadmap.

Alternative

Option B

USD 9,500

Payable in full on confirmation

Full-family Phase 1. Engineering validation across all five embodiments in the CAD set, reconciled against the USPTO drawings, with a comparative audit, per-embodiment DFX findings, and a variant-family tooling and cost strategy carried into the Development Roadmap.

Our recommendation is Option A for a focused, fast first launch, with the remaining embodiments carried into the Development Roadmap as a costed variant family. Option B suits a decision to develop the full family in parallel from the outset.

06 — Development Envelope

Indicative Development Envelope Preview

The figures below are preliminary ranges produced from our initial review and our experience with multi-component food-grade silicone consumer products manufactured in China. They are shared ahead of the Phase 1 Indicative Quotation so the shape of the investment is clear from the outset. They will be firmed up, detailed, and locked against specific supplier quotes in the Phase 1 output. Mould and tooling pricing is confirmed on completed DFM inside Phase 1, consistent with what was agreed on the discovery call, and is shown here as confirmed in Phase 1 rather than as a committed figure.

Stage	Scope	Timeline	Indicative Fee (USD)
Engineering refinement and full DFM	Seal geometry resolution, wall and draft optimisation, footing integration, mould-flow, production drawing release across the mould set	4 to 6 weeks	6,000 to 11,000
Functional prototype build	First food-grade LSR validation prototypes, 5 to 15 units, for seal, thermal-cycle, and fitment testing	3 to 5 weeks	6,000 to 11,000
Prototype iteration (likely)	Second iteration on seal, flash control, and any DFM-driven geometry changes	2 to 4 weeks	4,000 to 8,000
Aluminium rapid tooling	Low-volume multi-cavity aluminium tooling for the mould components and funnel plug (per selected embodiment)	5 to 9 weeks	Confirmed in Phase 1
Lab certification	FDA 21 CFR 177.2600, LFGB, RoHS, REACH testing through accredited partners (SGS / Intertek / Bureau Veritas)	3 to 5 weeks	Quoted separately
Pilot low-volume run	500 to 1,000 retail-ready units, real unit-cost baseline, retail packaging and marketplace labelling	3 to 4 weeks	Per Phase 1 unit cost
Production tooling and mass production transition	Multi-cavity hardened production steel tooling, scaled from the frozen sealing geometry, and the move to 5,000 to 10,000 units per year at the all-in unit cost	Per Development Roadmap	Confirmed in Phase 1

Ranges assume the single-embodiment launch path plus a single prototype iteration, and exclude lab certification and accredited test fees, sample shipping, and the pilot production run cost, which are addressed in Section 7. Indicative unit pricing is not included at this stage: the seal and durometer decision materially affects per-unit cost and is not locked until the Phase 1 work is complete. Unit pricing at the target volume tiers is delivered in the Phase 1 Supplier Engineering Shortlist and Indicative Quotation.

Taken together, this is the full first-pass pathway: Phase 1 engineering validation, through prototyping and aluminium rapid tooling, to the pilot low-volume run, and on to qualified mass production. The aluminium-to-steel scale-up is engineered so the sealing geometry is frozen once and not re-cut, and the production tooling investment and annual-volume unit cost are costed in the Development Roadmap.

On the client's landed-cost target

The PRD targets a landed cost of USD 7.50 (ocean) or USD 9.50 (air) on a 24 oz finished-and-boxed platinum-cured LSR assembly at 500 to 1,000 unit volumes. LSR is priced by weight and platinum-cured grades sit at the higher end. We are not endorsing or dismissing that target in this proposal. Establishing the real, defensible landed cost against the confirmed design and supplier quotes is precisely one of the outputs of Phase 1, and it is delivered honestly, whether it confirms the target or shows where it needs to move.

07 — Exclusions

Exclusions

The Phase 1 fee covers all six deliverables in Section 4, including the engineering work, the CAD audit, the seal and thermal-cycle workstream, the DFX assessment, supplier engagement, indicative quotation, certification and logistics scoping, and the Development Roadmap. The following are excluded and would be scoped and costed within the Development Roadmap itself, or addressed through external partners coordinated by Shield Works.

