KAV Moves Forward In Buffalo's First Ward

Pallets of printers and testing gear that arrived from KAV's Redwood City, California plant have been reestablished in the revolutionary cycling helmet-maker's Western New York factory this week.

Printers; some new, others boxed up and repurposed from KAV's Silicon Valley Operations, are rolling onto the floor and running already.

A nook in the company's factory, easily mistaken for a storage space, is being designed to become the factory's new testing zone for models of helmets already being produced and others yet to hit the market.

It's part of KAV's migration East, a decision made this summer to amplify production and efficiency.

Some KAV staff members are on the way to Buffalo. At least one engineer's arrived to support operations. Others are still measuring the opportunity.

Cost-savings come with the decision by KAV CEO Whitman Kwok to head east.

Production has already accelerated. KAV Operations Director Alex Grenning says the Buffalo plant hit a new stage of production this month.