On Time, Every Time
We commit to a date. We hit it. That is the baseline, not a nice-to-have.
About UDM
Quality In All Things
UD Manufacturing is an engineer-run CNC facility in central Arkansas. We machine precision parts for high performance companies who need a supplier that takes quality as seriously as they do.
How We Started
Engineers by training. Machinists by passion.
Brothers John and William are engineers by training and machinists by passion. About ten years ago, William acquired a manual machine and converted it to CNC to expand his skillset, learning the craft hands-on and in depth, one part at a time.
In 2021, John started machining on a single CNC machine in a small shop of his own. Soon after, he left his 9-to-5 manufacturing management job to join forces with William, and together they formed what UD Manufacturing is today.
Both are degreed, licensed engineers who had spent years on the other side of the table, specifying parts, writing tolerances, and dealing with suppliers. They knew what a good machine shop looked like because they had needed one. Today UDM stays focused and hands-on. It is how we keep quality high, response times fast, and our customer relationships personal.
Hands-On Engineers
Built by engineers who have been on your side of the drawing.
Owners John and William both hold engineering degrees, professional licensure, and years of prior industry experience at Fortune 500 companies, including a major automotive OEM and a global leader in oil and gas, before founding UDM. That perspective changes how we talk to customers. We read prints the way you do, ask the questions you want asked, and flag issues before they become problems.
- Degreed, licensed professional engineers
- Prior experience across operations, quality, and engineering (process and design)
- Fortune 500 backgrounds with a major automotive OEM and a global oil and gas leader
- Direct access, you talk to the people making your parts
How We Work
What "Quality In All Things" Means Here
Match Print, Document Everything
Parts match drawings. Inspection records back it up. FAIRs on request.
Problem Solving Over Pushback
When a drawing has an issue, we flag it and help solve it. We don't make it your problem.
Responsive, Not Bureaucratic
Small team, short chain of command. You get answers fast from people who can give them.
Long-Term Relationships
Our strategy is relationship-based service. A first run for a new customer often becomes a decade-long program.
Engineer Mindset
We think about your part the way you do. That is our unfair advantage.
2021
Year Founded
Fortune 500
Prior Industry Experience
Hands-On
Engineer-Run
AS9100
Aerospace Certified
Why We Exist
We exist to deliver world-class manufacturing at a reasonable rate, on time.
That is not a marketing line. It is what we sat down and wrote on the whiteboard before we took our first order. Five years later it is still what we show up for every day.
Want to work with an engineer-run shop?
Send us your drawings or set up a call. We would like to learn about your program.