Industrial design refinement or any 3D CAD development work beyond the audit.

Full DFM execution, engineering drawing release, and supplier qualification testing.

Prototyping, sampling, and physical testing.

Tooling and mould costs. Mould pricing is confirmed on completed DFM and subcontractor quotes inside the development program, not in this proposal.

Lab certification and accredited test-lab fees (FDA, LFGB, RoHS, REACH). Pathway guidance is included; execution is routed through external testing partners and quoted separately.

Product photography, marketing assets, and marketplace listing creation.

Shipping costs for physical samples or prototypes between China and the United States.

Patent or utility model matters. The existing USPTO position is the client's; any filing costs are separate.

Production unit costs for the 500 to 1,000 unit pilot run and beyond.

Note on the post-Phase 1 model

Once a supplier set is confirmed and production begins, C2W and Shield Works operate as Epicurean Global Holdings' manufacturing partner. The client receives a single unit cost per unit that covers goods, quality control, supplier management, golden sample, packaging, and logistics coordination. These are not billed as separate service fees. The Phase 1 Supplier Engineering Shortlist and Indicative Quotation establishes those unit costs with confidence before any production commitment is made.

08 — Payment Terms

Payment Terms

Stage	Fee	Payment Trigger
Phase 1, Engineering Validation (Option A)	USD 7,500	Payable in full on project confirmation
Phase 1, Engineering Validation (Option B)	USD 9,500	Payable in full on project confirmation

09 — Responsibilities

Responsibilities and Operating Model

We are flexible on how development is run. Epicurean Global Holdings may run the engineering entirely through Shield Works, or may lead development through a US engineering firm with Shield Works accountable for the China-side tooling and production. Both models work for us. What matters is that responsibility is clear and agreed in writing before work begins. The table below sets out the default position, which is confirmed and, if a US firm is involved, refined at the Engineering Kickoff Workshop.

Area	Shield Works / C2W	Epicurean Global Holdings (or its US partner)
Engineering validation and DFM	Accountable. CAD and BOM audit, seal engineering, DFM, DFA, DFX, mould-flow, and drawing direction within Phase 1	Provides source CAD, drawings, and design intent; approves design revisions
Tooling and China production	Accountable. Tooling procurement and management, supplier selection and management, pilot and mass production, QC, packaging, logistics	Approves tooling release at the tooling gate; funds tooling and production
Lab certification	Scopes the pathway and coordinates accredited partners	Holds the certificates as the brand owner; funds testing
If a US firm leads development	Accountable for China-side tooling, production, QC, and supply, and for a DFM review of the US-firm output before tooling is cut	US firm accountable for the engineering and prototype work it delivers; split confirmed in writing at the Engineering Kickoff Workshop

Whichever model applies, Shield Works is the single point of accountability for everything it delivers, and the responsibility split is documented at the Engineering Kickoff Workshop so there is no ambiguity about who owns what.

10 — Safeguards and Clarifications

Safeguards and Clarifications

Provisional status

The Phase 1 scope and fee are firm. The figures in Section 6 are indicative and firm up through the Phase 1 work. The Engineering Kickoff Workshop, the first deliverable, aligns the work against the real technical priorities, principally the leak-proof seal under thermal cycling and the silicone durometer decision.

The seal is the reason engineering precedes pricing

No durometer, tooling strategy, or unit cost can be sensibly committed until the seal and thermal-cycle question is worked. This is the reason paid engineering must precede any binding production price, and it protects both parties from committing to an unvalidated specification. Because the seal geometry in the provided CAD is conceptual and unvalidated, the leak-proof and thermal-cycle performance is proven on physical samples through the defined test protocol, and cannot be committed against the current CAD.

CAD status

The client's own PRD confirms the CAD files are conceptual and unvalidated for manufacture, and places DFM responsibility on the manufacturing partner. Phase 1 is the mechanism that discharges that responsibility properly. The audit may recommend meaningful geometry changes to the seal, walls, and draft. Our DFM findings are engineering recommendations that Epicurean Global Holdings, as the design owner, reviews and approves. Manufacturability is confirmed at physical T1 sampling and the validation stage, not guaranteed by the paper CAD audit alone.

