
A German equine welfare brand specialising in rescue and rehabilitation approached Rubbrex with a recurring problem: foals and sensitive adult horses at their centres developed chronic muzzle lesions from standard halter padding. Leather padding irritated sensitive skin; synthetic foam padding trapped moisture and bacteria. They needed a seamless, food-grade, easy-to-sanitise alternative — and they couldn't find it on the market.

Our ODM team designed a one-piece moulded silicone muzzle pad with contoured pressure distribution and an integrated halter-retention channel. Food-grade silicone compound. Standard 90-day ODM development cycle with multiple prototype iterations based on physical trials at the welfare centre. Tooling amortised over the launch order and onward reorders.

The muzzle pad became a category bestseller for the welfare brand, with sustained reorder cadence and adoption across European rescue organisations. Rubbrex remains the ODM supplier under a long-term partnership agreement — exact contract terms and reorder volumes available under NDA to serious ODM / distributor prospects.