American Manufacturing Diversified Group.
AMDG Partners is an equity partner to manufacturing companies and the vendors who supply them. We think of ourselves as the anti-private equity: no flipping, no quarterly games, just standing in the arena alongside you. We bring the sales engine, infrastructure, certifications, and operating systems it takes to grow over the long haul.
Time Horizon
Decades
We invest like owners, not flippers. Outcomes measured in cycles, not quarters.
Equity Model
Earned
We only take equity after we've put the sweat in and the value shows up.
Stakeholders
All In
Owners, operators, employees, and customers, value flows to everyone on the platform.
Why we exist
Most shop owners are great operators, but it's hard to find time to work on the business. Too often, owners spend their days firefighting in the daily grind, strategy, sales, compensation, and cultural alignment get pushed to next week.
That was my experience at Phoenix Heat Treating. My dad is an incredible heat treater, he understands materials better than anyone I know, but carving out time to work on the business was a constant challenge. I was able to step in with systems, processes, technology, and cultural alignment. The company has flourished as a result.
This problem isn't unique to us. Shops across the country want to grow, but finding time to work on the business is the bottleneck. That's where AMDG Partners, American Manufacturing Diversified Group, comes in. We leverage our network, software, and systems to be the partner that helps your business grow.
The landscape is crowded with private equity firms promising the same thing. Many are great partners, but their time horizon is short, implement fast, then sell. We take the long view because we believe in protecting legacies. Our family has been in heat treating for over 100 years; I'm a 5th generation heat treater. Businesses are built to be vehicles for their shareholders and their employees. American manufacturing deserves a real partner.
Charlie Hushek
Founder, AMDG Partners
Approach
Have a great shop, but execution gaps are throttling growth?
Our minority model embeds AMDG's operating team, certifications, and management systems into your business. You keep majority ownership and day-to-day control, we plug the gaps so the vision actually ships.
Ready to change your role without leaving the next chapter?
AMDG steps in as a majority partner. We remove personal liability from the legacy owner and bring the leadership bench to scale the business without losing what makes it special.
Built something real and ready to hand it off?
If you've built a durable team and a clean book of business, we're ready to talk. AMDG is positioned to fund a buyout that honors the legacy and protects the future of the people who built it with you.
Ideal Partner
Not every shop is an AMDG shop. The partners we do our best work with share three things in common, they want to grow, they run toward regulated markets, and they're willing to change how the business operates to get there.
Owners and operators who aren't content to coast, they want more customers, more capacity, and a bigger team five years from now.
Defense, space, energy, semiconductor, the work that requires certifications, audits, and traceability. Where the barrier to entry is the moat.
Willing to adopt new software, quality systems, and operating cadences. The shops that grow are the shops that evolve.
Understands that decisions get better when the data is good. Trusts instinct, but doesn't run the business on it alone, measurement, dashboards, and evidence drive the calls.
At least two or three years before retirement is on the table. Still hungry to be in the arena, still want to build something bigger before hanging it up.
You've built a healthy, profitable business. We're not here to rescue a turnaround, we're here to pour fuel on a fire that's already burning.
Partnering with you
Plenty of holding companies will buy your shop, swap the logo, and chase the next quarter. We don't. AMDG joins you in the trenches, embeds with the team, and earns its stake by adding value; certifications, software and systems. The goal; moving the metrics that actually matter, throughput, on-time, margin, headcount you'd hire again.
Process
We walk through what an AMDG partnership looks like inside a manufacturing operation like yours, structure, terms, day one.
Come see the floor, the systems, and the team. Then we come see yours. Real conversations on real shop floors.
Transparent deal terms, operating agreements, and a 100-day plan. We earn equity only after we put the sweat in.
Infrastructure
Once we're in the arena with you, we'll work out a plan together to leverage the AMDG Partners platform. From certified quality systems and the tech stack to certifications and marketing, we'll craft a plan that adds real value.
AS9100
Aerospace quality system, flight-ready discipline baked into every process.
ITAR
Registered and compliant for controlled defense articles and technical data.
CMMC
Cybersecurity maturity aligned with DoD contract requirements.
Manufacturing
Multi-process machining, fabrication, and assembly capacity ready to absorb your overflow.
Software & Tech
ERP, MES, and analytics that turn the shop floor into real-time, decision-ready data.
Management Systems
We utilize the MIND operating system to assign each team a Most Important Number, driving alignment and accountability.
Sales
Aerospace and defense customer relationships you can plug your capacity into.
Marketing
Website development, SEO, print marketing, and an in-house graphic designer to put your shop in front of the right buyers.
Financial Support
AR/AP, cash flow analysis, and financial reporting that keep the business funded and forecastable.
HR Support
Hiring, job descriptions, talent management, and insurance, the people infrastructure to scale a team.
Network
Operating businesses where we've put the sweat in, building infrastructure, certifications, and systems alongside the teams who built them.
Est. 1963 · The company that started AMDG Partners
The Southwest's largest commercial heat treater, 60 furnaces running 24/7, a paperless QMS, and 20 different heat-treating processes under one roof.
Est. 1987 · Acquired by AMDG Partners, 2025
Swiss machining, milling, mill-turn lathes, and assembly. AMDG implemented AS9100, ERP, ITAR, CMMC, sales support, and a developing leadership bench.
Est. 1994 · Acquired by AMDG Partners, 2025
A national manufacturing magazine supporting the reindustrialization of America. AMDG implemented a new sales strategy, expanded from 3 regional issues to 1 national issue, and launched a daily newsletter.
Est. 2026 · AMDG invested in Gamma Metals, 2026
A marketplace for machine shops to sell remnant material to other shops, priced above scrap and below new, turning idle inventory into revenue. For buyers, it's a cost effective way to source lower quantities without the expensive cut fees. eBay for metals.
If you own a manufacturing business and you're curious what a partnership with AMDG could look like, start the conversation.
Partner@AMDGPartners.com
