Custom composite manufacturing for demanding applications.
Southwest Composite Works develops and manufactures custom carbon fiber and advanced composite parts for aerospace, recreation, medical, industrial, and other specialized applications.
We work with engineering and product teams to turn mechanical performance requirements into repeatable, manufacturable composite solutions.
When you send us your concept, CAD model, drawing, sample, or legacy part, we can help evaluate material selection, geometry, tooling strategy, process economics, tolerances, and production volume.
30 +
Manufacturing since 1994
1700 +
Projects
100 +
Combined Years of Experience
10 +
Industries Served
ITAR
Compliant
THE INDUSTRIES WE SERVE
AEROSPACE
Custom composite manufacturing for aerospace and aviation.
Aerospace programs often require reduced mass, structural performance, dimensional accuracy, fatigue resistance, and repeatability. Southwest Composite Works supports MROs and OEM partners with advanced tooling, precision manufacturing, and scalable composite production.
Our aerospace capabilities can support:
- Interior and seating components
- Clips, plates, brackets, covers, and structural components
- Complex geometries and integrated assemblies
- Composite tooling, molds, and fixtures
- Prototyping and production
We evaluate load cases, geometry, interfaces, tolerances, operating conditions, quantity, and assembly requirements before recommending a fiber architecture, resin system, or manufacturing process.
Our capabilities include CAD modeling, design for manufacturability, tailored layup strategies, controlled cure cycles, secondary machining, and inspection. SWC is ITAR compliant, and can execute NDAs to help protect sensitive designs and intellectual property.
RECREATION AND SPORTING GOODS
Carbon fiber parts and tooling for outdoor products.
In recreation and sporting goods, reducing unnecessary weight can improve handling, comfort, efficiency, and performance. Composite architecture can also be tailored for directional stiffness, repeated loading, complex geometry, and the desired finish.
Our recreation work includes carbon fiber components for backpacks, motorcycle handlebars, and paddle applications. SWC has supplied finished carbon fiber components to Zpacks and carbon fiber mold tooling to HIA Velo.
We can help determine whether a product or existing component is suitable for composite construction, then support design for manufacturing, prototyping, tooling, material selection, molding, machining, and finishing.
MEDICAL
Custom composite manufacturing for medical applications.
Medical equipment may require low weight, stiffness, durability, dimensional accuracy, cleanability, or performance around imaging systems. Properly engineered composites can also provide radiolucency for certain applications and reduce the weight of frequently repositioned equipment.
Our medical capabilities can support:
- Mobility systems
- Prosthetic components
- Patient-transport equipment
- Load-bearing components
- Imaging-equipment components
We review loads, geometry, fiber and resin systems, chemical exposure, cleaning requirements, interfaces, tolerances, and production goals before recommending a design or process.
Radiolucency, cleaning compatibility, and sterilization compatibility depend on the complete material system, finish, equipment design, and required protocol.
INDUSTRIAL
Composite parts for industrial equipment and automation.
Industrial teams often consider composites when a component is too heavy, vulnerable to corrosion, difficult to handle, or inefficient to manufacture as a multi-part assembly. Reducing moving or reciprocating mass can lower drive loads and support faster equipment cycles.
Industrial teams often consider composites when a component is too heavy, vulnerable to corrosion, difficult to handle, or inefficient to manufacture as a multi-part assembly. Reducing moving or reciprocating mass can lower drive loads and support faster equipment cycles.
Our industrial capabilities can support:
- Structural alternatives to heavier metal parts
- Compression-molded structural components
- Components integrated into existing products
- Corrosion-resistant parts
- Robotics and automation applications
- Construction, automotive, and energy applications
We select the manufacturing process around geometry, loads, tolerances, environmental exposure, interface requirements, quantity, and production economics. Our compression-molding capabilities support repeatable parts, complex geometries, and scalable production.
CAPABILITIES ACROSS INDUSTRIES
Composite programs require different combinations of engineering, development, tooling, manufacturing, and finishing support. Depending on your project’s stage and requirements, Southwest Composite Works can provide individual services or support the transition from an early concept into repeatable production.
Design and engineering
Feasibility review, CAD modeling, material selection, ply-schedule optimization, and design for manufacturability.
Product development and prototyping
Functional prototypes used to evaluate fit, form, geometry, and performance, before you invest in production tooling.
Composite manufacturing
Process selection, layup, molding, controlled curing, finishing, and production of custom composite parts.
Precision machining and tooling
In-house molds, fixtures, composite trimming, drilling, and CNC machining that ensure your project's tooling meets your finished-part requirements.
IN-HOUSE CAPABILITIES, FROM TOOLING THROUGH FINISHED PARTS
Southwest Composite Works operates from a 15,000-square-foot facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We house our engineering, tooling, composite manufacturing, finishing, and CNC machining under one roof, which supports our design and production decisions, and reduces supplier handoffs.
Our processes include compression molding, autoclave molding, vacuum bagging, bladder molding, and oven curing. We support prototypes intended for production and programs of 1,000+ units. Southwest is also a member of the American Composites Manufacturers Association’s High Performance Council.
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
AeroParts is extremely happy with the level of service, and workmanship Southwest Composite Works is providing. We look forward to this relationship continuing into the future.
— Connie Alcala, Purchasing Manager, AeroParts
We have been a happy customer since 2019. We buy carbon fiber components for a finished product that we manufacture. We've had good communication, good quality, and on time deliveries.
— Joe Vallesko, Founder, Zpacks
TELL US WHAT YOUR PART NEEDS TO DO
We have completed projects across many different industries. If your industry is not listed here, your application is still worth discussing, especially if it requires:
- Reduced mass: Replacing a heavier component or assembly while meeting structural requirements.
- Engineered performance: Controlling stiffness, strength-to-weight ratio, or performance under repeated loading.
- Environmental durability: Addressing corrosion, chemical exposure, moisture, or other operating conditions.
- Complex geometry: Producing contours or consolidating multiple pieces into a more integrated component.
REQUEST A TECHNICAL REVIEW AND QUOTE
For a technical review and quote, please send us enough information to understand what the part must do, and how it will be used:
- Functional requirements: Loads, operating conditions, environmental exposure, interfaces, and relevant tolerances.
- Production requirements: Estimated volume, target schedule, and project stage.
- Project files: Drawings, CAD models, photographs, or other available reference material.
If your project involves proprietary information, please upload a signed NDA, or request one before sharing sensitive files. Our team will review your information and provide guidance on feasibility, manufacturing approach, timeline, and next steps.
Prefer to talk through your project? Just give us a call.
Molding the future with carbon fiber composites.
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