MISSION CRITICAL

ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING

Our Mission
Our Mission

Solving the Hard Problems Other Shops Won’t Touch

Engineering Support for Teams Tackling High-Stakes Challenges
We help aerospace, defense, and advanced-technology companies turn complex ideas into reliable, real-world systems — built with the precision and dependability their missions demand.

Our Design-Thru-Fab (DTF) process unifies engineering, DFM, prototyping, and precision manufacturing.
It minimizes risk, eliminates rework, and moves complex projects from concept to production-ready hardware — faster and more predictably than traditional manufacturing

Design and Engineering

We develop buildable, production-ready designs through DFM, modeling, and practical engineering insight

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Fabrication and Prototyping

Our advanced manufacturing lab rapidly produces high-precision prototypes and production components for mission-critical systems.

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“APE's quality, attention to detail, and manufacturing expertise has raised our bar for what we expect from all of our vendors. Not only has APE excelled in their deliverables to us, but their work has improved the overall quality and reliability of our product and is a big success driver for our company. If you need something done right, take it to APE.”
Manny A. Managing Partner - Product Development Company

IN THE
SPOTLIGHT

Catch the latest stories and features highlighting APE's impact in the industry.

MFG INSIDER - APRIL 2024

How one Austin Machinist is Pushing Back on America’s Job-shop Habit, One Project at a Time

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THE FABRICATOR - JUNE 2024

Smart Moves: How American Precision Engineering Solves Difficult Problems

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AUSTIN BUSINESS JOURNAL - MARCH 2023

APE Wins ARMA’s 2022 Award for Small Company of the Year

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AUSTIN BUSINESS JOURNAL - JUNE 2024

APE Wins ARMA’s 2023 Award for Coolest Things Made in Austin

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Quality & Certifications

At APE, quality is woven into every part of our project life cycle. From design verification to the raw materials we use, to final assembly, our AS9100 certified quality management system...  Read more