Reconciling the brief

The two intake submissions and the PRD carry different figures for target unit price, first-run volume, and target cost. Phase 1 reconciles these into a single validated commercial basis. We will not proceed on contradictory numbers.

Scope changes

If requirements change materially during Phase 1 (for example a change of launch embodiment, a decision to move from Option A to Option B, a change in target markets and the associated certification scope, or a change in target volumes), we will adjust cost and timeline and agree the change before proceeding.

Quotation accuracy

The Indicative Quotation delivered in Phase 1 is subject to the defined level of readiness for manufacture. The cost envelope in Section 6 is directional. Final pricing is locked against specific supplier quotes inside the Phase 1 output and refined through Phase 2.

Post-handover liability

On production, manufacturing defects attributable to workmanship or Shield Works-supplied materials are covered with Shield Works up to the value of the goods. Design defects rest with the brand owner. Shield Works carries China-based operational insurance. As the brand owner selling into the US and EU, Epicurean Global Holdings is advised to carry product liability insurance in its sales markets, which is normal for a food-contact consumer product.

Intellectual property

Epicurean Global Holdings retains all intellectual property in the product, including design, CAD, BOM, and any derivative work produced under our engagement. The client owns the production tooling once paid for in full. Shield Works retains only its background know-how, processes, and supplier relationships. Work proceeds under the NDA in place, and an NNN covering all third-party suppliers engaged on the project will be in place before any external engagement begins. Shield Works operates within an IP-secure, ISO-certified facility.

Timelines

The 4 to 6 working week Phase 1 estimate assumes reasonable availability for the Engineering Kickoff Workshop and follow-up technical discussions. The development sequence and a realistic view of the client's Q3/Q4 2026 launch target are set out in the Development Roadmap.

11 — Why C2W and Shield Works

Why C2W and Shield Works

Full-time dedicated project manager in our China HQ coordinating all suppliers, engineering resources, and the client team, with full visibility on who is making what and where.

In-house R&D, mechanical engineering, DFM and DFX, quality control, and audit resources, led by a mechanical engineer CEO with over 27 years of manufacturing experience and a Head of R&D with an aerospace engineering background.

Over 21 years delivering multi-component consumer products from China, with direct experience across silicone and LSR moulding, food-grade finishing, multi-cavity tooling, and retail packaging.

IP-secure, ISO-certified manufacturing facility in Zhuhai for moulding, assembly, quality control, packaging, and warehousing.

Quality control included as a core part of our offer, governed to recognised AQL sampling standards, not billed as a separate line.

Logistics and fulfilment handled in-group, including Amazon FBA prep, FNSKU and Walmart barcoding, paperwork, and warehousing in China.

Transparent factory selection and direct supplier relationships. No hidden middlemen, no opaque quotes, no surprises on quality.

12 — Next Steps

Next Steps

Epicurean Global Holdings reviews this proposal and confirms the Phase 1 scope, the chosen option (A or B), and the fee. Any questions on scope or sequence can be raised by email beforehand.

C2W issues the invoice for the confirmed Phase 1 fee.

On receipt of payment, the supplier-facing NNN is finalised and the client shares the full CAD (STEP), design files, and any supporting drawings with the Shield Works R&D team.

We schedule the Engineering Kickoff Workshop with the Shield Works R&D team. This first technical session sets the engineering priorities: the leak-proof seal under thermal cycling, the silicone durometer decision, frameless self-support and footing integration, flash control on the interlocking perimeter, the launch embodiment, and the responsibility split if a US firm is involved.

Phase 1 output, including the Development Roadmap, delivered within approximately 4 to 6 working weeks of the Engineering Kickoff Workshop, with the full development program roadmap, costs, and timelines for the client's approval.

This proposal is non-binding at this stage and is intended to give Epicurean Global Holdings clarity on cost, structure, and what Phase 1 will actually produce. If you are happy with the direction, let us know your preferred option and we will issue the invoice and get the Engineering Kickoff Workshop scheduled.

Best regards,

Mark Jacobs

CEO, C2W Group / Shield Works

July 2026