Custom Overmolded Cables in Weeks, Not Months

| Created: August 19, 2026

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In this engaging episode of the CTRL+Listen podcast, host James interviews Sacha Fabien, co-founder of Fillio, to explore revolutionary methods for producing custom overmolded cables in weeks instead of months. Sacha reveals the innovative techniques his company employs, including the use of 3D-printed molds to significantly reduce costs and lead times, while also discussing the impact of modern challenges like COVID and tariffs on supply chain strategies.

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Custom Overmolded Cables in Weeks, Not Months

How do you get custom overmolded cables in weeks instead of months? In this episode of the CTRL+Listen podcast — brought to you by Octopart — host James sits down with Sacha Fabien, co-founder of Fillio, a Quebec-based low-pressure overmolding and cable assembly shop that's modernizing a slow, old-school process. Sacha shares how a hunt for a low-profile M8 connector led him to develop overmolding in-house, why overmolding is the overlooked step behind nearly every cable you own, and how Fillio uses 3D-printed molds to cut tooling cost and iterate fast.

They dig into the real challenges of overmolding and cable assembly — the cost of entry, lead times, and the teaching involved for engineers new to the process — plus how Fillio pulls live availability, pricing, and lead-time data through the Octopart API to quote faster. Sacha and James also cover the bigger picture: how COVID and tariffs are pushing hardware teams to reshore and build local supplier resilience, where robotics and physical AI fit into manufacturing, and why a reliable local supplier has gone from a hard sell to something buyers actively want. If you build hardware, source components, or care about supply chain resilience, this one's for you.

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Resources from this Episode

Fillio site (newsletter signup at bottom of page): https://www.fillio.ca
Contact Fillio: info@fillio.ca
Octopart API — how Fillio sources part data: https://octopart.com/
Sacha's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sacha-fabien-141b9283/en?originalSubdomain=ca
Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fillio1/

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James Sweetlove is the Social Media Manager for Altium where he manages all social accounts and paid social advertising for Altium, as well as the Octopart and Nexar brands, as well as hosting the CTRL+Listen Podcast series. James comes from a background in government having worked as a commercial and legislative analyst in Australia before moving to the US and shifting into the digital marketing sector in 2020. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and History from USQ (Australia) and a post-graduate degree in political science from the University of Otago (New Zealand). Outside of Altium James manages a successful website, podcast and non-profit record label and lives in San Diego California.