Lead generation for manufacturers, done for you.
We find the distributors, OEMs and buyers who need what you make, reach out in your name and put meetings on your calendar.
3.6%
interested reply rate from the ACP campaign: 17 interested replies from approximately 475 people contacted. Report dated 6 October 2026.
Read the AmidonShield case studyFinding customers takes time you don't have.
You run the floor, quote jobs and chase suppliers. Word of mouth only reaches so far, and when a big order wraps up, the quiet months hurt.
A new rep takes months to get up to speed. Doing it yourself means learning software at night.
From what you make to their calendar.
It runs inside the tools you already have: your inbox, your CRM, your spreadsheet.
- Step 1
Free
market audit before anything sends
We build the list.
The distributors, OEMs and procurement teams that buy in your category, from an audit of your product, buyers and pipeline.
- Step 2
90%+
inbox placement
Outreach goes out in your name.
Email and LinkedIn, from mailboxes we warm up for you, written the way your team talks about the product.
- Step 3
< 1 hr
to answer a reply
Every reply gets an answer.
AI drafts it from your specs, capacity and pricing. By default, a person approves every reply before it goes out.
- Step 4
Week 8
when meetings usually start
Buyers land on your calendar.
A qualified buyer books time directly, so there is no lead list to chase. Your team shows up and closes.
Step 3, up close.
A buyer asks about 5-axis work. The reply is drafted from the shop's own documents, then waits for a person to approve it.
Jordan, Procurement
09:12
Do you do 5-axis machining in aluminium? Need 2,000 units by Q3.
Read and sorted: interested, asking about capacity
Draft reply
Hi Jordan, yes, we run 5-axis in aluminium, and 2,000 units by
Drafting from your documents
ACP was AmidonShield’s strongest campaign.
Ballistic and blast-rated concrete manufacturer
The Amidon Certified Producer campaign generated 17 interested replies from approximately 475 people contacted. Producers showed the strongest interest.
- ACP / precast producers3.60%
- Commercial shooting ranges0.63%
- Battery storage0.28%
- EMP shielding0.26%
- Infrastructure security0.17%
- Sheriff and police ranges0.13%
- Federal builders0.12%
- Aerospace test stands0.10%
- Federal contractors0.00%
- Job-change and hiring signals0.00%
Interested replies divided by people contacted. Report dated 6 October 2026; campaign periods vary.
Four ways to get more customers.
Hire someone, buy a tool and fill it yourself, pay an agency, or have us run it.
Us
mkdir
- What it costs
- Depends on your market. The audit is free
- How fast you see customers
- Live in 2 to 4 weeks
- Who does the work
- The founders. You take the calls
- What you have to learn
- Nothing. It arrives full
- Hiring a salesperson: $70k+ a year, 3 to 6 months to see customers
- Buying software: a monthly fee plus your time, only works once you fill it
- A marketing agency: a retainer win or lose, weeks to months
| Hiring a salesperson | Buying software | A marketing agency | Usmkdir | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs | $70k+ a year, plus benefits | A monthly fee, plus your time | A retainer, win or lose | Depends on your market. The audit is free |
| How fast you see customers | 3 to 6 months | Only after you fill it | Weeks to months, often slips | Live in 2 to 4 weeks |
| Who does the work | A new hire you manage | You do, from an empty screen | Whoever they assign | The founders. You take the calls |
| What you have to learn | How to manage a rep | The tool, and who to target | Their process and reports | Nothing. It arrives full |
What we know about selling to industrial buyers.
Six guides from our blog, written for owners. Start with the complete guide if you read only one.
- Lead generation for manufacturers: the complete guideThe channels that work, the outbound motion, and how an owner should start.
- AI SDR for manufacturersWhy AI SDR playbooks built for high volume software sales break on a small, precise buyer list, and what works instead.
- Cold email for industrial companiesWhy the send-thousands math fails when your real buyer list is 2,000 companies, and what a right sized sequence looks like.
- Finding distributors and OEM buyersDecide which type of buyer you are chasing, build the list, and write outreach industrial buyers answer.
- CNC machine shop lead generationWhy ads and directories underdeliver for job shops, and how shops win new OEM work.
- Injection molding lead generationFor custom molders: when programs change hands, and how to reach the engineers who decide.
What manufacturers ask us.
Who is this for?
Owner-run component and parts makers, contract manufacturers who want a steadier flow of RFQs, and industrial products companies selling to distributors, OEMs or procurement teams. Anyone with spare capacity and a pipeline that runs dry between big accounts.
Is this factory automation?
No. We never touch your production floor: no machine vision, no predictive maintenance, no equipment integration. We automate the front office: finding the companies that buy what you make, reaching them, following up and keeping your CRM current.
Do you know our industry?
We learn it before anything goes live. The free market audit maps your product, your buyers and how procurement works in your category, so the outreach never reads like a generic template.
What does this cost?
There is no published price. It depends on your industry and how many relevant decision makers are in it. It starts with the free market audit, and if the buyers are not there, we tell you and you pay nothing.
Do we need to buy new software?
No. We build inside what you already run: your CRM, your inbox, or your spreadsheet if that is all you have. Nothing to migrate and nothing new for your team to learn.
How long until we see meetings?
Most engagements book meetings from around week 8, once the mailboxes are warm and the first sequences have had time to land and get answered.
Who actually does the work?
The founders, directly. No account manager sits between you and the people running your campaigns and reviewing your replies.
Fill your pipeline with buyers who fit.
Book a free 30-minute call with the founders. We will show you which buyers we would go after, and what it would take.
Varun and Dheerthe foundersBook a call